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Shield, hide, wood, and brass (beads?)
Shield, hide, wood, and brass (beads?)
Object Number 99-12-60/52863
Display Title Shield, hide, wood, and brass (beads?)
Descriptions
Object Description Shield, hide, wood, and brass (beads?)
Inventory Description Shield, round, hide covered wood planks, brass tacks on back, metal chain handle
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India
Materials Wood, Metal, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 50 x 50 x 2.5 cm (19 11/16 x 19 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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