Shield
Object Details
- Notes
- RECTANGULAR, FULL-BODY SHIELD. FRONT CARVED IN LOW RELIEF. CURVILINEAR DESIGN OF WHITE SCROLLS OUTLINED ON RED BACKGROUND. SIDE AND BOTTOM BORDERS UNPAINTED. FIVE TASSLES ON EACH SIDE, BOTH FRONT AND REVERSE. REVERSE HAS PAINTED ZIG-ZAG LINES IN RED AND BLACK.
- Record Last Modified
- 2 Dec 2014
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Asmat
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Date
- 12 Apr 1994
- Collection Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 400199
- USNM Number
- E426276-0
- Collector
- Patterson French
- Donor Name
- Mrs. Elizabeth French
- Object Type
- Shield
- Length - Object
- 180 cm
- Width - Object
- 44.5 cm
- Depth - Object
- 9 cm
- Place
- Asmat Region, Irian Jaya (Western New Guinea/Papua), Indonesia, Melanesia
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- Anthropology
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8459255
- Usage
- CC0
