Shield

Museum number:

11-39688

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Accession number:

Acc.2431

Description:

shield; carved oval shaped slab of wood has handle cut out of back side; design painted on front shows concentric dentate patterns in red, black, white; large chunks broken off; raised knob front center

Donor:

W. Sprott Boyd

Collection place:

Herbert River District, Queensland, Australia

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Shields (armor)

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

1968

Department:

Oceania

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