Shield

Museum number:
10-2304
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.541
Description:
Wooden shield; rectangular; painted liner design at front and back; black and red; 2 plaited rattan bands at top and bottom; 3 pronged top, 2 pronged bottom; 41 inches by 8¼ inches
Donor:
Roy Franklin Barton
Collection place:
Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon Island
Culture or time period:
Kalinga
Collector:
Roy Franklin Barton
Collection date:
before 1918
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving and Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1918
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 10-2304, described as Wooden shield; rectangular; painted liner design at front and back; black and red; 2 plaited rattan bands at top and bottom; 3 pronged top, 2 pronged bottom; 41 inches by 8¼ inches

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