Shield, paddle-shaped, ornamental for dancing. Elaborate relief designs on both sides. Red, white, and black paint. Birds on margin. 62.1 cm length, 24.1 cm width
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Verbatim coll. place:
New Guinea; Trobriand Is. att.
Culture or time period:
Massim and New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bronislaw Malinowski
Collection date:
1914-1920
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1976-1977 #47: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Frank A. Norick (February 12, 1977–February 12, 1977), S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986), S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987), S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987), and S1985-1986 #9: Arizona State Museum (September 20, 1985–February 7, 1986)