Shield

Museum number:
10-248
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.27 and Acc.9
Description:
Old shield; wood, rectangular; slat bottom, 3-pronged top; two human figures carved on handle grip; 2 snakes on front; 2 bands of rattan; 42 x 10¾ inches. Lower right corner broken off.
Donor:
S. A. Cloman
Collection place:
Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon Island
Culture or time period:
Ifugao
Collector:
S. A. Cloman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
December 16, 1901 and January 1901
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 10-248, described as Old shield; wood, rectangular; slat bottom, 3-pronged top; two human figures carved on handle grip; 2 snakes on front; 2 bands of rattan; 42 x 10¾ inches. Lower right corner broken off.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 10-248, described as Old shield; wood, rectangular; slat bottom, 3-pronged top; two human figures carved on handle grip; 2 snakes on front; 2 bands of rattan; 42 x 10¾ inches. Lower right corner broken off.

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