Shield

Museum number:

11-37488

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Accession number:

Acc.1915

Description:

Wooden shield on door board, painted relief design of bilateral paired hook motifs, faint designs on back. Long white cross in center, red & white paint.

Donor:

Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux

Collection place:

Upper Sepik River, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea

Collector:

Bruce D. Lawes

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Shields (armor)

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

1964

Department:

Oceania