Shield

Museum number:
5-5748
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1966
Description:
Ovate-shaped shield of rhino hide; black and red ground with serrate design in red, green and blue on white ground; 87 x 58 cm.
Donor:
Julia Roth
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; possibly Kikuyu
Culture or time period:
Kikuyu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shield, accession number 5-5748, described as Ovate-shaped shield of rhino hide; black and red ground with serrate design in red, green and blue on white ground; 87 x 58 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shield, accession number 5-5748, described as Ovate-shaped shield of rhino hide; black and red ground with serrate design in red, green and blue on white ground; 87 x 58 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 5-5748, described as Ovate-shaped shield of rhino hide; black and red ground with serrate design in red, green and blue on white ground; 87 x 58 cm.

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