Shield, paddle-shaped, ornamental for dancing. Elaborate relief designs on both sides. Red, white, and black paint. Breaks badly mended with Duco cement. 64.4 cm length, 25.7 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
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama