Ceremonial shield

Museum number:
11-2047
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Accession number:
Acc.100IY
Description:
Ceremonial shield of fibre and feathers.
Donor:
Warwick Miller Tompkins
Collection place:
Fly River, Danmoree Island, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
July 1928
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1952-1953 #3: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (September 9, 1952–November 28, 1952), S1952-1953 #4: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (September 11, 1952–November 28, 1952), and S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ceremonial shield, accession number 11-2047, described as Ceremonial shield of fibre and feathers.

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