Shield

Museum number:
11-37823
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
shield, fighting; rectangular slab of wood has design motifs carved in low relief, filled in with pigments; main design is abstracted face in center with staring eyes and bulbous nose; smaller face reversed at top; bottom 40% of shield has zigzag patterns; other curvilinear designs; painted white, black, ochre, yellow
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Blackwater River, East Sepik Province, Momase Region
Culture or time period:
Papuan
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 11-37823, described as shield, fighting; rectangular slab of wood has design motifs carved in low relief, filled in with pigments; main design is abstracted face in center with staring eyes and bulbous nose; smaller face reversed at top; bottom 40% of shield has zigzag patterns; other curvilinear designs; painted white, black, ochre, yellow

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