Shield
- Museum number:
- 11-37707
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110037707
- Accession number:
- Acc.1915
- Description:
- shield, carved wood; relief design on front with nearly symmetrical layout; heavily scarred with weapon marks
- Donor:
- Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
- Collection place:
- Cherapian Village, April River Tributary, Upper Sepik River
- Collector:
- Bruce D. Lawes
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Shields (armor)
- Function:
- 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
- Accession date:
- 1964
- Department:
- Oceania