Shield decorated with red-brown curvilinear relief design on white ground; ornamental tassels along both sides; finial carving of human (?) missing head
Donor:
Klaus Koch and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Pirimapun village vicinity, Cassowary Coast, Asmat regency, Papua
Culture or time period:
Asmat
Collector:
Klaus Koch
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1968-1969 #29: John C. Russell (October 25, 1968–November 4, 1968)