Shield

Museum number:

11-2049

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Accession number:

Acc.100IY

Description:

Carved wooden shield.

Donor:

Warwick Miller Tompkins

Collection place:

Fly River, Danmoree Island, Papua New Guinea

Culture or time period:

New Guinea, Papua Island

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Shields (armor)

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

July 1928

Department:

Oceania

Loans:

S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown), S1961-1962 #59: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis) (April 4, 1962–October 17, 1962), S1964-1965 #36: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (November 24, 1964–November 24, 1964), S1965-1966 #51: California State University, East Bay (January 7, 1965–February 5, 1966), and S1969-1970 #124: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (May 18, 1970–July 2, 1970)

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