shield, carved wood; relief designs carved on front; raised areas of design are blackened by charring
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
May River Tributary, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
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
Loans:
S1967-1968 #31: University of California, Irvine (September 26, 1967–December 28, 1967) and S1967-1968 #76: University of California, Davis (1968–unknown)