Shield
Object type: Shield
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Rao people
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Medium: Wood, paint
Dimensions: H. 50 x W. 19 1/2 x D. 2 in. (127 x 49.5 x 5.1 cm)
Classification: Wood-Implements
Geography:     Papua New Guinea  
River: Lower Sepik, Ramu, Guam River
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession year: 1979