Shield
Object type: Shield
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Bitara people
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Medium: Wood, paint, fiber
Dimensions: H. 62 3/8 x W. 18 1/2 x D. 3 1/2 in. (158.4 x 47 x 8.9 cm)
Classification: Wood-Implements
Geography:     Papua New Guinea  
River: Upper Sepik, April River
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession year: 1979