Shield
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Nov 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1983 to 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Donna R. Klumpp
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Donna R. Klumpp
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG, RECTANGULAR WOOD-BACKED DARK BROWN SHIELD COVERED WITH ANIMAL HIDE; LONG STICK RUNS LENGTH OF PIECE, MOSTLY COVERED WITH BRAIDED LEATHER. SMALL BLUNT PROJECTIONS FROM EACH CORNER. COLLECTOR'S COMMENTS: "DARK BROWN BUFFALO HIDE SHIELD ON ROUGHLY RECTANGULAR SHAPE WITH STICK SUPPORT/HANDLE AT THE BACK. USED BY MEN IN BATTLE. TURKANA ALSO MAKE THEIR TRADITIONAL SHIELDS FROM CROCODILE SKIN. PURCHASED IN NAIROBI."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kariokor / Nairobi, Kenya, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kenyan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387100
label: USNM Number
content: E425567-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 105 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 33 cm