Shield
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: Circa 1950s
name: label: Collector
content: Denyse Ginzberg
label: Collector
content: Marc Ginzberg
label: Donor Name
content: Marc Ginzberg
notes: label: Notes
content: OVAL SHAPED, SLIGHTLY CONCAVE SHIELD, MADE OF HIDE STRETCHED OVER WOOD FRAME AND SEWN ON WITH LEATHER STRAPS. GEOMETRIC DESIGNS PAINTED IN RED AND BLACK PIGMENT-- ZIGZAGS AND LINES WITH TRIANGLES. LEATHER STRAPS AND PIECE OF TWINE ON BACK. HANDLE PART APPEARS TO HAVE A PREVIOUS REPAIR; WOOD IS BROKEN AND COVERED WITH UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE (ADHESIVE?) IDENTIFIED BY MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, AS DINKA FROM SOUTHERN SUDAN, PROBABLY DATING FROM THE EARLY TO MID 20TH CENTURY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sudan, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Dinka
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420726
label: USNM Number
content: E430230-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 67.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6.7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 93 cm