Carved Shield For Prow Of War Canoe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Jul 1929
label: Collection Date
content: 1928
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Elmer W. Brandes
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Agriculture
notes: label: Notes
content: From catalog card: "Used as decoration on prow of war canoe. A wooden slab cut in form of an elongate triangle with short stem at base, and covered with a rattan framework of similar shape. Further embellished with leafy boughs during a raid."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Weridai, Fly River, New Guinea / Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papuan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 106509
label: USNM Number
content: E344925-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 97 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 27 cm