Wooden Shield
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Sep 1981
label: Collection Date
content: 1977
name: label: Donor Name
content: Peter Calderon
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG NARROW WOODEN PLANK, CONCAVE ON THE BACK WHERE ARE 2 FIBER HANDLES BOUND ACROSS RAISED RIDGES. TOP POINTED, LOWER END BLUNT. FRONT IS DEEPLY EXCISE CARVED IN CURVILINEAR DESIGNS - INCLUDING MALE FIGURE AT BOTTOM, PAIR(?) OF SNAKES IN CENTER, AND HUMANOID MASK AT TOP. LINES PAINTED IN RED, WHITE & BLACK.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (lower), New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 348283
label: USNM Number
content: E422070-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 190 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 34.5 cm