Shield
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Apr 1994
label: Collection Date
content: 1958
name: label: Collector
content: Patterson French
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Elizabeth French
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR, FULL-BODY SHIELD. FRONT CARVED IN LOW RELIEF. CURVILINEAR DESIGN OF WHITE SCROLLS OUTLINED IN BLACK ON RED BACKGROUND. TOP SECTION INCLUDING FINIAL PAINTED BLACK. SIX TASSLES ON EACH SIDE, BOTH FRONT AND REVERSE. REVERSE HAS PAINTED ZIG-ZAG LINES IN RED AND BLACK. TWO CRACKS ON FRONT OF SHIELD MID-WAY DOWN LEFT SIDE. OUTER CRACK 25.5 CM., INNER CRACK 13 CM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Asmat Region, Irian Jaya (Western New Guinea/Papua), Indonesia, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Asmat
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400199
label: USNM Number
content: E426277-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 189.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 44.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 8 cm