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Title

Shield

collected 1964

Artists

Unknown Artist

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Okapa District → Eastern Highlands Province → Papua New Guinea
    Date
    collected 1964
    Media category
    Arms & armour
    Materials used
    wood, bark, barkcloth cord handle, cane, natural brown and black dyes, red, blue and yellow trade store pigments
    Dimensions
    143.0 x 35.0 x 4.0 cm :

    0 - Whole, 143 cm (56 5/16"), approx.

    0 - Whole, 35 cm (13 3/4"), approx.

    0 - Whole, 4 cm (1 9/16"), approx.

    Credit
    Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    262.1978
    Copyright

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Okapa District

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication