Shield

84-2-73

From: New Guinea | Lower Sepik River | Yuat River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-73
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Biwat (uncertain)
Provenience New Guinea | Lower Sepik River | Yuat River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Feather | Peel
Description

Like 84-2-70. Mostly yellow, with black, pink, white. Three faces. pairs of tassels, brown and red, five on each side and in three noses. "Necklaces" of black feathers in flat rectangle of woven peel, attached through two holes in projection at top.

Length 150.5 cm
Width 34 cm
Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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