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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