Shield
83-37-38
From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 83-37-38 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Middle Sepik River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Rectangular wooden shield with spread-eagled female figure. White spirals on forehead and cheeks; yellow and white stripes on arms and legs; yellow breasts; red navel; white feet and hands; red, yellow, white fingers. White dots around head, on torso and below figure. Red and yellow undulating bands across bottom. Red, yellow and white crescents at sides and flanking head of figure. |
| Height | 90.3 cm |
| Width | 55 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein in honor of Evelyn Glauser Bernstein, 1983 |
| Other Number | 1186 - Other Number |
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