Shield
52-42-36
From: New Guinea | Enga Province | Wabag
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 52-42-36 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mae-Enga |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Enga Province | Wabag |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark | Cord | Pitch |
| Description | Rectangular. Bark face; back of horizontal slats strengthened by a narrow, rather thick "paddle" the full length; this is lashed to the slats with cord, except for a central hand hold. The whole covered with pitch. |
| Length | 138.5 cm |
| Width | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | New Guinea Ethnological Reconnaissance; Ward Goodenough, 1952 |
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