Shield
17996
From: Australia | New South Wales
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 17996 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | New South Wales |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Wood shield, thick and wide, with very convex front. Front covered with thick dark pigment, crazed, with red in crazing. Four deep cuts or slashes. Back almost flat, with no pigment. Carved-out handle. Exhibited at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893. |
| Length | 61 cm |
| Width | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. B. Hannay, 1893 |
| Other Number | 1 - Other Number |
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