Ceremonial Shield
52-42-19
From: New Britain
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 52-42-19 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Banaule |
| Provenience | New Britain |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Narrow rectangular; knob on center face; handhold, center back. Colors: red, white and black: "eyes of ancestors." Used for ceremonies; fighting shields are larger. |
| Length | 147 cm |
| Width | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | New Guinea Ethnological Reconnaissance; Ward Goodenough, 1952 |
| Other Number | 2 - Other Number |
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