Shield
52-42-50
From: New Britain | West Nakanai | Koalakesi
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 52-42-50 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lakalai |
| Provenience | New Britain | West Nakanai | Koalakesi |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Peel | Pigment |
| Description | Compare to 52-42-12. Rectangular with rounded ends. Central know on obverse; four "faces" painted white, red, blue, black. Natural and red reed criss-cross binding over edge and in five placed on face. Native name: La Galiao. |
| Length | 160 cm |
| Width | 28 cm |
| Credit Line | New Guinea Ethnological Reconnaissance; Ward Goodenough, 1952 |
| Other Number | 1 - Other Number |
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