Shield
Miniature
Funerary Artifact
55-13-33
From: New Britain | West Nakanai
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 55-13-33 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lakalai |
| Provenience | New Britain | West Nakanai |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment | Cockatoo Feather |
| Description | Miniature shield. Wood; painted red, blue, white, yellow. Cross design on boss. Remnants of cockatoo feather string. Carried by women clowns in mortuary ceremonies. |
| Length | 77 cm |
| Width | 9 cm |
| Credit Line | New Britain Expedition; Ward Goodenough and C. A. Valentine, 1955 |
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