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1893.72.14

Wooden shield with a classic cane overlay Oro Province design. Pointed at one end with a flat edge at the opposing end. [ZM 2/8/2005]

1893.72.14

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden shield with a classic cane overlay Oro Province design. Pointed at one end with a flat edge at the opposing end. [ZM 2/8/2005]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Oro Province
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source British Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1893
Date collected
By 1893
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1893
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Basketry, Process Woven
Dimensions
Depth: max 61 mm, Length: max 742 mm, Width: max 336 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1893.72.14
Research and responses

In August 2005 Harry Beran, author and specialist on the art of the Massim area, examined this shield and identified it as a classic Oro Province design rather than a design made in the Trobriand Islands. [ZM 2/8/2005]

Search terms: Weapon, Shield

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