- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Shield. Made from wood with a deep notch at the top with two holes and a piece of bark cloth for suspension. There is a carved face motif on the front of the shield. Deep scoring present on the reverse, does not look accidental. [ASh [OPS move] 28/7/2016]
- Person
- Field collector Robert Henry Codrington
- Field collector Melanesian Mission
- PRM source H. Sweatman
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1947
- Date collected
- By 1947
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1947
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Beaten
- Dimensions
- Width: max 500 mm, Length: max 790 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1947.8.2B
1947.8.2B
Shield. Made from wood with a deep notch at the top with two holes and a piece of bark cloth for suspension. There is a carved face motif on the front of the shield. Deep scoring present on the reverse, does not look accidental. [ASh [OPS move] 28/7/2016]
1947.8.2B
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