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shield

human history
  • Description

    Shield

    Worn on shoulder. Made from wood and pigment. Carved into an oval shape with a small oval hole at the centre. The front of the shield has bands of sunken relief of triangles. The shield has a cylindrical hole carved into the front to put an arm through. The reverse has a raised line down the centre and around the oval hole. The reverse is designed with applied pigments in white, blue, and red

  • Place
    Kenya
  • Accession Number
    1955.152.184
  • Accession Date
    1955
  • Other Id

    34298 (ethnology)

  • Department

    World

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