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  • Kupu whakaahua

    painted metal shield. beaten out/flat metal kerosene or oil drum. painted white, green, ochre, black and yellow stripes which are arranged as three concentric diamonds on the front. plant fibre carrying strap at centre. cassowary feathers plaited together with plant fibre, the attached to shield across the top edge.

  • Wāhi
    Southern Highlands Province/Papua New Guinea
  • Accession Number
    2008.24.1
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    27 Mar 2008
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    56704 (ethnology)

    14063 (Asset Register)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

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