shield

human history

carved and decorated wooden shield

Rectangular shield with two projections along top edge, the slot is cut to admit the bow arm with two holes just below for strap. The shield has red and white pigments as decoration.

The shield depicts an ancestral spirit that empowers the shield.

Whakahounga o Mua: 11 May 2026
Ingoa Kē

Papuan Gulf archer shield

Wāhi
Papuan Gulf/New Guinea (PRE 1975)
Rā Tāpiringa

1910

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

12498 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

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