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Bow shield

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Bow shield
Dimensions
Weight: 3 kg
Height: 85 cm
Width: 86 cm
Depth: 30 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre , Feathers (cassowary), Palm leaf sheath (sago palm), Rattan (Rotang, Rotan), Pigment
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 41975

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1915
    where
    Melanesia
    Northeast New Guinea
    Middle Sepik
    Chesbandai
    Papua New Guinea
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Access unexplained by Leonhard Schultze-Jena 1915
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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