Light wooden shield

Made:
1831-1900
Light wooden shield, straight sides, rounded at both ends

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Light wooden shield, straight sides, rounded at both ends
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Light wooden shield, straight sides, rounded at both ends, proturberance in middle with handgrip on back, wicker work sections at either end, fairly crude, East African, 1831-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655965
Materials:
wood and grass, wickerwork
Measurements:
height 490 mm
length 185 mm
width 65 mm
type:
shields

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