shield
- Museum number
- 2013,2038.58
- Description
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Wooden board or shield made of wood and natural pigment, charcoal (?). Carved decoration in scrolls, zig zags and the image of a deity or ancestor. Two holes drilled for carrying or suspension.
- Production date
- 19thC(late)-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 89 centimetres
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Width: 30 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Signs of charring or burning on the reverse.
- Acquisition date
- 2013
- Acquisition notes
- Previously part of the London School of Economics (LSE) ethnography collection, brought in to the British Museum on deposit in 2001. Formally donated in October 2013 by the LSE.
This material (2013,2038) was deposited with other objects from the Trobriand Islands collected by Bronislaw Malinowski (now registered as 2012,2037.1-74).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2013,2038.58