shield
- Museum number
- Af,+.2222
- Description
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Oval shield of hide, the edge strengthened with a rod bound with thongs; a stick down the middle of the back of which the middle is carved out to form a handle; the front is ornamented with two patches of red and black with a band of black ovals down the middle.
- Production date
- 1882-4 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 119 centimetres
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Width: 41.50 centimetres
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Depth: 15.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Slip records this as: 'Masai.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1884
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,+.2222
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Af1884C2.2222 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Af1976Q1.140