dance-shield
- Museum number
- Oc,LMS.60
- Description
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Dance shield (?) made of wood, barkcloth, sinnet cord, tropic bird feathers.
- Dimensions
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Height: 32.50 centimetres (horizontal crate)
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Width: 141 centimetres (horizontal crate)
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Depth: 62 centimetres (horizontal crate)
- Curator's comments
- British Museum registration slip, written in 1890?:
Hervey Islands
Shield oblong formed of a slender framework of wood bound with tapa & having on either face a matting of sinnet cord, the front covered with feathers of the tropic bird, the back with black & white feathers, loop handle of wood.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,LMS.60
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1911C27.60 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1890,Loan (originally loaned to BM in 1890 by LMS)