Shield
Miniature
Funerary Artifact
55-13-34
From: New Britain | West Nakanai
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 55-13-34 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lakalai |
| Provenience | New Britain | West Nakanai |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Wood; painted red, blue, white; with carved grill design on boss. Edges pierced for attachment of cockatoo feather string (missing). Carried by women clowns in mortuary ceremonies. |
| Length | 66 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | New Britain Expedition; Ward Goodenough and C. A. Valentine, 1955 |
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