Shield
97-120-829
From: Tanzania | Mount Kilimanjaro
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 97-120-829 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Tanzania | Mount Kilimanjaro |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Hide | Wood | Paint |
| Description | Oval, of hide, with a wooden midrib attached with hide thongs, natural curved forming grip in center. Wooden frame around edge attached with lashing of split palm. Face ornamented with black, red and white paint in segments, triangles and bands. |
| Height | 16 cm |
| Length | 100 cm |
| Width | 42 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-120-829 - Old Museum Number | 10912 - ANSP Number |
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