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Shield
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Shield

Artist/Culture
Datelate 1800s
Mediumwood and pigment
Dimensions80 cm (31 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe Helen Slosberg Collection of Oceanic Art in Memory of Her Brother Israel Sagoff
Object number2004.161
DescriptionWood with carved fluting front iand back; fluting in front has a zigzag pattern.
ProvenanceHelen S. Slosberg, Boston, MA; given to the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1961 (cat. no. 1961.29); transferred to the Worcester Art Museum, 2003, accessioned 2004.
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Shield
Australian
late 1800s or earlier
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German
1600s–1700s
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Northern Italian
portions 1500s, assembled and decorated in 1800s
Spear Point
Australian
n.d.
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German
late 1600s–early 1700s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Northern Italian
about 1510–1515
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Northern Italian
primarily 1510–1520
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New Guinea
mid 20th century
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New Guinea
mid-1900s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Turkish
1800s