CultureIatmul people
Titles
- Shield
Date1915–1920
PlacePapua New Guinea
MediumWood, paint, rattan, and bark
Dimensions53 1/16 × 12 × 6 in. (134.7 × 30.5 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Robert J. Cruikshank in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long at "One Great Night in November, 1989"
Object number89.259
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
On view
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1900–1925
Cane, rattan, cassowary feathers, mud, and paint
93.390
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1920–1940
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87.269
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c. 1945–1990
Woven cane and grass with pigment
2010.1498
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Wood and paint
91.1924
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Wood and pigment
2011.1029
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1868–1900
Wood and plant fiber
62.4
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1890–1905
Wood
93.397
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1890–1905
Wood
93.396
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1890–1905
Wood
93.395
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1940
Wood
66.12.1,.2
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1900–1933
Wood, paint
61.46