Shield
19th century
Elema
Arts of the Pacific Islands
- Maker/Artist
- Elema
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, pigment
- Locations
- Place made: Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Possible place made: Papua New Guinea
- Dimensions
- 41 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (104.8 x 41.9 x 3.8 cm)
- Inscribed
- Round label reads "SE Ne[illegible] Gu[illegible] Fly River S/GY/S" likely once read SE New Guinea Fly River; another round label reads: "3645__"
- Departments
- Arts of the Pacific Islands
- Accession Number
- 00.136
- Credit Line
- Brooklyn Museum Collection
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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