wood oval - shaped shield, formed of strips of plaited wood much wider than the other specimens (210404; 210405); reinforcing sticks down the central ridge, which protrudes upward; the edges are finely stitched with some sort of split rattan; inside is a plaited handle - see photo on back of catalog card; Dimensions: L = 64.1 cm; 25 1/4"
Courtesy of: C. J. Philipp. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/19b22882-5a1e-497b-99b2-5077c492ebcb (accessed on 07 Jun 2021)
Courtesy of: C. J. Philipp, J. W. Kennedy. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/28b90121-5e36-4702-892e-d94c89ecd24e (accessed on 13 Jan 2022)