Java shield

DateCirca 1920

Mediumwood, leather, rattan

Dimensions50 × 12 in. (127 × 30.5 cm)

Object number1932.15.4

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionAn unmarked rectangular shield made of thin wood covered with fabric or thin leather heavily painted or tarred. The wood spine on the back has a broken handhold. There are decorative cross ribbing of rattan at 2" intervals. The front has a brass plate acknowledging: "Gift of Col. E.H.R. Green" and a paper tag that reads: "Shield from Japan."

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