Zulu shield
Place MadeAfrica
Title

Zulu shield

DateCirca 1920
Mediumwood, hide
Dimensions37 × 18 in. (94 × 45.7 cm)
Object number00.207.6
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionAn unmarked shield made of an ovate piece of dried cowhide with white and brown hair on the outside and supported by a contral wooden rod behind. The center of the shield has a supporting piece of dried cowhide interlaced.
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