Large carved wooden shield with shell inlay, anthropomorphic handle, horse hair fringe
Donor:
Mrs. J. M. Menzi
Collection place:
Davao Region, Mindanao Island, Mindanao island group
Culture or time period:
Bila-An
Collection date:
1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1954
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1957-1958 #2: University of California, Riverside (April 2, 1958–November 25, 1958), S1961-1962 #33: Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum of Fine Arts (December 18, 1961–March 13, 1962), S1980-1981 #11: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (February 23, 1981–January 17, 1983), and S1994-1995 #12: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (August 10, 1995–February 8, 1996)