210406 Catalog Card

Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-31 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Shield | Material: Wood | Description: 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. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) L. 64.1 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210406 | Field No. 345 R. 1/52 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
Attribution: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
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Department(s)
  • Anthropology
Creator(s)
  • Scanner: Mr. Christopher J. Philipp : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
  • Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
Physical Size and Format: PDF document
Citation: 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 31 Jul 2023)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/433/741/210406CC.pdf
Associated Catalog Number(s)
  • 210406.nosub{2}
Associated Specimen(s)
Taxon Coverage
  • 2231: West Africa: hunting and warfare: shields
Related Geography: Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Africa
scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-31 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Shield | Material: Wood | Description: 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. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) L. 64.1 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210406 | Field No. 345 R. 1/52 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
IRN: 433741
GUID: 28b90121-5e36-4702-892e-d94c89ecd24e