210404 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: Shield of plaited strips of wood, rectangular in shape but with rounded corners reinforced down the central ridge with sticks kept in place by strips inserted under the vertically plaited elements. The edges are reinforced with close stitches of some sort of split cane. The top of the shield is marked by a protrusion of the central ridge. On the back at the center is a handle formed of coiled withe. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) L. 76.2 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210404 | Field No. 343 R. 1/50 | 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/613c7c31-34fc-473d-b1e6-c62eaa24fcf2 (accessed on 31 Jul 2023)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/433/739/210404CC.pdf
Associated Catalog Number(s)
  • 210404.nosub[1]
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: Shield of plaited strips of wood, rectangular in shape but with rounded corners reinforced down the central ridge with sticks kept in place by strips inserted under the vertically plaited elements. The edges are reinforced with close stitches of some sort of split cane. The top of the shield is marked by a protrusion of the central ridge. On the back at the center is a handle formed of coiled withe. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) L. 76.2 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210404 | Field No. 343 R. 1/50 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
IRN: 433739
GUID: 613c7c31-34fc-473d-b1e6-c62eaa24fcf2