Trobriand Island Dance Shield
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- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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New Guinea tribal artefacts
- other artefacts 1,213
- shields 234
- Trobriand Islands - tribal artefacts 154
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