Rhinoceros Hide Hand Shield
Unidentified maker (South Africa)
collected about 1910
Rhinoceros hide
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Marion Walker Neidlinger, Class of 1923W
51.16.12677
Geography
Place Made: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Percy Francis, about 1910; given to his niece, Marion Walker Neidlinger (1899/1901-1979, Mrs. Lloyd K. Neidlinger, Class of 1923); given to present collection, 1951.
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