Shield

Museum number:
11-1447
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110001447
Accession number:
Acc.572
Description:
Large wooden war shield, black, red, and yellow design.
Donor:
Mrs. Guy Sawyer Dyer
Collection place:
Queensland, Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1921
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown), S1966-1967 #20: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (November 1, 1966–November 1, 1966), S1968-1969 #117: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (May 6, 1969–May 6, 1969), and S1990-1991 #32: Berkeley Repertory (April 29, 1991–June 20, 1991)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 11-1447, described as Large wooden war shield, black, red, and yellow design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 11-1447, described as Large wooden war shield, black, red, and yellow design.

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