Shield

Museum number:
11-2148
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110002148
Accession number:
Acc.639
Description:
Boomerang shield. Highly innovatatively incised parrying shield from W. New South Wales, probably Darling River area. has been painted with European varnish to mimic traditional polish.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shield, accession number 11-2148, described as Boomerang shield. Highly innovatatively incised parrying shield from W. New South Wales, probably Darling River area. has been painted with European varnish to mimic traditional polish.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shield, accession number 11-2148, described as Boomerang shield. Highly innovatatively incised parrying shield from W. New South Wales, probably Darling River area. has been painted with European varnish to mimic traditional polish.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 11-2148, described as Boomerang shield. Highly innovatatively incised parrying shield from W. New South Wales, probably Darling River area. has been painted with European varnish to mimic traditional polish.

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