Shield

Museum number:
11-45524
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
EC-32 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Leaf shaped metal shield, painted w/ 6 bands of alternating triangles: orange/white, green/red, green/white, red/green, red/white, red green. A handle on the back if of heavy gauge wire, wrapped with fabric and affixed from back to front with wire cleats. Metal is folded toward back ¼ inch all around the edge. Shield is formed from two pieces of metal riveted together (possibly an oil drum). 1957.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Milingimbi region, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Verbatim coll. place:
Milingimbi Island, off the coast of Arnhem Land, N. Territory of Australia.
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 57.3 centimeters and width 36.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shield, accession number 11-45524, described as Leaf shaped metal shield, painted w/ 6 bands of alternating triangles: orange/white, green/red, green/white, red/green, red/white, red green. A handle on the back if of heavy gauge wire, wrapped with fabric and affixed from back to front with wire cleats. Metal is folded toward back ¼ inch all around the edge. Shield is formed from two pieces of metal riveted together (possibly an oil drum). 1957.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shield, accession number 11-45524, described as Leaf shaped metal shield, painted w/ 6 bands of alternating triangles: orange/white, green/red, green/white, red/green, red/white, red green. A handle on the back if of heavy gauge wire, wrapped with fabric and affixed from back to front with wire cleats. Metal is folded toward back ¼ inch all around the edge. Shield is formed from two pieces of metal riveted together (possibly an oil drum). 1957.

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