Small wooden shield

Museum number:
11-1450
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Accession number:
Acc.572
Description:
Small wooden shield; front carved with right-angle grooves; alternate grooves colored with red pigment. Shield design typical of Western Desert bloc, Bilbara-not typical of Kimberly unless traded out of Western Desert.
Donor:
Mrs. Guy Sawyer Dyer
Collection place:
Western Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1921
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Small wooden shield, accession number 11-1450, described as Small wooden shield; front carved with right-angle grooves; alternate grooves colored with red pigment. Shield design typical of Western Desert bloc, Bilbara-not typical of Kimberly unless traded out of Western Desert.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Small wooden shield, accession number 11-1450, described as Small wooden shield; front carved with right-angle grooves; alternate grooves colored with red pigment. Shield design typical of Western Desert bloc, Bilbara-not typical of Kimberly unless traded out of Western Desert.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Small wooden shield, accession number 11-1450, described as Small wooden shield; front carved with right-angle grooves; alternate grooves colored with red pigment. Shield design typical of Western Desert bloc, Bilbara-not typical of Kimberly unless traded out of Western Desert.

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