Small wooden shield, incised

Museum number:
11-40742
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Accession number:
Acc.2543
Description:
shield, parrying type; oval; high center has lobed design in low relief; scratched snake and track patterns on front surface; reddish brown hard wood; handle on back fastened with nails by owner after break
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Western Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Small wooden shield, incised, accession number 11-40742, described as shield, parrying type; oval; high center has lobed design in low relief; scratched snake and track patterns on front surface; reddish brown hard wood; handle on back fastened with nails by owner after breakHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Small wooden shield, incised, accession number 11-40742, described as shield, parrying type; oval; high center has lobed design in low relief; scratched snake and track patterns on front surface; reddish brown hard wood; handle on back fastened with nails by owner after break

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