Wooden shield

Museum number:
11-1205
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.258
Description:
Elliptical wooden shield (”goohnarry”) with the curved outer surface painted white and red.
Donor:
Australian Museum
Collection place:
South Central 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:
1906
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wooden shield, accession number 11-1205, described as Elliptical wooden shield (”goohnarry”) with the curved outer surface painted white and red.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wooden shield, accession number 11-1205, described as Elliptical wooden shield (”goohnarry”) with the curved outer surface painted white and red.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden shield, accession number 11-1205, described as Elliptical wooden shield (”goohnarry”) with the curved outer surface painted white and red.

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