War shield

Museum number:
11-1448
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110001448
Accession number:
Acc.572
Description:
Large wooden war shield, black, red, and yellow design, one side damaged.
Donor:
Mrs. Guy Sawyer Dyer
Collection place:
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:
1921
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled War shield, accession number 11-1448, described as Large wooden war shield, black, red, and yellow design, one side damaged.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled War shield, accession number 11-1448, described as Large wooden war shield, black, red, and yellow design, one side damaged.

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