Shield

Museum number:
9-11967
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011967
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Shield, metal; rusted iron or steel, inside surface has cotton pad and rings (for missing handgrip) riveted; obverse surface has incised decoration: center has 4 Rosettes and trees; outside has ring of soldiers, horses; as protection for the body, in warfare
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shields (armor)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 9-11967, described as Shield, metal; rusted iron or steel, inside surface has cotton pad and rings (for missing handgrip) riveted; obverse surface has incised decoration: center has 4 Rosettes and trees; outside has ring of soldiers, horses; as protection for the body, in warfare
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 9-11967, described as Shield, metal; rusted iron or steel, inside surface has cotton pad and rings (for missing handgrip) riveted; obverse surface has incised decoration: center has 4 Rosettes and trees; outside has ring of soldiers, horses; as protection for the body, in warfare

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