shield
- Museum number
- Oc,+.5040
- Description
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Shield, of wood, narrow, elongated oval shape. Decorated with continuous longitudinal grooves with a zig-zag effect at centre front. Handle at back is raised above the surface, and the rear surface grooves are narrower.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1891)
- Dimensions
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Height: 81.50 centimetres
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Width: 13 centimetres
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Depth: 5.20 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1972-1982 23 Jun-28 Feb, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, The Aborigines of Australia.
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased [using the] Christy Fund 24 April 1891
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.5040
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1891C2.5040 (old CDMS no.)