shield
- Museum number
- Oc1953,16.14
- Description
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Hardwood shield with sunk grip. The front is decorated with longitudinal zigzags pigmented red and white and the reverse with vertical and horizontal flutings.
- Production date
- 1953 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 59.70 centimetres
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Width: 20.70 centimetres
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Depth: 3.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1953
Murchison District, Western Australia (or Pilbara district - see D.S.Davidson, "Preliminary consideration of aboriginal Australian decorative art," Mem[oirs of the] Amer[ican] Philosop[hical] Soc[iety], IX (1937), p.35.)
12-14: have been recoloured by vendor.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1953
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1953,16.14