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1884.140.10

Shield.

1884.140.10

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Collection type
Object
Description
Shield.
Long description
Shield. Roughly oval in shape with one end slightly large than the other. Plaited border, with the interior decorated with painted bands and circular shapes in the centre. Handle in the centre consisting of plaited plant fibre, possible coconut. [ASh [OPS move] 28/7/2016]
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1855
Date collected
1855
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884 Found unentered: Unknown date
Materials and processes
Material Pigment, Material Plant Fibre, Material Coconut Fibre Plant, Process Wicker Woven, Process Painted, Process Basketry, Process Bound, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Width: max 300 mm, Length: max 860 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.140.10
Research and responses

For an account of the 1852-1861 voyage of the Herald, see The Voyage of HMS Herald to Australia and the South-west Pacific under the Command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham, by Andrew David (Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Press), 1995). [AP 27/4/2001; JC 21 8 2010]

An announcement in the 'Sales by Auction' section of The Times (no. 27,942, Thursday 5 May 1874, p. 16, col. a) of the sale of Admiral Denham's 'ethnographic' collection reads: 'The Collection of Natural History Specimens and Native Weapons, &c., of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Denham, formed during the voyage of H.M.S. Herald. Mr J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, at his great Rooms, 33, King-street, Covent-garden, W.C., on Friday, March 6th at half-past 12 precisely, the MUSEUM of NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMENS and NATIVE WEAPONS and ORNAMENTS, collected by Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Denham in the South Sea Islands, consisting of rare birds, shells, minerals, insects, &c., carved wood spears, clubs, bowls, ivory ornaments, musical instruments, native dresses, &c. Also some stuffed birds in cases, heads and horns, minerals and fossils, &c. On view the morning of sale, and catalogues had.' [JC 21 10 2014]

Search terms: Weapon, Basketry, Shield

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