Wooden shield. [El.B 2/2/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden shield. [El.B 2/2/2007]
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia; Queensland Cairns District
Cultural groups: Djabugay / Tjapukai
Person: Field collector E.A. Dawson; PRM source E.A. Dawson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1919
Date collected: By 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1919
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions: Width: max 340 mm, Length: max 990 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1919.55.1
Research and responses: Information from Danie Mellor, Australian National University, 16/01/02: Cultural/Language group: Djabugai (Tjapukai). [CF 16/1/2002]
Associated publications: Illustrated in black and white as figure 82 on page 63 of Australia in Oxford, edited by Howard Morphy and Elizabeth Edwards (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Monograph 4, 1988). [JC 1995] This is one of a number of records for which a reference had been added to 'Inspiration and Design in Aboriginal Art', by C. F. [in fact Ursula H.] McConnel, in Art in Australia, [3rd series, no. 59] ([15] May 1935)[pp. 49-68]. This brief article discusses and illustrates 'shields, swords, cross-boomerangs and paddles' from the area south of Cairns Harbour, North Queensland, collected by the author and now in the Queensland Museum. It is not clear quite why, when or by whom the reference was added. [JC 20 3 1996]

Search terms: Weapon, Dance, Shield, Dance Accessory

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