- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pointed shield, elliptical, has several scars from blows. Decorated with 6 carved arcs, 3 along each side that still have traces of being painted with white ochre. The grip is bound with bark and string. [ZM 19/2/2004]
- Geographical reference
- Queensland Torres Strait Islands
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- By 1931
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1931
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Material String, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Painted, Process Grooved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 182 mm, Height: max 67 mm, Length: max 546 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1931.78.12
- Research and responses
New information from Danie Mellor, Australian National University, 15/01/02: Queensland? Islander shield, or made in Qld. by Islander, or made by Aboriginal who was influenced by Islander designs - poss. Torres Strait. [CF 15/1/2002]
Related Documents File [James Thomas Hooper, Catalogue of Ethnographical Material] - The museum has a photocopy of Hooper's accession and dispersal records, which are bound as two volumes and kept in a separate box file. Items are arranged according to Hooper's own numbering system [RTS 21/11/2003].
1931.78.12
Pointed shield, elliptical, has several scars from blows. Decorated with 6 carved arcs, 3 along each side that still have traces of being painted with white ochre. The grip is bound with bark and string. [ZM 19/2/2004]
1931.78.12
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