- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden parrying shield. The handle has been carved into the underside. The shield is unpainted but has semi circular designs burnt on to it on both sides. A piece of fibre string has been tied around the shield. [AB [OPS Move] 8/8/2016]
- Long description
- The shield is unpainted but has semi circular designs burnt on to it on both sides. A piece of fibre string has been tied around the shield.
- Geographical reference
- Queensland Tully Ingham Cardwell
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1994
- Date collected
- By 1994
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 01/1994
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 546 mm, Width: max 230 mm, Height: max 90 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1994.4.155
- Research and responses
New information given by Danie Mellor, Australian National University, 15/01/02: Tully/Ingham/Cardwell region, tourist shield, very similar to a couple in James Cook University collection in Townsville, Qld. [CF 15/1/2002]
1994.4.155
Wooden parrying shield. The handle has been carved into the underside. The shield is unpainted but has semi circular designs burnt on to it on both sides. A piece of fibre string has been tied around the shield. [AB [OPS Move] 8/8/2016]
1994.4.155
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