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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1935.43.B Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name shield Description Shield made of light wood, flat face and curved at both ends, one handle cut out of the solid on the reverse. Decorated with wide grooves of wavy vertical lines infilled with red and white ochre (white now faint). Signs of indigenous repair at one end and on the handle. A vertical crack along its length to the midway point. Incorrect part number marked on reverse in white ink: '1935-43.2' and in black ink: 'DLJ 748.77'. A metal loop fastened through the handle for suspension. Production place Australia, Western, Kookynie Production period 19th Century, 20th Century, early Material wood, ochre Dimensions length: 73.00 cm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1935.43.B
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

shield
Description

Shield made of light wood, flat face and curved at both ends, one handle cut out of the solid on the reverse. Decorated with wide grooves of wavy vertical lines infilled with red and white ochre (white now faint). Signs of indigenous repair at one end and on the handle. A vertical crack along its length to the midway point. Incorrect part number marked on reverse in white ink: '1935-43.2' and in black ink: 'DLJ 748.77'. A metal loop fastened through the handle for suspension.
Production place

Australia, Western, Kookynie
Production period

19th Century, 20th Century, early
Material

wood, ochre
Dimensions

Details