WORLD CULTURES : AUSTRALASIA
- Object Name
- Shield : parrying
- Description
- Large, heavy pointed oval shield of flat section. Handle is formed of a thin branch wedged through 2 holes in the back, the ends appearing through the front. There has been a decorative pattern of red ochre consisting of one vertical line extending from tip to tip cut through by 2 other lines at right angles.
- Materials
- wood
- Place Collected
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- Catalogue Number
- BELUM.C63.1981
- Notes
- National Museums NI
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