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1874 catalogue entry:
52 to 55. HEILEMANS. Western Australia. Showing a still further
increase in breadth.
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Pitt Rivers Museum record:
| General Description: Australian shield, made of wood, with incised decoration. |
| Accession number: 1884.30.11 |
| Continent: Australia Country: Australia Region: Western Australia |
| Dimensions: L = 755 mm, W = 105 mm |
| Condition: Conserved |
| When collected: ?Prior to 1874 |
| Other owners: Pitt Rivers sent this object to Bethnal Green Museum for display by ?early 1874. |
| Notes: Black book entry - Screen 2 9 Shield, Heilemans, W Australia (52) Delivery Catalogue II entry - Shields from different localities. Wood shield, heilemans. Australia 52 Accession Book IV entry - Heileman of long elliptical form, the wood dark maroon coloured, with longitudinal scratched lines. W Australia [Drawing] Card Catalogue entry - ALF 52. 1884.30.11. W Australia. 52 = 9 black. Parrying-shield, heileman, of long elliptical form, the wood dark maroon coloured with longitudinal scratched lines. Written on object - "Heileman" W Australia PR 52 Other information - Displayed in 'The First Australians' exhibition at PRM, 1988-89. Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A). The inside of the shield is incised as well as the front, the grooves are quite wide. There are traces of red and ?white pigment. There may be the remains of an old Pitt Rivers stuck-on label on the front (which is the area where the clearest white pigment is to be found. The handle is carved from the whole PR number: 52 Displayed in Upper Gallery Shield displays at Pitt Rivers Museum. |