Current Pitt Rivers Museum Information About the Shields Displayed in Bethnal Green Museum

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1874 catalogue entry:
62. Facsimile of PARRYING SHIELD from East Africa, in the United Service Museum. Probably Kaffir. Copied by permission.

[There is no photograph of this shield, as at the time of doing this project, the shield was not found]

Pitt Rivers Museum record:
General Description: Model or reproduction shield, made by Pitt Rivers from wood to fit a 'missing gap' in one of his series. A copy of a shield which was owned by the United Service Museum. The current location of the original is unknown.
Accession number: [1884.30.22]
Continent: ?Africa Country: ?South Africa ?East Africa Group: ?Nguni
Maker: ?Pitt Rivers
When made: ?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 19 Facsimile of a shield from E Africa. The original in the United Services Museum. Probably Kaffir (62)
Delivery Catalogue II entry - Shields from different localities. Wood parrying shield. Africa 62
Accession Book IV entry - Model of a parrying-shield of wood, narrow with oval ends. ?Kafir [sic] [Drawing]
Card Catalogue entry - ALF 62. ?South Africa. ?Kaffir. [Kaffir crossed out and Nguni added later] 62 = 19 black. Model of a parrying shield of wood, narrow, with oval ends. Original Pitt Rivers collection.
Other information - Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A).
PR number: 62


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