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1874 catalogue entry:
45. to 48. TAMARANGS. Australia. Showing a gradual increase in breadth.
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Pitt Rivers Museum record:
| General Description: Australian parrying shield, made of wood. |
| Accession number: 1884.30.4 |
| Continent: Australia Country: Australia Region: ?Victoria ?New South Wales |
| Dimensions: L = 750 mm, max W = 120 mm |
| When collected: ?Prior to 1874 |
| Condition: Conserved |
| Other owners: Pitt Rivers sent this object to Bethnal Green Museum for display by ?early 1874. |
| Notes: Black book entry - Screen 2 Parrying shield 'Tamarang', shewing a gradual increase in width (45) Delivery Catalogue II entry - Shields from different localities. Wood shield, tamarang. Australia 45 Accession Book IV entry - Narrow tamarang with curved protuberant centre: without ornament. N Australia [Drawing] Card Catalogue entry - ALF 45 1884.30.4. N Australia. 45 = 2 black. Narrow parrying shield, tamarang, with curved protuberant centre, without ornament. Original Pitt Rivers collection Written on object - "Tamarang" N Australia PR 45 Other information - Originally attributed to N. Australia. Identified by Howard Morphy 1988 as ?Victoria ?New South Wales. Displayed in 'The First Australians' exhibition at PRM, 1988-89. Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A). There is no decoration on this shield. One end is damaged, the handle is carved from the whole PR number: 45 Displayed in Upper Gallery Shield displays at Pitt Rivers Museum. |