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1874 catalogue entry:
75. PARRYING SHIELD, inlaid with shells. Molucca Islands.
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Pitt Rivers Museum record:
| General Description: Thin Malaku shield, made of wood, decorated with shell. |
| Accession number: 1884.30.30 |
| Continent: SE Asia Country: Indonesia Region: Malaku |
| Dimensions: L = 690 mm W [at handle] = 70 mm |
| Condition: Conserved |
| Field collector: Sir E Belcher |
| When collected: c1847 |
| Other owners: Sir E Belcher, ?Royal United Services Institute ?1872. Pitt Rivers sent this object to Bethnal Green Museum for display by ?early 1874. |
| Notes: Black book entry - Screen 2 31 Shield inlaid with shell, Moluccas (75) Added Black book entry - Belcher coll Delivery Catalogue II entry - Shields from different localities Parrying shield, wood inlaid with shells 75 Accession Book IV entry - Similar shield [to 1884.30.28], with shell inlay, Belcher coll, Molucca Ids Collectors Miscellaneous XI Accession Book entry - Parrying shield with shell studs, Molucca Is 31 Black 75 Card Catalogue entry - ALF 75. 1884.30.30. Indonesia Moluccas. 75 = 31 black. Oblong parrying shield with long sides concave with shell inlay. Belcher coll. Written on object - Molucca Ids Belcher coll 75 Printed label stuck to object - 31 Other information - Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A). PR number: 75 Displayed in Upper Gallery Shield displays at Pitt Rivers Museum. |