Shields and Weapons
Shields collected by Pitt Rivers and now in the Pitt Rivers Museum
Pitt Rivers' catalogue
Current information
Background information
Pitt Rivers' overall collection
Field collectors of Pitt Rivers' shields
Pitt Rivers on shields in general
History of weapons collections
A nineteenth century weapons collection
Shields from different parts of the world
African shields
Dinka shields
Mundo shields
Nguni shields
Zande shields
Australian shields
Dayak shields
Indian shields
Solomon Islands shields
Other shields
Thinking about shields as objects of material culture
Terminology and history
Contexts
Form, function and design
Form, function and contexts: shields in the Barbier-Mueller Museum
Representation
Meaning and interpretation