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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, painted. |
| Accession number: 1884.30.12 |
| Continent: Australia Country: Australia Region: Western Australia |
| Dimensions: L = 735 mm, max W = 135 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 10 Shield, Heilemans. W Australia (53) Delivery Catalogue II entry - Shields from different localities. Wood shield, heilemans. Australia 53 Accession Book IV entry - Heileman of similar form [to 1884.30.11], painted red and white with line ornament, S-curved in the middle. W Australia [Drawing] Card Catalogue entry - ALF 53. 1884.30.12. W Australia. 53 = 10 black. Wooden parrying-shield, heileman, of long elliptical form, painted red and white with line ornament, s-curved in the middle. Printed label stick on object - 11 [sic] Written on object - Heileman W Australia PR 53 Other information - Displayed in 'The First Australians' exhibition at PRM, 1988-89. Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A). Information from John Stanton of the Berndt Museum of Anthropology at the University of Western Australia 13.11.96 - S- or Z-shaped. ?Western Desert, East Pilbara. The handle is carved from the whole, there is red pigment only on the inside of the shield whilst the front has both red and white pigment. There is incised line decoration on the front and inside of the shield. PR number: 53 Displayed in Upper Gallery Shield displays at Pitt Rivers Museum. |