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1874 catalogue entry:
44a. A small Australian TAMARANG; probably used by children.
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Pitt Rivers Museum record:
| General Description: Small Australian parrying shield, made of wood. |
| Accession number: 1884.100.53 |
| Continent: Australia Country: Australia |
| Dimensions: L = 418 mm, W [at handle] = 80 mml Depth [from front to back, at handle] = 65 mm |
| When collected: ?Prior to 1874 |
| Other owners: Pitt Rivers sent this object to Bethnal Green Museum for display by ?early 1874. |
| Notes: Delivery Catalogue II entry - Shields from different localities. Wood shield. Tamarang. Australia 44a Accession Book V entry - Child's toy parrying shield, tamarang. Australia Card Catalogue entry - Australia. 44a Child's toy parrying-shield, tamarang. Original Pitt Rivers Collection Hand-written on object - Toy parrying shield tamarang Australia PR Coll 44a Other information - Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A). This shield is carved from one piece of wood and there is an old eyelet [usually used in picture frames, presumably used as an old display fitting for hanging the shield] screwed into one end. The front of the shield is curved in both dimensions (top to bottom, side to side) and roughly shaped by chip carving. The inside is carved from a central line, which still stands slightly proud of the rest of the back, running from the top to the bottom. This line is followed by the central handle which is also set longitudinally and carved from the whole. The hollow for the inside of the handle has been roughly created. There are no decorative incised lines or traces or pigment. PR number: 44a |