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1874 catalogue entry:
64. Facsimile of a wooden PARRYING SHIELD found in an ancient
Egyptian tomb, in the Museum of the Louvre at Paris, from accurate
measurements taken by Col. Fox. Fig. 4. Copied by permission of
the authorities.
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Pitt Rivers Museum record:
| General Description: Model or reproduction of an Ancient Egyptian parrying shield, made by Pitt Rivers from wood to fit a gap in one of his series. The original from which the shield was made was part of the Louvre [Paris] collections. It is not known if the shield is still in their collections. |
| Accession number: 1884.30.24 |
| Continent: Africa Country: Egypt Group: [Ancient Egyptian] |
| Dimensions: L = 645 mm, W = 103 mm |
| Condition: Broken handle |
| Maker: Pitt Rivers |
| When made: ?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 21 Facsimile of a shield found in an ancient Egyptian tomb. Made by General Pitt Rivers from a tracing taken by him at the Louvre, Paris Delivery Catalogue II entry - Shields from different localities. Wood parrying shield. Egypt 64 Accession Book IV entry - Model of an Ancient Egyptian parrying-stick in the Louvre, oval in the centre with rod-like prolongations above and below (made by General PR). [Drawing] Card Catalogue entry - ALF 64. Egypt Ancient. 64 = 21 black. Model of an Ancient Egyptian parrying stick which is in the Louvre, oval in the centre with rod-like prolongations, above and below. Made by General Pitt Rivers. Original Pitt Rivers collection. Old General Pitt Rivers printed label stuck to central oval - Facsimile of a shield. Found in an Ancient Egyptian tomb. Made by A Lane Fox from tracings taken by him from the original in the Louvre at Paris. There is one other specimen in the Louvre which is 2 feet 11 inches long and has six square notches at the back instead of holes through the shaft. Old General Pitt Rivers printed label - 21 Written on object - Model of Ancient Egyptian parrying shield PR 64 Other information - Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A). PR number: 64 |