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1874 catalogue entry:
70. PARRYING SHIELD, similar to No. 69, with the addition of iron
points which enable the weapon to be used for thrusting as well.
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Pitt Rivers Museum record:
| General Description: Indian parrying shield, made from antelope horns with metal points. |
| Accession number: 1884.30.26 |
| Continent: Asia Country: India |
| Dimensions: Overall L = 750 mm [1 horn L = 490 mm, other horn L = 420 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 24 Shield parrying, Antelope's horns, Iron points, India (70) Delivery Catalogue II entry - Shields from different localities. Parrying shield with iron points, India 70 Accession Book IV entry - Similar object [to 1884.30.25], with iron tips to the horns for thrusting. India Card Catalogue entry - ALF 70. 1884.30.26. India 70 = 24 black. Parrying shield made of two antelope horns set in opposite directions with iron tips to the horns for thrusting. Used by fakirs, yogis etc. Original Pitt Rivers collection. Written on object - Madu or maru India PR 70 Current Display Label - [1995] Two antelope horns with metal ends (one blunt, the other pointed) without shield in front (as other have). Other information - Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A.) . Similar shield called márú is said by C Feest in the Art of War 1980 to be Punjabi. The ends of the horn were both covered with a brass-coloured ferrule but one is missing. The tips are both covered with iron but one end has a blunt covering and the other has an iron end shaped rather like an elongated spade in playing-cards, this tip is longer than the tip of the other horn. PR number: 70 Displayed in Upper Gallery Shield displays at Pitt Rivers Museum. |