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1874 catalogue entry:
73. PARRYING SHIELD, Molucca Islands, with mother-of-pearl studs,
held by the hand in rear, like the preceding examples.
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Pitt Rivers Museum record:
| General Description: Thin Malaku shield, made of wood, decorated with shell. |
| Accession number: 1884.30.28 |
| Continent: SE Asia Country: Indonesia Region: Malaku |
| Dimensions: L = 640 mm W [at handle] = 63 mm |
| Condition: Conserved |
| Field collector: ?Sir E Belcher |
| When collected: ?c1847 |
| Other owners: ?Sir E Belcher, ?Royal United Services Institute ?1872. Pitt Rivers sent this object to Bethnal Green Museum for display by ?early 1874. |
| Notes: Black book entry - Screen 2 29 Shield inlaid with mother o' pearl, Moluccas (73) Added Black book entry - Belcher coll Delivery Catalogue II entry - Shields from different localities. Parrying shield, wood with mother o' pearl studs, Molucca Islands 73 Accession Book IV entry - Oblong parrying shield with long sides, concave, studded pieces of mother of pearl. ?Belcher coll Molucca Ids [Drawings] Collectors Miscellaneous XI Accession Book entry - ?Belcher. Parrying shield with m' of pearl studs Molucca Is 29 Black 73 Card Catalogue entry - ALF 73. 1884.30.28. Indonesia, Moluccas. 73 = 29 black. Oblong parrying-shield with long side concave, studded with piece of mother of pearl. ?Belcher collection. Printed label stuck to object - 29 Old hand-written label - Parrying shield Molucca Islands with mother o' pearl studs held by the hand in rear like the preceding examples Printed label stuck to object - Parrying shield Molucca Isles ornamented with mother-of-pearl studs Other information - Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A). On display in the Upper Gallery. PR number: 73 Displayed in Upper Gallery Shield displays at Pitt Rivers Museum. |