1874 catalogue entry:
78. SHIELD of the Dyaks of Borneo, called "Utap," ornamented with human hair.
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Pitt Rivers Museum record:
| General Description: Iban long shield, made of wood with painted designs, with triangular ends, ornamented with human hair on front. |
| Accession number: 1884.30.37 |
| Continent: SE Asia Country: Borneo [Kalimantan, Sarawak etc.] Group: Bidayuh Iban |
| Dimensions: L = 1200 mm, W = 435 mm |
| 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 35 Shield with human hair, Borneo (78) Delivery Catalogue II entry - Shields from different localities. Shield, painted wood and hair, Borneo 77 ?78 or Shield, painted wood Borneo 78 ?77 Accession Book IV entry - Similar shield [to 1884.30.36] with pent sides, ornamented with human figures designs in paint, Dyak, Borneo [Drawing] Card Catalogue entry - ALF 78. Indonesia, Borneo, Dyak. 78 = 35 black. Oblong wooden shield with triangular ends with pent sides [drawing - similar to ^] ornamented with human figure designs in paint. Original Pitt Rivers collection. Old General Pitt Rivers Label - [printed] 'Shield of the Dyaks of Borneo. The ornamentation represents a human figure and is fringed with human hair'. [there are two of these labels, one on the front and one on the back, the front one is larger but the content is exactly the same] Written on object - 'Utap', Kyan shield, Borneo PR 78 Other information - NB This shield does have human hair ornamentation. Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A). The painted decoration on this shield is quite crude. The hair is arranged in rows. The back does not have hair decoration but does have painted decoration in red black and gold. PR number: 78 |