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1874 catalogue entry:
49. to 51. SHIELD of the form called Murukanye, showing a further increase in breadth.
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Pitt Rivers Museum record:
| General Description: Australian shield, made of wood, decorated with incised lines |
| Accession number: 1884.30.9 |
| Continent: Australia Country: Australia |
| Dimensions: L = 806 mm, W = 135 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 7 and 8 Shields 'Murukanye', shewing a still greater increase in width (50 and 51) Delivery Catalogue II entry - Shields from different localities. Wood shield, murukanye. Australia 50 Accession Book IV entry - Murukanye of similar form [to 1884.30.8], broader and flatter, decorated with wavy lines at the ends and chevrons between 3 plain cross bars (patterns impressed and incised). N Australia [Drawing] Card Catalogue entry - ALF 50. North Australia. 50 = 7 black. Lenticular parrying-shield, murukanye, rather broad and flattish, decorated with wavy lines at the ends and chevrons between 3 plain cross bars; pattern impressed and incised. Original Pitt Rivers collection. Written on object - (in white ink) "Murukanye" N Australia PR 50 Other information - Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A). Handle carved from whole. Flattish front is decorated with wavy lines with white pigment in the troughs. At intervals from side to side are plain cross bands. There are some traces of red pigment. PR number: 50 |