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Object Number 25-46-70/D2436
Display Title Shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, carved wood, ovoid, grooved designs, red pigment, splits, chipped
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / <City> / Pender Bay
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms Austalia, northwest; Kimberly region
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 70.5 x 13.6 x 4 cm (27 3/4 x 5 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-2436
Provenance
Intermediary Mrs. Walter Badenach (1924 - 1925)
Seller Unknown (1925)

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