Shield
P1879
From: Australia | South Australia | Murray River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1879 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | South Australia | Murray River |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | The collector, J.T. Huston, labeled this object as coming from the Arrernte people; however, the geographical location does not align with the Arrernte territory and therefore the object has not been assigned a cultural group. A long, wooden shield. The wood is dark, and the shield is a thin oval with two points at either end. The front has an intricate carved design of diamonds within diamonds all along its length. The back has a handle carved out in the middle which is orange compared to the rest of the wood. The collector, J.T. Huston incorrectly spelled the native name of this object as “al-coorta”. |
| Length | 65 cm |
| Width | 9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 47 - Other Number |
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