22100 Shield

Photo by Dr Corinna Erckenbrecht

Photo by Dr Corinna Erckenbrecht

Accession Number: 22100

Museum: Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne

Date Acquired:

Collector: Hermann Klaatsch (1863-1916)

Date Collected: c.1904

Where from: Aloomba

Description: L770 x W340mm; Boss: L110 x W50mm

Painted rainforest shield; areas of while paint are painted with greyish lines score marks across painted surface; boss is small and is oriented with longest axis across width rather than along the length; handle is different.

See also p.103 in Erckenbrecht (2010) – photo of shield and Aboriginal group with the shield.

See: ‘Hermann Klaatsch’ authored by Corinna Erckenbrecht

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