Photo by Dr Corinna Erckenbrecht
Accession Number: 22101
Museum: Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne
Date Acquired:
Collector: Hermann Klaatsch (1863-1916)
Date Collected: c.1905
Where from: Central Queensland
Description: Painted shield; incised; also painted on back; no boss; large square cut out at back for handle.
Typical of shields from Townsville to Mackay to Marlborough region; see also Roth:1909 ‘North Queensland Ethnography’ Bulletin no.13, Plate.LX, p.205 (Barnard 2013).
See: ‘Hermann Klaatsch’ authored by Corinna Erckenbrecht