Photos by Dr Rosita Henry
Accession Number: Oc.1933.0403.1
Museum: British Museum
Date Acquired: 1933
Collector: Derwent Vallance (1875-1960)
Date Collected: c.1903
Where from: Mulgrave
Description: L840 x W250mm (Boss: L130 x W70mm)
Curved shield with handle carved from the solid. The front is painted in a striped design in faded red, yellow and white pigment with black outlines. There is a central raised ‘boss’. The reverse is coloured red. Donated by collector’s sister, Florence Walker – see the doc 907.
Painted Shield, red ochre painted on underside, with a boss protruding at centre front to protect the hand (Henry 2012).
See: ‘Derwent Vallance’ authored by Dr Rosita Henry
http://www.jcucollections.org/?page_id=1108
Contact: Dr Gaye Sculthorpe, Curator of Oceania
British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, UK
Phone: +44 20 7323 8035