Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads: [in black pen:] Central a. arunta tribe. / 'Shield (21".5 x 6".5). / ornamented with red and black pattern. / [in a different hand, and a blue pen:] ?Mango wood with round ends and convex facec and flat [illegible] countersunk ?grips. / G. R.H. Marten, M.D. / R 1907.598. [in a different hand, and a red pen:] M[illegible] 6.3.22'

There is a circular red sticker on the card.
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Author: Flo Sutton

Context (Related Documents)
Register notes for E 1906.230-233 ' Four oblong wooden shields, with round ends, carved faces, and flat, strap counter-sunk grips; two painted red with both faces grooved, and sides slightly curved to protect body (27" .3 x9.7") and (25" .7 x 8" .5); and two with faces painted with designs in red and black, one resembles the shell of a turtle (28" .1 x 9" .5) and one lasageometrical pattern (21" .5 x 6" .5)
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Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) R.H.Marten M.D. Transcribed from Accession Register because record found to be missing from database.

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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Shield, made of wood, lengthened oval shaped. The front is convex and the back is concave, with a recessed handle at the centre. The front of the shield is decorated with circle and oval patterns in yellow, red and black pigment.
Event Date 15/12/2022
Author: Flo Sutton