Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers RiversThere is no location and storage information for this number. It is possible that this item has since been found and allocated a new number and keyword.
Event Date 7/3/2008
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
‘Catalogue card notes for A-B: “ 2 Lauru wicker shield with palm-leaf lining.
Event Date 7/3/2008
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Wickerwork shield made from cane and woven with vine; it is narrow and tapering to a point at the top and wide at the base. The reverse of the shield is covered in Pandanus leaves, which have been sewn together with vine and the Pandanus is fraying around the edges. There is a smaller Pandanus cover under the handle and a further layer of Pandanus leaves have been folded over and tucked beneath the shield handle to form a padded support. The handle has been chequer woven in vine and a cord made from twisted plant fibre is tied around it. The front of the shield is uncovered and made from a cane frame woven with un-dyed and black vine. The black vine forms a forked motif at the base of the shield with a band containing un-dyed squares running horizontally across the shield above this. A decorated forked motif at the top of the shield leads to an arch with a horizontal band beneath. This band flares out at either side and is decorated with an un-dyed square and two horizontal un-dyed lines at each end. [Heather Donoghue 30.06.2012]
Event Date 21/3/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 198. A-B New Georgia. Munda. 2 Lauru [underlined] shields with palm-leaf lining. Rivers' Colln.'

A label attached to the shield reads [handwritten in black:] 'No Lost [crossed out] ALMOST CERTAINLY 198 A or B'. For the purposes of recording these objects the larger shield from the pair has been allocated Z 198 A and the smaller shield Z 198 B. [Heather Donoghue 30.06.2012]
Event Date 21/3/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue