shield, parrying

Parrying shield, Australian aboriginal. A rough wooden shield, with a handgrip carved into back. Collected by Sir John Franklin or his wife Jane, while he was governor of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania). Mounted as part a trophy with Aboriginal bows and a Maori taiaha (challenge stick).

Object Details

ID: AAA3766
Type: shield, parrying
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1837-1843; 1837-43
Credit: On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees
Measurements: Overall: 65 x 610 x 240 mm
Parts: Trophy of Aboriginal and Maori Implements (Trophy)
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