Photo by Dr Rosita Henry

Accession Number: 1921.58.004

Museum: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Date Acquired: 1921

Collector: D. Lyall

Date Collected: Pre 1921

Where from: North Queensland

Description: L526 x W187mm

Shield with grip cut from solid, parallel sides with rounded ends, decoated with incised horizontal lines. Donated by Henry Balfour.

Artist Danie Mellor suggested that this shield is from the “Tully River-Ingham area possibly”,  but Trish Barnard advises that this type of shield is typical of those made by groups around Townsville and undecorated (Henry 2013).

Contact: Jeremy Coote MA Status (Curator and Joint Head of Collections)

Email: objects.colls@prm.ox.ac.uk