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Shield

Shield with handle, richly decorated and curved shape, red-orange paintings, glued cotton, white shading, carvings at the upper end

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Cultural attribution
Warlpiri
Object type
Schild
Dimensions
L 64.5 cm W 23 cm D 55 cm
Material/Technique
wood (plant material), pigments carved, summarised
Object genre
weapon
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2045
Other number(s)
2045 (Old inventory number)
Linden-Museum: 85322 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

Assignment to a curated holding:
Ethnographic study collection
Production
when
before 1913
where
Nordterritorium
Australien
Description
Supplement to the place: with the regions Central Australia and Northern Australia Wikidata for Central Australia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18103669
Change of physical control:
Not clarified
when
1910-1913
where
Australien
who
Liebler, Oskar (1884 - 1943) - Owners
Change of physical control:
Purchase
when
13.03.1913
where
Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg
Deutschland
Description
"The Liebler Collection was purchased by the Linden-Museum Stuttgart on 13 March 1913" (Schlatter, Gerhard, 1985: Bumerang und Schwirrholz. Berlin: Reimer, 25).
Change of physical control:
Exchange
when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg
Deutschland
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners

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