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Description: | Painted oval hide shield with wood reinforced rim and stave down centre back front painted with white background, one black line either side of central red line down centre. Black border near rim on right side, red rim border on left side. Black semicircle projecting from centre line right side. Hide thong lashing of wood round rim and coming through either side of stave. Outcurving handle section of stave. leather thong along half length at back, joining handle and one end of back stave. Two tears mended with oversewn leather thong.
Material: oxhide
Material: wood
Material: leather
Material: pigment | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.ethnography.61462 | Go to resource |
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