Alcheringa Images

Shield (in fact outriger)

Wooden, narrow item, with sharpened and elevated ends. Dihedral on the exterior and interior faces, with dihedral projection at the centre of the latter. Made of light-coloured wood.

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Details

Time collected
Before 1826
Location collected
South Pacific (misattributed as Australian shield)
Transfer history
Admiralty Museum, Saint Petersburg > >
Current museum
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Saint Petersburg
Time deposited to current museum
1828
Current museum number
736-273
Material
Wood
Measurements
Length 51 cm, width 7 cm-5.2 cm, height 7 cm.
Source/publication/study
Barratt 1981; Belkov 2015