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Shell pubic shield
- Made:
- 1821-1929 in New South Wales
- maker:
- Niol Niol tribe
![Shell pubic shield](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/534/127/small_thumbnail_a1064__0004_.jpg)
![Shell pubic shield](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/534/125/small_thumbnail_a1064__0003_.jpg)
![Shell pubic shield](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/534/122/small_thumbnail_a1064__0002_.jpg)
![Shell pubic shield](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/534/132/small_thumbnail_a1064__0009_.jpg)
![Shell pubic shield](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/534/131/small_thumbnail_a1064__0007_.jpg)
![Shell pubic shield](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/534/130/small_thumbnail_a1064__0006_.jpg)
![Shell pubic shield](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/534/128/small_thumbnail_a1064__0005_.jpg)
![Shell pubic shield](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/534/124/small_thumbnail_a1064__0001_.jpg)
![Shell pubic shield](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/534/134/small_thumbnail_a1064__0008_.jpg)
![Shell pubic shield, untraditional design, made by Niol](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/371/529/small_thumbnail_smg00060459.jpg)
Shell pubic shield, untraditional design, made by Niol, Niol tribe, New South Wales, late 19th to 20th centuries
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A1064
- Materials:
- shell
- type:
- pubic shields
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)