AN EARLY WUNDA SHIELD

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
14 October 2009
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Artefacts and Carvings

Western Australia, 1920s
AN EARLY WUNDA SHIELD

carved in hardwood, of elongated ovoid form, the front engraved with broadly fluted zig-zag designs, infilled with alternating bands of red and white natural pigments, the back undecorated, with carved loop handle

61.5 cm length

Estimate: 
$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance

Private collection, Queensland