A QUEENSLAND RAINFOREST SHIELD

Important Fine Art and Aboriginal Art
Sydney
30 November 2016
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A QUEENSLAND RAINFOREST SHIELD

early 20th century
A QUEENSLAND RAINFOREST SHIELD

carved from the buttress root of a tropical fig tree, of elongated ovoid form, the front with raised boss and decorated with traditional designs in red, yellow, white and black pigments

66.5 cm length

Estimate: 
$3,000 – 4,000
Sold for $6,344 (inc. BP) in Auction 46 - 30 November 2016, Sydney
Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne, acquired in the early 1950s during a trip to North Queensland
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne