Wunda SHIELD - Aboriginal Culture, Australia - Circa 1900

Wunda SHIELD

Aboriginal Culture, Australia

Around 1900

Wood and pigments

H.: 61.5; L.: 10.5 cm

Monoxyl wooden combat shield, engraved on both sides with pigmented registers and hatched with oblique lines.

They were once intended to ward off blows from enemy clubs or lances.

Origin:

Private collection, United Kingdom.

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Ref.: 5044