AN UNUSUALLY LARGE WUNDA SHIELD

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

Western Australia
AN UNUSUALLY LARGE 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 decorated with longitudinal fluting and well worn carved loop handle, aged patina overall

90.0 cm length

Estimate: 
$2,500 - 3,500
Provenance

Collected by a anthropologist in the 1950s
Private collection