Description:

Large RAINFOREST SHIELD, NORTH EAST QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments. An assymetrical kidney-shaped shield made of a single piece of softwood painted with natural pigments. The outer surface is painted with red ochre and decorated with abstract geometric patterning outlined in Reckitts blue and infilled with white, yellow and red. The handle is carved into the reverse side and at the same point on the outer surface is a raised rectangular section.

    Provenance:
  • Private collection, Sweden. Private collection, New South Wales.
  • Dimensions:
  • Approx L100 x 30cm.
  • Exhibited:
  • 919
  • Literature:
  • Decorative Art
  • Medium:
  • Ethnographic & Indigenous Artifacts
  • Circa:
  • Australiana

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15 July 2024 19:00 AEST
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