A Parrying Shield, South East Australia carved and engraved hardwood Height: 83cm
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AU$ 9,600
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Footnotes
PROVENANCE: Private collection, UK Private collection, Qld Lawson-Menzies, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 22 - 23 November 2006, lot 46 Private collection
Cf. For a related example in the Christensen Collection at Museum Victoria, Melbourne see Carol Cooper et al, Aboriginal Australia, Canberra: Australian Gallery Directors' Council, 1981, p.85, fig. S35.