A BARDI SHIELD

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
24 March 2010
155

Artefacts and Carvings

Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia
A BARDI SHIELD

carved in softwood, of bi-convex section, the gently convex front incised with longitudinal zig-zag designs decorated with alternating bands of red and white natural pigments overall, the reverse with deep cut handle

68.0 cm length

Estimate: 
$1,800 - 2,200
Sold for $2,160 (inc. BP) in Auction 13 - 24 March 2010, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne