A PAIR OF SMALL RAINFOREST SHIELDS
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QUEENSLAND, c.1940
A PAIR OF SMALL RAINFOREST SHIELDS
decorated with traditional designs painted in orange, yellow, white and black natural earth pigments
47.0 and 54.0 cm length
Estimate:
$4,000 – 6,000 (2)
Sold for $4,270 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
Provenance
Collected in North East Arnhem Land by the vendor’s father in the early 1960s
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne