SOUTH WEST QUEENSLAND, early 1900s
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A GULMARI SHIELD
SOUTH WEST QUEENSLAND, early 1900s
carved and shaped hardwood with geometric designs infilled with natural earth pigments, the reverse with a deep cut lug handle
57.0 cm length
bears incised inscription verso: A.W. BARR
Estimate:
$4,000 – 6,000
Sold for $5,124 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
Provenance
Collected in the early 1900‘s by George Kerr a farmer working in Rockhampton, Queensland
Thence by descent
Private collection, Queensland