Unknown Artist
A QUEENSLAND RAINFOREST SHIELD
carved from the buttress root of a tropical fig tree, of elongated ovoid form, the front with raised boss and decorated with traditional designs in red, yellow, white and black pigments
66.5 cm length
Estimate:
$3,000 - $4,000
Sold:
$6,344 (inc. BP)
lot details
A QUEENSLAND RAINFOREST SHIELD
carved from the buttress root of a tropical fig tree, of elongated ovoid form, the front with raised boss and decorated with traditional designs in red, yellow, white and black pigments
66.5 cm length
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired in the early 1950s during a trip to North Queensland
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne