Early Incised Parrying Shield from New South Wales
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Early incised parrying shield, Murrumbidgee / Lachlan River Region, New South Wales. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of slender elongated form, tapering at either end, a pierced lug handle at the back, with deeply incised geometric designs on the front. Approx length 73 x 9 cm. Provenance: Collected circa 1910 fine tribal Art and Aboriginal paintings, Sotheby's, Sydney, 4 December 1994, lot 589. Private Collection, South Australia. D'Lan Davidson, Item 13, significant 31 May - 16 June 2018.
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
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