Carved Wood Shield from South East Australia

An early shield, South East Australia (mid-late nineteenth…
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An early shield, South East Australia (mid-late nineteenth century), carved wood and natural earth pigments, 77 cm high. This is an intricately carved and well balanced shield which shows signs of traditional tooled incisions, such as a possum tooth jaw. Provenance: Private Collection, Victoria.

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