Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 605
An Aborigine wunda shield Western Australia wood
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £380
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Description
An Aborigine wunda shield
Western Australia
wood, with grooved zig-zag decoration to the front, the reverse with an integral handle and vertical and horizontal fine fluting, with ochre, 19th century,
67cm long.
Provenance
Purchased from the family of Henry Hubert, a road engineer working in the Kalgoorie and Northern Goldfields area prior to WWI.