Day 1 - Tribal Art the Americas, Indonesia & Oceania - 18th September 2019
Lot 1546
An Aboriginal shield Australia of curved oblong form with traces of red ochre and with an...
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Description
An Aboriginal shield
Australia
of curved oblong form with traces of red ochre and with an integral handle, 19th century,
61.5cm long.
Provenance
Allan MacPherson, Blairgowrie, Scotland, and thence by descent. Allan MacPherson was the son of William MacPherson, the clerk to the House of Representatives, Melbourne, Australia. He wrote a pamphlet of his experiences around Mount Abundance in the mid 19th century, returning to Scotland in 1860.