Australian Aboriginal shield, Queensland, Australia

Australian Aboriginal shield.
Photographed at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) on 21-Feb-06.
Legend reads:
Shield (Darkur). North Queensland. Covering of softwood, with a large flat ovate shape. Used with the sword, number 20. The meaning of the painted decoration is now lost.

Collected before 1934. Wrightson collection.