Australian Aboriginal shield, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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.
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Date
1934
Source
Wikimedia Commons
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