Property from an American Private Collection
A Large Wunda Shield, Pilbara Region, Western Australia
Auction Closed
May 25, 09:41 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Property from an American Private Collection
A Large Wunda Shield, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, 19th Century
Carved and engraved softwood, red and white natural earth pigments
37 ¼ in by 5 ¾ in (95.9 cm by 14.6 cm)
Private Collection, Western Australia
American Private Collection, acquired in the 1990s
American Private Collection, acquired in the 1990s
Cf. D. S. Davidson, "A Preliminary Consideration of Aboriginal Australian Decorative Art", Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1937, p. 36, fig. 22, for a very similar shield (height: 44 1/4 in; 112.5 cm) with closely related designs to both the front and back, identified as having come from De Grey in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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