Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 51
Queensland, C.1940
A PAIR OF SMALL RAINFOREST SHIELDS
decorated with traditional designs painted in orange, yellow, white and black natural earth pigments
47.0 and 54.0 cm length
Estimate:
$4,000 – 6,000 (2)
Lot sold: $4,270 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Queensland, C.1940 A PAIR OF SMALL RAINFOREST SHIELDS
decorated with traditional designs painted in orange, yellow, white and black natural earth pigments
47.0 and 54.0 cm length
Provenance
Collected in North East Arnhem Land by the vendor’s father in the early 1960s
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne