$7,000
Superb early Incised Parrying Shield, Northern New South Wales and South Western Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. Approx L55 x 15.5cm. PROVENANCE Warren Anderson Collection A.3. Gary Anderson Collection G179. John Magers Collection, Sydney. Cf. Susan M. Davies, Collected: 150 years of Aboriginal Art and Artifacts at the Macleay Museum, The University of Sydney 2002 p.85, for another early shield of exceptional quality, also replete with finely engraved designs to the front and back, collected in the second half of the 19th century.
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