Fighting shield · West Australia · ID: 3035999
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
collected in situ by a minor working at Wingalena in 1970, south of Warburton, West AustraliaSize
H: 71,5 cm
H: 28.1 inch
Description
bush hardwood, dyed with red pigment, slightly convex front coated with fine linear grooves, bands of white ochre for ceremonial use, bands of carved lines on the reverse, a carved handle at the same place, a natural knot hole filled with resin plug, slightly dam. (rims), fine fissures (upper rim), metal base;
the thin parrying shields were used to deflect clubs and boomerangs; the broader shields were a protection from spears.