An Aboriginal narrow shield Australia with an integral handle and all-over fine carved texture

An Aboriginal narrow shield

Australia

with an integral handle and all-over fine carved texture, 19th century,

73cm long.

Provenance

Allan MacPherson, Blairgowrie, Scotland and thence by descent.

Allan MacPherson was the son of William MacPherson, the clerk to the House of Representatives, Melbourne, Australia. He wrote a pamphlet of his experiences around Mount Abundance in the mid 19th century, returning to Scotland in 1860.