An Aborigine wunda shield Western Australia wood

An Aborigine wunda shield

Western Australia

wood, with grooved zig-zag decoration to the front, the reverse with an integral handle and vertical and horizontal fine fluting, with ochre, 19th century,

67cm long.

Provenance

Purchased from the family of Henry Hubert, a road engineer working in the Kalgoorie and Northern Goldfields area prior to WWI.