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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  21 Jul 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  60
• Lot Description:
  A Gulmari Shield
  Eulo, South Western Queensland (nineteenth century)
  carved wood and natural earth pigments
  54 cm high
• Provenance:
  James Tuite, Eulo, Queensland (1920-1930); By descent; Private Collection, Dalby, Queensland (1970s); An Important Private Collection (acquired from the above)
• Notes:
  James Tuite worked as a labourer and station hand in Eulo in South-West Queensland in the 1920-1930s and then sheep shearing in Cunnamulla from the 40's onwards. He died in the late 1970s and the shield was passed down to family members in Dalby.
• Estimate:
  A$12,000 - 18,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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