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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art
• Sale Date:
  02 Dec 2015 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  77
• Lot Description:
  A Broad Shield, (Darling River, New South Wales), 19th Century
  carved and incised hardwood in-filled with natural pigments with attached handle
  92.0 cm length
• Provenance:
  Executed in the Darling River Region of New South Wales in the late nineteenth century; Collection of Patrick Skehan (1861-1943), Kilmore, Victoria, acquired in the early 1900s; Thence by descent; Private collection
• Notes:
  Related Work: For two similar shields, see Cooper, C., et al., Aboriginal Australia, Australian Gallery Directors’ Council, Sydney, 1981, p. 89, pl. S49 and S50. S49 is described in part: ‘rather than being internally divided, curvilinear lines enclose discreet shapes which may represent features of the artist’s clan territory.’; For another similar shield see Aboriginal shield from New South Wales, showing the elaborately carved front and the handle at the back in the collection of Museum Victoria (cat. X1047) http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/158241
• Estimate:
  A$35,000 - 45,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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