Dynamic Parrying Shield from Late 19th Century Australia

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A dynamic parrying shield, South East Australia (late nineteenth century), carved hardwood and natural pigments, 72.7 cm high. Provenance: Mrs Edgell Hunt, New Zealand (1898). The Pitt-Rivers Collection, United Kingdom. Primitive Works of Art, Sotheby's, London, 30 March 1981, lot 116. Private Collection, United States

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