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Lot 56

A Wunda Shield, Western Australia height: 70.0cm (27 9/16in)

7 June 2016, 18:30 AEST
Melbourne, Armadale

Sold for AU$5,490 inc. premium

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A Wunda Shield, Western Australia
natural earth pigments on carved and engraved wood
height: 70.0cm (27 9/16in)

Footnotes

PROVENANCE
Reputedly collected at Marble Bar, Western Australia in 1925 by Mr Noel (Neville) Westwood, a 22 year old medical missionary who was said to have been the first person to travel around Australia in a car
Private collection
Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art including selected Oceanic Art, Sydney, 20 October 2008, lot 49
Private collection, Sydney

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