Aboriginal Art

Aboriginal Art

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Property from an American Private collects ion

A Shield, Southern Queensland

Auction Closed

May 25, 09:41 PM GTNN

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an American Private collects ion


A Shield, Southern Queensland

Circa 1900


Carved hardwood with natural earth pigments

21½ in by 6 ½ in (55 by 16.5 cm)

Mossgreen Auctions, Sydney, Fine Early Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, 31 August 2009, lot 4
American Private collects ion, acquired at the above auction
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 2012 - December 2020

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