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Item X 98528 Wunda | Shield. Specific locality unrecorded, Western Australia, Australia

Local Name

Wunda

Physical Description

Flat oblong shaped child's shield with rounded ends. Handle on the posterior is carved from the solid and protudes from the surface. This surface is fluted and decorated with bands of black and white pigment; the handle is smooth. Anterior surface is fluted with an angled fluting section in the middle and decorated with bands of black and white pigment.

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Object/Medium

Shield
Maker

Unrecorded
Locality

Specific locality unrecorded, Western Australia, Australia
Collector

Unknown
Date Collected

1995
Object Measurements

400 mm (Length), 110 mm (Width), 45 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Marking identity
Date Made

before 1970
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Not Recorded
Place Made

Western Australia, Australia
Indigenous Region

Northwest, Australia
Collection Names

The Christensen Fund Collection, Henry Krips Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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Item X 98528 Wunda | Shield. Specific locality unrecorded, Western Australia, Australia

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