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| Pilbara, Western desert Aborigine, Australia Early 20th Century Wood & ochre pigments Length: 82 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgium; Sotheby’s, Paris, June 6, 2005, lot 2: Studer-Koch Collection, Zurich, Switzerland. The name originated from wurnda in the Paljgu language and referred to a type of wood out of which the shields were made. Used primarily as a defensive weapon to ward off spears and boomerangs, they were also carried by performers in ritual contexts. Wunda shields became widely traded through Western, North and South Australia. | |||||||||||
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