Description
This is a wooden shield from the Aboriginal people of the rainforest region of north-eastern Queensland. Known as a 'rainforest shield', it is painted yellow, red, white and black using natural pigments. Collected in the 1890s, it is 96 cm long x 37 cm wide.
Acknowledgements
| Credits | Reproduced courtesy of Museum Victoria |
|---|---|
| Creator | Unidentified |
| Identifiers | Museum Victoria image number MN 13227 Museum Victoria object registration number X 005792 TLF resource R6655 |
| Source | Museum Victoria, http://museumvictoria.com.au/ |
