Australian Aboriginal Broad Shield-Aboriginal Art-Oceanic Art
Australian Aboriginal Broad Shield
Darling River, New South Wales, Australia
Missionary Society, collected between 1890–1900
Harry A. Franklin (O171), Beverly Hills, acquired in the 1960s
Sotheby’s New York, Pacific Art from the Collection of Harry A. Franklin, 13 May 2019, lot 85
Published:
Pacificulture-Asia Museum, Captain Cook and the Islands of the Pacific, Pasadena, 1978, p. 39, no. 175
Exhibited:
Pacificulture-Asia Museum, Pasadena, Captain Cook and the Islands of the Pacific, July 12–October 15, 1978
Mid 19th Century
35 3/16” (89.3 cm) in height
Written in white ink on the backside is 1210 and on the attached paper tag no. 147.4.78