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Ngarla shield
Unknown maker, Kimberley region, Western Australia1880 - 1900
Museums Victoria
Carlton, Australia
The diversity of iconography and patterning to be found in the designs painted onto objects made and used by Aboriginal people reinforces the strong cultural distinctions that exist across Aboriginal Australia. This Wunda shield was produced in the late 19th century by the Ngarla people of Nickol Bay in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was acquired by Museum Victoria in 1890 from the Hon. J Forrest.
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Details
- Title: Ngarla shield
- Creator: Unknown maker, Kimberley region, Western Australia
- Creator Nationality: Indigenous Australian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Birth Place: Kimberley region, Western Australia
- Date Created: 1880 - 1900
- Physical Dimensions: w215 x h1145 mm
- Type: Object
- Rights: Source: Museum Victoria. Indigenous or Cultural Rights Apply, Copyright Museum Victoria: Source: Museum Victoria / Maker: unknown / Photographer: Jonathon Augier. Indigenous or Cultural Rights apply
- External Link: Museum Victoria Collections
- Medium: Natural pigments on wood
- Subject: Aboriginal peoples (Australians), Aboriginal art, shields (weapons)
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