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Description: Australian Aboriginal shield. Photographed at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) on 21-Feb-06. Legend reads: Shield (Darkur). North Queensland. Covering of softwood, with a large flat ovate shape. Used with the sword, number 20. The meaning of the painted decoration is now lost. Collected before 1934. Wrightson collection.
Title: Australian Aboriginal shield
Credit: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims).
Author: No machine-readable author provided. Gaius Cornelius assumed (based on copyright claims).
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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