Bardi Shield

186. A Bardi shield with carved zig-zag grooves to the front with red pigment, the back with four rows of carved vertical grooves and red pigment to the plain rows and the integral handle, inscribed LAGRANGE BAY KIMBERLEY FORMERLY HARDWEL.
73.5cm long.

Sold.

Kimberly region. Australia.

Provenance
Dr Leonard Adam Private Collection (1891 – 1960) Anthropologist and lawyer.