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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.
Date 22 February 2006 (according to Exif data)
Source 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).

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