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Woorabinda mission shield
1926

Medium
natural pigments on wood

Measurements
72.1 × 29.6 × 10.7 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 2011
Public domain

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Woorabinda, Queensland

Accession Number
2011.158

Department
First Nations Australia

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Physical description
Featuring bands top and bottom with figures carved in bas relief, showing an eagle, a dingo and a kangaroo, and Aboriginal hunter with a spear chasing an emu, deep cut lug handle.