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Rainforest shield and sword pair
- Artist
- UNKNOWN
- Date
- c.1900
- Medium
- Shield: Carved softwood (Ficus sp.) with natural pigments; Sword: Carved hardwood
- Dimensions
- Shield: 111 x 34 x 7.2cm (irreg.); Sword: 152 x 15 x 2.5cm (irreg.)
- Credit
- Purchased 2012 with funds raised through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal
Exhibition history
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Cite this work
UNKNOWN, Rainforest shield and sword pair, c.1900, Shield: Carved softwood (Ficus sp.) with natural pigments; Sword: Carved hardwood, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane.
Stable URL (what's this?)
https://dartabase.art/cite/qagoma/17736
Purchased 2012 with funds raised through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal
Metadata sourced from Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art open data collection
Image rights: unknown