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A Narrow Parrying Shield from the Murray and Murrumbidgee River region.

A Narrow Parrying Shield from the Murray and Murrumbidgee River region. The shield measures 25 inches heigh, 5 inches wide and 2.5 inches deep. The shield would have been used to parry the blows of clubs in individual combat. The shield is decorated on both sides, the decoration is stone cut and coloured with pipe clay and ochre  17404