Shield
(c. 1976)

Jarinyanu David Downs

Medium: earth pigments on wood
Measurements: 56.7 × 33.5 × 7.4 cm
Place/s of Execution: Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia
Accession Number: 2011.173
Department: First Nations Australia
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 2011
© Jarinyanu David Downs/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location: Not on display
Physical description: Engraved and painted design of a centrally placed lizard surrounded by two sets of five ceremonial figures in red and yellow ochres, black pigment, the reverse painted red and black, incised with deep cut lug handle.