Central Desert Aboriginal sheild from an impotant collection Utopia early 70s

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Central Desert Aboriginal sheild from an impotant collection Utopia early 70s:
$346.49

SIZE: 25cm by 70cmDESCRIPTION:

This old shield is from an Aboriginal the Aboriginal communitycalled Utopia which at the time of collection was the former Utopia pastoral lease . It covers an area of 3,500 square kilometres, transected by the Sandover River, and lies on a traditional boundary of the Alyawarra and Anmatjirra people, the two language groups which predominate there today. The name is probably a corruption of Uturupa, which means ‘big sand hill’, a region in the north west extremity of the area.300km north west of Alice Springs.

The shield was was collected by Tom McCourt in the early 70s. and has his hand written collection location marked on it.

The shield is well used with very worn fluted marks on back and front and old worn smooth chips missing on the side as seen in the images. It also has remnants of red pigment and a crack at the base which is very stable

The majority ofTom McCourt\'scollection now resides in the South Australian Museum. Tom McCourt worked as a cattleman which allowed him to travel vast areas of Australia, and his collecting quickly became an obsession with Australian Aboriginal culture. He acquired first hand knowledge of the Aboriginal artefacts he collected and accurately recorded in most cases the collection location. He also acquired some material from early collections. Tom wrote extensively about his collection and eventually published a book titled “ Aboriginal Artefacts” by Tom McCourt in 1975 This artefact is from the Tom McCourt Collection. The majority of his collection now resides in the South Australian Museum. Tom McCourt worked as a cattleman which allowed him to travel vast areas of Australia, and his collecting quickly became an obsession with Australian Aboriginal culture. He acquired first hand knowledge of the Aboriginal artefacts he collected and accurately recorded in most cases the collection location. He also acquired some material from early collections. Tom wrote extensively about his collection and eventually published a book titled “ Aboriginal Artefacts” by Tom McCourt in 1975

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