An Australian Aboriginal Parrying Shield , Southwest Queensland
The surfaces of toy shields made for children were left plain and undecorated . Young boys would not yet be familiar or conscious of the visual grammar associated with the simple graphic designs and had no need to stress or state their identity . Only at the completion of a certain stage in a boys initiation was he given his ‘proper’ shield .
Mid 19 th Century
Mid 19 th Century
See : Finch & Co catalogue no. 2 ( item 2 ) for an example of a Western Australian parrying shield
An Australian Aboriginal Parrying Shield , Southwest Queensland
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