by Jim Elmslie
At times, the landing page of the website of the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) features an extremely rare and culturally significant shield which also now occupies a prominent position in the Gallery’s permanent collection on display. One of only seven shields of its kind, a Murlapakashield of the Kaurna Miyurna or the Adelaide Plains people, it is unique to its maker.
In July 2020 the AGSA acquired this very rare and important Kaurna Murlapaka (also . . .
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