Aboriginal ‘Lonka Lonka’ Pubic-Cover A whimsical pencil sketch on

A whimsical pencil sketch on paper most likely done at her Oakville home on the farm with big horn sheep

“An old man painted with stripes of various colors and distinguished from the rest by a shell hanging from his girdle”

The wooden ship is mounted over a light beige/cream colored linen fabric

East Sepik Province

Pigments and relief carving with pierced ears at the top

Aboriginal ‘Lonka Lonka’ Pubic-Cover A whimsical pencil sketch onAboriginal Pearl Shell Lonka Lonka Publc Cover, Western Australia, circa late 19th early 20th century. Ex. Michael Hanson, Palos Verdes, Ex. Mark Assayag, Montreal Pearl shells were in use from at least 1818. In 1818 the French explorers Freycinet records the following in Shark Bay, Western Australia. An old man painted with stripes of various colors and distinguished from the rest by a shell hanging from his girdle.