‘The Wunda (woonda) is a flat or slightly curved shield or oblong shape, with a raised grip or handle and made of wood of medium density. The name Wunda is said by linguist and anthropologist C. G. von Brandenstein (1992: 224) to be derived from the Paljgu word ‘wurnda’ the name of an unidentified wood also used to make these shields.’

(Kim Akerman ‘The Wunda Shields of Western Australia’, ART tribal, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva Bulletin, 1992)