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Tribal — Vickers & Hoad Auctioneers
Auction House:
| Vickers & Hoad Auctioneers | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 16 |
| Lots with images: | 16 |
| Prices available: | 16 |
Category:
Tribal
- Aboriginal - Art (9)
- Aboriginal - Artefacts (313)
- African (50)
- American Indian (10)
- New Guinean (91)
- New Zealand Maori (13)
- S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific (24)
- Zother (19)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Rare Tiwi ceremonial dance club, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood with natural earth pigment, length 70.5 x 11 cm. Provenance: Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern Territory… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine Massim lime spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Spatulas were used by preparing betel nut. The betel nut and leaf were mixed with chalk so it was chewable. Spatulas with human figures were used by magicians as protection during Kula travels… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine early incised narrow shield, South East Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood. Carved in hardwood of lozenge section, the front intricately engraved with zig-zag and meandering linear motifs, the reverse undecorated with deep-cut lug handle, old… | *** |  |
| *** | Rare early incised club, Victoria. This is an unusual shaped club, the with shaft and head are adorned with finely incised crosshatching designs. Ribbed pointed end to handle. Carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand). Provenance: Ex Byron Clear… | *** |  |
| *** | Early fine inlay rootstock club, Vunikau, Fiji Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood and sperm whale tooth. Vunikau, of classic form, finely carved with sperm whale tooth inlay, smooth, glossy reddish brown patina, length 111 x 11 cm. Provenance:… | *** |  |
| *** | Superb Wunda shield, Western Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. This wunda shield is elongated ovoid form, the front decorated with fluted linear designs divided into three sections to form a zig-zag motif infilled alternately… | *** |  |
| *** | Incised parrying shield, New South Wales. Of bi-convex section and elongated triangular profile, solid cut handle, the front decorated with panels of incised chevron motifs, old patina overall. Carved and engraved hardwood. Provenance: Collected in 1898,… | *** |  |
| *** | Lipundja Gupapuyngu (C.1912 – 1968), Mokuy spirit figure, C.1963. Carved and engraved softwood and natural earth pigment. Provenance: Created at Milingimbi, Central Arnhem land. Private Collection, Sydney. Private Collection, New South Wales. Cf. Wild… | *** |  |
| *** | Rare early incised club, South East Australia. This is an unusual club, the shaft and head are adorned with finely incised geometric designs around a central animal motif, old patina overall. Carved and engraved hardwood. Provenance: Private Collection,… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine large narrow shield, Yalata, South Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood. With convex front and triangular section, the front decorated with incised linear lozenge motifs separated by an incised cross band at the centre, the reverse undecorated… | *** |  |
| *** | Rare early mushroom-head club, New South Wales. Straight shaft of circular section that terminates in a finely adzed thick mushroom-like head. Their clean forms and well shaped heads possess a functional beauty. Carved and engraved hardwood (with custom… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine spear thrower (woomera), Victoria. Elongated blade of plano-convex section decorated on both surfaces with incised linear traditional motifs, tapering to form an elongated handle of circular section, old glossy patina. Carved and engraved hardwood… | *** |  |
| *** | Rainforest sword club, Northeast Queensland. Elongated ovoid form, small cut handle of oval section, old shiny patina. Carved and engraved hardwood. Provenance: Ex Don Robinson Collection, New South Wales. Private Collection, New South Wales. Approx.… | *** |  |
| *** | Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri 1926-1998, women from Putji-Die at Ngutjulwga 1979. Synthetic polymer paint on board Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri (b.c.1926 at Marnpi southeast of Kintore, Northern Territory 1998), was one of the most important painters to emerge… | *** |  |
| *** | Rare fishtail fighting club, Port Essington, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. Carved hardwood and natural pigment. Cf. Davies, S., collected: 150 years of Aboriginal Art and artifacts at the Macleay Museum, the University of Sydney, Sydney 2002, p.… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine elegant boomerang, Darling River Region, New South Wales. Boomerang with characteristic fine tooling, from the Darling River region of New South Wales. With their elegant forms and beautiful light-reflecting surfaces, these were fighting weapons used… | *** |  |