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Auction House:
Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Aboriginal - Artefacts
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A rare form of shield, New South Wales origin, carved hardwood. 19th century. 55.5 cm ***
*** Three Western Australian artifact, including finely carved Woomera, shield & club, 19th century. Average 69 cm. ***
*** A painted Australian Leangle club ***
*** A club, South East Australian origin with incised decoration and beehive handle, 19th century, 73 cm. Provenance: Collection of The Late Geoffrey Maxwell Worthington ***
*** A coolamon with fine linear decoration, central Australian origin, 62 cm. Provenance: Collection of The Late Geoffrey Maxwell Worthington ***
*** A transitional Club, decorated with unusual herring bone carving to the bulbous head, South Australian origin most likely Mt Barker region, late 19th century, 65.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection South Australia ***
*** Spear Thrower (woomera), South Eastern Australian origin, late 19th century. 36 cm. Provenance: Ex Bega Museum collection (X2405) ***
*** Shield: West Australian origin with incised decoration and motif, early to mid 20th century. 66 cm ***
*** Mathew, John. Eaglehawk and Crow. A study of the Australian Aborigines, including an inquiry into their origin and a survey of Australian languages. London, 1899. Octavo, with folding coloured map and 5 plates, original cloth. With, Taplin, George, The… ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell necklace, 164 cm long ***
*** A group of 4 Queensland artifact, comprising 3 Woomeras and a western Queensland boomerang. Boomerang 74 cm ***
*** A Tasmanian Aboriginal mariner shell bead necklace, early 20th century, 154 cm. Provenance: Collection of The Late Geoffrey Maxwell Worthington ***
*** Three message sticks, Western Australia (early twentieth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 36.5 cm, 42 cm, 105 cm long ***
*** A Throwing or Fighting Club, South Australian origin, late 19th century, 94 cm ***
*** An Early Throwing Boomerang, South East Queensland (early nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 60 cm long. Provenance: Surveryor operating in Southern Queensland (collected late 19th century). By descent Private Collection, United Kingdom ***
*** Two Coolamons, central deserts origin, late 19th early 20th century. ***
*** A boomerang - Murray-Darling region, shallow curved shape, decorated with 2 lines of incised concentric oval patterns and a zig-zag edge. 69.5 cm ***
*** An Aboriginal club, 19th century, South East Australian origin, 76 cm long ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 166 cm long ***
*** Two Message Sticks, South East Australia, carved wood, 40 cm and 40.2 cm long ***
*** A Boomerang, possibly Cooper Creek, incised patterned decoration, reversed with fine linear motif, late 19th century, 81 cm ***
*** Bullroarer & message stick, Western Australian origin, wood & hair fibre. Length 40.5 cm & 46.5 cm ***
*** Lipundja (Mokuy figure), Northern Territory origin, wood & natural earth pigments. 28 cm ***
*** A Ramu Delta wood shield of typical form with a stylized mask and with incised and painted decoration over the entire surface 95 cm ***
*** A Fighting Club (Murra Wirri) with stone tooled linear decoration, South Australian origin typical of the Lake Eyre district, late 19th century, 97 cm. Provenance: Private Collection South Australia ***
*** Three Boomerangs, Central Deserts origin, early 20th century, Longest 73 cm. Provenance: Private Collection South Australia ***
*** A Fighting Boomerang, Lake Eyre district, Dieri tribe, late 19th century, 102 cm ***
*** Club: South Eastern Australian origin, 19th century. 67 cm ***
*** An early West Australian spear-thrower. 70 cm long. Provenance: The Holt collection no 605 ***
*** An early Boomerang New South Wales Riverina region, 87.5 cm long ***
*** A collection of six boomerangs ***
*** Aboriginal boomerang ***
*** An Aboriginal shield, 69.5 cm long, 22 cm wide ***
*** A Boomerang, Cooper Creek, transitional with steel cut motif, late 19th century, 80 cm ***
*** Kadaitcha Boots: Emu feather & wool fibre ***
*** A La Grange type shield, labelled Kintore, Western Desert, 1987 ***
*** An early throwing club, East Australian, 68 cm long ***
*** An early boomerang South East Australian, 59 cm long ***
*** Throwing Club, Tiwi Islands, carved timber with ochre decoration, early 20th century, 45 cm. Provenance: Private Collection South Australia ***
*** A fine boomerang, Broome area West Australia with remains of ocre finish, late 19th century. 55 cm ***
*** A Wunda shield, west Australian origin, with old fiber repair, early 20th century. 63 cm. ***
*** Millingimbi Carved Bird and Boomerang, wood & natural earth pigments. Approx 52 cm each ***
*** An early throwing club, East Australian, 69 cm long ***
*** An Aboriginal shield, Western Australian origin, early 20th century, incised linear fluting with orchre decoration, 64 cm high ***
*** Wunda Shield, West Australian origin with incised decoration and remains of ochre, 75 cm ***
*** Two fine & early clubs, Queensland (19th century), carved hardwood. Longest 81 cm ***
*** ABORIGINAL SCHOOL, two Message sticks and a boomerang, 43 cm, 35 cm and 63 cm ***
*** A Boomerang, Lake Eyre district South Australia, late 19th century, 83.5 cm ***
*** A South Australian throwing boomerang, 65 cm wide ***
*** A painted boomerang ***
*** A Boomerang, Darling river region, late 19th century, 68 cm. Provenance: Private Collection South Australia ***
*** Aboriginal Club: Northern Territory Arnhamland. Wood & painted ochre. Mid 20th century. 85 cm ***
*** Large shield, north West Western Australia, carved hardwood. 91 cm. Provenance: Ex-Holt collection ***
*** A Southern Queensland boomerang 62 cm long ***
*** A boomerang club with incised linear decoration on front and patterned motif on reverse, West Australian origin, 66 cm. Provenance: Collection of The Late Geoffrey Maxwell Worthington ***
*** A Boomerang, Western New South Wales origin, late 19th century, 71.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection South Australia ***
*** Bullroarer (Upura) ***
*** Bullroarer (Upura) ***
*** Bullroarer (Upura) ***
*** An Aboriginal hollow log coffin, Arnhem Land origin. 118 cm ***
*** A Coolamon, Ernabella Station (Pukatja) South Australia, circa 1920s, purchased from the Coulthard family by the current vendor, 75.5 cm ***
*** Shields: two West Australian aboriginal shields with carved decoration, c1970s. 75 cm & 104 cm ***
*** Club (Waddy): East Australian origin, late 19th century. 64 cm ***
*** A stone cut boomerang, with good Patina ***
*** A shield, Queensland rainforest mission station origin, 20th century. 78 cm. ***
*** An early throwing club, East Australian, 75 cm long ***
*** An Aboriginal fishing hook, south eastern Australian origin, 19th century. 8 cm total ***
*** Aboriginal Headress, Mornington Island, 20th century, hair, emu feather, twine and natural earth pigments, 57 cm high ***
*** An Aboriginal fish trap, woven fibre, early 20th century. 66 cm ***
*** A Tiwi painted wood bust, 31.5 cm high ***
*** A Tiwi painted wood bust, 31 cm high ***
*** Australian school, an old stone cut boomerang, 19th century or earlier ***
*** A Tasmanian Aboriginal mariner shell bead necklace, early 20th century. 66 cm ***
*** Shield, Central Australia (1960s), natural earth pigments on carved beanwood. 62.5 cm ***
*** A collection of Aboriginal spears and artifacts from Groote Eylandt & Maningrida including wood shovel nose spear, steel shovel nose spear, stone head, pointed wood killing spear, Woomera, kangaroo bone fishing spear, digging stick. Provenance: The Alex &… ***
*** An early club, South East Australia (circa 1900), carved hardwood. 61 cm ***
*** An early ceremonial hooked boomerang, Northern Territory (early 20th century), natural earth pigments on carved hardwood. 84 cm ***
*** A shield with painted ochre decoration, most likely West Queensland, 20th century. ***
*** Two Carved Boab Nuts, Western Australia (circa 1990s), carved boab nut, 17 cm, 15 cm long ***
*** Car hood ornaments: 1929 Graham-Paige mascot, Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (2), Royal Automobile Association of South Australia. (4 items) ***
*** Boomerangs: South Eastern Australian 19th century, 51 cm; Central deserts child's transitional boomerang. 2 items ***
*** A shield, Queensland (mid-twentieth century), pigments on carved wood. 67 cm high ***
*** Jack Wherra carved boab nut plus carved nut & stone wanjina, Western Australia, 20th century. Wanjina 19.5 cm. ***
*** A Throwing Club, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, carved wood, 37 cm ***
*** A rock carved West Australian boomerang with aged patina 54 cm long ***
*** An Aboriginal throwing club, Victorian, circa, 1900, 62 cm long ***
*** Aboriginal tribal club and woomera, central deserts region, 20th century. Approximately 72 cm each. (2 items). ***
*** An Aboriginal boomerang, 19th century, South East Australian origin, in relic condition, 65 cm long ***
*** An Aboriginal club, South Australian origin, late 19th early 20th century, 109 cm long ***
*** Three engraved Boab nuts, Kimberley region ***
*** A ceremonial boomerang, Central Australia (1930s), natural earth pigments on carved wood. 73 cm ***
*** Aboriginal club, boomerang, carved stick & Islander bamboo flute (4 items). Largest 81 cm. ***
*** Aboriginal Artefacts: Two boomerangs, a club, pokerwork snake and a miniature didgeridoo, the 'longest 80 cm, ' ***
*** Four Aboriginal woomera, north Western Australian ***
*** Aboriginal shield West Australian origin circa 1940s (62 cm); & a club central deserts origin (58 cm) ***
*** A painted Tiwi mask, 2 cm high ***