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Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:49
Lots with images:49
Prices available:49
Category:
Aboriginal - Artefacts
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Aboriginal dot painting on wooden coolamon, 87 cm high ***
*** A stunning Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace bearing fine large shell specimens strung on waxed cotton thread, 115 cm long ***
*** Lin Onus (1948-1996), two pokerwork decorated boomerangs, each inscribed verso, Lin Onus, Wirad-jiri Arilie, Australia, 14, and 16, 38 cm and 42 cm long ***
*** Two Aboriginal ironwood bird carvings with painted ochre decoration, Tiwi Islands origin, Northern Territory, Australia, 44 cm and 35 cm high ***
*** A mariner shell bead necklace, Tasmanian origin, 80 cm long ***
*** Gert Sellheim, (Estonia, Australia, 1901-1970). Australia [Boomerang], 1957 colour and process lithograph, signed in image upper right, 100 x 63 cm. Linen-backed. Text continues 'Australian National Travel Association, Railway Building, Flinders Street,… ***
*** Mariner shell bead necklace, Tasmanian origin 180 cm long ***
*** A message stick, carved wood, West Australian origin 98 cm high ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, early 20th century, 75 cm long ***
*** Tasmanian shell bead necklace, intricately threaded with iridescent shell specimens. A fine example. 125 cm long ***
*** A mariner shell bead necklace, Tasmanian origin, 154 cm long ***
*** A Tasmanian Aboriginal Mariner shell bead necklace, 132 cm long ***
*** Two early stone cut boomerangs,19th century 52 cm and 47 cm long ***
*** Torres Strait Islands Headdress, cassowary feather and woven fibres early 20th century framed and mounted 30 cm high, 42 cm wide ***
*** A mariner shell bead necklace, Tasmanian origin, early 20th century 166 cm long ***
*** A mariner shell bead necklace with pink stain, 164 cm long ***
*** An impressive Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 175 cm long ***
*** A Mariner shell bead necklace, Tasmanian origin, 20th century, internally looped to be worn as a double strand. 160 cm long ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 180 cm long ***
*** A mariner shell bead necklace, Tasmanian origin, 174 cm long ***
*** A Kimberley glass spear point, West Australian origin, circa 1910with collection note 'Early 20th century about 1910, glass spearhead made by Aboriginals' A fine Kimberley glass spear point, West Australian origin, circa 1910 with collection note 'Early… ***
*** A Tasmanian Mariner shell bead necklace, 170 cm long ***
*** 1968 Scanlens 'Nswrl Club Mascots', almost complete set [11/12]. Fair condition (each card with small puncture at top) ***
*** A mariner shell bead necklace with gold clasp, early 20th century, 76 cm long ***
*** Oscar Namatjira painting on woomera (spear thrower) faded but still very attractive. Length 56 cm. Typical Namatjira family landscape. Also painted on reverse with beginnings of emu. Scarce. ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 20th century, 170 cm long ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell double strand necklace with gold clasp, 50 cm long ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace with triple strand and silver clasp, 52 cm long ***
*** A cedar Chiffonier c1870; the base comprising of two doors with shield-shaped door fronts, surmounted by a three drawer section. Low back ***
*** Wunda shield, West Australia; plus hunting boomerang (with repair), WA. (2 items) ***
*** An Aboriginal throwing club, Queensland origin, late 19th century 69 cm long ***
*** Aboriginal painted sawfish snout, a highly endangered fish that lives in tropical waters, painted with traditional aboriginal decorations. ***
*** Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 176 cm long ***
*** An early boomerang, central deserts, 19th century 57.5 cm long ***
*** Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 174 cm long ***
*** Two Australian walking sticks carved with native flora and fauna, most likely Aboriginal mission work, late 19th century, 94 cm and 87 cm high ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace 175 cm long ***
*** A mariner shell bead necklace, Tasmanian origin 155 cm long ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 160 cm long ***
*** Albert Namatjira (1902-59, Australia, Aboriginal): small boomerangs (2), mulga wood, 19 cm long, one decorated with kangaroo, other with lizard, endorsed 'Albert Namatjira' and 'Aboriginal Handicraft, Hermannsburg, Central Australia'. (2 items) ***
*** A didgeridoo with cross hatched painted design, wood and natural earth pigments, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory 115 cm long ***
*** Spear Throwers (3), from WA/Central Australia, includes one with stone chip bonded in natural gum at end ***
*** A boomerang, finely carved with remains of ochre, Western Australia origin 51 cm long ***
*** Emu Eggs: Two carved emu eggs with Australian fauna and figures; two uncarved emu eggs; also carved boab nut with emus and Kangaroo by Joe Sampi. (5 items) ***
*** Coolamon: Large Coolamon used for carrying food when on walkabout, 64 x 21 cm. Western Australian origin ***
*** An Aboriginal miniature shield, carved wood and ochre, Western Australian origin, early 20th century 32.5 cm long ***
*** 'Angus and Robertson's History of Australia' (1918), 80pp softbound, signed on front cover by artist and cartoonist Raymond Lindsay; also 'Our Shepherds' by W.R. Glasson of Gamboola, Molong, NSW ( Australian Medical Publishing, 2nd edn, c.1943), 31pp… ***
*** The Royal Family & Australia: A collection of books, pamphlets, souvenirs, etc., including Souvenir of the Gala Performance for the Duke and Duchess of York 1927, Program for the Reception at the Exhibition Building Melbourne, 1927, Souvenir Book of King… ***
*** A decorated spear, wood and natural earth pigments, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, 20th century 224 cm long ***