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Auction House:
Vickers & Hoad Auctioneers
Number of lots recorded:16
Lots with images:16
Prices available:16
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*** Early engraved horn-shape cylindro-conical (phallic) stone, New South Wales. Fine grained white, deeply incised (2 cm long) across 3 cm from tip, 2 parallel incisions from that incision to base, 10 short incisions perpendicular to length and concave base.… ***
*** Fine early bulbous headed club, Darling River Region, New South Wales, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) club with biconical head, probably from the Darling River region. Their clean forms and well shaped heads possess a functional beauty.… ***
*** Fine early large pineapple-headed club, North-East Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. Pineapple-headed club with raised striking section on the bulbous head tapering to points at both ends, with notched grip, old shiny patina.… ***
*** Important bulbous club, Lake Condah Aboriginal Mission, Victoria, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) Lake Condah Mission station was established in 1867 as a church of England Mission, approximately three kilometres from the Lake. The Lake… ***
*** Large fine early engraved boomerang, Western New South Wales / Southern Queensland. Carved hardwood. Of bi-convex section with clipped ends, face engraved with sinuous designs, possibly representing the travels of a dreaming Ancector or the course of a… ***
*** Early incised club, South East Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood. Approx length 79 x 3.5 cm. Provenance: Jeff Fischer, Adelaide. Private Collection, South Australia. ***
*** Fine early bulbous club, Darling River Region, New South Wales. Club with biconical head, probably from the Darling River region. Their clean forms and well shaped heads possess a functional beauty. Carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand).… ***
*** Parrying shield, Darling River Region, New South Wales. Wood parrying shield in one piece, anterior bowed, bulge at handle, handle carved out of solid, peaked ridge, surface smoothed old patina. Carved and engraved hardwood. Provenance: Private Collection… ***
*** Rare lil lil club, Darling River Region, New South Wales. Often described as a 'Boomerang-club', this variety could be either thrown or hand held in battle. The fine overall tooling pattern is characteristic that of used on boomerangs and other artefacts… ***
*** Painted ceremonial shield, Desert North, Northern Territory, Australia. Shield of softwood, grooved on both sides, handles flush, cut out of solid, decorated with black and white design depicting bat dreaming ancestor. Carved beanwood and natural pigments… ***
*** Important war trumpet, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Such trumpets were blown after a successful tribal fight to alert their home village of the warriors' success. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. Provenance: acquired in the… ***
*** Early Tiwi throwing club, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. With longitudinal fluted design with ochre decoration on bulbous head, old patina. Approx length 43 x 4.5 cm.… ***
*** Early engraved boomerang, Western New South Wales / Southern Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of bi-convex section with clipped ends, face engraved with sinuous designs, possibly representing the travels of a dreaming Ancector or the course of a… ***
*** Fine early Coolamon, Western Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 50.5 x 18.5 cm. Provenance: Michael Graham Stewart, London the Leicester Galleries, London. Private collection, Queensland ***
*** Fine pearl shell pendant, Kimberley Region, Western Australia. These beautiful Kimberley pearl shell pendants are usually incised with intricate patterns on their convex surface. The patterns represent mythological themes associated with rain. The… ***
*** Superb early wicker shield, new Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Woven natural fibre and natural pigment. Shield of coiled rattan twined with vine-strip, long with pointed ends, with geometric designs in black strip down the centre, length 77.5 x 18.5 cm.… ***