| *** | Important spear thrower (woomera), 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.… | *** |  |
| *** | Early fine engraved boomerang, Western New South Wales / Southern Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of convex section, the face engraved with varying traditional motifs, old patina overall. Approx length 70 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection… | *** |  |
| *** | Aboriginal hair adornment, Kimberley, Western Australia, carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment (with custom stand) hairpin is superbly carved with hypnotic La Grange style carving. Length 36 x 4.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South… | *** |  |
| *** | Large Tiwi ceremonial dance wand, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved wood with natural earth pigment (no custom stand), length 93 x 12 cm. Provenance: Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern… | *** |  |
| *** | Rare fine fighting club, Rockhampton District, Queensland, carved and engraved hardwood with natural earth pigments (no custom stand) Forked finials at the striking end, pineapple-headed decorated with traces of red and white pigment, the fluted shaft of… | *** |  |
| *** | Rare early club, South East coastal New South Wales. Carved hardwood, length 49.5 x 10 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales | *** |  |
| *** | Early bark painting, artist unknown, West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. Inscription on back: Derek on the theory that every new Australian Should have a piece of his country of choice I send this happy… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine early large boomerang club, Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) of bi-convex section, the front decorated with fine linear striations, the reverse with linear fluted striations, old encrusted patina… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 by… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine early fighting boomerang, South East Queensland. Of crescent form, the ribbed surface replete with fine elongated striations, and dark glossy patina. Carved and engraved hardwood. Provenance: Guy Earl Smith auction, 6 August 2006, lot 89. Private… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Tiwi ceremonial spears, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Tiwi ceremonial spears are a special form of elaborately carved and painted spear used in ceremonial display rather than as functional weapons or implements. Carved… | *** |  |
| *** | Early incised fighting boomerang club, South Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales. Approx. length 90.5 x 4.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Large Wunda shield, Western Australia. This wunda shield is elongated ovoid form, the front decorated with fluted linear designs divided into nine sections to form a zig-zag motif infilled alternately with red and white earth pigments, the reverse fine… | *** |  |
| *** | Large 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine amulet figure, lower Sepik River area, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. These finely carved small figures are in the form of an anthropomorphic bird men ancestors that represent a category of powerful ancestral beings called waken. Small amulet… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine pair of Massim pig figures, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Pig sculptures have been made on Kiriwina Island to sell Western visitors as early as 1880. The use of pre-contact pig figures is uncertain; its function as an item of value used for… | *** |  |
