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Vickers & Hoad Auctioneers
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** Rare spear thrower (woomera), Elcho Island, Northern Australia, carved wood, spinifex resin and natural pigment (with custom stand) a wooden spear thrower painted with natural pigments. A wooden peg is secured with resin at the distal end. Length 71 x 3.5… ***
*** Early fighting club, South East South Australia, carved hardwood (with custom stand) length 71 x 5 cm. Provenance: bill Evans, Caspian gallery, Sydney. Private collection, South Australia ***
*** 19th century ebony club 'George Field May 1877' inscribed by owner, possibly a killing club possibly of Zulu origin. approx 80 cm long ***
*** Antique New Zealand greenstone pendant of club form ***
*** Antique Zulu hardwood knobkerrie copper wire to the shaft, 79 cm long ***
*** Rare fine Man's back ornament, Huli people, Papua New Guinea. Blyth's hornbill upper beak, pig tusks, plant fibre string and natural pigments, length 29 x 22 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney ***
*** Early club, Condah Lakes, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 54 x 6 cm. Provenance: Collected by Louis Kurtze Kurtzes Museum, Portland, Victoria. Private collection, South Australia. Private collection, Sydney ***
*** Early spear thrower (woomera), Central Australia, Northern Territory. Carved hardwood, spinifex resin and natural pigments. The gently curving form of concave section, decorated in red ochre, peg attached with kangaroo sinew, the handle of spinifex resin,… ***
*** Large Kanganaman woven dance mask, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Woven plant fibre and natural pigments. An enormous woven dance mask, known as a 'Tumbuan', made of rattan fibre with two faces, one on the chest, and one on the head, both with… ***
*** Coiled basket, Victor Harbour, South Australia. Woven plant fibre. Approx length 17 x 7 cm. Provenance: Jeff Fischer, Adelaide, South Australia. Private Collection, South Australia. ***
*** Old beanwood shield, Central Australia, carved beanwood and natural pigments, approx. length 59.5 x 19.5 cm ***
*** A fine Yaka ancestor figure Congo. Carved and engraved hardwood and beads (with custom stand). Approx. length 42 cm ***
*** Rare early sago ladle, Lake Sentani, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales. Approx. length 64 x 6.5 cm ***
*** Seven brown leather volumes with gilt tooling to include the Churchman's Companion, French Revolution, Russell's modern Europe & Memoirs of Langdale & mallet du pan. London (7) ***
*** Carved turquoise Navajo woman set in a sterling silver ring, by Francisco Gomez marked to back G Sterling, approx size M ***
*** Early bullroarer, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carved and engraved wood and natural pigments. This thin blade howls or roars when whirled through the air on a string. In Papua New Guinea, bullroarers hold a traditional place of honor in men's ceremonial… ***
*** Fine bullroarer, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carved and engraved wood and lime. This thin blade howls or roars when whirled through the air on a string. In Papua New Guinea, bullroarers hold a traditional place of honor in men's ceremonial clubhouses.… ***
*** Throwing club, Lake Tyers area, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood. Approx length 64 x 4 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, South Australia. ***
*** Incised club, Lake Tyers area, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood. Approx length 75 x 6 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, South Australia. ***
*** Gope ancestral board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 117.5 x 25 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales ***
*** Early Mission boomerang, Lake Tyers, Victoria. Carved and engraved wood. Approx length 48.5 x 7.5 cm. Provenance: Stephen Sinclair, Adelaide auction. Private Collection, South Australia. ***
*** Maori tekoteko figure, New Zealand. Carved and engraved kauri wood with pua. Standing Maori ancestor figure with pua inlay eyes, protruding tongue, traditional top knot, deeply carved face and body tattoos, three clasped hands with one finger across the… ***
*** Large spear thrower (woomera), cape York, Northern Queensland, carved hardwood and spinifex resin (with custom stand) length 86.5 x 6 cm. Provenance: Am Farlow. Private collection, South Australia ***
*** Early club, South East Australia, carved and engraved hardwood (no custom stand) wooden club, tapered to a handle which is cone shaped and incised with cross hatching and an elongated flattened blade head with incised geometric patterns, old dark patina.… ***
*** Fine early hunting boomerang, Central Australia, Northern Territory, carved hardwood and natural pigments (with custom stand) classic hunting boomerang, the front decorated with finely fluted design, adzed fluted on the reverse, coated with red ochre,… ***
*** Early large fighting club, South Australia, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) decorated with finely fluting striations running lengthwise and old dark patina overall. Length 87 x 4 cm. Provenance: Small & Whitfield, Adelaide, South… ***
*** Early large pole club, Lakes Entrance, Victoria, carved hardwood (with custom stand) of cylindrical section, finely stone scraped over the entire surface with old glossy patina. Length 101.5 x 3.5 cm. Provenance: Small & Whitfield, Adelaide, South… ***
*** Fine early pole club, Western Desert/Central Australia. Decorated with finely incised striations running lengthwise and decorated with fine designs on handle with traces of spinifex resin on the grip. Carved and engraved hardwood and spinifex resin.… ***
*** Incised ceremonial boomerang, Western Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales. Approx. length 84 x 7.5 cm ***
*** Two Sepik figures, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stands). Approx. lengths 33 cm, 30 cm ***
*** A gope spirit board, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments. L106 x 22 cm ***
*** Chinese blue & white mallet form vase. Approx 21 cm high ***
*** 19th century 'Mittagong Lion' cast iron doorstop attributed to Fitzroy foundry, Southern Highlands NSW ***
*** Incised spear thrower (woomera), Western Australia, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) of leaf like form, the front with finely adzed zig-zag and linear designs, the reverse with fine adze marking, wooden peg attached. Length 83 x 10.5 cm.… ***
*** Tiwi ceremonial dance wand, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory, carved and engraved hardwood with natural earth pigment (no custom stand) length 99 x 13 cm. Provenance: Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern… ***
*** Unusual rare early boomerang, Victoria. Carved and adzed hardwood. Of bi-convex section with one straight arm and one with a concave twist, old patina. Approx length 52 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: Adelaide antique Auctions, Adelaide. Private Collection, South… ***
*** Throwing club, Lake Tyers area, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood. Approx length 64 x 4 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, South Australia. ***
*** Fine hunting boomerang, Central Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. Classic hunting boomerang, the front decorated with finely fluted design, finely adzed on the reverse, coated with red ochre. Approx length 75 x 6.5 cm.… ***
*** Early returning boomerang, New South Wales, carved hardwood (with custom stand) an extremely fine and thin example shaped like an arc, old patina. Length 57 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: bill Evans, Caspian gallery, Sydney. Private collection, South Australia ***
*** Boomerang, Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, carved and engraved hardwood (no custom stand) of bi-convex section, finely fluted design to both surfaces with traces of red ochre. Length 69 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland ***
*** Arnhem land woomera, Northern Territory. Carved wood, spinifex resin and natural pigments. Wooden woomera, in an oval shape, with a wooden peg attached to the distal end with adhesive. Decorated with pigmented bands of cross-hatching and dashes.… ***
*** Cape York woomera, Northern Queensland, carved hardwood, shell and resin, this is a typical woomera from the Aurukun area of north Queensland. It has a great elegance and balanced asymmetry. Approx. length 74 cm ***
*** Cape York woomera, Northern Queensland, carved hardwood, shell and resin, this is a typical woomera from the Aurukun area of north Queensland. It has a great elegance and balanced asymmetry. Approx. length 79 cm ***
*** Wooden shaft club, one end of the shaft sharpened to a point, fitted with a carved hardstone pineapple, on a fibre decorated tip, Ex Webster collection, catalogue description reads New Guinea Wbstr 1897 the numbers 471 length 115 cm long ***
*** Kimberley spear point, Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Pressure-flaked ceramic/porcelain. Kimberley points were primarily used as hunting implements, prestige items for exchange, and May also have been integrated into secret-sacred ceremonial… ***
*** Incised bullroarer, Broome Region, Western Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. Bullroarer is superbly carved with hypnotic la grange style carving. Approx length 42.5 x 6 cm. Provenance: Neville Dalton, Adelaide, South Australia.… ***
*** Early Adzed boomerang, Western Australia. Carved and adzed hardwood. Of plano-convex section with one straight arm and one with a slight concave twist, the finely adzed surface, old shinny patina, length 49 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney ***
*** Adzed Western Desert boomerang, Western Australia. Carved and adzed hardwood. Of plano-convex section, the surfaces with finely adzed markings, length 56.5 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Ex Stan Moriarty collection A151, Sydney. Private collection, Sydney ***
*** Large coiled pandanus basket, Northern Territory. Woven plant fibre. The basket is made from fibre using a coiled basketry technique. It has an oval shape with a flat base and straight sides that are slightly warped. A handle extends from the weave on one… ***
*** Bioma spirit figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 104 x 24 cm. Provenance: Ex Echo gallery collection (19), New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales ***
*** Spear thrower (woomera), Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, carved wood, spinifex resin and natural pigment (with custom stand) a wooden spear thrower painted with natural pigments. A wooden peg is secured with resin at the distal end. Length 73 x 4… ***
*** Fine early adzed Western Desert boomerang, Western Australia, carved hardwood (with custom stand) of plano-convex section, the surfaces with finely adzed markings and fine old glossy patina. Length 52.5 x 5 cm. Provenance: Collected 1943 Robert Thompson,… ***
*** Painted boomerang, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, carved hardwood and natural pigments (with custom stand) of bi-convex section, has been decorated with painted designs of cross hatching and traditional motifs in ochres. Length 58 x 7 cm.… ***
*** Early spear thrower (woomera), Gulf of Carpentaria, north East Queensland, carved hardwood and spinifex resin (with custom stand) of elongated flattened and slender form, wooden peg attached with resin, old dark patina. Length 77 x 5 cm. Provenance:… ***
*** Coolamon, South Australia, carved hardwood, approx. length 51 x 21 cm ***
*** Iniet stone figure, New Britain. Carved stone. Provenance: Collected 1967 by Frank Kummer who ran a plantation on New Britain. Approx. length 27 cm ***
*** A pair of Art Deco American Indian bronze mascots mounted on nickel plated bases, each approx 17.5 cm high (2) ***
*** Early spear thrower (woomera), Western Australia. Carved hardwood, spinifex resin and natural pigments. Decorated in red ochre, peg attached with kangaroo sinew, the handle of spinifex resin, with embedded stone cutting tool, length 81.5 x 7 cm.… ***
*** Gope ancestral board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 130 x 24 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales ***
*** Early Adzed Western Desert boomerang, Western Australia. Carved hardwood. Of plano-convex section, the surfaces with finely adzed markings. Approx length 51 x 6 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, South Australia. ***
*** Rare hafted steel knife, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, carved wood, steel, spinifex resin and natural pigments (with custom stand) a hafted knife made with a metal blade. It is secured with resin to a handle made from a single piece of wood bent around… ***
*** Early pole club, Western Desert/Central Australia, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) decorated with finely fluted striations running lengthwise, with old patina. Length 68 x 3 cm. Provenance: Adelaide Antique Auctions, Adelaide. Private… ***
*** Early adzed Western Desert boomerang, Western Australia, carved hardwood (with custom stand) of plano-convex section, the surfaces with finely adzed markings and fine old glossy patina. Length 56 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: Adelaide Antique Auctions, Adelaide.… ***
*** Boomerang club, Coopers Creek Region, South Australia, carved hardwood (with custom stand) length 88.5 x 6 cm. Provenance: Scammell Auctions, Adelaide, South Australia. Private collection, South Australia ***
*** Utmurra boomerang, Kimberley Region, Western Australia, carved hardwood (with custom stand) length 61.5 x 7 cm. Provenance: made by Utmurra 1979 Mary Macha, Perth, Western Australia. Private collection, South Australia ***
*** Three pandanus dilly bags, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, woven plant fibre (no custom stands) a dilly bag (burlupurr in Burarra or kunmadj in Kunwinjku) is a large woven collecting basket. These large baskets or bags are often made from pandanus… ***
*** Early pole club, Western Desert/Central Australia. Decorated with finely incised striations running lengthwise and decorated with fine designs on handle with traces of spinifex resin on the grip. Carved and engraved hardwood and spinifex resin. Provenance… ***
*** Antique Papua New Guinea large sawfish bill with another. 60 cm and 37 cm (2) ***
*** Rare adze, Manus Province, Admiralty Islands. Carved and engraved wood, obsidian and natural pigments. Obsidian blade secured into the stave with nut resin, the top of the shaft with crocodile head finial, painted in red, white and black pigment, length… ***
*** Gope ancestral board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 127.5 x 24 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales ***
*** Early hunting boomerang, Central Australia, Northern Territory. Carved hardwood and natural pigments. Classic hunting boomerang, the front decorated with finely fluted design, finely adzed on the reverse, coated with red ochre, fine dark patina. Approx… ***
*** Fine large Arnhem land didgeridoo, Northern Territory. Carved hardwood and natural pigments. Painted with totemic designs and fine hatchwork in white, yellow and red ochres. Approx length 158 x 12.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales. ***
*** Early spear thrower (woomera), Western Australia, carved hardwood and sinew (with custom stand) of leaf like form, the front with finely adzed, the reverse with fine adze marking, wooden peg tied with sinew, old glossy patina. Length 62.5 x 7.5 cm.… ***
*** Jack May boomerang, oak valley, port Lincoln, South Australia, carved hardwood (with custom stand) length 62 x 7 cm. Provenance: made by Jack May port Lincoln Aboriginal Community. Private collection, South Australia ***
*** Early boomerang, South East Australian, carved hardwood and natural pigments (with custom stand) of thin bi-convex section with ribbed surface, bush repair with sinew, old shiny patina. Length 68 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Adelaide Antique Auctions, Adelaide.… ***
*** Pacific Islands sperm whale tooth (tabua), hole drilled for necklace, 15 cm wide, 4 cm high ***
*** African carved green stone bust of a female, head turned, signed Kenneth to the base, approx 34.5 cm high ***
*** Old African carved head rest, possibly late 19th century, approx 25 cm high ***
*** Two old African hand shields, each of woven fibre and wood, 97 cm & 96 cm (2) ***
*** AntiquePapua New Guinea rare pair of sawfish bills. 45 cm long each ***
*** Massim lime spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood, dark glossy patina. 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… ***
*** Early boomerang, Northern New South Wales, carved hardwood (with custom stand) length 62 x 7.5 cm. Provenance: Lawsons Auction, Sydney. Private collection, South Australia ***
*** Return boomerang, South East Australian, carved hardwood (no custom stand) Steeply curved and of bi-convex section, old black dark patina. Length 40 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland ***
*** Vintage Navajo silver and turquoise set belt buckle set on a floral embossed leather belt, approx 112 cm long belt length ***
*** Kimberley spear point, mount house, Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Pressure-flaked ceramic/porcelain. Approx length 14.5 x 2.5 cm. Provenance: Collected 1971, mount house, Kimberleys. Roger Dundas, Portland, Victoria. Private Collection, South… ***
*** Shell necklace, Tasmania. Shells strung on machine twisted thread, length 42 x 1 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland ***
*** Five early stone implements, Western New South Wales. Carved stone. Approx lengths 5 cm to 15 cm Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland. ***
*** Leilira blade spear point, Groote Eylandt, Northern Australia, Quartzite and natural pigments (with custom stand) the term 'Leilira blade' refers to very long fLaked blades made in central and Northern Australia that are triangular or trapezoidal in cross… ***
*** Boomerang, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, carved hardwood and natural pigments (with custom stand) a boomerang made from a single piece of wood with a concave surface. The entire base is coloured with red ochre and the ends are decorated with… ***
*** Boomerang, South East Australian, carved hardwood (with custom stand) of bi-convex section with ribbed surface and old shiny patina. Length 69.5 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Roy Frost, Mbantua Store, Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Private collection, South… ***
*** A matched pair of traditional Papuan shell necklace on stands, each approx 40 cm high (including stand) ***
*** Large carved green stone frog on base, approx 22 cm high including base x 39 cm wide ***
*** Rangde temple mask, Bali, Indonesia. Carved and engraved pule wood and gold paint, length 48 x 17 cm. Provenance: Ex Todd Barlin collection, Sydney. Private collection, New South Wales ***
*** Obsidian Bladed spear Admiralty Island 19th century. Carved wood with sharpened obsidian blade and engraved paste. Approx. length 33 cm ***
*** Three old Aboriginal hardwood weapons, each with old ochre decoration (3) ***
*** Three cut crystal decanters (3) each of mallet shape with slice cut decoration ***