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Auction House:
Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:21
Lots with images:21
Prices available:21
Category:
Aboriginal - Artefacts
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** An Aboriginal brass breast plate (King plate) (New South Wales, 19th century) crescent shaped with holes at either end to support a chain, off centre is the inscription 'Jackey Lewis. Chief of the Bathurft (sic) Tribe'. Height 13 cm. Width 14.5 cm ***
*** An Aboriginal brass breast plate (King plate) (New South Wales, 19th century) crescent shaped with holes at either end to support a chain, beneath each hole respectively is a naive impression of an emu and a kangaroo and centred is the inscription 'Tommy… ***
*** An Aboriginal brass breast plate (King plate) (New South Wales, 19th century) crescent shaped with holes at either end to support a chain, beneath each hole respectively is a naive impression of a kangaroo and an emu and centred is the inscription 'Wilson… ***
*** A Fijian pineapple head club (Totokia) (early to mid 20th century) carved wood, natural woven fibre the bulbous carved and pointed head to a cylindrical shaft with geometric incised patterns at the handle with a knobbed end, with 59 finely braided natural… ***
*** An Aboriginal brass breast plate (King and Queen plate) (Queensland, 19th century) crescent shaped with holes at each end, inscribed 'Tom and Lilly King and Queen of Reedy Springs', applied verso is a label that reads in part, 'Tom and Lilly worked for… ***
*** A Mendi highland war shield (first half 20th century) natural earth pigments, wood, grass fibre 71.5 (height) x 26 cm (width) ***
*** Four finely painted Hollow Logs and didgeridoos, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, ochre on wood, 173 cm, 141 cm, 134 cm, 106 cm (height) (4) ***
*** An Aboriginal lonka lonka, Kimberley region, engraved pearl shell with two spirit figures ***
*** An Aboriginal incised mother of pearl shell, with a design of emus, goannas and a snake in red ochre, diameter 14 cm ***
*** A pair of shell encrusted miniature slippers, with green velvet trim and handwritten inscription: 'Made by the aboriginals at the La Perouse camp Sydney NSW Australia' and 'A pair of shoes for Wee Grannie', and a string of shells, early 20th century. (3) ***
*** An Asmat war shield (Basim village, Irian Jaya) (last quarter 20th century) carved wood, natural earth pigments the leaf shaped shield having stylised relief carving depicting cuscus (tree kangaroo) tail designs, interspersed with double edged arrows, a… ***
*** A hardwood boomerang with silver plated mounts, with applied central decoration of an aboriginal child surrounded by a wreath of Australian wildflowers. Engraved initials to back. ***
*** Two pieces of boulder opal, one decorated with a map of Queensland, the other with an aboriginal throwing a boomerang. ***
*** An Asmat Sago bowl (Basim village, Irian Jaya) (last quarter 20th century) carved wood, natural earth pigments the oval shield like bowl, carved in low relief depicting cuscus (tree kangaroo) tail designs, interspersed with a double edged arrow and… ***
*** . Four Australian objects, including an Aboriginal waddy club, boomerang, West Australian woomera and an unframed barramundi painting. The waddy club, 71 cm long ***
*** A Maningrida Basket (collected 1980s) coil woven and natural dyed pandanus with handle 37 (diameter) x 55 cm (height) ***
*** A central Desert woomera. Height 86 cm ***
*** An Aboriginal boomerang ***
*** An Aboriginal boomerang, length 79 cm ***
*** An Aboriginal shield, 20th century, carved in geometric designs with ochre, yellow and white pigments, 160 x 41 cm ***
*** An Aboriginal Coolamon, Central Australia, wood with fluted carving to exterior, 48 x 19 cm ***