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Aboriginal — Artefacts - Tribal

Lots 1057—1152 Found 2,015

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An old Queensland shield (gulmari), of wood in ovoid form, the convex anterior decorated with curvilinear motifs in polychrome…
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Artist unknown, morning star pole wood, feathers, ochres, cotton, honey and wax Arnhemland 179 cm
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Aboriginal shield, ovoid shaped with lug handle, painted white background with snake design
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Wooden churinga, with interconnecting, incised linear and circular patterns with pointillism, Unchichera ÈÇ' frog totem;…
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Three Aboriginal singing churinga, of cigar-shaped form with circular and linear motifs overall; traces of ochre remain. Length…
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Aboriginal stone worked shield. Ochre and incised decoration. Length 61 cm
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John Patrick Kelantmama (born 1952), Pukumani pole, Tiwi Islands, natural earth pigments on carved wood, 80.5 cm high
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Kimberley spear point, Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Pressure-flaked glass. Approx length 14.5 x 4 cm. Provenance:…
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Small Rainforest sword club, Northeast Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Elongated ovoid form, small cut handle of oval…
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Lily Kurrultya, dilly bag, Jarruluk, Northern Territory. Woven plant fibre and natural pigment. A dilly bag (burlupurr in…
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Large throwing club, Lake Tyers area, Victoria carved and engraved hardwood. Approx length 70 x 4 cm. Provenance: Private…
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Fine painted club, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment (with custom stand)…
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Large hafted stone knife, Central Australia, Northern Territory, stone, spinifex resin and natural pigments (with custom stand)…
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Stone hafted axe, Northern Territory, carved stone, bent wood, spinifex resin and natural pigments (with custom stand) a hafted…
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Aboriginal club, 'Weet Weet' C.1920s, 92 cm long
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Fine early large Western Desert boomerang, Western Australia. Of plano-convex section, the surfaces with finely adzed markings…
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Collection of Australian spears, including double tipped, two from Arnhem Land, barbed tip and 3 spear shafts.
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Two (2) clubs. South East Queensland. One of smooth curved form and dark patination, the other with incised bulbous handle and…
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Fire stick. Cape York region. A single stick with red seed pod double sheath. Gum and fibre binding. 67 cm
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A Southern Queensland boomerang 62 cm long
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Australian Aboriginal club, Central Desert, of flat tapered form, with fluting and painted decoration to both sides, length 83…
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Australian Aboriginal implement, in hardwood, with flattened end and fluted body, with pointed end, evidence of natural pigment…
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Message stick. Ovoid shaped with incised spiral designs and animal tracks
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A boomerang club with incised linear decoration on front and patterned motif on reverse, West Australian origin, 66 cm.…
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A Boomerang, Western New South Wales origin, late 19th century, 71.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection South Australia
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Aboriginal shield, mid 20th century from the Kimberley in Western Australia hardwood, intricate carving, lineal fluting to…
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Spear thrower (woomera) a fine Central Australia carved woomera resin handle with stone cutting tool on the handle. Kangaroo…
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Australian Aboriginal Hooked fighting boomerang No.7, central Desert, with hooked end, fluted on one side, evidence of natural…
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Early Western NSW boomerang. Club style, long boomerang in very dense hardwood. Finely incised all over the convex surface,…
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Central Australia woomera, bearing a watercolour painting by Walter Ebatarinja (1915-1968) on the reverse. The front has a…
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Aboriginal artists unknown. A carved shield and a woomera circa mid to late 20th century, each being carved to front and back,…
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Two Aboriginal clubs, two early 1900s stone carved hardwood Western Desert clubs with longitudinally fluted lines along shaft…
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Aboriginal painted shield. Acrylic on wood length 73 cm
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Aboriginal carved wood message stick. Incised geometric decoration. Very fine striated tips. Natural earth pigments, length 64…
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Early 20th century Spear-thrower. North West WA, still retaining it's original ochre decoration. Provenance: ex Jim Haas…
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Two Aboriginal Coolamon with painted decoration, length 67 cm longest)
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An Aboriginal painted shield, Western Desert, Australia, c.1960s, with vibrant design, height 49 cm
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Large West Australian Aboriginal shield. with stone incised geometric decoration. Length 75 cm
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19th century Aboriginal nulla nulla. Fine patina, from the Murchison Region in WA. Length 64 cm. Collection Dr John Raven,…
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11 various Aboriginal metal tools & spear heads. Mostly made out of horseshoes, from Dunham river station, East Kimberley, WA.…
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A Central Australian Sorcerer spear (kadaitja), of wood, the circular sectioned shaft tapering to a flaring apex with pointed…
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Aboriginal shield natural earth pigments
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Aboriginal throwing club, centre weighted throwing stick terminating softly at each end. Light coloured hardwood with soft…
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Aboriginal throwing club, terminating softly at each end. Dark coloured hardwood. Deep longitudinal incisions fluting…
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Aboriginal painted sawfish snout, a highly endangered fish that lives in tropical waters, painted with traditional aboriginal…
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Early Pearlshell pendant, Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Carved and engraved pearl shell, in-filled with red ochre. Of…
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Club, Condah Lakes, Victoria, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) length 69 x 6 cm. Provenance: Collected by Louis…
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Club, Condah Lakes, Victoria, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) length 80.5 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Collected by…
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Fighting club, Lake Tyers area, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood. Approx length 73 x 3.5 cm. Provenance: Private…
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Early throwing club, Lake Tyers area, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood. The curving shaft of circular section terminating…
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Fine early fighting boomerang, Rockhampton Region, Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Approx length 62.5 x 5.5 cm.…
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Rare early boomerang, Victoria. Carved hardwood. Of thin bi-convex section with ribbed surface and old dark patina. Approx…
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Boomerang club, Coopers Creek Region, South Australia, carved hardwood (with custom stand) length 85.5 x 6 cm. Provenance:…
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Tiwi pole, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory, carved hardwood, feathers with natural earth pigment…
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Two various ancient Aboriginal cylcons. Two ritual pieces fashioned from fine sedimentary stone. Collected over three…
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Bob Burrunal, Ochres, pandanus, string 159-171 cm (2)
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A parrying shield, 20th century Western Australia hardwood smooth finish with painted designs. 76 cm
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Femur bone club. Age and use pattination. Length 56 cm
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Pair of rare Aboriginal canoe paddles, carved and adzed hardwood, approx. lengths 163 cm, 181 cm. Provenance: Collection number…
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Northern Australian didgeridoo. Bees-wax mouthpiece and white ochre decoration depicting spirit figures, turtle, lines and dots…
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Short handled club. South East Australian. Square tapered bulbous head with blocks of intricate pecked design, the handle…
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Fighting club. South East Australian. Bulbous head and striated handle. 73 cm
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Fighting club. South East Australian. Short bulbous pointed head, incised lines and semi-circular bands. Carved hand-grip with…
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Three (3) clubs. South East Australian, each displaying incised linear decoration and pecked hand-grips. 60, 62 and 68 cm
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Club. South East Australian. Unusual tapering form with 2 ridges at distal end and carved conical hand-grip. 57 cm
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Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 176 cm long
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Two Aboriginal carved churingas. Length 42 cm (Both)
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Carved boomerang, depicting kangaroos and emu. L 65 cm
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Boomerang. South East Australian. Shallow curved form with pinched tips. 19th century
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Parrying shield. South East Australian. Strong chevron design with remnants of unusual colouring. Convex front and deep lug cut…
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Aboriginal shield c.1900
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Small aboriginal club, Queensland style with pointed trapezoidal head & bulbous hand terminal, 64.5 cm long
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Boomerang, early mulgawood, stone cut. Length 48 cm
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19th century Australian Aboriginal hafted Stone|Axe, South Australia, with oval form stone and wood support, length 42 cm
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Early Australian Aboriginal throwing club, in hardwood, with rounded end, very slight curve, fluting to body and knop handle,…
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Australian Aboriginal shield, central Desert, of curved oval form, with incised line and cross hatching to the body, length 56…
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Australian Aboriginal hardwood fighting club, of tapering form, with pointed ends, cross hatched handle, excellent patina,…
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Australian Aboriginal hardwood fighting club, of elongated cylindrical form, with knop to one end and grooved point handle to…
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Bullroarer (Upura)
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Bullroarer (Upura)
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Bullroarer (Upura)
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Two Australian Aboriginal artefacts, including fluted club; woman's club and digging stick; and woomera (spear thrower). David…
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Tiwi Kwajakor dance hat. Mornington Peninsula, human hair, bamboo, ochres, cassowary feathers. David Said Collection, height 55…
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Arnhem land boomerang an ochre decorated Kali. 65 cm
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Australian Aboriginal Nulla-Nulla, in hardwood, with flattened baluster head, fluting to whole body, length 59.5 cm
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Australian Aboriginal knop headed club, in hardwood, with nulled end above a fine fluted body finish to point with hatched…
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Australian Aboriginal throwing club, in mulga wood, with baluster rounded end and tapering body, paper label 43, numbered no.87…
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Tasmanian Aboriginal Marineer shell necklace. Single strand of iridised purple shells. Length 30 cm
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An Aboriginal bean wood shield decorated with painted ochre, length 78 cm, width 13 cm
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Aboriginal shield, early 1900s Wunda shield (hardwood) with front incised with variant elongated zigzag patter and coated in…
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A Central Australian shield, made from beanwood and fluted on both sides, painted with red ochre, some wear from use to centre…
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An fine Aboriginal boomerang, Central Australia. Provenance: south American Private Collector, length 59 cm
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An Aboriginal hollow log coffin, Arnhem Land origin. 118 cm
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Tasmanian Marineer shell necklace, early 20th century, Indigenous, set with small shells, in tones of cream and brown, (2)
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Australian Aboriginal light club combination digging stick, pointed end and club to other end, length 62 cm. Provenance:…
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Slender, early Spear-thrower, NT. Together with a large spear-thrower, N W Australia. Early 20th century. Provenance: ex Jim…