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An important and rare ceremonial boomerang / club (lil-lil),…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Jul-2014
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Description:
An important and rare ceremonial boomerang / club (lil-lil), North Queensland (circa 1900), carved hardwood, 80.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Victoria, This extraordinary and large ceremonial boomerang-club is carved of hardwood with an irregular flaring and flattened terminus. It is intricately carved with incised human figures and horses which are broken into sections of cross-hatched bands. This highly accentuated figurative form of boomerang-club (sometimes referred to as lil-lil) is incredibly rare. For two very similar and related examples see Aboriginal and Tribal Art, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 9 November 1997, lots 691 and 692 which were possibly carved by the same hand. The description indicating that this particular form of boomerang-club comes from Macleay Station in North Queensland.
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Category:
Tribal: Aboriginal - Artefacts