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A rare and early club, South East Australia (early nineteenth…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Jul-2014
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Description:
A rare and early club, South East Australia (early nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 71 cm high. For related examples see: Carol Cooper, Aboriginal Australia, Australian Gallery of Directors Council, New South Wales, 1981, pp.90, S51-52, illustrated, which reads 'A variety of club known as 'stabbing waddies' which were held around the middle, the sharp ends being used in a stabbing motion...this form of club appears to have been used only by groups occupying the Lower Murray Region of South Australia and the coastal western area of Victoria. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private Collection, Melbourne
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Category:
Tribal: Aboriginal - Artefacts