Full details of each lot are displayed, except the lot number, estimate and price. You must be a subscriber to view lot numbers, estimates and prices.
Two 19th century Northern Territory /Arnhem Land cane and black…
Auction House:
Auction Location:
Auckland
Date:
18-Sep-2008
Lot No.
***
Description:
Two 19th century Northern Territory /Arnhem Land cane and black glass spears each with a cane shaft, one with the flaked black glass/obsidian point (now loose) inserted into red painted with a black painted bird motif incised gum. Length 140 cm, the other with major loss to the flaked point, the gum red and black bands painted. Length 139 cm. Provenance; collected by a close friend of and gifted to the vendors' great grandfather in the 1880s.
Estimate:
***
Price:
***
Category:
Tribal: Aboriginal - Artefacts