A Collection of Aboriginal Artefacts, consisting of three spearthrowers and four clubs
A Collection of Aboriginal Artefacts, consisting of three spearthrowers and four clubsEstimate $2,500 – $3,500
carved wood, resin, kangaroo sinew, bush string
LENGTHS: 46CM, 69CM, 72CM, 69.5CM, 72CM, 66.5CM AND 64CM
Provenance:
Private collection, USA
Private collection
Of various forms, consisting of two Western Australian spear throwers, a rare form of Northern Territory spear thrower, two Queensland throwing clubs, a Queensland pineapple headed club, and a very rare form of New South Wales leangle club
Cf. Susan M. Davies, Collected: 150 years of Aboriginal Art and Artifacts at the Macleay Museum, Sydney: The University of Sydney, 2002, p.78 pl.93, p.58 pl.56, see also James Edge-Partington, Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands, SDI, 1995, section 11, p.213, fig.2
for a similar leangle club from Clarence River NSW
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