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Aboriginal Art & Artefacts — Scammell Auctions

Auction House:Scammell AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:164
Sale Title:Aboriginal Art & ArtefactsLots with images:162
Auction Location:AdelaidePrices available:119
Date:28-Jul-2009
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Animal Figurines Three Carved with Burn Decoration
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Tray Painted with Aboriginal Decoration c1950
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Boomerang No 7 shape Hardwood Length: 62 cm
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Nullanulla Mulgawood with Burnt Decoration Length: 70 cm
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Woomeras Two (one with original carvings) (a/f: both) 75 and 84 cmL
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Boomerang Mulga Wood Length: 65 cm
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Digging Stick with Bone Tip (a/f: missing original resin) Length: 53 cm
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Message Stick Carved Circular Decorations with Bands to Each End Length: 44 cm
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Petroglyph Resin/Fibre Glass Cast
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Boomerangs three Central Australian Lengths 66 70 and 72 cm
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Fish spears set of three (a/f: one) Arnhem Land decorated Lengths 67 67 and 83 cm
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Pipe Arnhem Land Decorated Length: 72 cm
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Book, The Dreamtime Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings by Ainslie Roberts with Text by Charles P Mountford
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Book, The First Sunrise Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings by Ainslie Roberts with Text by Charles P Mountford
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Book, The Dawn of Time Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings by Ainslie Roberts with Text by Charles P Mountford
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Book, The Little Black Princess by Mrs Aeneas Gunn
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Book, I The Aboriginal by Douglas Lockwood
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Book, Children of the Dark People by Frank D Davison 1936 Illustrated by Pixie Harris
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Book, The Aboriginals of Arnhem Land by Keith Cole
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Book, Australian Aboriginies by Rev Jh Sexton
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Book, The Australian Aboriginies 1967
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Book, Cobba Cobba by Francy de Grys 1961
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Book, The People in Between The Pitjantjatjara People of Ernabella by Winifred Hillard 1968
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Book, Life Among the Aboriginies by W E Harney 1957
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Book, Children of the Dreaming by Brownie Downing
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Bird Totem Large Dot Painted Tribal Northern Territory Height: 68 cm
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Jabiru Carving Region Bathurst Island Synthetic Polymer Paint on Wood Collected 1980 Height: 86 cm a/f to beak
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Hand Axe Stone Head with Timber Handle Bound in Dried Animal Skin - Origin Unknown Length: 28 cm
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Benjamin Landara Australian Landscape on Woomera, watercolour, signed lower right (well faded)
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Bullroarer with metal Tip Decorations length 23 cm
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Bullroarer decorated with Concentric Circles and lines with original twisted hair length 25 cm
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Drawing Book Some Art by Keith Namajjira and Other Artists
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Murray River region red gum fighting club with bulbous head
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North Eastern Australia fighting club, the bulbous head with incised fluted design, and with remnants of ochre paint
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Sharpening Stone ex Cooper Creek Inaminka
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Nuts Two Decorated
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Ceremonial cyclons, pair of sate with fluted design to one end of each Cyclon South Australian Lengths 31 and 43 cm
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Bullroarer Hardwood unfinished Length: 41 cm
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Cande Small Carved Cande Decorated with Cross Hatch and Sharks Length: 28 cm
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Hardwood killing boomerang, decorated with two sets of three scalloping lines from tip to tip
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Large hardwood boomerang with a series of metal tip diamond pattern markings to the back, and circular and horseshoe decorations to front
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Tools Six Large Cutting Stones
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Tools Twenty Three Small Cutting and Scraping Stones
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Shield Western red Desert Region with painted front depicting emus kangaroo kookaburra and Ant Mounds length 68 cm
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Emu Figure Timber and Burnt Decorations Height: 102 cm
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Boomerang Hardwood Stone Cut with Later Crossband Markings Length: 69 cm
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Boomerang hardwood with stone cut back and front length 63 cm
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Boomerang mulgawood stone cut with later resin Repairs length 62 cm
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Victorian coastal Banksia Leangle club, with incised carving to grip and beehive end
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Digging Stick Lineal Banding Decoration with Original Resin Tip Length: 58 cm
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Club Hardwood with Metal Tool Tip Decoration Length: 95 cm
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Digging Stick Burnt Decoration Depicting Hill and Desert Length: 74 cm
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Digging Stick Burnt Decoration Depicting Hill and Rivers Length: 74 cm
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Spears three assorted
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Pandannas Basket Milingimbi Fabulous Woven and Dyed Basket
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Dilly Bag Net Finish Coloured Dilly Bag
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Boomerang Murray River Region with God is love carved into surface length 45 cm
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Boomerangs pair of Possum tooth carved with incised design to both sides. Lengths 45 and 58 cm
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Boomerang Western Australia Wunda Tribe with incised diamond design on both sides length 51 cm
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Message Board Carved with Ochres Depicting Hunting Camping and waterhole Scenes Length: 124 cm
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Throwing stick central Desert with incised carving and painted with Ochre length 68 cm
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Wunda shield West Australian elongated ovoid form decorated with a fluted zig zag design length 68 cm
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Large Western Australian bullroarer with incised geometrical diamond shaped design
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Boomerang Mulgawood with Lineal Carved Decorations and Cross Banding Length: 67 cm
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Boomerang central Australian with Original Stone Carved Striations Length: 55 cm
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Boomerang Mulgawood Length: 55 cm
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Coolamon Small Burnt Decoration Length: 29 cm
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Totem Tribal
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Grinding Stone with Pad
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Grinding Stone with Pad
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Boomerang Hardwood with Original Lineal Strirations on Polished Mulga Stand Length: 61 cm
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Tribal Turtle on Log Northern Territory Height: 45 cm
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Coolamon/food bowl, original early gum bowl
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Central Australian coolamon with original burn decorations
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Coolamon Bean Wood with Pokerwork Design Painted with Red and Yellow Ochres Length: 35 cm
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Coolamon Central Australian with original Burn Decorations length 52 cm
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Coolamon central Australian with Flat Brim Burn Decorations Length: 46 cm
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Coolamon carved gum traditional bowl length 62 cm
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Woomera hardwood with original Tip length 60 cm
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Western Desert shield with original ochres
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Mulga wood shield decorated with zig zag banding
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Boomerangs Two Original Red Ochre and Lineal Decorations # 7 (a/f: to Top) Length: 66 and 69 cm
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Message Stick/Board Mulgawood Decorated Both Sides with Circles Joined by Three Lines, waterholes and Campsites Length: 65 cm
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Boomerang Hardwood and Red Ochre with Stone Carved Lineal Stirations Length: 68 cm
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Boomerang hand carved Aboriginal boomerang length 68 cm
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Boomerang with Decorations Carved to One Side Depicting Flowers and Palm Fronds Length: 66 cm
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Didgeridoo Kimberley Region Decorated with Snake Geckos and Mimi Length: 137 cm
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Didgeridoo 'Barramundie' Decorated with Ochres Length: 136 cm
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Didgeridoo 'Fish and crocodile' decorated with ochres length 120 cm
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Didgeridoo Decorated with Tortoise Length: 85 cm
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Club Hardwood Length: 83 cm
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Boomerang and Artifacts Four inc: Snake
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Boomerangs Two Early 1960's ex Alice Springs
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Food Bowl Woven Spiniafex and Down Diameter: 38 cm
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Norman Ratara Haasts Bluff, watercolour, signed lower right 24 x 35 cm
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Arnulf Ebatarinja central Australian Landscape Hermansberg, watercolour, signed lower centre 34 x 24 cm
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Gabriel Namatjira, Ghost Gums MacDonald Rangers, watercolour, signed lower centre 25 x 37.5 cm
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Artist Unknown Ghost Gums in Ranges, watercolour unsigned 26.5 x 36 cm
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Artist Unknown Ghost Gums in McDonald Ranges, watercolour unframed unsigned (Tear in Paper Top left) 39.5 x 30 cm
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Kevin Namatjira Central Australian landscape, watercolour, signed lower centre 17 x 23 cm
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