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Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Tribal Art — Vickers & Hoad Auctioneers

Auction House:Vickers & Hoad AuctioneersNumber of lots recorded:188
Sale Title:Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Tribal ArtLots with images:187
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:96
Date:4-May-2022
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Superb early fine platter, lake Sentani, West Papua, carved and engraved hardwood, possibly pre-contact carved festival feasting platter. One end featuring a long billed water bird head. The exterior carved with a traditional complex interlocking motif. The interior plain and displaying a rich, dark glossy patina, approx L56 x 33 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Early bullroarer, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carved and engraved wood and natural pigments. This thin blade howls or roars when whirled through the air on a string. In Papua New Guinea, bullroarers hold a traditional place of honor in men's ceremonial clubhouses. The Namau people of the Purari River Delta used them during funerals of important men and called them imunu viki ('weeping spirits'), length 63.5 x 7 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Fine bullroarer, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carved and engraved wood and lime. This thin blade howls or roars when whirled through the air on a string. In Papua New Guinea, bullroarers hold a traditional place of honor in men's ceremonial clubhouses. The Namau people of the Purari River Delta used them during funerals of important men and called them imunu viki ('weeping spirits'), length 57 x 9 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Bioma spirit figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carved and engraved wood and natural pigments. A two-dimensional and stylised female figure carved in low relief, arms down by its side. Cut from a flat piece of wood and painted white and reddish brown. These sacred ancestral figures (bioma) were made to attract powerful spirits (imunu) and provide a dwelling place for them. They were usually made from old canoes and were displayed on pigs' skulls in men's communal houses alongside other sacred objects,…
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Shoulder shield, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carved and engraved wood, natural fibre and natural pigments. Shield, oblong, of wood, with oblong opening for the arm in the top. Engraved ornament coloured white, black and red. On front, decoration of a human face within a border. Loop of palm leaf to hang over shoulder, length 65 x 29 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom
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Early fine Kukukuku pineapple stone headed club, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Carved hardwood, stone and woven natural fibre. The Angu or Anga people, also called Kukukuku (pronounced 'Cookah-cookah') live mainly in the high, mountainous region of south-western Morobe province of Papua New Guinea. Even though they are a short people, often less than five feet tall, they were once feared for their violent raids on more peaceful villages living in lower valleys. The stone club heads came in a variety…
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Early fine stone headed war club, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Carved hardwood, stone and shells. Long cylindrical shaft inserted through a large rounded doughnut-form stone at the top with shells applied around the inner edge on top and bottom, dark brown patina, length 61 x 8.5 cm. Provenance: Ex Leo Fleischmann collection Lf/C151, Sydney. Private collection, Sydney
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Rare adze, Manus Province, Admiralty Islands. Carved and engraved wood, obsidian and natural pigments. Obsidian blade secured into the stave with nut resin, the top of the shaft with crocodile head finial, painted in red, white and black pigment, length 81.5 x 18 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Early large feast bowl, Admiralty Island. Carved and engraved hardwood. The Admiralty Island bowl of large circular form, on two shallow scroll feet, the rim carved with eight stylised wing shaped motifs, dark old patina, length 57 x 16 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Obsidian dagger, Admiralty Island. Obsidian, wood, nut paste and natural pigments. Obsidian-bladed dagger, with a red-brown pigmented haft decorated with traditional motifs, length 21.5 x 5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Early fine inlay rootstock club, Vunikau, Fiji Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood and sperm whale tooth. Vunikau, of classic form, finely carved with sperm whale tooth inlay, smooth, glossy reddish brown patina, length 111 x 11 cm. Provenance: catalogue number Dm. 614. Private collection, Sydney
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Early rootstock club, Vunikau, Fiji Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood. Club is a cylindrical shaft with the head formed by the rootstalk of a shrub/tree, length 104 x 9 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Large whale tooth, tabua, Fiji Islands. Carved sperm whale tooth and warm golden patina. Tabua were an important wealth and status object, often exchanged as gifts at weddings and other ceremonial occasions, length 16 x 5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Pair of Pottery water vessels, Fiji Islands. Ceramic and natural fibre. Archaeological excavations reveal that pottery has been made in the Fijian archipelago for 3000 years. However, the earliest descriptions of pottery use in Fijian society come from observers in the 1800s. At this time, pottery was made by women throughout Fiji with some regional variations in style. Pots were used for cooking and for storing liquids and food stuffs. They were exchanged between communities for goods and services. They…
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Ritual dish (Daveniyaqona), Fiji Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood. Wood bowl carved as a shallow figure with a head in high relief. Extensions to the heels and a lug at the back of the head used for a suspension cord when not in use, length 16 x 14.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Early fine Magical Pig-Stone, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Carved and engraved stone. Stylized human face effigy. These small figures were used in magical rituals revolving around the embellishment of ones pigs and the increase in their numbers. Some stones could even, depending on their owners mastery, eat pigs and make them disappear. Turtles were also used as important wealth items in far gone days and the stones were used in magical rituals relating to them as well, length 24 x 10.5 cm. Provenance: Private…
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Fly Whisk, Samoa Islands. Carved hardwood and coconut fibres, length 40 x 26 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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War club, Samoa Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood and lime. A large, hand-carved wooden war club with a flat, blade-like face, both sides of the blade are decorated with incised linear and triangular motifs inlaid with lime, length 81.5 x 10.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Maori hand club (tewhatewha), New Zealand. Carved and engraved hardwood and feathers. Tewhatewha with short shaft and wide blade at top. At bottom of blade, two bundles of feathers through a hole in the blade. Carved tiki element end of shaft with paua eyes, length 32.5 x 15 cm. Provenance: John Cordy Ltd, New Zealand. Private collection, Queensland
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Maori Architecturl post, New Zealand. Carved and engraved wood with abalone shell, length 55 x 24 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Karawari River spirit figure, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood. Form of flattened human figure decorated with red, black and white natural earth pigments, length 104 x 9 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Large woven mask (Baba Tagwa) Abelam people, East Sepik River Province, Papua New Guinea. Woven natural fibre and natural pigments. The Abelam and neighboring peoples of the Prince Alexander mountains in the Sepik region of northeast New Guinea create several types of basketry masks. They include the type seen here, known in the Abelam language as baba tagwa, which is worn over the head like a helmet, as well as tje yam masks used to decorate the gigantic long yams grown and exchanged competitively by…
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Paddle, Lake Sentani, West Papua. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. A long boat's oar, carved from one piece of hard, light-coloured wood. With a long, flat, pointed paddle shovel, decorated on both sides with highly abstract geometric reliefs, and dyed red pigment, length 149 x 12 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Rare fine Man's back ornament, Huli people, Papua New Guinea. Blyth's hornbill upper beak, pig tusks, plant fibre string and natural pigments, length 29 x 22 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Pigs teeth necklace, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Pigs teeth, and natural fibre, length 28 x 22 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Pig tusks breast ornament, north coast of Papua New Guinea. Pig tusks, seeds and natural fibre, length 30 x 13.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Pair of ornaments, Papua New Guinea. Dog teeth, shells and natural fibre, length 27 cm & 47 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Important large Huon Gulf face bowl, Tami Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. Black is faded probably because they used battery black instead of traditional methods, length 78 x 36.5 cm. Provenance: made by nomue (age late middle) once owned by BHP via S. Pacific timbers. BHP Mining Company purchased from Morobe cultural centre 1980. Private collection, New South Wales
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Large Huon Gulf Taro mortar, Tami Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. Appox L47.6 x 25 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Large Huon Gulf Taro mortar and pounder, Tami Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 51 cm & 52.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Early Huon Gulf food bowl, Tami Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood. This old Huon Gulf food bowl is from the Tami Islands with lancet-shaped handles in the shape of anthropomorphic beings and a snake motif running around edge of bowl. Showing signs of much usage. Wooden bowls from the Tami Islands are distributed throughout the coastal areas of New Guinea's Huon Gulf, length 46 x 19 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Small early Huon Gulf food bowl, Tami Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment, length 36.5 x 18 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Superb early wicker shield, new Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Woven natural fibre and natural pigment. Shield of coiled rattan twined with vine-strip, long with pointed ends, with geometric designs in black strip down the centre, length 77.5 x 18.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland. Private collection, New South Wales
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Inlaid axe, new Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Carved hardwood steel, wood, shell, plant paste. Axe-steel blade, trade, wood haft, upper portion inlaid with geometric shaped nautilus shell cutouts set in black parinarium paste, length 107 x 18 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom a distinguished. Private collection, Sydney Sotheby's, Melbourne, 28 May 2013,The Anthony & Beverly knight collection of early Papunya Art / important Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, lot 110. Private collection, Sydney
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Superb canoe paddle, Nggao District, Santa Ysabel, Solomon Islands. Carved hardwood and natural pigment (handle restored) with arching crossbar handle, the leaf-shaped blade scorched and carved in shallow relief with narrow bands of repeating devices and comma shaped elements, length 106.5 x 16.5 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, November 1982, lot 65. Private collection, Massachusetts Bonhams, New York, 20 November 2012, African, Oceanic & Pre-Columbian Art, lot 266. Private collection, New South Wales
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Fine ceremonial bowl, Solomon Islands. Carved and engraved wood, black dye, pearlshell inlay, length 71 x 32.5 cm. Provenance: Peter Hallinan collection H1588, Sydney lot 166, Sotheby'S, London - 7 Dec. 1992 the Peter Hallinan collection of Melanesian Art. Private collection, New South Wales
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Fine Nguzu Nguzu canoe prow ornament, Solomon Islands. Carved and engraved wood, black dye, nautilus shell inlay. N the Solomon Islands, long plank-built war canoes are revered for their size, speed and splendour. Stained black and inlaid with white nautilus shell, the outer length of the canoe's raised prow is festooned with large cowrie shells. At the bow, carved anthropomorphic figureheads are lashed just above the waterline. Appropriate rituals accompany the construction and decoration of these canoes,…
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Early fine inlaid shell spear, Solomon Islands. Carved and engraved wood, black dye, pearlshell inlay, length 279 x 5 cm. Provenance: R. Berry collection, Melbourne Youngs auction, March 2009
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Rare club, Rennell Island. Carved hardwood and natural fibre, length 83.5 x 16 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Superb early Bougainville ceremonial Stone- headed axe, Solomon Islands. Carved stone with cane and natural fibre. Finely shaped double-ended stone head, lashed with woven sennit to a twisted cane handle, length 39 x 30.5 cm. Provenance: old collection number 332 acquired in 1978, by descent Ex collection Arte Primitivo, Barcelona, Spain. Private collection, New South Wales
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Early Bougainville ceremonial wealth axe head, Solomon Islands. Carved stone. Made from hard stone of elongated form and tapered to a slightly flaring end on both ends of the stones, length 29 x 7 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Head comb ornament, Malaita Island, Solomon Islands. Palm wood, rattan and orchid stem fibre. Comb ornament of separate wooden sticks bound and patterned with vine-strip of red-stained coconut cuticle and yellow orchid fibre, length 16.5 x 4 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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A collection of six elaborately decorated barbed spears, Bouganville Island, Solomon Islands. Wood, bone, natural fibre and natural pigments. The whole of the long shaft wrapped with woven red, yellow and black fibre with a carved pigmented design above a knob of pressed leaf fibres the head lashed with barbed bone points, length 289 cm to 335 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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A collection of seven elaborately decorated Barbed spears, Solomon Islands. Wood, bone, natural fibre and natural pigments, length 179 cm to 255 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Ceremonial bowl with support figures, San Cristobal, Solomon Islands. Carved and engraved wood, black dye, pearlshell inlay, length 29.5 x 15.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri 1926-1998, women from Putji-Die at Ngutjulwga 1979. Synthetic polymer paint on board. Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri (b. c. 1926 at Marnpi southeast of Kintore, Northern Territory ' 1998), was one of the most important painters to emerge from the Western Desert. From the Pintupi language group, Mick Namarari was one of the foundation artists of the movement that emerged in Papunya Tula. White school teacher Geoffrey Bardon considered him one of eight artists whose efforts at the…
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Superb Wunda shield, Western Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. This wunda shield is elongated ovoid form, the front decorated with fluted linear designs divided into three sections to form a zig-zag motif infilled alternately with red and black earth pigments, the reverse with fine fluted linear engraving and raised loop handle, length 77.5 x 19 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Superb early incised parrying shield, lower Murray River Region, New South Wales. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. Early nineteenth century. Parrying shield of bi-convex section and elongated triangular profile, with solid cut handle, showing beautifully carved sections of chevron and linear motifs emphasised by the surrounding smooth surface, terminating with undecorated bosses on the upper and lower face, length 90 x 11.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom Wallis & Wallis…
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Rare early elegant boomerang club, Darling River Region, New South Wales. Carved and adzed hardwood. Boomerang club with characteristic fine tooling, from the Darling River region of New South Wales. With their elegant forms and beautiful light-reflecting surfaces, these were fighting weapons used by men in battles, rather than for hunting purposes, length 66 x 20 cm. Provenance: auction house Gomer & Andersson, Sweden, 5 Dec 2021, lot 198. Private collection, New South Wales
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Rare early fine incised boomerang, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood. Decorated on both surfaces with finely incised geometric designs and traditional motifs, old glossy patina, length 63.5 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: catalogue number GH123. Private collection, Queensland
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Fine early bulbous headed club, Darling River Region, New South Wales. Carved and engraved hardwood. Club with biconical head, probably from the Darling River region. Their clean forms and well shaped heads possess a functional beauty, length 55 x 8 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United States. Private collection, Queensland
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Rare early double ended axe (Kodj), Swan River, Southwest Western Australia. Carved hardwood, stone and spinifex resin. This style of axe is unique to the southwest of Western Australia. Two pieces of stone are hafted onto a wooden handle and held in place by resin, length 36.5 x 9.5 cm. Provenance: catalogue number A. 1475. Private collection, New South Wales
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Fine early large Pineapple-Headed club, north - East Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. Pineapple-headed club with raised striking section on the bulbous head tapering to points at both ends, with notched grip, old shiny patina, length 70 x 7 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private collection, Queensland
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Superb fine early Nail-Headed fighting club, North-East Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood with nails. The bulbous striking section embedded with numerous old nails, the fluted shaft of circular section tapering to a notched grip, old glossy patina, length 66 x 5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Fine early large Nail-Headed fighting club, North-East Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood with nails. The bulbous striking section embedded with numerous old nails, the fluted shaft of circular section tapering to a notched grip, old glossy patina, length 81 x 8 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Early Nail-Headed fighting club, North-East Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood with nails. The bulbous striking section embedded with numerous old nails, the fluted shaft of circular section tapering to a notched grip, old glossy patina, length 69 x 6 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private collection, Queensland
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Early Nail-Headed fighting club, North-East Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood with nails. The bulbous striking section embedded with numerous old nails, the fluted shaft of circular section tapering to a notched grip, old glossy patina, length 72.5 x 5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Superb fine early large incised boomerang club, Lake Eyre Region, South Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of bi-convex section, the front with incised traditional designs, the reverse with finely adzed and fluted surface, old shiny dark patina, length 102 x 8 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom Phillips Auctioneers, London, United Kingdom lot 237. Private collection, New South Wales
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Early engraved boomerang, Western Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of bi-convex section, decorated with incised traditional motif designs, old dark patina, length 71 x 5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Fine early fighting boomerang, South East Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of crescent form, the ribbed surface replete with fine elongated striations, and dark glossy patina, length 65 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private collection, Queensland
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Rare Tiwi ceremonial dance club, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood with natural earth pigment, length 70.5 x 11 cm. Provenance: Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern Territory catalogue number No118. Private collection, Queensland. Private collection, New South Wales
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Large Tiwi ceremonial dance wand, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved wood with natural earth pigment (no custom stand), length 93 x 12 cm. Provenance: Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern Territory. Private collection, Sydney
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Rare fishtail fighting club, Port Essington, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. Carved hardwood and natural pigment. Cf. Davies, S., collected: 150 years of Aboriginal Art and artifacts at the Macleay Museum, the University of Sydney, Sydney 2002, p. 23, pl. 12 for three similar clubs collected in the Port Essington area before 1878. This club compares favourably with those collected at Port Essington pre-1878 and now in the Macleay Museum. The Macleay's catalogue States that Basedow (1907) recorded…
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Fine early elegant boomerang, Darling River Region, New South Wales. Carved and adzed hardwood. Boomerang with characteristic fine tooling, from the Darling River region of New South Wales. With their elegant forms and beautiful light-reflecting surfaces, these were fighting weapons used by men in battles, rather than for hunting purposes, length 86 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private collection, Queensland cf. Fig 88-91, Aboriginal Australia Agdc
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Early elegant boomerang, Darling River Region, New South Wales. Carved and adzed hardwood. Boomerang with characteristic fine tooling, from the Darling River region of New South Wales. With their elegant forms and beautiful light-reflecting surfaces, these were fighting weapons used by men in battles, rather than for hunting purposes, length 84 x 5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Early fighting boomerang, South East Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of crescent form, the ribbed surface replete with adzed striations, and dark glossy patina, length 69 x 6 cm. Provenance: Skinner, Marlborough, Discovery-3024T, 7 September 2017, lot 2075. Private collection, Queensland
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Large fine early engraved boomerang, Western New South Wales / Southern Queensland. Carved hardwood. Of bi-convex section with clipped ends, face engraved with sinuous designs, possibly representing the travels of a dreaming Ancector or the course of a river system, old dark patina overall, length 81 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Fine early engraved boomerang, Western New South Wales / Southern Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of convex section with clipped ends, the face with linear, criss-crossed and linked diamond patterns, central band of horizontal zig-zag striations, the reverse bearing fine engraved lines, old shiny patina, length 62 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Early engraved boomerang, Western New South Wales / Southern Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of bi-convex section with clipped ends, face engraved with sinuous designs, possibly representing the travels of a dreaming Ancector or the course of a river system, old patina overall, length 70 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: engraved old European lettering Jdi. Private collection, New South Wales
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Fine engraved boomerang, Western New South Wales / Southern Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of convex section with clipped ends, the front incised with linear striations and linked ovoid designs, old patina overall, length 73 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Tiwi ceremonial spear, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. Tiwi ceremonial spears are a special form of elaborately carved and painted spear used in ceremonial display rather than as functional weapons or implements, length 249 x 4 cm. Provenance: Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern Territory. Private collection, Sydney
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Lily Kurrultya, dilly bag, Jarruluk, Northern Territory. Woven plant fibre and natural pigment. A dilly bag (burlupurr in Burarra or kunmadj in Kunwinjku) is a large woven collecting basket. These large baskets or bags are often made from pandanus spiralis, a plant which grows in many areas of Arnhem land, length 25 x 20 cm. Provenance: mimi Aboriginal Arts & Crafts ply Ltd, Code C4/843. Private collection, Queensland
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Fine early Coolamon, Western Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 50.5 x 18.5 cm. Provenance: Michael Graham Stewart, London the Leicester Galleries, London. Private collection, Queensland
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Early Tiwi throwing club, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. With longitudinal fluted design with ochre decoration on bulbous head, old dark patina, length 40.5 x 5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Tiwi throwing club, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. With longitudinal fluted design with ochre decoration on bulbous head, old patina, length 44 x 4.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Hooked boomerangs, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. Of plano-convex section, decorated with fine fluted designs on the front and adze markings on the reverse, pigmented patina, length 76 x 26 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Superb fine early incised spear thrower (woomera), Central Australia, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood, spinifex resin and natural pigments. The gently curving form of concave section, superbly incised in churinga like designs both surfaces, decorated in red ochre, peg attached with kangaroo sinew, the handle of spinifex resin, with embedded stone cutting tool, length 65.5 x 9.5 cm. Provenance: catalogue number A. 2225. Private collection, New South Wales
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Fine early incised spear thrower (woomera), Western Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood and spinifex resin. Of leaf like form, the front with finely adzed zig-zag and linear designs, the reverse with fine adze marking, wooden peg attached, bush repair with sinew, old glossy patina, length 81 x 11.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Spear thrower (woomera), South East South Australia. Carved hardwood, bone and spinifex resin, length 47.5 x 4.5 cm. Provenance: Ex Don Robinson collection A8, New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales
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Early throwing club, Condah Lakes, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood. The curving shaft of circular section terminating in bulbous head at the distal ends. With conical section at the proximal end encircled with engraved ridges, length 65 x 4.5 cm. Provenance: collected by Louis Kurtze Kurtzes Museum, Portland, Victoria. Private collection, South Australia. Private collection, Sydney
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Rare early club, South East coastal New South Wales. Carved hardwood, length 49.5 x 10 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Early club, Condah Lakes, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 54 x 6 cm. Provenance: Collected by Louis Kurtze Kurtzes Museum, Portland, Victoria. Private collection, South Australia. Private collection, Sydney
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Early large transitional engraved bulbous club, South East Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 69.5 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Fine incised fighting club, lake Eyre Region, South Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. Boomerang-shaped fighting club, with an incised pattern on both surfaces and old dark patina overall, length 81.5 x 6 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Large boomerang club, Coopers creek Region, South Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of thick bi-convex section, finely fluted designs on the front and adze markings on the reverse, old glossy patina, length 103.5 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Rare early boomerang, Victoria. Carved hardwood. Of thin bi-convex section with ribbed surface and old dark patina, length 58 x 8 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Early Adzed boomerang, Western Australia. Carved and adzed hardwood. Of plano-convex section with one straight arm and one with a slight concave twist, the finely adzed surface, old shinny patina, length 49 x 5.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Adzed Western Desert boomerang, Western Australia. Carved and adzed hardwood. Of plano-convex section, the surfaces with finely adzed markings, length 56.5 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Ex Stan Moriarty collection A151, Sydney. Private collection, Sydney
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Early spear thrower (woomera), Central Australia, Northern Territory. Carved hardwood, spinifex resin and natural pigments. The gently curving form of concave section, decorated in red ochre, peg attached with kangaroo sinew, the handle of spinifex resin, with embedded stone cutting tool, length 68 x 11 cm. Provenance: Ex Don Robinson collection A4, New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales
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Early spear thrower (woomera), Western Australia. Carved hardwood, spinifex resin and natural pigments. Decorated in red ochre, peg attached with kangaroo sinew, the handle of spinifex resin, with embedded stone cutting tool, length 81.5 x 7 cm. Provenance: catalogue number A. 2225. Private collection, New South Wales
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Collection of three hunting spears, Warburton Ranges, Western Australia. Carved hardwood and kangaroo sinew. Group of three hunting spears from the Western Desert. They are composite spears with the blade and wooden barbs bound to each other with kangaroo sinew and in turn bound to the shaft. They were used for hunting large game, length 262 cm to 284 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Early pointing bone, Central Australia. Carved and engraved bone, spinifex resin and human hair. The bone (possibly from a kangaroo) is attached by a twisted band of human hair, glued on with spinifex resin, length 23.5 cm to 2 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland.
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Fine incised message board, Central Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments, length 31 x 9 cm. Provenance: Ex Don Robinson collection A25, New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales
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Shell necklace, Tasmania. Shells strung on machine twisted thread, length 42 x 1 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Three early stone implements, Victoria. Carved stone. Ground-edged hatchet/axe heads; unhafted. Finely polished edge, length 10.5 cm, 11.5 cm & 19 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Early large stone implement, Queensland. Carved stone and natural pigments, length 14.5 x 9 cm. Provenance: John Atherton, Queensland. Private collection, New South Wales
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A rare collection of Aboriginal stone implements, New South Wales. Carved stone. Item identification and collection history inscribed on back of mounts, length 2.5 cm to 4.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Coiled pandanus basket, Northern Territory. Woven plant fibre. The basket is made from fibre using a coiled basketry technique. It has an oval shape with a flat base and straight sides that are slightly warped. A handle extends from the weave on one side of basket and arcs across the centre to the opposing side, length 30 x 28 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Large coiled pandanus basket, Northern Territory. Woven plant fibre. The basket is made from fibre using a coiled basketry technique. It has an oval shape with a flat base and straight sides that are slightly warped. A handle extends from the weave on one side of basket and arcs across the centre to the opposing side, length 35 x 31 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Artist unknown, Port Keats bark painting, Arnhem land, Northern Territory. Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, length 66 x 22 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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