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Aboriginal & Oceanic Art — Scammell Auctions

Auction House:Scammell AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:118
Sale Title:Aboriginal & Oceanic ArtLots with images:118
Auction Location:AdelaidePrices available:56
Date:30-Mar-2010
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Various Items, Two Food Bowls, Tapping Stick and Ball, all with Burnt Decorations
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Collection, Four Pieces inc: Islander Mask, plus Mortar and Pestle
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Bowls and Servers, TwoPapua New Guinea, Carved Wood Bowls, and Pair of Carved Servers
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Hooks and Implements, Nine inc: Tapping Sticks, Small Boomerang Bowl etc
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Boomerangs, Collection of Six, Decorated, plus Goanna Carving
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Figure-Jabiru, Aboriginal Carved and Decorated, Bathurst Island Design, Height: 60 cm
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Coolamon, Large Carved, with Original Ochre, Length: 81 cm
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Mask, Huon Gulf Tami Island, Spirit Dance Mask, Height: 66 cm
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Drum,Papua New Guinea Carved and Decorated, with Original Snake Skin, (a/f: to main cylinder), Height: 76 cm
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Carvings, Five, Aboriginal andPapua New Guinea, inc: Shark Pig and Face Mask
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Boomerangs, Two Hardwood, Stone Cut, Lengths 65 and 68 cm
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Killing Boomerang, Mulgawood, Length: 70 cm
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Woomera, Jack Jugarie, Decorated with Earth Pigments, Length: 88 cm
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Boomerang, Hardwood with Remnants, of Original Ochres, Length: 65 cm
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Snake Carving, Mulgawood, Burnt Decoration, Length: 71 cm
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Boomerangs, Two plus Childs Shield, Mulgawood, with Burnt and Carved Decorations
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Boomerangs, Four inc: Mulgawood, Craft Decorated, ex Torres Strait Island
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Axe,Papua New Guinea, Large Hardwood, with Huge Slate Head, Length: 110 cm
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Pipe and Snake, Tiwi Islands Pipe, Arnhem Land Carved Snake
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Implements, Tapping Sticks, Nulla Nulla (a/f), Goanna and Snake
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Axe, Mt Hagen Region, (a/f: head), Length: 59 cm
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Boomerangs, Early 20th century, Three Mulgawood, Central Australia, Lengths 68 71 and 72 cm
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Snake Figure, Central Australian, Carved with Burnt Decoration, Length: 65 cm
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Boomerang, early 20th century original finish, Central Australian hardwood, decorated with linear striations. Length 75 cm
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Boomerang, Mid 19th century Hardwood, Front with Original Tribal Carvings, 'Pinjarra Tribe Boomerang This was, the Tribe that in 1834 Killed Cap Ellis'
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Bull Roarer, Decorated with Five Concentric Lines, Front and Back Separated by Six Sets, of Three Linear Carvings, Length: 43 cm
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Boomerang, Spindley Incised Decorations, (damage to left tip), Length: 67 cm
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Boomerang, Central Australian stone carved, original Ochre finish horseshoe, shaped Decorations to one end. Length 78 cm
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Bark Painting, X-Ray Barramundi, Acrylic on Bark, (bark is a/f), 43 x 23 cm
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Boomerangs, Two Central Australian, Mulgawood, Both Decorated with Emu's, Lengths 54 and 38 cm
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Gourds, TwoPapua New Guinea, Decorated with Boar Tusk Stoppers
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Boomerang, Jack Jugarie Halls Creek, Natural Pigments, Decorated with Dots, Length: 63 cm
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Pelt Scrapper, Mulgawood with Root Digging, Tip and Resin and Stone Scraping Tip, Length: 49 cm
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Boomerang, Central South Australian, with Zig Zag Decoration to Tips, (a/f: to edge), Length: 67 cm
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Throwing Club, Central Australian, Hardwood, Length: 59 cm
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Goanna Figure, Carved Hardwood, with Circular Decoration, Length: 94 cm
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Boomerang, Ceremonial Arnhem Land, with Original Red Ochre and Yellow Banding, Length: 64 cm
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Hook boomerang (no. 7), Central Australian, linear incised decoration and original ochres. Length 73 cm
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Spear Thrower, Early 20th Century, Mulgawood Spinafex and Resin, Handle Decorated with Incised, Carved Series of Six Squares, Length: 80 cm
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Woomera, Early Mulgawood (a/f: to edges), Carved with Diagonal Lines, Stone Carved Back Unfinish, Length: 63 cm
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Ceremonial spear, Arnhem Land, with cross hatch Ochre design, length 135 cm
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Boomerang, Jack Jugarie Halls Creek, Natural Pigment Decorated, Length: 71 cm
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Boomerang, Jack Jagarie Halls Creek, decorated with linear stripes and dots, length 77 cm
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Shield, Central Australian Hardwood, with Carved Decorations Front and Verso, of Emus and Kangaroos (a/f: to tip), Length: 89 cm
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Aboriginal Shield, Hardwood Decorated with, Arrow Heads and Diamonds, Verso with Linear Decorations, Length: 77 cm
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Carved Crocodile, Arnhem Land, Carved and Decorated, Length: 70 cm
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Digging Stick, Ceremonial, Central Australian, Length: 64 cm
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Fghting Club, South Eastern Queensland, Bulbous End, Length: 80 cm
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Axe,Papua New Guinea, Carved and Decorated, with Sharpened Bone Tip, Length: 90 cm
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Bark Painting, 'Feeding Dugeons', Natural Pigments on Bark, 39 x 21 cm
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Parrying Shield, Early 20th Century, Mulgawood, Length: 65 cm
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Bullroarer, Metal Tip Carved with Three Concentric, Circles and Linear Pattern Verso with Four Concentric Circles and Arcing Lines, Length: 37 cm
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Boomerang, Early Mulgawood, Stone Cut, Length: 48 cm
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Boomerang, early mulgawood, stone cut. Length 48 cm
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Stone Tools, Collection of Aboriginal, Stone Tools and Cutters
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Volumes, Assorted Books on Australian, Aborigines and Two Records, plus Boomerang
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Books, 'Lasseters Last Ride' 'Gold Dust, and Ashes' 'Flynn of the Island' and 'Head Hunters of the Coral Sea', by Ian Idriess
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Books, 'By Flood and Field' Alfred Searcy 1911, 'Wild Colonial Boys' 1948 Frank Clure, 'Inna-mincke' 1965 Signed Copy
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Books, 'The Great Australian Loneliness', 'Water into Gold' and 'The Territory', all by Ernestine Hill
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Books, 'The Trans Australian Wonderland, 1925' and 'Bushranging Days 1944'
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Books, 'With the Sun on My Back', 'Green Mountains and Cullenbenbong', 'Crossing the Deadf Heart', and 'Spinifex Walkabout'
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Books, 'I Saw a Strange Land' 1953, 'Walkabout' 1959, 'Australia and The South Seas' 1959
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Bows Spears and Arrows, inc: Two Islander Bows, with 14 x Decorative Spears and Arrows, Mostly for Fishing
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Hook Club, Central Australian Hardwood, with Snake Carving, Length: 87 cm
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Boomerang, Hardwood, Length: 75 cm
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Boomerang, mulgawood decorated with, carvings of emu and kangaroo, length 56 cm
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Shield, Burnt Decoration, Mulga, Halls Gap c1950, Length: 61 cm
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Boomerang, Mulgawood, Decorated by Latji Latji Tribe, Length: 53 cm
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Woomera, Jack Jugarie Halls Creek, decorated with natural pigments, length 53 cm
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Boomerang, Early Central Australian, Hardwood, with some Incised Decoration, Length: 71 cm
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Boomerang, Stone and Adze Carved, with Linear Incised Carvings, Original Ochre Finish, Length: 69 cm
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Hook boomerang, natural pigment, decoration of stripes and dots, Halls Creek. Length 76 cm
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Nulla Nulla Fighting Club, Natural Earth Pigments, Hall Creek, Length: 73 cm
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Boomerang, mid 20th century mulgawood with stone, carved linear incised decoration to Tip, length 72 cm
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Boomerang, Mulgawood, Central Australian, c1960's, Length: 70 cm
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Boomerang, Central Australian, with Carved Decorations, Kangaroos and Emu, Length: 64.5 cm
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Shield, Central Australian c1950's, hardwood with linear, and zig zag incised decoration. Length 80 cm
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Hunting Spear,Papua New Guinea, with Carved Spirit Icon on Grip, Length: 304 cm
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Fishing spear, Northern Arnhem Land, Barbs and guard decorated, with natural earth pigments
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Fishing Spear, with Original Ochre Finish, Length: 225 cm
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Spear,Papua New Guinea (a/f: broken tip), Carved and Decorated, with Original Braided Hair Handle, Length: 264 cm
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Woomera and Spear, Arnhem Land Region, Original Ochre Decoration, Spinifex and Resin Tin
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Corroboree Instrument, plus Tapping Stick
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Boomerang, Mid 20th Century, Central Australian, Hardwood, Length: 70 cm
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Boomerang, early 20th century, decorated with linear Incision, (a/f: two later drill holes at either tip)
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Fighting Club, Mid 20th Century, Hardwood, with Tappering Ends, Length: 85 cm
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Boomerang, Linear Incised Decoration, Ochre Finish, Length: 76 cm
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Boomerang, linear incised decoration, Ochre finish, length 75 cm
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Spear Thrower, Mid 20th Century, Original Ochre Finish, (a/f: missing tip), Length: 93 cm
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Digging Stick, Decorated, with Burnt Tribal Images, Length: 63.5 cm
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Boomerang, Central Australian, with Original Red Ochre Finish, Length: 70 cm
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Boomerang, Mid 20th Century, Mulgawood, Murray Regions SA, Length: 75 cm
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Sword Fish Bill, Aboriginal Ochre Decorated, with Shark and Snake, Cross Hatch Design, Length: 106 cm
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Cane, Lombok Region, Carved Walking Cane, Length: 111 cm
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Boomerang, Early 20th century, Kimberley, Decorated Hardwood, Length: 66 cm
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Boomerang, Early 20th century, Stone Carved Basic Decoration to Tips, (a/f: split at apex), Length: 67 cm
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Boomerang, black with cross hatch, decoration, length 100 cm
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Shield, Basil Albert 1968 Carved and Acrylic, Decorated with Emu Snake and Aboriginal Female Signed Verso, Length: 68 cm
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Boomerang, Central Australian, with Red Ochre Finish, Length: 84.5 cm
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Boomerang, Central Australian, with Red Ochre Finish, Length: 73 cm
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