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Auction House:
Davidson Auctions
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Aboriginal - Artefacts
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Didgeridoo. Various animal totems. Acquired early 1980s from Wesley or Central Methodist Mission, Sydney, ochres on hardwood, length 126 cm ***
*** Aboriginal painted Coolamon. Acrylic on wood length 62 cm ***
*** Kimberley Region Aboriginal woomera. With traces of original ochre decoration. Length 110 cm ***
*** Tiwi Island carving. Ironwood magpie goose, height 50 cm ***
*** Early Central Australian boomerang. Convex upper surface with lightly incised decoration. Wonderful old patina, length 64 cm. Provenance: Ex collection of rear Admiral Stephen John Lloyd and Mary Lloyd, ikely collected 1958 while posted at Maralinga. ***
*** Small and exceptional bullroarer. With beautifully incised geometric decoration. Early 20th century Western Australia. Length 22 cm ***
*** 19th century Aboriginal boomerang. Stone-worked acacia, with white & ochre banding (worn). Length 55 cm ***
*** Northern Australian Didgeridoo. Gulf marine life decoration. Collected N.T. c.1970. Natural earth pigments on wood. Length 122 cm ***
*** Australian Aboriginal Headdress. Natural fibre and melaleuca bark. White clay and emu feather decoration. Northern Australia. Height 48 cm ***
*** Carved boomerang, depicting kangaroos in landscape. L 73 cm ***
*** 19th century shield Central Desert Region, Australia. 58 x 19 cm ***
*** Australian Aboriginal (Central Australia) decorated shield, early to mid 20th century. Natural earth pigments on carved and incised hardwood (old damage to one end), length 57 cm. Provenance: Executed in Central Australia in the early to mid 20th century;… ***
*** Aboriginal stone axe head, Mossman Nth QLD. With Collectors annotation axe found by King diamond, King of the Woora, presented to Queen Elizabeth 1953 by Son Alfie diamond, length 16 cm ***
*** Pareroultja Edwin (Aboriginal 1918-1986). Emu. Painted mulga wood boomerang. Signed centre, and inscribed verso 'Aboriginal Handicraft Hermannsburg Central Australia'. Length 60 cm. ***
*** Older stone worked boomerang. Length 57 cm ***
*** Six Aboriginal carved boab nuts. Older, tooth carved examples, one featuring a boab, and an eagle attacking a goanna. Height 17 cm (largest) ***
*** Two various Aboriginal spear Throwers. Vertical elongated spindle form with lashed wooden pegs, finished with spinifex. Longest has drilled mounting pin holes. Length 82 cm (longest) ***
*** Group of 3 ancient coolamons. Central Australia, late 19th early 20th century. Provenance: ex Blacks Museum, Mt Gambier, SA, length 35 cm, 30 cm, & 41 cm ***
*** Early 20th century boomerang. With incised decoration, Barossa valley region, SA. Together with a throwing boomerang, WA. Provenance: ex Roberts collection SA, length 69 cm & 52 cm ***
*** Aboriginal woomera, Queensland. Hardwood, bivalve shell, resin, beads, and fibre binding, length 85 cm ***
*** Aboriginal hunting boomerang. Stone worked grooved shaft. Collected central Desert late 1950s. Length 76 cm ***
*** Carved boomerang. Mob of kangaroos. L 73 cm ***
*** Early 20th century Aboriginal hunting boomerang. Dense hardwood utilitarian piece with axe and rasp marks evident. Length 64 cm ***
*** Aboriginal kangaroo tooth hafted scraper - cape York. Flat ironed handle with bound and gummed tooth. Length 29 cm ***
*** Two Australian Aboriginal throwing clubs, Tiwi Island & south East Australia, length 44 cm (each) ***
*** Central Australian Aboriginal message stick. With natural earth ochres. On custom stand, length 81 cm ***
*** Two early 20c Aboriginal boomerangs. Dark highly seasonal mulga with animals on finely incised background. Some losses to top edges. Length 77 cm (longest) ***
*** Aboriginal La Perouse Beanwood shield., carved wood, 50 cm long, with pokerwork decoration of Australian fauna ***
*** Aboriginal parrying shield and nulla nulla. Length 86 cm shield length 80 cm ***
*** Various Australian Aboriginal art objects, Peggy Griffiths, b. 1941 carved boab nut; pair of painted clap sticks, length 50 cm; & two painted coolamon length 46 cm, each. ***
*** Aboriginal didgeridoo. Heavily adzed surface with ochre decoration with (later) trade paint embellishment, early example, length 137 cm ***
*** Maireener shell necklace. Length 75 cm ***
*** 19th century Aboriginal Nulla Nulla, probably Queensland origin. Actual use patination. Length 59 cm ***
*** Aboriginal nulla nulla. Older club with semi round head and two flat faces. Grip incisions worn away. Length 48 cm ***
*** 19th century Aboriginal club. Old rusticly worked mulga nulla nulla. Incised handle. Length 61 cm ***
*** Eastern Arnhem land Yolngu/Junkau ceremonial Corroboree object. Consisting of two sticks with woven 'Bangles' attached to one end. They are placed in the ground 2 feet apart and pointing inwards. The hollow paperbark cylinder is buried in the ground… ***
*** Very large, decorated Aboriginal boab nut. With pecked decoration of Australian birds, fish and animals. Traces of red ochre. Length 25 cm ***
*** 19th century Aboriginal digging stick/club. From the Pilbara Region in WA. Length 71 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. ***
*** Two Aboriginal carved wood items, including Stone tool worked woomera with tree resin handle (old repair); and rustic carved coolamon. Length 70 cm (woomera) ***
*** Ceremonial Aboriginal fish spear. Collected Groote Eylandt 1950s. Old varnish over natural earth pigments. Length 71 cm ***
*** Early 20th century Aboriginal Clapsticks. Set of hardwood sticks with remnants, of decoration to the ends. Arnhem land. Length 37 cm ***
*** Aboriginal small club, NSW. Mission decorated in oil paint. Early 20th century, length 47 cm ***
*** Wooden Aboriginal shield, Of large size, possibly Northern NSW. 107 x 22 cm ***
*** Two Aboriginal message sticks. with traces of original ochre decoration. Very dark age patina length 34 cm & 28 cm ***
*** Edge ground stone axe. Mt Isa, Queensland. Diameter 10 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. ***
*** Aboriginal shell necklace. Shells painted with natural earth pigments on a plant fibre string. ***
*** Two Australian Aboriginal items. Hooked hunting boomerang (ribbed to one side); and twilled hair circular head-pad with grass stuffing. Length 65 cm, diameter 13 cm ***
*** Arnhem land ceremonial boomerang. Losses to hatched and dotted totemic decoration. 76 cm ***
*** Aboriginal fighting club, nulla nulla. Hardwood club with bulbous terminal. Good age patina, length 53 cm ***
*** Hooked boomerang. With red ochre finish. Length 74 cm ***
*** Oceania hardwood hand club. Fine age patina. Geometric incised decoration to haft, length 43 cm ***
*** Aboriginal school, ceremonial dance spear. Natural earth pigments on softwood. Length 117 cm. Provenance: collection of Dorothy Bennett; private collection, Victoria. ***
*** 19th century Aboriginal small club. Curved flattened form with incised grip. Provenance: Bungan Castle Museum collection. Length 39 cm ***
*** Early Aboriginal carrier. Curved hardwood, with tooth incised decorations incl. Turtle, fish and hunter. Length 65 cm ***
*** Two various Aboriginal items, including Arnhem Land didgeridoo, decorated with cross hatched animals; & ochre decorated digging stick. Length 94 cm; length 10 cm ***
*** Aboriginal Kimberley glass points. Collected mount Hart Western Australia, 1965. Length 6 cm (approx.) ***
*** Aboriginal Kimberley glass Points. Collected mount Hart Western Australia 1965. Length 6 cm (approx.) ***
*** Aboriginal boomerangs & woomera. Mulga boomerangs with animals on incised background. Womera has pyrographed decoration, sinew bound peg & natural resin terminal. Length 54 cm (boomerang) ***
*** Aboriginal ceremonial staff. Wound bands of natural string and feathers, with applied ochre. Length 190 cm ***
*** Aboriginal Western Australian spear thrower. Flat spindle form with all over stone incisions and notching to one underside edge. Peg fixed with resin. Length 59 cm ***
*** Aboriginal parrying shield. Early to mid 20th century mulga wood shield with good patination. Age crack verso, length 61 cm ***
*** Two wooden message sticks. One flat from central Queensland and the other round from Western Central Australia, both from the Perrott. Collection (R.I.Perrott 1822-1895). Length 19 cm (longest). Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. ***
*** Aboriginal message stick, WA. Incised geometric decoration and natural eath pigment, length 44 cm ***
*** Two pre war La Perouse style Aboriginal Souvenirs shield with pokerworked and incised decoration; and club with crude kangaroo and emu incisions length 64 cm (shield) ***
*** Aboriginal small Clapstick boomerang. Top side worked with 'V' incisions. Length 45 cm ***
*** Aboriginal shield, Eastern Queensland. Oval shield with inset handle. Decorated with watercolour landscape to face. Damage and losses, length 66 cm ***
*** Eastern Arnhem land Dijinba/Kopapinga tribe Murrgart human hair belt. ***
*** Aboriginal pokerwork Coolamon. Together with two pokerwork early souvenir boomerangs from lake Tyers (1945), and Cairns, length 57 cm (longest) ***
*** Central Australian boomerang. Painted in natural earth tones. Papunya c1960s. Length 75 cm ***
*** Large stone axe, central Queensland. From the collection of R I Perrott (1822-1895). Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. Length 24 cm ***
*** Aboriginal carved Coolamon. Finely worked hatching to anterior. Possibly WA or NT, c1960's. Length 54 cm ***
*** Four Aboriginal carved wood items, including 1960s souvenir canoe fish spear; stone worked mulga boomerang; pokerworked goanna. Length 45 cm (boomerang) ***
*** Early 20th century Aboriginal Clapstick & Digging stick. Clapstick has worn ochre decoration of shark & boomerang. Collected W.A. Coast. Length 34 (clapstick) ***
*** Mid 20th century Groote Eylandt didgeridoo. Banded hatch and dot decorated in ochre with old varnish. Splits and losses to end. Length 78 cm ***
*** Aboriginal woomera. Incised whorls and lines to back. Missing tooth. Length 76 cm ***
*** Aboriginal hunting club. Rustically worked pointed bulb head, with well used, hardwood shaft. Length 52 cm ***
*** 19th century Australian Aboriginal bullroarer. With old restoration. Length 38 cm. Provenance: Pickles Auctions, the 1986 sale of Captain W.C. Thomson's Estate lot 46. ***
*** Aboriginal boomerang and nulla nulla. Boomerang with red ochre finish length 82 cm; and a nulla nulla with stone worked grooves, good patina length 65 cm. ***
*** Australian Aboriginal school, painted Coolamon, acrylic on wood, length 66 cm, width 25 cm ***
*** Aboriginal Western Desert boomerang club. Smooth handle transitioning to grooves which terminate before the tip. Crudely worked back. Use losses and cracks. Length 80 cm ***
*** Two ceremonial dance spears. Tiwi Islands. Carved hardwood with ochre decoration & use patina. Shortened shafts, length 110 cm ***
*** Two various clubs. Western Pacific, with panelled, hatched and notched handle. Old splits; and Aboriginal club with pointed offset head. Length 71 cm (each) ***
*** Two Aboriginal artefacts. Woomera and boomerang. Lengths 35 cm and 25 cm ***
*** Three Groote Eylandt ceremonial items. Spear, clapstick and knife. Crudely carved hardwood with hatched decoration in ochre. Probable souvenir items, collected 1950s. Crack through knife 'Blade.'. Length 64 cm (spear) ***
*** 1950s Aboriginal bullroarer and Woomera. Hatched and dash decorated in ochres, with handspun fibre string and resin bindings. Collected Groote Eylandt. Length 90 cm (woomera) ***
*** Circa 1940 Aboriginal toy Weapons. Carved from the correct woods, and includes spears; lil lil; parrying shield; paddle; boomerang; and clubs. Length 33 cm (longest) ***
*** Aboriginal hunting boomerang. Mulga wood with ochre stain, length 58 cm ***
*** Central Australian woomera with red ochre, c1960s. Length 83 cm ***
*** Five Aboriginal carved Artifacts, including woomera, hollow carrier, clapstick, snake & boomerang. Pyrograph decorated. Length 85 cm (woomera) ***
*** Aboriginal shield. Longitudinal grooving. Dark ochre with old white traces. Use patination. Length 63 cm ***
*** Aboriginal Stone Axe and Stone Scraper. Length 38 cm (Axe) ***
*** Aboriginal boomerang. Darkly patinated mulga with long straight grain. Incised with stylised tracks. Mid 20th century or earlier length 83 cm ***
*** Aboriginal boomerang. Roughly worked mulga, with all over incised decoration on convex side. Mid 20th century or earlier length 74 cm ***
*** Four Central Australian Hunting Spears. Originally fire straightened and fire hardened. Finely incised Length 300 cm (Approx.) ***
*** Aboriginal hardwood hunting boomerang ***
*** Two Tiwi Islands ochre decorated totem heads. Raark etc decorations, height 50 cm and 36 cm ***