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Auction House:
Young's Auctions (No longer trading)
Number of lots recorded:69
Lots with images:69
Prices available:69
Category:
Aboriginal - Artefacts
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Two (2) clubs. South East Queensland. One of smooth curved form and dark patination, the other with incised bulbous handle and fluted decoration. 62 and 63 cm ***
*** Fire stick. Cape York region. A single stick with red seed pod double sheath. Gum and fibre binding. 67 cm ***
*** Message stick. Ovoid shaped with incised spiral designs and animal tracks ***
*** Northern Australian didgeridoo. Bees-wax mouthpiece and white ochre decoration depicting spirit figures, turtle, lines and dots. 103 cm ***
*** Short handled club. South East Australian. Square tapered bulbous head with blocks of intricate pecked design, the handle stylised in the form of a blue-tongue lizard tail. 19th century. 64 cm ***
*** Fighting club. South East Australian. Bulbous head and striated handle. 73 cm ***
*** Fighting club. South East Australian. Short bulbous pointed head, incised lines and semi-circular bands. Carved hand-grip with bands of incised feathers to the shaft. 19th century. 63 cm ***
*** Three (3) clubs. South East Australian, each displaying incised linear decoration and pecked hand-grips. 60, 62 and 68 cm ***
*** Club. South East Australian. Unusual tapering form with 2 ridges at distal end and carved conical hand-grip. 57 cm ***
*** Boomerang. South East Australian. Shallow curved form with pinched tips. 19th century ***
*** Parrying shield. South East Australian. Strong chevron design with remnants of unusual colouring. Convex front and deep lug cut handle to reverse. 19th century ***
*** Dilly bag, Northern Australian, woven string with bands of earth colours. ***
*** Short handled club. Intricately decorated with geometric bands and chevrons with a pokerwork shaft ***
*** Fijian club. 19th century, hooked end with pineapple head ***
*** Group of three (3) spears. Northern Australian origin. Two with single barbed tips, remains of gum and fibre joins, the other missing one prong. 284, 292 and 296 cm ***
*** Club. South East Australian. Bulbous pointed head and carved bulbous handle, the shaft and head pecked decorative bands. Cracks and old borer. 61 cm ***
*** Boomerang, the front decorated with pokerwork stars, lines and a semi-circle border, the reverse with ink and pencil notation. 'Xmas 1924 Healesville. Presented by W. Barthelemew, Senior Constable. Presented to Cyril Bottenger from Senior Constable of… ***
*** Pair of painted ceremonial dance objects. Northern Australian origin. Natural earth pigments in cross hatch design. 37 and 35 cm ***
*** Two (2) unusual metal tip spears, probably Northern Australian origin. Both with bamboo shafts, tips secured with fibre/string and resin. 145 and 272 cm ***
*** Three (3) boomerangs. One decorated with pokerwork hoop edges, one hand painted with trees and semi-circles, the other is an unfinished piece. 34, 52 and 52 cm ***
*** Boomerang. Central desert origin. Incised with 7 trees to the front, the reverse decorated with incised zig-zag lozenges, emu tracks and a central dissecting zig-zag line. 43 cm ***
*** Seven (7) spear tips. A collection of barbed and pointed tips and shafts. ***
*** Boomerang. South-East Australian. Fine curved form with defined adze marks to the front and reverse. Deep rich patina ***
*** Digging stick. South East Australian. Incised zig-zag motif to the handle. Body decorated with incised bands and light cross-hatching. 75 cm ***
*** Boomerang and digging stick. Two (2) desert region artefacts consisting of a boomerang with incised linear decoration and accompanying digging stick. 69 and 61 cm ***
*** Club. South East Australian. Long phallic form with 8 bands of cross hatched incised decoration. Carved tapered hand-grip. 83 cm ***
*** Boomerang. South East Australian. Convex front, flat back and obvious adzed marks. 19th century ***
*** Boomerang. South East Australian. Convex front, flat back and adzed marks. 19th century ***
*** Two boomerangs. South East Queensland with adzed marked front and back, plus desert country with adzed marks ***
*** Two (2) boomerangs. Returning types with flat bodies. Dark patination. 62 and 61 cm ***
*** Two (2) boomerangs. Undefined source area. Old patina. 60 and 61 cm ***
*** Boomerang. South East Australian. Slender curved form, convex front and back. Dark patina. 19th century ***
*** Short-handled punishment spear. Central Australian. Bands of pokerwork decoration. 78 cm ***
*** Two (2) digging sticks. Central Australian. Pokerwork decoration. 76 and 102 cm ***
*** Dowak (throwing stick). West Australian. Fluted linear decoration finishing with a feathered handle. 70 cm ***
*** Club. South East Australian. 19th century, faint remnants of incised decoration. 76 cm ***
*** Two (2) Lil Lil clubs. One with triangular shaped head decorated with pokerwork coat of arms to both sides and decorated edges, the other with pokerwork Australiana motifs. 42 and 43 cm ***
*** Three (3) artefacts. One woomera of slender leaf form and remains of gum. Long stick woomera with remains of string and gum. Club with bulbous conical head and spiral carved handle, engraved 'Murnowee' on shaft. ***
*** Club. Coastal Queensland origin. Long slender form with slight bulbous head and remains of protruding ridge. 87 cm ***
*** Club. Queensland origin. Fine striated finish and remains of gum to hand-grip. 19th century. 65 cm ***
*** Zulu shield and Asagi spear. Ovoid shaped hide ***
*** Woomera (spear thrower). Elongated ovoid shape, incised on reverse with pecked lines. Remains of ochre colouring. Resin at one end, no peg. 32 cm ***
*** Two (2) woomeras. West Australian origin. Elongated form, one with pokerwork and ochre bird motif. 95 and 100 cm ***
*** Club. Coastal Queensland origin. Fine striated carving and pecked handle. Dark patina. 74 cm ***
*** Shield. North Central Australian origin. Elongated ovoid shape, convex front decorated with adzed striations and deep cut lug handle ***
*** Woomera. West Australian. Ovoid leaf shaped with gum handle. Remains of a collection notation ***
*** Boomerang. South Australian origin. Pecked design ***
*** Three (3) boomerangs. Desert country, West Australian and smooth finished mulga wood ***
*** Three (3) woomeras. Long slender form with remains of gum on handles ***
*** Boomerang. Desert country origin. Convex front incised with a long serpent and short serpent plus various animal tracks. Pencilled note on the front, 'Central Australia, Dec. 19. ' 68 cm ***
*** Two (2) spears. North Australian (Arnhem Land) origin. One with barbed wooden prongs fixed to shaft with gum. Remains of band colouration, the other a single shaft with carved barbs and striped coloured decoration. 234 and 273 cm ***
*** Two (2) woomeras. North West Australian origin. Long, thin bodies with defined handles. Pegs missing. 88.5 and 91 cm ***
*** Boomerang. South-East Australian origin. Convex front with a flat reverse, obvious adze marks and rich patina. Hole and split at one end ***
*** Boomerang. South East Australian. Smooth slender form, convex front and back. Remains of ochre ***
*** Dilly bag. Arnhem Land origin. Alternating coloured bands with fibre handle ***
*** Spear. Central Australian origin, incised wavy decoration. Tip and barb secured by gummed fibre. Split at lower end. 244 cm ***
*** Digging stick, Central Australian, five pokerwork bands. 52 x 23 cm ***
*** Woomera (spear thrower). Long slender form, wooden peg affixed with gum, the handle defined with thread and gum. 86 cm ***
*** Reed spear tip. South East Australian, a rare item, often used as a trade piece in exchange for axe heads ***
*** Coolamon (food carrier), ovoid shape with pokerwork bands and lozenges plus a carved pokerwork snake figure. 46 x 36 cm ***
*** Three (3) tourist boomerangs, decorated with incised and pokerwork Australian themes and motifs. Two are signed on the reverse, 'Tommy Foster, La Perouse'. 44, 48 and 48 cm ***
*** Throwing club, south East Australian, bulbous end with tapered conical handle. Two bands of hooped pokerwork decoration. Dark patina ***
*** Three (3) carved wooden figurative goannas, one with pecked linear design, one with pokerwork linear design, the other with minimal pecked decoration. All with damage to legs. 43, 34 and 60 cm ***
*** Boomerang, south-East Australian, fine curved form with defined adze marks to the front and reverse. 19th century patina, slight damage to tip ***
*** Digging stick and throwing club ***
*** Bullroarer, leaf shape with three bands of pecked decoration ***
*** Three (3) barbed wooden spear tips, Northern Australian, gum residue and remains of colour pigmentation. 47, 66 and 75 cm ***
*** Aboriginal model timber canoe with dot-painted decoration ***
*** Boomerang. Hooped pokerwork decoration ***