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Six large Tiwi ceremonial spears, Tiwi group, Melville and…
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Sydney
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7-Nov-2021
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Six large Tiwi ceremonial spears, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory, carved and engraved hardwood with natural earth pigment (no custom stands) Tiwi ceremonial spears are a special form of elaborately carved and painted spear used in ceremonial display rather than as functional weapons or implements. Lengths 280 cm to 340 cm. Provenance: Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern Territory Skinner, Boston, American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2473, 26 September 2009, lot 163 Bonhams, important Australian Art, 25 November 2013, lot 65. Private collection, New South Wales
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