A pair of 19th century Aboriginal spear Throwers, port Essendon, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, one painted example decorated with a crocodile and other figures, the other with spinifex gum resin binding to notch peg. Old collection labels attached which inaccurately locate port Essendon near Melbourne. Provenance: Collection of Mr a Elliot, Beccles, Suffolk, UK. Tost & Rohu's, Martin place, Sydney, before 1928, 8 x 46 cm, 9 x 49 cm