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Fine Tiwi ceremonial spear, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst…
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Sydney
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10-Sep-2022
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Fine Tiwi ceremonial spear, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. Tiwi ceremonial spears are a special form of elaborately carved and painted spear used in ceremonial display rather than as functional weapons or implements. Approx length 121 x 9 cm. Provenance: Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern Territory. Private Collection, Queensland. Menzies Art Brands, Aboriginal Art, 14 November 2007, Sydney, lot 168. Primitive Gangl, Austria. Bonhams, important Australian Art, 25 November 2013, lot 64. Private Collection, New South Wales.
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