Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 14 October 2009 | Melbourne
Lot 235
Artefacts And Carvings
A FINE EARLY COOLAMON (PITCHI)
unusually large, of ovoid form with fluted designs to the interior and exterior, applied red ochre pigments throughout
67.5 cm length
Estimate:
$800 - 1,200
Lot sold: $2,160 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Artefacts And Carvings A FINE EARLY COOLAMON (PITCHI)
unusually large, of ovoid form with fluted designs to the interior and exterior, applied red ochre pigments throughout
67.5 cm length
inscribed verso: Holt Collection cat. H1305
Provenance
Holt Collection, Queensland Sotheby's, Sydney, 13 October 1983, lot 117
Private collection, Sydney