Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 14 October 2009 | Melbourne
Lot 224
Artefacts And Carvings
19th century
A PAIR OF SMALL SPEARTHROWERS
both of elegant leaf like form, the first with resin handle and peg attached by sinew and spinifex resin, the second missing peg and old repair to body, both with old shiny patina
51.0 cm and 52.5 cm lengths
Estimate:
$3,000 - 4,000 (2)
Lot Details
Description
Artefacts And Carvings
19th century
A PAIR OF SMALL SPEARTHROWERS
both of elegant leaf like form, the first with resin handle and peg attached by sinew and spinifex resin, the second missing peg and old repair to body, both with old shiny patina
51.0 cm and 52.5 cm lengths
Provenance
MB Abram Galleries, Santa Monica, United States of America
Private collection, Queensland