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Lot 5
19th century
CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

carved and shaped hardwood, both with finely incised designs, the digging stick handle incised with cross-hatched designs and with traces of resin

82.5 cm and 68.0 cm length



Estimate:
$1,000 - 1,500 (2)


Lot sold: $5,400 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

19th century
CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

carved and shaped hardwood, both with finely incised designs, the digging stick handle incised with cross-hatched designs and with traces of resin

82.5 cm and 68.0 cm length

Provenance

(i) Sotheby's, Sydney, 4 December 1994, lot 565 (part)
(ii) Sotheby's, Sydney, 4 December 1994, lot 385 (part)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney