Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 50
SOUTH WEST QUEENSLAND, early 1900s
carved and shaped hardwood with geometric designs infilled with natural earth pigments, the reverse with a deep cut lug handle
57.0 cm length
Estimate:
$4,000 – 6,000
Lot sold: $5,124 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
SOUTH WEST QUEENSLAND, early 1900s
carved and shaped hardwood with geometric designs infilled with natural earth pigments, the reverse with a deep cut lug handle
57.0 cm length
bears incised inscription verso: A.W. BARR
Provenance
Collected in the early 1900‘s by George Kerr a farmer working in Rockhampton, Queensland
Thence by descent
Private collection, Queensland