An Aboriginal club Murray River

An Aboriginal club

Murray River, South East Australia

wood with bands of 'peckwork' decoration and with incised hatching to the grip, 19th century,

72.5cm long.

Provenance

Arthur Allen, 1874 - 1967 and thence by descent.

cf. The David Petty collection, The Art of Eastern Australia, 2009, pls.69, 80 and 87 for clubs with similar 'peckwork' decoration.