Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 611
An Aborigine message stick Western Australia wood
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £220
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Description
An Aborigine message stick
Western Australia
wood, with engraved concentric circles, lines and dots, with remains of red ochre, one end later pierced,
30cm long.
Provenance
Purchased from the family of Henry Hubert, a road engineer working in the Kalgoorie and Northern Goldfields area prior to WWI.