Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018

Lot 677

An Aboriginal woomera

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £400

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Description

An Aboriginal woomera, spearthrower

Australia

wood, resin and fibre, with smooth surfaces and a linear decorated section above the handle that has eleven incised lines on one side, 19th century,

61cm long.

Provenance

Arthur Allen, 1874 - 1967 and thence by descent.