Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 678
An Aboriginal club Murray River
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £1100
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Description
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.