Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018

Lot 679

An Aboriginal woomera

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £550

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Description

An Aboriginal woomera, spearthrower

Western Australia

wood, resin and fibre, with carved linear decoration with remains of red ochre and with a textured back, 19th century,

69cm long.

Provenance

Arthur Allen, 1874 - 1967 and thence by descent.