Tribal Art & Antiquities - 19th February 2020
Lot 773
An Aboriginal knife Australia wood with inset possum teeth to one side
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £800
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Description
An Aboriginal knife
Australia
wood with inset possum teeth to one side, with a gum and a fibre handle,
21.5cm long.
Provenacne
Melbourne Museum, Australia.
cf. Edge-Partington. Ethnological Album of the Pacific Islands, 1996, Series III p. 129, No.1, with sharks' teeth.