African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1360
Two Tiwi dance staffs
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £180
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Description
Two Tiwi dance staffs
Melville / Bathurst Islands, Australia
with banded and dot pigment decoration, one as a bared spear and the other bifurcated,
103cm and 47.5cm long. (2)
Provenance
Presented to the present owners grandfather, a British citizen, after serving in the Australian Army during WWII.