Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 22nd February 2023

Lot 380

An Aboriginal bull roarer

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £150

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Description

An Aboriginal bull roarer

Australia

with carved circle and linear decoration, with red natural pigment and pierced at one end,

35.5cm long, with a handwritten note dated 25th Oct 1962, explaining the bull roarers use and stating it was from a tribe in the N.N.W. of Australia,

and an Aboriginal hair strand belt, 66cm long. (3)