Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 19th February 2025
Lot 406
An Aboriginal shovel
Estimate £500 - £700
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Description
An Aboriginal shovel
Australia
with a leaf shape blade having a cut out section to one side, possibly later to be used as a club, with a flattened handle having a knop terminal,
109cm long.
cf. James Edge-Partington. Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands, 1996, p.354. no.s 17 and 18.