A PAIR OF SPEARTHROWERS

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
14 October 2009
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Artefacts and Carvings

A PAIR OF SPEARTHROWERS

(i) fine old hardwood of elongated leaf like form with resin handle and peg attached by sinew and spinifex resin old shiny patina
60.0 cm length

(ii) a Cape York example with peg attached and shell handle attached with resin, old shiny patina
69.0 cm length

Estimate: 
$800 - 1,200 (2)
Provenance

Private collection, Queensland