A SHIELD AND BULBOUS-HEADED CLUB
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Artefacts and Carvings
Flinders Ranges, South Australia
A SHIELD AND BULBOUS-HEADED CLUB
shield of carved hardwood, the bulbous front decorated with finely incised interlocking diamond designs, the reverse similarly incised with deep cut lug handle, the club with bulbous striking section tapering to grip section, the surface decorated with incised design and old patina overall
59.5 cm and 66.5 cm length
Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000 (2)
Sold for $4,560 (inc. BP) in Auction 13 - 24 March 2010, Melbourne
Provenance
(i) Private collection, South Australia
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 279
Private collection, Melbourne
(ii) Collected by the Reverend William Gore Booth, late 1880s
Lissadel House Collection, Ireland
Lissadel House, Art and Contents Auction, 25 November 2003
Private collection, Melbourne