BATHURST AND MELVILLE ISLANDS
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A PAIR OF SMALL ABORIGINAL CLUBS
BATHURST AND MELVILLE ISLANDS
carved hardwood with finely incised striations, each with a horizontal incised collar containing zigzag designs
42.5 cm and 41.5 cm length
Estimate:
$1,000 - 2,000 (2)
Sold for $2,880 (inc. BP) in Auction 38 - 8 March 2015, Sydney
Provenance
Collected in Darwin by an Australian soldier in 1945
Private collection, Melbourne
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26–27 June 2000, lot 50 (part)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney