CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
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CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN

carved softwood with vertical carvings and natural earth pigments, the front decorated with broad vertical linear designs infilled with alternating rows in white and red pigment dotting. The reverse with broad deep cut shallow fluting and lug handle with remnants of old trade cloth on handle.

55.0 cm length

Estimate: 
$1,600 - 2,000