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Standing Figure
Carved stone, height: 96 cm
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Cubist Face
Wood construction, height: 34 cm
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A Carved Mythological Ancestor, c. 1980s
Ironwood, natural pigments, length: 46 cm
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A Carved Mythological Ancestor, c. 1980s
Ironwood, natural pigments, length: 52.5 cm
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A Carved Mythological Ancestor, c. 1980s
Ironwood, natural pigments, length: 58.5 cm
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Ceremonial head dress
Bark, fibre, human hair, feather and ochre, conical paper bark base covered with hand spun human hair strands, ochre pai, 58 x 22 cm
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A Pitjantjarra Boomerang
Wood, superb engraving on one side, length: 75 cm
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An Old Eroded Boomerang
Wood, with clear patina, length: 77 cm
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A South East Australian Parrying Shield
Wood, decorated on the front with incised triangular motifs and pecked markings, length: 75.5 cm
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A Western Australian Shield (La Grange)
Wood, the shield of ovoid form with incised decoration on both surfaces, 73 x 11.5 cm
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A Western Desert Shield
Wood, natural pigments, 68 x 11 cm
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A Western Australian Shield (Wunda)
Wood, ochre and pigment, 82.5 x 13.5 cm
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A Central Desert Beanwood Shield
Wood, natural pigments, length: 68.5 cm
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A Hair Girdle
Hair, fibre, girdle made from strands of human hair, 43 x 27 cm
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A Hair Girdle
Hair, fibre, girdle made from strands of human hair, 58 x 29 cm
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A Collection of 5 Aboriginal Artifacts
Wood, including a fighting stick, a woomera, a pair of old clubs and a boomerang, length: 69 cm; 60.5 cm; 74 cm; 75.5 cm
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Old Message Sticks (pair)
Wood, red ochre, old pair of message sticks made from soft wood, carved with deep lines, red ochre on the surface, length: 10.5 cm (2)
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A Collection of Aboriginal Artifacts
Including a small decorated boomerang, feather, stone implements, a slate carving by Lilly Karedada, ochre pigments
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Southwest Queensland Clubs (5)
Sculptured wood, traces of white paint pigment, length: 70 cm; 70 cm ; 67.5 cm; 70.5 cm
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A Hunting Boomerang
Plain in form, sculptured wood, length: 73.5 cm
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A Pitjantjarra Boomerang
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Three Dilly Bags
Twined pandanus dilly bags, 3 cm; 33 cm; 17 cm
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Old Dilly Bag
Pandanus, pigment, 24 x 10 cm
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An Eel Trap
Traditional tubular cane eel trap. North Queensland Cane, 133 x 16 cm
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A Collection of Points
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A Collection of 62 Stone Points
Stone, including spear points and Bondi Points, length: 1.5 cm to 3 cm
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Three Large Old Stone Implements
Stone,including a large axe head, a grinding stone and a superb pick, length: 23 cm; 27 cm; 19 cm
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Three Nardoo Stones and Two Hammers
Stone, large disc shaped 'Nardoo' seed grinding stones used mainly for the grinding of hard cased Nardoo seeds, inscribed with the date of collection and the area of the provenance
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A Hair Girdle
Hair, fibre, girdle made from strands of human hair, 36 x 20 cm
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A Fine Collection of 10 Grinding Stones
Stone, oval shaped with evidence of grinding and fine edges with probable cutting use, length: 8 to 16 cm
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Three Head Pads
Wool, feathers, with original handwritten documentation, 14 x 13.5 cm; 15 x 13 cm; 20 x 20 cm
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Three Balls of Human Hair and Feather Strings
Human hair, feather, 13 x 6 cm; 13 x 9 cm; 12 x 8 cm
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Three Hair Ornaments
Human hair, three belts made from strands of hair, 61 x 18 cm; 67 x 9 cm; 88 x 10 cm
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An Hunting Boomerang
Wood, red ochre, fluted design on one side, red ochre on surface, length: 74 cm
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A Small Old Hunting Boomerang
Wood, red ochre, fluted design on one side, red ochre on surface, length: 63.5 cm
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A Hooked Boomerang
Wood, red ochre, fluted design on one side, red ochre on surface, length: 76 cm
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A South Australian Boomerang
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An Aboriginal Club
Wood, old Aboriginal throwing stick decorated with burnt and pecked designs evidence of use, glossy brown patina, length: 50 cm
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A Small Tiwi Wood grave post
Natural earth pigments on carved wood, height: 47 cm
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Coolamon
Pokerwork and pigment on hardwood, 49 x 24 cm
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Ceremonial Head Dress 1940
Earth pigments, feathers, bush string wood, kangaroo sinew and wool, 46 x 54 x 26 cm
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Shield (Black Serpent) c. 1968
Earth pigments on wood, 64.5 cm length
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Kulepmu Malagan c. 1945
Earth pigments on wood, 462 cm height
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Pelican c. 1980
Earth pigments on wood, 93.5 cm height
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Carved Dilly Bag
Earth pigments on wood, 25 cm height
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Three Ceremonial Spears c. 1980
Earth pigments on wood, 248.5 cm; 254.5 cm; 275 cm height
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Spirit Figure
Earth pigments and human hair on wood, 113 cm height
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Malagan Figure c. 1920
Earth pigments on wood, 66.5 cm height
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Gor Gor Surida c. 1930
Earth pigments, lime and shell on wood, 74 cm height
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Tatanua Mask c. 1982
Earth pigments and fibre on wood, 59 cm height
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