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Gathering Bowl, with Carved Design c. 1950's
Carved wood, length 41 cm
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Spear Thrower with Carved Design c. 1950's
Carved wood, length: 61 cm
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Shield with Small Burnt Circular Motifs
Carved wood, length: 56 cm
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Bird Resting on Head of a Man
Carved wood, height: 87 cm
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Pair Carved Boab Nuts
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Three Birds (Jabiru) and Lizard
Bark painting, natural pigments, 106 x 51 cm
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Four Aboriginal Artefacts
Carved timber ancestral images, various
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Aboriginal Artefacts, Including Three Boomerangs, a Pair of Music Sticks, Digging Sticks and Shield
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A North East Arnhemland Spirit Man and Night Bird, Circa 1961
Natural earth pigments on incised wood, length: 35 cm
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A Central Desert Boomerang
Circa 1930's, with fluting to both sides, a wax and natural earth pigment finish over an old patina, length: 102 cm
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Pukamani Pole, c. 1980
Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood, height: 202 cm
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Pukamani Pole, c. 1980
Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood, height: 207 cm
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Pukamani Pole, c. 1980
Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood, height: 205 cm
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Pukamani Pole, c. 1980
Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood, height: 205 cm
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Northern Territory Hardwood Shield, c. 1930's
Carved wood, fluting on face and rear, with sunken handle and old dark patina, small chips on edge, original fire making, length: 52 cm
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A Central Australian Shield
Circa 1930's, early iron nail repair, decorated with natural earth pigments, length: 64 cm
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A Western Desert Shield Australia, c. 1920's
Carved wood, profusely decorated with zigzag fluting to face and incised motifs on back, height: 78 cm
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A Central Desert Ceremonial Story Board
Of ovoid form, etched with ceremonial designs and traces of red ochre, shiny patina, length: 48 cm
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A Central Desert Ceremonial Story Board
Of elongated ovoid form, etched with ceremonial designs and traces of red ochre, shiny patina, length: 43 cm
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A North East Arnhemland Carved Lizard, c. 1963
Carved wood, replete with incised clan design on Silkwood hibiscus, height: 42 cm
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A Central Australian Poker Work Kangaroo, c. 1959
Carved wood, of enigmatic form with extensive polychrome circular motifs on wood, height: 48 cm
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A Central Desert Ceremonial Shield, c. 1900
Carved wood, finely fluted on both sides and decorated with white dotted circular patterns on a red ochre ground, length: 69 cm
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A Western Desert Shield
Circa 1960's, of elegant form, tapered oval with smooth convex front and superbly etched geometric design and solid wood, length: 90 cm
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Four North Eastern Arnhem Land Spear Tips
Circa 1960's, with traces of ochre decoration, height: 89 cm each
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A Central Desert Beanwood Shield
Circa 1930's, fluted front and back, white ochre dotted water design on a ground of red natural earth pigment, length: 76 cm
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A Central Desert Boomerang, c. 1940's
Carved wood, replete with fluted front and adzed back
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A West Australian Ceremonial Story Board, c. 1930
Carved wood, of elongated ovoid form, replete with deeply incised Western desert male ceremonial design on front and sli, length: 42 cm
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A West Australian Woomera, c. 1920's
Carved wood, extensively incised with traditional men's key desig, throwing point attached with kangaroo sinew and spin, length: 59 cm
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A South East Australian Boomerang
Carved wood, circa late 19th century, old honey patina, length: 70 cm
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A South East Australian Leangle Club
Carved wood, mid 19th century with deeply incised carved tip on handle, fine old patina, length: 70 cm
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A South East Australian Shield
Carved wood, circa early 20th century, finely incised with diamond patterning and alternating zig zag bands, length: 82 cm
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A Central Desert Coolomon
Carved from hardwood, smooth base with dry patina and interior showing construction markings, length: 58 cm
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A Pair of South East Australian Clubs
Circa 1900, elongated fluted shafts and bulbous ends, exhibiting traces of natural earth pigments and aged shiny honey c, length: 59 and 72 cm
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Painted Dilly Bag, 1990
Natural earth pigments on wood, length: 32 cm
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Painted Wooden Dilly Bag, 1990
Natural earth pigments on wood, length: 39 cm
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An East Australian Club and Cutting Implement, Late 19th Century
Carved wood, with fine fluting, resin tip and bone blade, lustrous deep patina, length: 69 cm
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A Western Desert Coolamon, Papunya, c. 1950
Carved in softwood, interior and exterior replete with fluting and ochre deposits, length: 72 cm
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A West Australian Ceremonial Story Board, c. 19th Century
Carved wood, of exceptional elongated form, replete with incised ceremonial classic interlocking key patterns on front, length: 123 cm
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A Central Desert Ceremonial Story Board
Circa 1959 of elongated ovoid form, etched with ceremonial design and decorated with ochre, shiny patina, length: 87 cm
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A West Australian Ceremonial Story Board
Carved wood, of exceptional elongated form replete with deeply incised western desert male ceremonial design on front an, length: 131 cm
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Pukamani Figure, c. 1969
Natural earth pigments on wood, height: 41 cm
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A Central Desert Ceremonial Story Board
Circa 1959 of ovoid form, etched with design featuring tracks and sites associated with Emu Dreaming, remnants of red oc, length: 51 cm
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A Groote Eylandt Bullroar and Message Stick
Decorated with natural earth pigments, native twine and bush string, length: 38 & 50 cm
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A West Australian Hair Ornament, Late 19th Century or Early 20th Century
Old dark patina, fluted on one side and partially fluted and incised with a zigzag pattern on the other, length: 54 cm
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A South East Australian Club
Carved wood, circa 1900, incised with transitional decorative design featuring the Australian coat of arms, human figure, length: 44 cm
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A South East Australian Spear Thrower, Mid to Late 19th Century
Carved wood, finely incised geometric decoration and old patina, length: 66 cm
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A Central Desert Boomerang, c. 1900
Carved wood, finely fluted, with an old dark patina, length: 105 cm
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A Central Desert Boomerang
Circa 1960's, fluted with remnants of natural earth pigments used for ceremonial decoration
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A Tunga, Bathurst Island, Pukamani Design, 1984
Natural earth pigments on bark, height: 71 cm
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Pukamani Pole, c. 1980
Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood, height: 198 cm
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