A COLLECTION OF SPEARTHROWERS

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
14 October 2009
271

Artefacts and Carvings

Queensland
A COLLECTION OF SPEARTHROWERS

all six carved from hardwood, four of elongated leaf like form, most with pegs and resin handles, one with remnants of bi-valve handle

varying sizes

Estimate: 
$1,000 - 1,500 (6)
Sold for $1,920 (inc. BP) in Auction 11 - 14 October 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Collection of John Atherton Lawsons, Sydney, 24 May 1999 lot 271
Private collection, Melbourne