A FINE EARLY COOLAMON (PITCHI)

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
14 October 2009
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Artefacts and Carvings

A FINE EARLY COOLAMON (PITCHI)

unusually large, of ovoid form with fluted designs to the interior and exterior, applied red ochre pigments throughout

67.5 cm length

inscribed verso: Holt Collection cat. H1305

Estimate: 
$800 - 1,200
Sold for $2,160 (inc. BP) in Auction 11 - 14 October 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Holt Collection, Queensland Sotheby's, Sydney, 13 October 1983, lot 117
Private collection, Sydney