A GROUP OF FIVE TIWI THROWING CLUBS

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
24 March 2010
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Artefacts and Carvings

Bathurst and Melville Islands
A GROUP OF FIVE TIWI THROWING CLUBS

carved hardwood, two with pointed
bulbous-headed striking section
and three with bulbous heads,
all with longitudinal fluting and
decorated with red, yellow and
white natural pigments

varying sizes

Estimate: 
$2,000 - 3,000 (5)
Sold for $3,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 13 - 24 March 2010, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne