BATHURST AND MELVILLE ISLANDS

Beyond Sacred: Aboriginal Art, The Laverty Collection
Sydney
8 March 2015
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A PAIR OF SMALL ABORIGINAL CLUBS

BATHURST AND MELVILLE ISLANDS

carved hardwood with finely incised striations, each with a horizontal incised collar containing zigzag designs

42.5 cm and 41.5 cm length

Estimate: 
$1,000 - 2,000 (2)
Sold for $2,880 (inc. BP) in Auction 38 - 8 March 2015, Sydney
Provenance

Collected in Darwin by an Australian soldier in 1945
Private collection, Melbourne
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26–27 June 2000, lot 50 (part)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney