Pacific - Header C - Australia
PA11
Material: wood, ochre, pipeclay
Dimensions: 94.5cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Strongly grooved and painted front, integral handle to rear and further incised and ochred decoration to rear. Compare with similar wunda illustrated AGDC, Aboriginal Australia, D157, col. pl. 20. collected c. 1929.
Price: POA
PA57
Material: wood, ochre, pipeclay
Dimensions: 57cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Some rare boomerangs were reserved for ceremonial purposes, and were not used for hunting or fighting.
Price: £550
PA80
Material: hardwood
Dimensions: 21cm.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Australian Aboriginal people use the bullroarer during initiation ceremonies and other rituals, including burials. The sound is thought to ward off evil spirits. Traditionally, bullroarers are used only by men, and like other sacred objects, women are prohibited from using, touching, or in some cases, even seeing one. This example is pierced at both ends, and engraved on both faces with sacred symbols.
Price: £380
PA59
Material: hardwood
Dimensions: 55cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Rare bulbous head club, similar to boomerang-like assymetric clubs from this region.
Price: £950
PA71
Material: hardwood
Dimensions: 80cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: So-called, 'number seven' or 'hooked' boomerangs are generally used for fighting or bird-hunting. They are widely traded to neighbouring regions in the Northern Territory and Kimberlys. Uooer faces incised with linear motifs and ochred allover. They are appreciated among collectors for their sculptural form.
Price: £1500
Material: natural earth pigments on stringy bark (Eucalyptus tetradonya)
Dimensions: 62 x 26cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes:Ivan Namudja is the son of Peter Maralwanga. Label verso for Maningrida Arts and Crafts.
Price: £950
PA30
Material: green-grey schist, red ochre
Dimensions: 15cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection UK, Bonhams London
Price: POA
PA13
Material: hardwood
Dimensions: 85cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes:
Price: POA
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