LOT #83
LOT #84
Artist Once Known A South East Australian Lil Lil Club, Darling River Region C19th Height: 51 cm carved hardwood
Artist Once Known An Early West Australian Spearthrower c.1890 Height: 67 cm carved hardwood
$1,000 - 1,500
$1,200 - 1,600
PROVENANCE Field Collected, late C19th Private Collection, Vic
PROVENANCE Field Collected, c.1890s Private Collection, Vic
of classic form, replete with stone adzed markings, old shiny patina. Mounted.
of classic curvilinear design, adzed wood, replete with incised zig zag design in parallel striations. The point to attach spear secured with kangaroo sinew. The bulbous handle covered in Spinifex resin for holding bone or stone knife blade.
For stylistically similar pieces see Lawson~Menzies Aboriginal Art, November 2006 Lot No. 47, and Mossgreen Auctions, Fine Early Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, Sydney August 2010, Lot No. 25
West Australian spear throwers, called ‘Woomeras’, are traditionally used to hunt larger game such as kangaroos.