Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

A CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN HOOKED BOOMERANG, c.19th Century, hardwood with fluting and traces of ceremonial ochre design, slight damage, 72 cm

A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CEREMONIAL BOARD, one side carved with 6 rectangular incised motifs, 48cm

A CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN MESSAGE STICK, carved hard wood decorated with four bands of fine incisions, 36cm

A CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN MESSAGE STICK, finely incised concentric motif and stylistic tracks on both sides, 34cm

A CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN CEREMONIAL BOARD (bullroarer), carved wood with geometric motifs, 45cm

A CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN AUSTRALIAN CEREMONIAL BOARD (bullroarer), of wood decorated with incised and stippled geometric motifs, 52cm

TWO CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN CEREMONIAL BOARDS (bullroarer), of wood in diminutive ovoid form and slender section with pierced terminal, decorated with inci

A FINE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CEREMONIAL BOARD (churinga), hardwood with four incised motifs to anterior, 55cm Important Note: Within th

A SUPERB INCISED CEREMONIAL (churinga), of wood in large ovoid form and slender section, both sides incised with esoteric motifs of concentric circles

A CENTRAL WEST AUSTRALIAN CEREMONIAL BOARD (churinga), of wood in ovoid form and slender section, with pointed terminals both surfaces decorated with

A FINE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN CEREMONIAL BOARD (churinga), hardwood with incised spiral motifs, 38cm Important Note: Within the cultural

A FINE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN BOWL (coolamon), c.1940s, of dense hardwood, the interior stone shaped with resin repair, smooth glossy patina, 23x6cm

A FINE AND RARE TASMANIAN SHELL NECKLACE, of threaded marine gastropod seed shells, 94cm Provenance: From an Australian collection

A FINE AND RARE TASMANIAN SHELL NECKLACE, of threaded marine gastropod seed shells, 92cm Provenance: From an Australian collection

TWO AUSTRALIAN LITHIC ARTEFACTS, grinding stone and platform with evidence of extensive useware, NSW, 6-17cm (2)

AN ARNHEMLAND SOUND TUBE (didgeridoo), the hollow wood tube decorated with figurative motifs in polychrome ochres, 130cm

A YOLNGU SPIRIT SCULPTURE (mokoy), Artist Unknown, of wood in stylised anthropomorphic form decorated with polychrome ochres, 76cm Provenance: from an

A SUPERB AND RARE TORRES STRAIT DUGOUT CANOE, c.1930s, of wood in classic monumental minimalist ovoid form, one side pierced for outrigger attachments

YALPI YUNUPINGU (b.1961) Nguriri Ngarra c.1990s Ochres on bark 163x58cm Provenance: From an Australian collection, originally painted in Yirrkala at t

DJIKULULU (1938-1992) Untitled, c.1970s ochres on bark Catalogue reference and old label verso 130x46cm Provenance: from an Australian Collection, Mil