Aboriginal Art
Catalog Information: 324 lots | 323 with images
Date: 2008
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
Australia
Viewing Notes:
Fri, 17 Oct 08, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat, 18 Oct 08, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sun, 19 Oct 08, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sale Notes:
Tim Klingender
Director, Head of Department
Aboriginal Art Department
Sotheby's Australia
Tel: 61 2 9362 1000
Fax: 61 2 9362 1100
tim.klingender@sothebys.com
Francesca Cavazzini
Aboriginal Art Administrator, Sydney
Tel: 61 2 9362 1000
Fax: 61 2 9362 1100
francesca.cavazzini@sothebys.com
Megan Sheedy
Administrator
Aboriginal Art
Tel: +61 3 9509 2900
Fax: +61 3 9563 5067
megan.sheedy@sothebys.com
Lot 1: AN EXCEPTIONAL CLUB, SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIA,
carved in hardwood, with broad bulbous-headed pointed striking section of bi-convex section, tapering to form a handle of circular section, the majority of the surface finely engraved an pecked with traditional motifs, old, shiny patina
Lot 2: A FINE BROAD SHIELD, SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIA,
carved in hardwood of leaf-like form terminating in flattened rectangular points at each end, the front elegantly engraved with meandering parallel zig-zag motifs and pierced twice in the centre for a handle's insertion, the reverse replete with ad [...more]
Lot 3: A PAIR OF RARE CLUBS, SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIA,
with blade-like bi-convex distal ends and shafts of circular section with notched grip, terminating in a bulbous knob at the base, both sides of one of the blades are decorated with engraved designs, one side featuring three figures, a lizard, and [...more]
Lot 4: A BROAD SHIELD, SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIA,
of leaf-like form tapering to two flattened, flaring rectangular points at each end, pierced twice near the centre for the attachment of a handle, the convex front with deeply incised, linear, zig-zag and lozenge motifs divided into three sections [...more]
Lot 5: AN EARLY AND EXCEPTIONAL NARROW SHIELD, SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIA,
carved in hardwood of lozenge section, the front intricately engraved with zig-zag and meandering linear motifs, the reverse undecorated with deep-cut lug handle, old, shiny patina
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