Aboriginal Fluted Throwing Club, Australia

An old Aboriginal Tiwi throwing club from Australia. From an old US collection. The wood shaft is carved with deep grooves from top to bottom. It has a shiny dark chocolate brown patina and measures 1

Three Fighting Clubs, Aboriginal, Australia. One throwing club, Mid 20th Century and two old fighting clubs, early 20th Century. Size: Range from 15'' x 1.74'' x 2.5'' (38 x 4 x 6 cm) to 25'' x 1.5''

2 Early Fighting/Throwing Clubs, Aboriginal, North East Queensland, Australia, 19th/Early 20th C. One deep black the other rich red color of dense hardwood, with sharpened lead point with abundant inc

wood, dark brown patina, curved form, lense-shaped shaft, flattened headpiece, handle and head fluted, slightly dam., base; Australian boomerangs were developed from throwing sticks and clubs and were

with bulbous pointed end and tapering support with incised cross hatched handle, good patina, length 79cm Provenance: Ashoka Arts, UK, then Private Collection, Queensland

Curved Slim Aboriginal Club, Australia Late 19th Century/Early 20th 26 3/8 x 4 1/8 in. Fine Oceanic club, light brown patina, bowed/boomerang Sotheby's Park Bernet sticker referencing a May 11, 1976 s

Two Fighting Clubs, Aboriginal, Australia. Old fighting sticks from Australia. One with scratched design and other with rough tool marks at base. Size: 1) 29.5'' x 1'' x 1'' (75 x 3 x 3 cm); 2) 31.5''

c.1850, South Eastern Australia, with bulbous head terminal and slightly tapering handle, total length 68cm Provenance: Ex Maitland Museum, NSW

Antique Indigenous Aboriginal Weapons including: Boomerang with incised decoration (107cm drilled for wall mounting), incised spear thrower (74cm), fluted club (71cm), death stick with carved twist de

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Australia, Aboriginal peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden boomerang meant for hunting rather than for display. The body is gently curved and

**Originally Listed At $650** Australia, Western Desert to Central Australia, Aboriginal peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare example of a wooden club and digging tool made from mulga wo

A very finely carved wooden club with excellent fluted surface and carved from a dense hard wood. Australian Aboriginal peoples and most likely 19th century. The club measures 21.5 inches tall. A meta

An aboriginal painting on bark of a 'Mimi' spirit with spears and a club, Western Arnhem Land, Australia, 13.5"h x 8"w

Australia, 19th Century or Earlier Heavy club with rounded stone head inset in a thick wood handle. Approx. 18 1/4" x 4 3/8". From the collection of a Cumberland, Rhode Island estate. Old label marked

Oceania, Australia, Aboriginal peoples 20th c. Hand carved boomerang used for throwing and hunting throughout the continent by the Aboriginal peoples. Carved from a single piece of wood with a slightl

Resin, fluted design on hardwood with roughened grip; Provenance: Aboriginal Artists Agency, Sydney, NSW; acquired in 1979; Richard Kelton Collection, Santa Monica

Fluted hardwood; Provenance: Made in the north-west of South Australia; Aboriginal Artists Agency, Sydney, NSW; acquired in 1979; The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica; Made in the Kimberley Region, Wes

(2) Polynesian throwing clubs, 19th/20th c., possibly Fiji or Solomon Islands, carved wood with woven straw grips, one with incised design, on custom steel display stand, each club approx. 18"l, 16"l

Extremely heavy and dense carved club. length 17 1/2 inches.

Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. An attractive example of a hand-carved wooden throwing club known in Fiji as an I Ula Tavatava. The club has a bulbous head with several protrudi

Fijian Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, 19th C., Melanesia. Of classic form with carved head and hand grip, dark red brown patina from age and use. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: 17.5'' x 4

wood, shiny reddish brown patina, handle zone oval in cross section, flattened club head curved in a wide bow, covered with incised decor in shape of semicircles and lattice pattern, pokerwork, slight

civi kuawaro type with bulbous head and incised tavatava zig-zag notching grip section. L. 420mm Provenance: Collection of Keith St. Cartmail.

Fijian Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, 19th C., Melanesia. Fine classic example with carved head, dark red brown patina from age and use. Antique paper label reading: "Club from the Santa Cruz Is/the goss