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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  21 Jul 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  5
• Lot Description:
  An Exceptional and Large Club (lil-lil)
  Darling River Region, New South Wales. (early nineteenth century or earlier)
  carved hardwood
  80.5 cm high
• Provenance:
  Christies, London (circa 1989); The Warren Anderson Collection, Western Australia (cat. no. 328WA); Private Collection, Sydney
• References:
  For a related example see; Carol Cooper et al, Aboriginal Australia, Australian Gallery Directors Council, Sydney, p. 92, S66 (illus.)
• Notes:
  This exceptional and finely tooled example is imposingly large. It is almost certainly stone carved. The deep rich patination has worn smooth from handling to the central region of the club's handle indicating a very early age. These larger forms of this type of club (lil-lil) were not only used as a striking weapon in combat but were often used as a type of parrying shield (similar to the leaf-like forms of the Solomon Islands).
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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