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• Auction House:
  Leonard Joel
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal Art & Artefacts
• Sale Date:
  10 Oct 2013 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  186
• Lot Description:
  A Group Of Fine Corroboree Boomerangs And Spearthrower, Mornington Island, Qld 1950s-60s
  all of carved hardwood with glossy patina
  i) Spearthrower, 78.5cm (length); Boomerangs: ii) 49cm (length), undecorated iii) 99cm (length), striped decoration in natural earth pigments on one tip iv) 69cm (length), striped decoration in natural earth pigments on one tip
• Provenance:
  Gifted in the 1950s-60s to Dr Tim O'Leary, a Flying Doctor who worked in Cape York, the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait for almost three decades from 1953 until 1980. Thence by descent, Melbourne
• Notes:
  Gifted in the 1950s-60s to Dr Tim O'Leary, a Flying Doctor who worked in Cape York, the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait for almost three decades from 1953 until 1980. Thence by descent, Melbourne
• Estimate:
  A$900 - 1,200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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