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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Aboriginal Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  26 Mar 2014 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  70
• Lot Description:
  A Crocodile-Headed Arrow, Kodalu-Paruag Or Kodal Kep
  natural earth pigments and sennit on carved hardwood
  53.0 cm length
• Artist:
  Artist Unknown (Queensland) ~ (Torres Strait Islands, 19th Century)
• Provenance:
  Collection of Dr Joseph Albert Blayney, Chief Medical Officer and RM, Central Division, New Guinea, 1895-1901; Private collection, New South Wales
• Notes:
  The incised arrow, in-filled with white lime, is carved to represent a crocodile. Rows of barbs cut into the solid timber lead to remnants of a bone barb tip. Fine bands of woven sennit fibre are bound at the base of the arrow head. These arrows were used in warfare and ceremonies.
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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