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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Aboriginal Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  26 Mar 2014 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  155
• Lot Description:
  Group Of Ten Throwing Clubs
  carved wood (10)
  varying sizes up to 72.0 cm length
• Artist:
  Artist Unknown (Queensland)
• Provenance:
  Collection of John Atherton, Queensland; Thence by descent; Private collection, Brisbane
• Notes:
  John Atherton (1837 - 1913) was an early pioneer in north Queensland who settled the Atherton Tableland near Mareeba and the area around Rockhampton in the 1870s. He assembled a collection of weapons and tools from these regions and across Australia and the Pacific. The collection was passed to his son, Ernest Albert Atherton, who continued the legacy throughout Queensland and central Australia as Minister for Mines.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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