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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  22 Jul 2014 ~ 6.30pm (Part 1 - Lots 1 - 198)
  23 Jul 2014 ~ 2.30pm (Part 2 - Lots 199 - 331)
• Lot #:
  163
• Lot Description:
  A Rare and Early Club
  South East Australia (early nineteenth century); carved hardwood
  71 cm high
• Provenance:
  Private Collection, United Kingdom; Private Collection, Melbourne
• References:
  For related examples see: Carol Cooper, Aboriginal Australia, Australian Gallery of Directors Council, New South Wales, 1981, pp.90, S51-52, illustrated, which reads "A variety of club known as 'stabbing waddies' which were held around the middle, the sharp ends being used in a stabbing motion...this form of club appears to have been used only by groups occupying the Lower Murray region of South Australia and the coastal western area of Victoria.
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 7,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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