Lot 9
Maker UnknownA fighting boomerang, north western New South Wales length: 77.0cm (30 5/16in).
21 November 2019, 18:00 AEDT
Melbourne, ArmadaleSold for AU$3,050 inc. premium
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Alex Clark
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Maker Unknown
A fighting boomerang, north western New South Wales
inscribed twice verso: 'H79'
carved and engraved hardwood
length: 77.0cm (30 5/16in).
inscribed twice verso: 'H79'
carved and engraved hardwood
length: 77.0cm (30 5/16in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE
Dr Gerald Holt Collection
Private collection, Sydney
RELATED WORK
Philip Jones, Boomerang: Behind an Australian Icon, Wakefield Press, South Australia, 2007, cat. A5576, p.17 (illus.), which suggests that the carvings may relate to the path of a Dreaming ancestor. For another example with related designs see cat. A5591, p.56 (illus.)