TEST ITEM - An Aboriginal Knife, Australia, Northern Territories, Waramanga tribe

Current Bid: £950.00
Bid Increment: £50.00
Next Min Bid: £1,000.00

Buyer’s Premium: £228.00
Total Amount: £1,178.00

Number of Bids: 1
Location: United Kingdom
Highest Bidder: User 1036

Auction Start: 10/09/19 00:00:00 UTC
Auction Ending: 17/09/19 20:37:11 UTC
Auction Finished : 17/09/19 20:39:41 UTC
LOT NUMBER 4
Bid next increment
Leave or increase maximum bid
LOT NUMBER 4

TEST ITEM - An Aboriginal Knife, Australia, Northern Territories, Waramanga tribe

An Aboriginal Knife, Australia

The grey flint blade inserted in red spinifex gum (?) , itself holding a wooden rectangular handle decorated with white dots and a black line; fine aged patina

Provenance: Probably collected by Lt. Commander Hayter circa 1890, Charterhouse school Museum, Sotheby's London 5th November 2001, The Charterhouse collection, Lot 8 9 sold for £2,629.


For related examples, see H Morphy and E Edwards, Australia in Oxford, 1988, p. 127, n. 187

Size: Height: 25.5 cm.
Weight:
Date:
Condition: Good
Estimate: £1300 – 1800

Global shipping is available. We use standard Royal Mail Tracked and Signed For service.

If you would like a quote for the shipping cost please email us at shipping@intercollector.com.

Please see our Terms and Conditions Section 13 for more details. 

Dispatched usually within 5 days from receipt of payment.