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
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. |
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Condition: | Good |
Estimate: | £1300 – 1800 |