A Tiwi Islands throwing club

A Tiwi Islands throwing club

Northern Territory, Australia

with carved channeled decoration and a hatched grip with pigment, with a typed identification label '...Obtained by the late Mr. A. Elliott, of Beccles, Suffolk, from Tost & Rohu's fur and curio stores, 26, Martin Place, Sydney, nr. G.P.O., Australia. It is from Brigalow wood...'

49cm long,

and an Aborigine shield with an integral handle and painted a kangaroo and emu, 64cm long. (2)

Provenance

Club - Tost & Rohu, Sydney, Australia.

Mr A Elliott Collection, Suffolk, UK.