Nail club · Australia · ID: 3031977
Lorne Balshine, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Description
hardwood, blackish brown patina, round shaft, getting stronger to the top, club head with inserted iron nails (horseshoe nails ?) arranged in seven horizontal rows (partly missing), slightly dam., cracks;
according to the owner the club arrived around 1890 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
early and rare club form !
The object Nail club with the object ID 3031977 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 85 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Carrick, John (ed.), Art of the first Australians, Camperdown o.J., p. 20, ill. 223 Davies, S. M., Collected - 150 Years of Aboriginal Art and Artifacts at the Macleay Museum, Sidney 2002, p. 78, ill. 90