Six massues aborigènes "nulla-nulla" ou "waddy" ·  Australie · ID: 3051266

Description

heavy Australian hardwood,

a) club, Queensland, fluted corpus, roughened grip zone, old label with inventory no. “33540”, l: 62 cm

b) club, Queensland, grooved beating area, fluted corpus, roughened grip zone, old label with inventory no. “34631”, l: 64 cm

c) club with old collection label “Bj 44403 SW/.”, l: 84 cm

comes with: three further clubs of various shapes, l: 66 cm - 71 cm, rich age patina

Lumholtz (1889) recorded that these clubs were used to kill small animals from a distance of about ten to twelve yards. The handle end was also used to dig up roots, eggs, rats and bandicoots.

L’objet Six massues aborigènes “nulla-nulla” ou “waddy” avec l’ID d’objet 3051266 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères Vente aux enchères 103 dans 16 novembre 2024 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 350 a atteint un prix de vente de 800 €.

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Littérature comparée

Davies, Susan M., Collected - 150 Years of Aboriginal Art and Artifacts at the Macleay Museum, Sydney 2002, p. 78, pl. 91