A Ceremonial Spear and Basket (Tunga), Bathurst or Melville Islands
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A Ceremonial Spear and Basket (Tunga), Bathurst or Melville Islands
natural earth pigments on carved wood; natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark bound with pandanus twine
Spear length: 135cm; Basket: 78 x 35cm
Sold for AU$ 1,220 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands circa 1950s
    Collection of the late Harry Christian Giese AM MBE, Darwin

Category: Fine Art / Aboriginal Art

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