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Auction date Wednesday 23 October 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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William Batt & Michael Roberts

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Wednesday 23rd October at 10.30am

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
265	AN ABORIGINAL SHIELD South East Australia, early 20th century, decorated with incised linear banding, 75cm high x 8.5cm wide, with associated stand Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection, Isle of Wight.	£300 - £500	-	View
266	AN ABORIGINAL SHIELD Australia, probably 19th century, with a stone tool carved scalloped face, 87cm high x 9cm wide, with associated stand Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection, Isle of Wight.	£300 - £500	-	View
267	AN ABORIGINAL SHIELD Australia, inscribed to the Pitjantjatjara Tribe, Curtin Springs Station, Northern Territory, early 20th century, with stone carved decoration to the face, 56cm high x 9cm wide, with associated stand…	£200 - £400	-	View
268	AN ABORIGINAL SHIELD Australia, 19th/20th century, incised with horizontal linear banding to both sides, 72cm high x 14.5cm wide, with associated stand Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection, Isle of Wight.	£200 - £400	-	View
269	AN ABORIGINAL PALE BEANWOOD SHIELD Australia, Central Desert, circa 1900, stone carved and unpolished, 69cm high x 20cm wide, with associated stand Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection, Isle of Wight.	£200 - £400	-	View
270	AN ABORIGINAL CARVED SHIELD Australia, the shield likely 19th century with later carvings, decorated with kangaroos, emus, trees and a figure with a gun, against a ground of incised markings, 65cm high x 13cm wide, with…	£300 - £500	-	View
271	AN ABORIGINAL THROWING CLUB Australia, probably Arnhem Land, 20th century, with weighted end for hunting waterfowl, 56.5cm long; together with a similar Aboriginal club, 20th century, 41cm long (2) Provenance: The Richard Parr…	£100 - £200	-	View
272	AN ABORIGINAL HEAVY HARDWOOD WAR CLUB OR DIGGING STICK Australia, inscribed 'Hooker Creek N.T.', early 20th century, decorated with three white-painted bands to one tapered end, 112cm long Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection, Isle of Wight.	£150 - £250	£150	View
273	AN ABORIGINAL FLAT CLUB Australia, inscribed 'Hermannsburg Mission', likely Larapinta, early 20th century, decorated with a white painted cross to the blade, 62.5cm long Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection, Isle of…	£100 - £200	-	View
274	AN ABORIGINAL 'ROOT BALL' CLUB Australia, Queensland, circa 1900, 38cm long Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection, Isle of Wight.	£80 - £150	-	View
275	AN ABORIGINAL LEANGLE WAR CLUB Australia, early 20th century, carved with a hooked end and pommel handle, 52cm long x 25cm wide; together with another Aboriginal 'Lil Lil' bladed club, early 20th century, stone carved and polished…	£200 - £400	£260	View
276	AN ABORIGINAL HARDWOOD CLUB OR DIGGING STICK Australia, early 20th century, the tip carved with vertical fluting, 63cm long; together with an Aboriginal 'Lil Lil' bladed club, circa 1900, the head carved with repeating horseshoe motifs, 62cm…	£200 - £400	-	View
277	AN ABORIGINAL WOOMERA Australia, attributable to the Birria Tribe of Windorah, Queensland, early 20th century, with spinifex resin handle and carved tip held in kangaroo sinew, 71cm long; together with another similar…	£200 - £400	-	View
278	AN ABORIGINAL BI-VALVE WOOMERA Australia, attributable to the Darumbal People of Queensland, early 20th century, the shell handle inset with red abrus seeds in spinifex resin and kangaroo sinew binding, the notched peg spear…	£200 - £400	-	View
279	AN ABORIGINAL COOLAMON Australia, attributable to the Yidinjdji Tribe of North Queensland, 19th/20th century, stone carved with small spinifex resin repairs, 41.5cm long x 13cm wide Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection…	£150 - £250	-	View
280	AN ABORIGINAL MULGA WOOD COOLAMON Australia, mid 20th century, 36cm long x 10cm wide; together with another similar, mid 20th century, with poker work decoration, 43cm long x 9cm wide (2) Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection,…	£100 - £200	-	View
281	AN ABORIGINAL BOOMERANG Australia, likely Kadina, South Australia, late 19th century, decorated with poker work and incised carving, 61cm high, with associated stand Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection, Isle of Wight.	£150 - £250	£200	View
282	AN ABORIGINAL MULGA WOOD BOOMERANG Australia, early 20th century, 57cm long; together with another similar mulga wood boomerang, 20th century, 81cm long (2) Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection, Isle of Wight.	£100 - £200	£180	View
283	AN ABORIGINAL MULGA WOOD BOOMERANG Australia, early 20th century, 71.5cm long; together with another similar, mid 20th century, carved with emu and kangaroo, 43cm long; and a further boomerang, early 20th century, 53cm long (3) …	£200 - £400	£280	View
284	AN ABORIGINAL PAINTED HARDWOOD MESSAGE STICK Australia, early 20th century, the front decorated in bands of yellow, grey and green, 28cm high x 7.5cm wide Provenance: The Richard Parr Collection, Isle of Wight.	£100 - £200	-	View
285	A COLLECTION OF ABORIGINAL STONE ARTEFACTS Australian, comprising fifty individual pieces including digging tools, coolamon scrapers, spear points, knives/chisels and wood shaping tools, the largest 8cm long and the smallest 1.5cm long (50) …	£200 - £400	-	View
286	A COLLECTION OF ABORIGINAL STONE ARTEFACTS Australian, including a Yam shaped gift token, 9cm high, and a collection of various axe heads including Māori, the largest 12cm high, the smallest 9cm high, some with associated stands (7) …	£100 - £200	-	View
287	A COLLECTION OF ABORIGINAL STONE TOOLS Australian, including a fire or grinding stone, with worn indent, 8cm wide, a large wood working tool or boomerang shaper, 18cm long, and several others similar (7) Provenance: The Richard Parr…	£80 - £150	-	View
288	A LARGE SET OF BRASS SCALES BY BARTLETT & SON OF BRISTOL the swing arm stamped with the maker's name and 'Patent Agate Balance', further stamped 'Class B' and 'To Weigh 4lb', with five urn finials, on a turned columnar support fixed to a heavy wooden base,…	£80 - £150	£140	View

Total lots: 497

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