Rare North-East Queensland Ceremonial Boomerang, circa 1900.
Flattened club form, with hatch incised decoration of birds, lizards, snakes, and geometric forms. (L59cm)


PROVENANCE:
Purchased by Mr Boulay c.1938 from the Tate Collection, Macleay Station, North Queensland; Dr Gerald Holt Collection, inscribed with inventory no. H95; Sotheby's Australia, Aboriginal & Melanesian Art Auction, 1983 (lot 88); Sotheby's Australia, 9/11/97 (lot 691); Collection Mr H & Mrs P Wallace, Sydney.

Estimate $2,000-3,000