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A Fine early Fish tail Club, Port Essington, Cobourg Peninsula Northern Territory, 19th - 20th century
natural earth pigments on finely carved wood
145 cm
$18,500
This club compares favourably with those collected at Port Essington pre-1878 and now in the Macleay Museum. The Macleay's catalogue states that this type of club was used during fighting at close quarters and that it was used 'to strike and ward off blows'. Their catalogue also suggests that the painted decoration indicates that they may have had a ceremonial purpose. Bernard Hornshaw (1878 -…
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Provenance
The BL Hornshaw (1881-1937) collection; Private collection, Sydney