THE PACIFIC
AN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE CLUB, of hockey-stick form, the grip incised with hatched chevrons and cross-hatching, stepped conical butt, 80cm. long; a spear-thrower, of leaf shape, incised on one side with a broad hatched zigzag, the wood tip secured with sinew, dark patina, 62.5cm. long; a message-stick of slender cylindrical form, incised with panels of hatching, notches to one end, inscribed: Eastern district W A, 20.5cm. long; and a small stick incised with dotted zigzags and lozenges, 9.3cm. long (4)
Details
AN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE CLUB, of hockey-stick form, the grip incised with hatched chevrons and cross-hatching, stepped conical butt, 80cm. long; a spear-thrower, of leaf shape, incised on one side with a broad hatched zigzag, the wood tip secured with sinew, dark patina, 62.5cm. long; a message-stick of slender cylindrical form, incised with panels of hatching, notches to one end, inscribed: Eastern district W A, 20.5cm. long; and a small stick incised with dotted zigzags and lozenges, 9.3cm. long (4)
Provenance
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, the club acquired W.D. Webster, 1897
Further details
see illustration on page 76