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ABORIGINAL PAINTING

An Aboriginal Wunda Shield, with carved bands, 54cm long; An Aboriginal Woomera or Spear Thrower, carved with a geometric design, 77cm long and three canes. (5)Shield and Woomera both appear to have small nicks and chips to edges and small losses of wood, no signs of repairs, woodworm or drilled holes.

Government of the Federated Malay States Collection of works from the series 'Papers on Malay Subjects' Kuala Lumpur: F. M. S. Government Press, 1910s-20s. 17 parts in 5 volumes, each part in items 1-4 one of 500 copies according to printer's slug at foot of title-page, each part in item 5 one of 600 copies, 8vo, contemporary green cloth, contents wire-stitched, comprising: 1) History, Part I. Events Prior to British Ascendancy. Part II. Notes on Perak History. By R. J. Wilkinson, 1924. [Bound with:] History, Part III. Council Minutes, Perak. 1877-1879. Edited by C. W. Harrison, 1907. [And:] History, Part IV. Council Minutes, Perak. 1880-1882. Edited by R. J. Wilkinson, 1909. [And:] Malay History. Part V. Notes on the Negri Sembilan. By R. J. Wilkinson, 1911. 4 volumes in 1, 94, 68, 67, 51 pp.; 2) Malay Literature, Part I. Romance. History. Poetry. R. J. Wilkinson, General Editor, 1924. [Bound with:] Malay Literature, Part II. Literature of Malay Folk-Lore. Beginnings. Fable. Farcical Tales. Romance. By R. O. Winstedt, 1923. [And:] Malay Literature, Part III. Malay Proverbs on Malay Character. Letter-Writing. By R. J. Wilkinson, 1925. 3 parts in 1 volume, 67, 73, 45 pp.; 3) Malay Industries. Part I. Arts and Crafts. By R. O. Winstedt, 1925. [Bound with:] Malay Industries. Part III. Rice Planting. By G. E. Shaw, 1926. [And:] Law. Part I. Introductory Sketch. By R. J. Wilkinson, 1922. 3 parts in 1 volume, 88, 40, 68 pp.; 4) Supplement: the Aboriginal Tribes. By R. J. Wilkinson, 1926. [Bound with:] Life and Customs. Part I. The Incidents of Malay Life. By R. J. Wilkinson, 1925. [And:] Life and Customs. Part II. The Circumstances of Malay Life. The Kampong. The House. Furniture. Dress. Food. By R. O. Winstedt, 1925. [And:] Life and Customs. Part III. Malay Amusements. By R. J. Wilkinson, 1925. 4 parts in 1 volume, 65, 86, 89, 97 pp.; 5) Jelebu, its History and Constitution. By A. Caldecott, 1912. [Bound with:] Sri Menanti. By R. J. Wilkinson, 1914. [And:] A Vocabulary of Central Sakai, 1915. 3 parts in 1 volume, 58, 50, 63 pp. (5)

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL SCHOOL (c.1970) Snake and other symbols, pigment on board, 23.5cm x 77cm, unframed

A contemporary figural Australian Aboriginal School oil on canvas depicting kangaroos and lizards by Denis B. Fisher in a tulip frame with an inscription to the reverse. H.52.5 W.62.5cm

An Australian wooden boomerang having carved figures and traditional aboriginal patterns, L51cm, sold together with another boomerang, (2)

20th Century Aboriginal Bush Bark Landscape. Framed behind glass. Size incl. frame, Height: 44cm Width: 55cm

Margaret Rose Preston (1873-1963) 'Pointing the bone' aboriginal print. Signed to the bottom left and titled bottom right. Frame size approx 33.5cm x 28.5cm, image size approx 11.5cm x 12.5cm. Margaret Preston was leading Australian modernist of the 20th century. The original is in the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

19th century, South Eastern Australian Aboriginal Leangle club with angled head and a tapered handle to a stepped conical terminal with linear textured grip. 74cm long

Aboriginal Bullroarer, 19th century, Central Desert of Australia. Carved channeled decoration and pierced at one end. 27cm long

An Aboriginal Corroboree Dream painting. "Woman Dreaming "Oil on Canvas By Eileen Napinunga Gibson from the Warlpiri Tribe & Napperby Communitythe painting was created in the hills country, this "Dreaming" tells the story of how the men sit down and think about women's dreaming and how all the Corroborees are to be conducted because the men are the custodians of the woman's dreamingmeasures approx. 24.5inch x 24.5inch

An Aboriginal type Axe with figural and geometric carved shaft, a long bladed Knife with carved handle and a lead loaded Cudgel

An Aboriginal wooden boomerang, length 72cm; together with one other

An Aboriginal Australian carved wooden lizard. 18 cm long.

SELECTION OF VINTAGE COLLECTIBLESincluding rock specimen, various shells, Aboriginal wooden wall animals, saving banks, Kershaw eight-20 penguin camera, old tape measure, bronze figurine of the Little Mermaid, handbags, oversized chrome quartz alarm clock, vintage sunglasses and glasses, printing stamp and letters, etc.

Verna Lawrie (Aboriginal/Australian, b.1953-) Diamond Stingrayascribed to the artist to the canvas reverseoil on canvas76 x 60cmunframed

A group of Aboriginal boomerangs and African carvings. Including a wall mask, two figures, etc.

An Aboriginal throwing stick of overall grooved design, 24.5".

Large contemporary turned wood bowl in birdseye sheoak with Australian aboriginal-style border made by Clive & Jenny Kendrick of Walpole, Western Australia, 50cm diameter

Somali hide shield D33cm, knobkerrie L90cm, New Guinea adze and an Aboriginal boomerang (4)

Large African treen grain spoon L62cm; carved wood Berber Tuareg tent peg, West African painted tribal mask 95cm and an Aboriginal wood panel carved with emus and snakes, possibly a bull roarer L82cm (4)

A GROUP OF THREE CLUBS 19TH CENTURY One is Aboriginal, the other two possibly from Zimbabwe the largest 77.5cm, the smallest 60.5cm Provenance: The Davies-Cooke Collection from Gwysaney Hall, North Wales For further details about the collection, visit: www.dreweatts.com/news-videos/gwysaney-hall-a-welsh-family-s-portrait-of-british-history-14767/ Condition Report: PLEASE NOTE: ALL LOTS ARE LOCATED AT SACKVILLE WEST STORAGE IN ANDOVER (SP10 3SA) AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW With wear marks, knocks and scratches commensurate with age and use Some shrinkage cracks, please see additional images ADDITIONAL IMAGES: Please 'Ask a Question' to request additional images for this lot. Condition Report Disclaimer

A MĀORI WHALEBONE HAND CLUB OR PATU PARAOA NEW ZEALAND The handle pierced with a hole, the top with four incised curved ridges 38.5cm longTOGETHER WITH An Australian Aboriginal boomerang, 53cm long Provenance: The Davies-Cooke Collection from Gwysaney Hall, North Wales For further details about the collection, visit: www.dreweatts.com/news-videos/gwysaney-hall-a-welsh-family-s-portrait-of-british-history-14767/ Condition Report: PLEASE NOTE: ALL LOTS ARE LOCATED AT SACKVILLE WEST STORAGE IN ANDOVER (SP10 3SA) AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW With wear, marks, knocks and scratches commensurate with age and useThe whalebone hand club with a tunnel like hole through it, please see additional imagesThe boomerang with some chips and nibblesADDITIONAL IMAGES: Please 'Ask a Question' to request additional images for this lot.Condition Report Disclaimer

A collection of 59 postcards including Chinese street beheading, Japanese Samurai, New Zealand settlers taking indigenous Maori land & an Australian indigenous Aboriginal man

A BOX OF TOYS AND GAMES, ETC, comprising a boxed Dinky Toys lightly play worn A.E.C. Fuel Tanker Esso no 945, with 'Put a Tiger in your Tank' decal to rear, a cased chess set, a pair of Aboriginal style clapping sticks with pyrography decoration, signed 'G. Nolan', and a box of partially sealed 'D'Artagnan' and 'Milady' Waddington's Playing Cards (1 box) (sd)

* Tribal Art. A collection of Aboriginal hardwood boomerangs, probably eucalyptus wood, the largest 91 cm, the smallest 55 cm, together with two woomera (spear-throwers), 70 and 66 cm QTY: (7)

JULIE L. WEEKES (Indigenous Australian, b. 1968) acrylic on card - 'Between The Rocks', signed, titled and dated 2000, 56 x 19cmsProvenance: private collection Vale of GlamorganNotes: Born in Queensland in 1968, Julie Weekes is a Torres Strait Islander artist. Her dual European (through her mother) and Aboriginal (through her father) heritage is reflected in a body of work that combines traditional motifs with a vision inspired by Western painting.Comments: box framed ready to hang

FOUR ABORIGINAL BOOMERANGS, Australia, three lightly incised with dreamtime motifs, largest 68cms (w)Provenance: private collection SomersetComments: some chipped, one end split.

ABORIGINAL FIGHTING CLUB, leangle, Australia, lightly incised with dreamtime motifs, 69 x 43cmsProvenance: private collection SomersetComments: top small chip

TWO ABORIGINAL FIGHTING CLUBS, probably Southeast Australia, one of rare form with serrated triangular section head, lightly incised with dreamtime motifs and animal totems including turtle 72cms, the other undecorated 75cms (2)Provenance: private collection SomersetNotes: Cf. Bonhams 10 Nov 2022 lot 2, for a similar serrated club in the collection of Richard Kelton, Marina Del Rey, California.Comments: minor dents.

DJAMBAWA MARAWILI (Australian Yolngu, b. 1953) earth pigments on eucalyptus bark - Baru (crocodile) Nest Dreaming, inscribed verso, and numerals 156W / 598BAN, 60 x 140cmsProvenance: acquired by the vendor at the Commonwealth Society Bristol c. 2003.Notes: Djambawa Marawili AM is an acclaimed painter, sculptor and printmaker, and is a principal ceremonial leader of the Madarrpa clan of the Yolngu people. He uses art as a tool in his practice as a cultural leader, and many of his artworks express the deep connection of Yolngu people to water and sea. In 1996 he won the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award for the Best Bark Painting for a painting that is in the Kluge-Ruhe Collection, University of Virginia. A leader in the interface between non-Aboriginal and Yolngu people, Marawili led a successful campaign resulting in federal recognition of Yolngu sea rights in 2008. He was chosen by the Australian Prime Minister as a member of the National Indigenous Advisory Panel in 2013 and was named a Member of the Order of Australia.Comments: very good overall, unframed/unmounted.

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal bark painting, painted in earth pigments with stylized snake and foliate motifs, 41cm long, label to verso Church Missionary Society, Angurugu (Groote Eylandt) Aboriginal Mission

Aboriginal Art - a Coolamon, 45cm long, 18cm wide;  a boomerang, 55cm long (2)

An abstract Aboriginal painting on cloth

Australia, Aboriginal, ritual bowl; Herewith a braided rattan Dayak headdress and a Papua gourd penis sheath L. 30,5 diam. 21 and L. 29 cm. one mounted Provenance: Collection of an Amsterdam architect, collected between 1960 - 1980 [3]

A selection of Aboriginal Tribal wooden masks and a large didgeridoo, shipping unavailable

An Aboriginal hunting boomerang 69cm together with a Scots Guards pace stick 91cm in length. (2)

An Aboriginal painted bowl 70cm x 18cm

Australian aboriginal carved hardwood club, 68cm, of swollen form sharply tapered to a now blunted point, grip roughly incised with cut marks and subsequently drilled through for a (missing) lanyard. Good condition and patina

Australian aboriginal carved hardwood club, 76cm, of swollen form sharply tapered to a point, grip roughly incised with cut marks. Good condition and patina.

Australian aboriginal carved hardwood club, 68.5cm, of swollen form sharply tapered to a now blunted point, grip roughly incised with cut marks. Good condition and patina.

Australian aboriginal carved wooden boomerang, 76.5cm of irregular form, rough finish incorporating incised geometric designs and with some natural black and red ochre colours. Good condition.

AN ABORIGINAL BARK PAINTING OF A HUNTING SCENE27cm high x 56cm wide

KATHLEEN PETYARRE (AUSTRALIAN, C. 1940-2018) - BUSH SEEDS Acrylic on canvas, signed verso, dated 2010, un-stretched. With certificate from Aboriginal Art 1, Runaway Bay, Queensland 90 x 61cm This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration. Ownership Statement: This item is offered for sale in the name of the owner, Wei Siong Ho.

Aboriginal hand carved club work gouges visible on the blade, L77cm.

After Jimmy Cauty (20th Century), coloured print, 'That's All Folks', 18/76, framed and under glass, 34cm x 44cm overall and three artist's proofs/coloured prints of tigers and aboriginal subject matter

A group of five small porcelain dishes decorated with Aboriginal figures

Eastern Ottoman axe with decorated double blade and wooden haft L72cm, dagger with rounded pommell, 19th century sheath knife and an Aboriginal shield decorated with kangaroo etc

WESTMINSTER MINT; six Australian silver commemorative coins comprising a 5 dollar coin with Aboriginal representation, Sydney 2000 with the Olympic rings, 2004 Australian kangaroo and sun silver 1 dollar, 2003 kookaburra perched on branch 1 dollar coin, 2003 Australian 1 dollar kangaroo, 1996 1 dollar kookaburra, all with original certificates of authenticity, also a 2002 Australian 50 cents silver square coin, all encapsulated (6).

Aboriginal Bark painting, Arnhem Land c.1960, Yolnu? Groote Eylanot, 41cm x 53cm.

Penelope G, Aboriginal Family, oil on board, signed and dated 74, 50cm by 59.5cm, framed.

An Aboriginal wooden boomerang, length 58cm, together with another

Ethnographica - Australian Aboriginal style bust, 101cm high, a rainstick, 81cm long, and two bullroarers, one inscribed verso 'Murring Wiradjuri Tribe Australia', 35cm and smaller (4)

An Australian Aboriginal message stick, with engraved decoration, length 27cm

Aboriginal Australian Indigenous Art artist Rowena Peipei - Womens Story, acrylic on canvas on board, together with a Aboriginal smoking pipe, a Woomera, other wooden pieces, a Grainger etching of War Canoe of the New Zealanders etc Condition Report:Available upon request

Three decorated Aboriginal souvenir didgeridoos.

A PAIR OF CHIP CARVED MULGA WOOD ABORIGINAL CLAPSTICKSprobably mid 19th century, central/western Australia, 45cm long (2)

'Aboriginal Man', watercolour, signed D Carr '10, framed and glazed, the frame painted with the story of a hunt together with a didgeridoo marked Joolabirry. The former 41 x 14.5 cm overall

Aboriginal school, 20th century, Sea Creatures and Rangga, painting on bark, 101 x 49cm

Four contemporary Tribal animal Carvings also known as Punu, including; a Perentie Lizard(Ngintaka) by Pulya Taylor, a Cat(Ngaya) by Nura Rupert, and two Birds(Tjulpu) by Rosemary Jacob, all with their own certificates of authenticity(4). ''These contemporary carvings by Anangu(Central and Western Desert Aboriginal people) are known as Punu, hand carved and decorated with walka, patterns burnt into the wood with wire. The animals all have their associations with Tjukurpa, the stories of the Creation Ancestors and the activities which shaped the land, the people and the Law''.