Aborigine Wood Churinga, Central Desert, Australia, early 20th century, covered in red ochre, with incised rings and totemic semicircles on both sides, lg. 30 1/2 Read more…

Aborigine Wood Fighting Club, New South Wales, Australia, late 19th century, hardwood club with bulbous top end and beehive-style butt end, smooth, dark patina, lg. Read more…

Aborigine Rainforest Sword Club, North East Queensland, Australia, late 19th century, of typical broad flat form, gently bowed showing natural diagonal medullary rays, with a Read more…

Wooden Aborigine Message Board, Churinga, 20th century, small sacred message board, painted in a red ochre, decorated all over on both sides with small carved Read more…

Australian Aborigine Stone Churinga, Central Desert, late 19th century, pigmented with natural ochres and decorated on both sides with deeply incised totemic designs, (old chip Read more…

Australian Aborigine Churinga, Western Desert, late 19th century, decorated with finely incised linear designs, 20 x 2 3/4 in. Estimate $800-1,200 Items may have wear Read more…

Australian Aborigine Shell Ornament, Lonka Lonka, early 20th century, pearl shell with pigmented linear design on the front, still with some of the hair belt Read more…

Four Australian Aborigine Boomerangs, early 20th century, one with painted bands, lg. 27 1/2, 26, 25, and 24 1/2 in. Provenance: Bertram and Ruth Malenka Read more…

Australian Aborigine Message Stick, mid-20th century, decorated with incised abstract designs, lg. 9 1/2 in. Provenance: Bertram and Ruth Malenka collection, Belmont, Massachusetts. Estimate $200-300 Read more…

Three Australian Aborigine Boomerangs, early 20th century, one decorated with kangaroos, the largest decorated with incised lines and dots in the Western Desert style, the Read more…