A Club, Gippsland, Victoria

Auction Closed

May 25, 09:41 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an American Private Collection

A Club, Gippsland, Victoria

Circa 1850

Carved and engraved hardwood

26 ⅝ in (67.6 cm)

Private Collection, Queensland
Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Melbourne
American Private Collection, acquired from the above in the 1990s

Made by the Kurnai people of Gippsland in eastern Victoria and named a Kul-luk or Kujerung, and carved from a tough hard and heavy wood, it is a club particular to this area of Australia. This exceptional example is stoned carved and has a rich shiny patina.

For related examples see R. Brough Smyth, The Aborigines of Victoria, Melbourne, 1878, p. 301, and A. W. Howitt, The Native Tribes of South-East Australia, New York, 1904, pp. 264-266, fig.12.2