$400
EARLY STONE HAFTED AXE, ARNHEM LAND, NORTHERN TERRITORY, Carved stone, bent wood, spinifex resin and natural pigments (with custom stand) This hafted stone axe is painted with natural pigments. The head held in place with resin and the wooden handle is bent around the head and secured at the head with an interlaced band with vegetable fibre. Approx L32 x 12cm. PROVENANCE
Collected by Reverend Harold Shepherdson Millingimbie Mission 1920-1924
Jeff Fischer, Adelaide
Private collection, South Australia
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