ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND ARTEFACTS
Wednesday, 27 March - Monday, 8 April 2024
A large collection of over 500 prehistoric aboriginal stone tools including tula adzes,
Estimate: $2,600 - $4,000
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Lot Details
bifacial points, various blades and scrapers. Housed in 13 trays comprising six trays of lithic material from South Australia, two trays from Western Australia, two trays from New South Wales, one tray from the Northern Territory, one tray from Queensland, one tray from Victoria and one tray from Tasmania. Each tray marked with find location. The collection acquired during several archaeological field trips throughout Australia in the late 1940's and 1950's, including a visit to the famous Koonalda Cave, abandoned 19,000 years ago and rediscovered in 1956.
