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Description

A nineteenth century stone-carved throwing club. It is, I believe, Australian Aboriginal. Though the shape of the head doesn't conform to any Australian forms, or to any other Oceanic clubs I've found, the wood is a very dense closed-pore hardwood similar to that found in identified Aboriginal clubs and boomerangs. The shaft is roundish, , but out of round due to age expansion and contraction. Much of the marks left by the stone carving process remain. The head is intentionally and robustly out of round, elliptical, most near in form to an oval. It measures  30 1/2"  long by 2 1/4" wide at its widest at the head.There are no condition issues.

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Waterstreettribal is a specialized eBay auction site of Water Street Antiques, long established in Wiscasset, Maine. We offer tribal objects from many cultures as well as antiquities. As freedonia we have been selling on eBay since 1998, and have been in the trade for nearly 40 years. The freedonia listing site offers offers, as does our Wiscasset shop, a variety of goods in fields as varied as nbooks, tools, Orientalia, Americana, nautical, 20th century art, and vintage household items. We attempt to describe our listings with great care, hoping that there are no surprises for the purchaser. Sometimes, as a result,  our thouough descriptions make the object sound worse than it is. If you wish more detail concerning an object feel free to contact us.