Name: Auction: FIRE STICK AUSTRALIA
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 800 GBP
Availability: InStock

Lyon &amp; Turnbull is pleased to present Form Through Time ft. The Coppens Collection of Aboriginal Art, an auction celebrating art and objects that connect us to the past. This diverse sale brings together Antiquities, African and Oceanic Art, and Natural History, exploring how makers across centuries and cultures have shaped materials into form.At the heart of this edition is The François Coppens Collection of Aboriginal Art, the result of over twenty-five years of passionate collecting and engagement with Australia’s First Nations cultural heritage. The collection features an outstanding group of shields, woomeras, clubs and boomerangs from diverse regional traditions. Together, these works offer a profound insight into one of the world’s oldest artistic lineages, where creativity, land and life remain inseparably linked through enduring connections to Country. &nbsp;Buyer's Guide:

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carved wood, a short rounded stick for the starting of fires, with simple zig-zag decorative markings, rich patination and wear from use, accompanied by a 19th century note reading as follows:“Fire stick (for making fire) It is held between the palme of the hands and rotated … in contact in the clay vegetable matter”

FIRE STICK

AUSTRALIA

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