GROUP OF TEN THROWING CLUBS
155
ARTIST UNKNOWN (QUEENSLAND)
GROUP OF TEN THROWING CLUBS
carved wood
varying sizes up to 72.0 cm length
Estimate:
$3,000 - 4,000 (10)
Sold for $3,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 34 - 26 March 2014, Melbourne
Provenance
Collection of John Atherton, Queensland
Thence by descent
Private collection, Brisbane
Catalogue text
John Atherton (1837 - 1913) was an early pioneer in north Queensland who settled the Atherton Tableland near Mareeba and the area around Rockhampton in the 1870s. He assembled a collection of weapons and tools from these regions and across Australia and the Pacific. The collection was passed to his son, Ernest Albert Atherton, who continued the legacy throughout Queensland and central Australia as Minister for Mines.