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Old 7th September 2024, 08:49 PM   #1
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Default Australian aboriginal club

G'day dear members,

What do you think of this club ?
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Old 7th September 2024, 09:34 PM   #2
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Something for the pleasure traveller I'm afraid.
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Old 7th September 2024, 09:44 PM   #3
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Something for the pleasure traveller I'm afraid.
Agreed!
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Old 7th September 2024, 10:39 PM   #4
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Thank you for your reply,
it comes from an auction house which spoke of a souvenir item but an old one, 100 years old
it has a nice patina but...
You think all bullshit ??

Length 67cm / 26,4 inches
Weight is 400gramms / 0.9 pounds
not heavy but well balance.
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Old 8th September 2024, 03:10 PM   #5
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Not 100 years old. No more than 50 years and probably less than that. Hand held clubs are not prominent weapons among Australian indigenous groups. Spears and throwing sticks (boomerangs) were preferred.
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Old 8th September 2024, 07:34 PM   #6
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Hello,
Yes but then I saw these one
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Old 8th September 2024, 08:05 PM   #7
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They are BS too.
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Old 8th September 2024, 08:18 PM   #8
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However experienced a collector, you will buy some crap now and again.
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Old 8th September 2024, 09:52 PM   #9
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Sure,
Just these last pictures,
Said to be collected in 1921
+ They sold it for a lot of money !!
Mine was not expensive so it's ok but glad if I can sell it like this one.🙃
PS the auction house was in UK, a sale about african and oceanian items
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Old 8th September 2024, 10:08 PM   #10
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Just words not provance. Some traders even think an item sold previously by a upmarket auction house is province but it is not. Dare say the mission did exist but the piece is made for sale to visitors.
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Old 12th September 2024, 08:12 AM   #11
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Take auction house/sellers 'descriptions' with a huge tablespoon of salt.
It's 'fluffing', mostly to drive up the bids.


Kangaroo and Emu are from the Australian coat of arms, popular add-on for those who travel:
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