Aboriginal mace: Queensland region, Australia, late 19th and early 20th century.

Aboriginal mace: Queensland region, Australia, late 19th and early 20th century.
Wood.
It shows wear on the tip.
Measurements: 66,7 cm (height).
Aboriginal hunting and combat mace made of wood with dark and shiny patina. It presents elongated form, grooved shaft and hatching in its inferior part.
Queensland was one of the largest regions of pre-colonial Aboriginal population in Australia. Aboriginal occupation of Queensland is believed to predate 50,000 BC.