6th Dec, 2023 11:00
Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A SOUTH INDIAN IRON BOOMERANG (VALARI), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADURAI, TAMIL NADU
with curved blunt-edged body widening towards the tip, fitted with a pair of compressed hemispheres with internal rattles at one end, bound with a pair of cusped panels at the other, and engraved with rudimentary linear designs on each face, 39.5 cm
Roy Elvis catalogue number K09.
A related example is preserved in the British Museum (Acc. No. 8969).
Sold for £480
with curved blunt-edged body widening towards the tip, fitted with a pair of compressed hemispheres with internal rattles at one end, bound with a pair of cusped panels at the other, and engraved with rudimentary linear designs on each face, 39.5 cm
Roy Elvis catalogue number K09.
A related example is preserved in the British Museum (Acc. No. 8969).
Auction: Arms, Armour & Militaria, 6th Dec, 2023
