This figurative stone was part of an important private collection held on the Sunshine Coast in South-East Queensland. The collection consisted of early Aboriginal artefacts - many local to the area. This interesting piece was described to me as an Aboriginal pounder by the previous owner but it bears strong resemblance to the stone figures ritually used by the Enga in the Highlands of New Guinea and with little recorded examples from Australia it is almost certainly originating from PNG or broadly Oceania. It has a small chip to the butt of the piece seen in the last image. It measures 22cm x 20cm and weighs 4.9kgs. Registered Post within Australia will cost $28.45AU. Standard Tracked Airmail to the US will be $127.60AU and anywhere in Europe will cost $141.50AU