Australian Aboriginal Wooden Clapsticks with Pyrographed Decoration - A Pair wax candle There are eleven in this

There are eleven in this group

recently sold at auction for $325

9" wide x 8 1/4" deep x 8 7/8" tall

especially the downturned beak

Australian Aboriginal Wooden Clapsticks with Pyrographed Decoration - A Pair wax candle There are eleven in thisThese wooden clapsticks, or clappers, or singing sticks, make a terrifically satisfying clap when struck in addition to being wonderful objects that feel great in the hand. There is a fantastic variety of Australian Aboriginal clapsticks out there many decorated with burned designs like these, others painted and or carved. They have been used as percussive instruments for thousands of years, often in concert with the didgeridoo, a wind instrument of