Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

A MAPRIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, the classic stylised opposing ancestor faces below a headdress with bird figures in relief, openwork apex, polyc

A RAMU RIVER DRUM (kundu), of wood in classic hourglass form with raised grip and incised geometric motifs, applied red paint, PNG, 50cm Provenance: E

A RAMU RIVER DRUM (kundu), of wood in classic hourglass form with raised grip and incised geometric motifs, weathered, PNG, 40cm Provenance: Ex-Collec

A RAMU RIVER DRUM (kundu), of wood in classic hourglass form with raised grip and incised geometric motifs, applied polychrome paints, PNG, 51cm Prove

A RAMU RIVER DRUM (kundu), of wood in classic hourglass form with raised grip and incised geometric motifs, applied polychrome paints, PNG, 69cm Prove

A RAMU RIVER DRUM (kundu), of wood in classic hourglass form with raised grip and incised geometric motifs, PNG, 70cm Provenance: Ex-Collection Edward

A FINE AND RARE SEPIK DRUM (kundu), c. 1960's, of wood, in classic hourglass form, the mid section decorated with raised motifs and projecting s...

A YUAT RIVER ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, in robust male form decorated with resin set shell eyes and pierced septum with bone ornament, shell and can

AN OLD SEPIK ANCESTOR HOOK, of wood in male form, the visage with shell set eyes, polychrome pigments, PNG, 120cm Provenance: Ex-Collection Edward Boy

A BLACKWATER RIVER ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in stylised male anthropomorphic form, decorated with polychrome pigments, fibre tassels attached, PNG,

A WASKUK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in stylised zooanthropomorphic form, remnant polychrome pigments, weathered, PNG, 86cm Provenance: Ex-Collection

A WASKUK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (nogwi), of wood in stylised male form, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 96cm Provenance: Ex-Collection Edward Boy

A WASKUK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (nogwi), of wood in stylised yam ancestor form, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 90cm Provenance: Ex-Collection Ed

A WASKUK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (nogwi), of wood in stylised female form, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 114cm Provenance: Ex-Collection Edward

A WASKUK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (nogwi), of wood in stylised female form, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 117cm Provenance: Ex-Collection Edward

A WASKUK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in classic abstract form with opposing anthropomorphic motifs, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG 117cm Prov

A FINE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS ANCESTOR FIGURE (timbuwarra), the overmoulded openwork woven cane frame in stylised male form, decorated with polychrome pig

A FINE SOUTHERN HIGHLAND ANCESTOR FIGURE (timbuwarra), the clay overmoulded openwork woven cane frame, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 57cm

A FINE SOUTHERN HIGHLAND ANCESTOR FIGURE (timbuwarra), the clay overmoulded openwork woven cane frame, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 70cm

AN OLD HIGHLAND AXE, the edge ground stone blade attached to wooden handle, with woven cane and resin binding, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 44cm

A FINE YANGORU BRIDE PRICE (talipun), the marine gastropod shell section with woven cane ornament in the form of an abstract visage, decorated with re

A FINE YANGORU BRIDE PRICE (talipun), the marine gastropod shell section with woven cane ornament in the form of an abstract visage decorated with ear

A FINE LOWER RAMU RIVER CANOE MAST STATION, of wood sculptured with classic ancestor projection to apex, decorated with shell inset eyes and red pigme

A HUMBOLT BAY CANOE PROW, of wood, the openwork terminal sculptured with zoomorphic motif, remnant polychrome pigments, weathered patina, Irian Jaya,

A GEELVINK BAY CANOE PROW ORNAMENT, of wood in classic openwork form, with stylised korvar visage at apex, decorated with resin set feather tassels, w

A SEPIK CANOE PROW FRAGMENT, of wood sculptured in stylised crocodile form, smooth patina, PNG 62cm Provenance: Ex-Collection Edward Boylan

A SISSANO LAGOON CANOE PADDLE, of wood, a slender section leaf shaped blade decorated with incised figurative motifs and polychrome paints, above a ta

A SUPERB PREHISTORIC ARAU STONE MORTAR, sculptured with six projections to central section, with shallow bowl, consistent even weathering throughout,

A LOWER SEPIK BETAL MORTAR, of wood in diminutive form, sculptured with two opposing ancestor visage, incised with geometric motifs, useware evident,

TWO LOWER SEPIK BETAL MORTARS, of wood, sculptured in openwork form with classic ancestral motifs, useware evident, smooth patina, PNG, 13-16cm (2)

AN OLD LOWER SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in diminutive form, decorated with red pigment and a glossy patina, PNG, 24cm

AN OLD WOSERA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in diminutive male form, decorated with remnant polychrome pigments, weathered patina, PNG 27cm

AN OLD ABELAM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in diminutive stylised yam ancestor form, decorated with polychrome pigments, weathered patina, PNG, 29cm

TWO OLD MENDI BODY ORNAMENTS (kina), the crescent shell sections one with shell embroided woven fibre band and old resin set repair, remnant red pigme

A FINE WEST PAPUAN BRIDAL ORNAMENT, the shell embroided woven fibre headdress, old encrustations below smooth patina, Irian Jaya, 45cm Provenance: Ex-

A FINE WEST PAPUAN BRIDAL ORNAMENT, the shell embroided woven fibre headdress, old encrustations below smooth patina, Irian Jaya, 48cm Provenance: Ex-

A FINE WEST PAPUAN BRIDAL ORNAMENT, the shell embroided woven fibre headdress, old encrustations below smooth patina, Irian Jaya, 58cm Provenance: Ex-

A FINE HIGHLAND BODY ORNAMENT (kina), the crescent pearl shell with seed pod, shell sections and tooth threaded fibre band attached, old encrustations

A SOLOMON ISLAND CEREMONIAL SHIELD, of wood, in ovoid form and slender section the convex anterior decorated with resin set mother of pearl inlay, the

A SOLOMON ISLAND CANOE PROW ORNAMENT (nguzu nguzu), of wood in classic stylised anthropomorphic form decorated with resin set mother of pearl inlay, w

A CEREMONIAL SOLOMON ISLANDS BOWL, of wood sculptured with two opposing fish in relief decorated with resin set geometric mother of pearl inlay, 32 cm

A SUPERB SOLOMON ISLANDS MODEL CANOE, of wood, with cane and fibre attachments, resin moulding and polychrome pigments, 86cm

A SOLOMON ISLANDS ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a shark boy, decorated with polychrome pigments and shell set eyes, weathered, rejoined,

A FINE SOLOMON ISLANDS PARRYING CLUB, of wood, the classic crescent blade with raised medial ridge and geometric motif above a tapering shaft with sec

A FINE SOLOMON ISLAND BATTLE CLUB, of wood decorated with incised geometric motifs, infilled with white pigment, the apex with classic raised medial r

A SOLOMON ISLAND BATTLE CLUB, of wood in slender ovoid section and classic diamond shaped apex with medial ridge in relief, smooth patina, 77cm Proven

A SOLOMON ISLAND BATTLE CLUB, of wood, the projecting faceted shaped apex above a circular section shaft with spiked terminal, smooth patina, 95cm Pro

A NEW HEBRIDES CLUB, c.1940, of wood the apex with projecting bulbs, one fragmented, above a circular section shaft tapering to a flaring terminal, sm

A FINE NEW HEBRIDES BATTLE AXE, the iron blade above an ovoid sectioned shaft with inset shell tapering to a notch terminal, Vanuatu, 96cm

A RARE HERMIT ISLAND AXE, shell section blade bound with resin and fibre to a wooden shaft, decorated with raised motif, weathered and encrusted, Micr