Fine Tribal Aboriginal Art and International Antiquities

THREE SUPERB MALAITA ISLAND ARM BANDS, of finely woven fibre, threaded with polychrome shell sections, usewear evident, 54x10cm (3)

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC SOLOMON ISLAND WEALTH ORNAMENT, the woven cane and fibre band embroided with red feathers, rolled into two sections with bark fibre ce

A RARE TORRES STRAIT SCULPTURE, c.1950s, of wood in the form of a dugong, smooth glossy patina, 25x7cm Provenance: From an Australian collection

TWO ETHNOGRAPHIC SCHOOTEN ISLAND LIME STICKS, of wood sculpted with openwork ancestor sculptures at apex above a slender tapering shaft, smooth glossy

A MASSIM WEALTH ORNAMENT, c.early 20th Century, the slender shell section sculpted in the form of a spatula, with openwork terminal, decorated with wo

A MASSIM WEALTH ORNAMENT, c.early 20th Century, the slender shell section sculpted in the form of a spatula, with openwork terminal, decorated with wo

AN OLD MASSIM SHELL RATTLE, the wood and fibre bound frame woven with cowrie shell, Trobriand Islands, 28x22cm

A SUPERB MASSIM SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a female ancestor, decorated with incised geometric motifs infilled with lime, smooth glossy patina,

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM LIME SPATULA, of wood in slender section, the apex with classic opposing ancestor motifs, remnant white pigment infill, usewear

A FINE AND EARLY MASSIM WALKING STICK, of wood in slender tapering circular section, decorated with classic figurative ancestor motifs, smooth glossy

A FINE AND EARLY MASSIM WALKING STICK, of wood in slender tapering circular section, decorated with classic figurative ancestor motifs, smooth glossy

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM SAGO SCOOP, of wood, the circular section shaft decorated with incised motifs above a narrow projecting terminal, old sennit bi

A FINE MALEKULA CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, the woven fibre and bamboo frame overmodeled with clay, sculpted in the form of an ancestor visage, decorated wi

A CEREMONIAL MALEKULA ANCESTOR MASK, of earth set fibre and wood, the convex visage decorated with classic polychrome pigments, Vanuatu, 40x16cm Prove

A FINE GOROKA CHEST ORNAMENT, the woven fibre and cane frame with multiple cowrie shell ornaments, PNG, 48x10cm

A SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS MAGIC KINA (somp), of wood in crescent form decorated with resin set mother of pearl, bone and shell tassels, pierced with woven

AN OLD YANGORU BRIDE PRICE (talipun), the woven cane ornament in classic abstract form, earth encrusted, decorated with polychrome pigments and feathe

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC WASHKUK DAGGER, of bone, decorated with incised geometric motifs, resin set shell to apex, smooth glossy patina, PNG, 34cm Provenance:

TWO MAPRIK ABELAM BODY ORNAMENTS (karahut), of shell embroided woven fibre with boar tusk ornaments, earth encrusted, decorated with polychrome pigmen

TWO FINE ABELAM BONE DAGGERS, decorated with classic incised ancestor motifs, one with split shaft, smooth glossy patina, PNG, 29-27cm (2) Provenance: