Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

AN OLD MASSIM STAFF, of ebony, sculptured with figurative ancestor motifs in relief at apex above an incised tapering shaft, Trobriand Islands, 97cm

A RARE MASSIM CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION AXE FRAME, of wood, sculptured with raised figurative and geometric motifs to anterior, old cane binding, weathe

A RARE VAKUTA ISLAND KULA ORNAMENT (mwali), a collection of shell currency linked together with glass bead and seed threaded with wire and fibre strin

A VAKUTA ISLAND KULA ORNAMENT (soulava), a collection of shell currency linked together with glass polychrome beads and seed threaded with wire and fi

A LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM CANOE SPLASHBOARD, of wood in classic asymmetrical form, the apex with geometric motifs in relief above a tapering base wit

A LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC AND IMPRESSIVE DOBU ISLAND CANOE SPLASHBOARD, of wood in classic asymmetrical form, sculptured with openwork apex and a central an

A LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC DOBU ISLAND CANOE SPLASHBOARD, of wood in classic asymmetrical form, sculptured with openwork apex and a central ancestor figure a

A LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC DOBU ISLAND CANOE SPLASHBOARD, of wood in classic asymmetrical form, the apex sculptured with a central ancestor figure above a ta

AN OLD VAKUTA ISLAND CANOE BAILER, of wood, in rectangular form, the terminal decorated with polychrome paint, the deep scoop with projecting central

A COLLECTION OF THREE MASSIM SPATULAS, of wood, sculptured with classic incised geometric and openwork anthropomorphic motifs above slender section bl