Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, in Zooanthropomorphic form with bird figure at apex, fibre tassels, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 93 x 22cm

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood, in openwork form with bird motif, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 68 x 38cm

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood, in the form of a bird eating a fish, shell set eyes, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 50 x 25cm

A SEPIK GABLE SCULPTURE, of wood, in female form, fibre tassels, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 116 x 43cm Provenance: Ex-collect

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, resin set shell and feather and fibre tassels, PNG, 102cm

AN ASMAT CANOE PROW FRAGMENT, of wood sculpted in robust abstract form with a stylised male and bird motifs, encrusted with black pigment , Mbu Agam v

AN ASMAT CANOE PROW FRAGMENT, of wood sculpted in robust form with a stylised male below bird motif at apex, black pigment encrusted, Irian Jaya, 100c

A RAMU RIVER CANOE PROW SECTION, of wood, the truncated bow sculpted with a classic ancestor motif in relief below a crocodile visage, remnant polychr

TWO HIGHLAND BODY ORNAMENTS (fofona), of shell embroided woven fibre, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 20-34cm (2)

A SEPIK FEAST BOWL, carved wood with two figures with outstretched arms and legs grasping a carved receptacle Sepik River, PNG, 51cm