Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

A COLLECTION OF EASTERN HIGHLANDS WEAVERS MATERIALS, c.1950s, bark fibre strips, twisted polychrome fibre string and two woven sennit bands, PNG Prove

A COLLECTION OF EASTERN HIGHLANDS NECKLACES, c.1950s two of threaded seed shell and one multistrand polychrome trade beads, PNG, 70-94cm (3) Provenanc

AN AIBOM CERAMIC POT, PNG, 24x35cm

AN OLD YAUL CERAMIC MASK, with remnant polychrome pigments, PNG, 18 x 11cm

A MIDDLE SEPIK DRUM (kundu), of wood in classic hourglass form with raised grip and incised geometric motifs, weathered, PNG, 66cm Provenance: Ex-Coll

A RAMU RIVER DRUM (kundu), of wood in classic hourglass form with raised grip and incised geometric motifs, applied polychrome paints, PNG, 54cm Prove

AN IATMUL ANCESTRAL WAR HORN, carved wood with incised motif surmounted by stylised human head, Sepik River, PNG, 85cm

A SEPIK DRUM (kundu), of wood in hourglass form, decorated with geometric motifs, centralised lug grip, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 43 x 15cm Proven

A MASSIM WEAVERS TOOL, of wood with split terminals and medial furrow, Trobriand Islands, 67cm

AN OLD SAGO PESTLE, of wood the circular section shaft tapering to a point at grip, smooth patina, usewear evident, PNG,53cm