Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

AN OLD RAMU RIVER ANCESTOR MASK, of wood, sculptured with stylised crocodile motif to apex, pierced shell set eyes, applied red pigment, weathered pat

AN OLD YAMOK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood decorated with resin and earth set shell, human hair and polychrome pigments, weather patina, PNG, 74 x 15cm

AN OLD YUAT RIVER HOUSE POST SECTION, of wood sculpted with superpositioned ancestor faces and a central figure, weathered patina, PNG, 129 x 43cm Pro

AN OLD IATMUL SCARIFICATION BENCH, of wood in the form of a stylised crocodile with resin set shell eyes and classic geometric motifs in relief, encru

A RARE OLD LOWER SEPIK DRUM (garamut), of wood decorated with figurative curvilinear motifs in relief, projecting terminals sculpted in the form of bo

A SUPERB KWOMA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (nogwi), c.1960s or earlier, of wood in classic sinuous abstract female form, the ovoid visage with projecting resin

AN OLD WOSERA CEREMONIAL YAM PLANTING STICK (gisa), of palm wood the truncated shaft below an openwork ancestor with projecting spike at apex, decorat

AN OLD ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, of wood with ancestor visage in relief to anterior, old repair evident, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 8

AN OLD ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, of wood with ancestor visage in relief to anterior below an openwork apex, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG

AN OLD ABELAM CEREMONIAL SCULPTURE, of wood with opposing ancestor heads in relief at base below an openwork apex, decorated with polychrome pigments,