Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

A SEPIK CANOE PROW, carved wood with elaborate crocodile / human / bird ancestral figure and extensive incised decoration to both sides, PNG, 235cm

A SEPIK CANOE PROW, carved wood in the form of a crocodile, PNG, 62cm

A MONUMENTAL SEPIK CANOE PROW, carved wood n the form of a smiling crocodile, decorated with cowrie shell eyes, PNG, 81cm

A SEPIK FISH SCULPTURE, carved wood decorated with incised patterns in the form of scales and cowrie shells for eyes, PNG, 83cm

A SEPIK BIRD SCULPTURE, carved wood with finely incised and decorated with shell eyes, PNG, 67cm

A SEPIK ANCESTRAL FIGURE, carved wood in stylised human form with spike protrusions to midrif and surmounting head, PNG, 150cm

A BLACKWATER RIVER ANCESTRAL FIGURE, carved wood with natural earth pigments and stylised human form, PNG, 71cm

AN ANCESTRAL BAT FIGURE, carved wood in the form of a bat with outstretched wings, Sawos people, PNG, 36x60cm

A TROBRIAND ISLANDS PADDLE, finely carved monochrome wood with incised motif to paddle base, PNG, 160cm

A TROBRIAND ISLANDS PADDLE, finely carved monochrome wood with incised motif to paddle base, PNG, 158cm

A RAMU RIVER CANOE PROW SECTION, of wood, sculptured with classic ancestor motif, weathered, PNG, 49cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in openwork form, the anterior decorated with polychrome pigments and shell, PNG, 86cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in make form, shell set eyes, weathered, PNG, 73cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in openwork female form, the anterior decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 100cm

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood and zoomorphic form, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, PNG, 58cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood with detachable head, polychrome pigments, PNG, 146cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood with shell set eyes, fibre tassels and polychrome pigments, PNG, 50cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood with shell set eyes, fibre tassels and remnant pigments, PNG, 68cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood with shell set eyes, fibre tassels and polychrome pigments, PNG, 107cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in female form, the visage with polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, fibre tassels, PNG, 73cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, the visage with shell set eyes, fibre tassels, PNG, 79cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in diminutive make form, polychrome pigments, fibre and feather tassels, PNG, 53cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in zooanthropomorphic form, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 87cm

A SEPIK CANOE PROW, of wood in stylised crocodile form, with ancestor heads in relief, shell and feather set tassels, PNG, 55cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, PNG, 68cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, fibre tassels, PNG, 58cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, fibre tassels, PNG, 71cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in openwork form, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, PNG, 85cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, fibre tassels, PNG, 67cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in diminutive male form, polychrome pigments, shell set eye, PNG, 46cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in male form, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, PNG, 71cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in openwork form, polychrome pigments, fibre tassels, shell set eyes, PNG, 73cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood decorated with remnant polychrome pigments, shell set eye, fibre skirt, PNG, 101cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood decorated with polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, fibre skirt, PNG, 92cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR GABLE ORNAMENT, of wood in classic male ancestor form with bird figure at apex, shell set eyes, polychrome pigments, PNG, 110cm

AN ABELAM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a bird, polychrome pigments, PNG, 49cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in abstract male form, shell inset eyes, weathered, PNG, 36cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in abstract diminutive male form, stippled polychrome pigments, inset operculum eyes, applied human hair and fibre

A HIGHLANDS BOAR HEAD SCULPTURE, of wood, shell inset eyes, polychrome pigments, PNG, 35x18cm

AN OLD ASMAT ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (mbis), c.1950s, fragmented form a mbis pole apex of hardwood sculpted in classic form above a truncated base, decorat

TWO PACIFIC ISLAND SCULPTURES, of wood, one in the form of a Ambrian Island ancestor the other a Solomon ancestor in female form, 41-42cm (2)

A SEPIK CANOE PROW, of wood, decorated with stylised crocodile motif in relief, PNG, 66cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood with shell inset eyes, PNG 140cm

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, in wood in the form of a female, fibre tassles, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 74cm

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a male ancestor, resin set shell fibre tassles, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 62cm

A MIDDLE SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, decorated with earth set shell eyes and apex, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 38cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood decorated with shell set eyes, fibre tassels, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 39 x 10cm

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of an ancestor carrying an infant, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 65cm

A CANOE PROW FRAGMENT, of wood in stylised openwork form, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 59 x 20cm Provenance: Ex-collection Gallery Tikowi Cairns, Au

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 49 x 13cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in abstract female form, shell set eye, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 44 x 14cm

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a rooster, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 47 x 13cm

A RAMU ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, with bird motif at apex, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 76 x 38cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, decorated with shell set eyes, shell and fibre tassels and human hair, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrust

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, in Zoomorphic form, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 87 x 20cm

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

AN ASMAT CEREMONIAL APRON, with woven fibre and polychrome pigments, woven cane tassels with bone, wood, feather and shell attachments, PNG, 135cm

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

A SEPIK BODY ORNAMENT, shell embroided woven fibre with boar tusk and polychrome pigment, PNG, 42cm

A SEPIK BODY ORNAMENT, shell embroided woven fibre with boar tusk and polychrome pigment, PNG, 42cm

A SEPIK DAGGER, the bone spike with sculptured clay ancestor visage terminal, shell set decorated with polychrome pigments and feather and fibre tasse

A SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, the clay overmould bone section decorated with shell and remnant pigment, PNG, 17cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, the clay overmould bone section decorated with shell and remnant pigment, PNG, 22cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, the clay overmould bone section decorated with shell and remnant pigment, PNG, 18cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, the clay overmould bone section decorated with shell and remnant pigment, PNG, 17cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, the clay overmould bone section decorated with shell and remnant pigment, PNG, 23cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, the clay overmould bone section decorated with shell and remnant pigment, PNG, 16cm

A SEPIK ANCESTRAL FLUTE, carved wood in the form of a stylised crocodile, decorated with extensive incised tribal motifs and cowrie shells, PNG, 45cm

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

A SUPERB SEPIK FOOD PLATTER, carved wood in the stylised form of a crocodile with an incised pattern to rim, PNG, 105cm

A TRADITIONAL IATMUL DRILL, carved hardwood shaft with incised disc with a bamboo and twine propulsion assembly, PNG, 65cm

A CEREMONIAL IATMUL FLUTE SECTION, in classic composite form, the openwork wood apex decorated with ancestor visage in relief and crocodile head termi

AN IATMUL CEREMONIAL FLUTE TERMINAL, the bamboo sound tube with cane binding below an ancestor sculpture in male form, polychrome pigments, inset shel

TWO SEPIK DRUMMING STICKS, of wood, PNG, 42cm (2)

TWO FINE BUKA ISLAND BASKETS, of woven cane, smooth glossy patina, 49-52cm (2)

AN ABELAM CEREMONIAL MASK, of openwork woven cane in classic abstract zoomorphic form, polychrome pigments to anterior, PNG, 34cm

A COLLECTION OF HIGHLAND BODY ORNAMENTS, of wood, polychrome woven cane and fibre, boar tusk, seed and cowrie shell, PNG, 8-53cm (5)

A MASSIM MORTAR, of wood sculpted with a turtle at base, remnant pigments, Trobriand Islands, 25x16cm Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. Harry Beran, donat

TWO MASSIM FOOD BOWLS, of wood sculpted with openwork rims, Trobriand Islands, 27-39cm (2) Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. Harry Beran, donated to the O

A MASSIM BONE SPATULA AND WOODEN DAGGER, Trobriands Islands, 31-44cm (2) Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. Harry Beran, donated to the Oceanic Art Society

THREE HIGHLAND DAGGERS, of split sectioned Cassowary bone with knuckle terminals above a tapering shaft, PNG, 30-37cm (3)

TWO ARM BANDS AND A HAIR COMB, of bamboo and woven cane, PNG 12-21cm (3) Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. Harry Beran, donated to the Oceanic Art Society

A HIGHLANDS BODY ORNAMENT, of fibre threaded cowrie shell, PNG, 174cm Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. Harry Beran, donated to the Oceanic Art Society an

A FINE WOVEN CANE BASKET, c.1950s, of diminutive form, the fine tight weave with hinged lid and side clasp, of exceptional condition and detail, smoot

A WOVEN STRING BAG, of twisted fibre decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 58cm

AN OLD YANGORU BRIDE PRICE (talipun), the woven cane ornament in classic abstract form, remnant earth encrustations, missing shell, PNG, 31cm

A LOWER SEPIK CERAMIC WHISTLE, incised with geometric motifs, fragmented, PNG, 10cm

A MIDDLE SEPIK FOOD BOWL, of wood in ovoid form, projecting grips, incised with figurative motifs to outer rim and base, weathered and encrusted, PNG,

A MASSIM FOOD BOWL, of wood in minimalist form, weathered and encrusted, Trobriand Islands, 41cm

A DIMIRI CERAMIC SAGO COOKING BOWL, of classic wide rim form with shallow bowl, PNG, 30cm Note: Ex-collection Dr. F Gerrits, acquired by the vendor i

A FINE EASTERN HIGHLANDS ORCHID STEM NECKLACE, of multistrand threaded barrel sections, PNG, 66cm

AN EASTERN HIGHLANDS MOURNING NECKLACE, of multi strand fibre threaded white seeds, PNG, 100cm

TWO EASTERN HIGHLANDS HAIR COMBS, c.1950s of palmwood, PNG, 23-24cm (2) Provenance: Ex-collection Doreen Marks