Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

A FINE YANGORU BRIDE PRICE (talipun), the marine gastropod shell section with woven cane ornament in the form of an abstract visage, decorated with re

A FINE YANGORU BRIDE PRICE (talipun), the marine gastropod shell section with woven cane ornament in the form of an abstract visage decorated with ear

A FINE LOWER RAMU RIVER CANOE MAST STATION, of wood sculptured with classic ancestor projection to apex, decorated with shell inset eyes and red pigme

A HUMBOLT BAY CANOE PROW, of wood, the openwork terminal sculptured with zoomorphic motif, remnant polychrome pigments, weathered patina, Irian Jaya,

A GEELVINK BAY CANOE PROW ORNAMENT, of wood in classic openwork form, with stylised korvar visage at apex, decorated with resin set feather tassels, w

A SEPIK CANOE PROW FRAGMENT, of wood sculptured in stylised crocodile form, smooth patina, PNG 62cm Provenance: Ex-Collection Edward Boylan

A SISSANO LAGOON CANOE PADDLE, of wood, a slender section leaf shaped blade decorated with incised figurative motifs and polychrome paints, above a ta

A SUPERB PREHISTORIC ARAU STONE MORTAR, sculptured with six projections to central section, with shallow bowl, consistent even weathering throughout,

A LOWER SEPIK BETAL MORTAR, of wood in diminutive form, sculptured with two opposing ancestor visage, incised with geometric motifs, useware evident,

TWO LOWER SEPIK BETAL MORTARS, of wood, sculptured in openwork form with classic ancestral motifs, useware evident, smooth patina, PNG, 13-16cm (2)