Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

AN EARLY SAWOS GABLE ORNAMENT, c.1950s, of wood in the form of an ancestral visage, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 58cm Provenance: From a privat

A FINE COASTAL RAMU MASK, c.1960s, of wood in ovoid form, the convex anterior with projecting ears, pierced eyes and septum above a diminutive mout

A FINE AND OLD YUAT RIVER MASK, of wood in ovoid form, pierced eyes, septum and mouth below a ridged forehead and arched brows, decorated with remn

AN OLD COASTAL SEPIK MASK, of wood in ovoid form with protruding tongue below pierced eyes and serrated medial ridge to forehead, decorated with tr

AN OLD KERAM RIVER BONE MASK, of diminutive form the convex anterior incised with mask visage, weathered patina, PNG, 24cm</p>

A RAMU RIVER ANCESTOR MASK, of wood the convex visage with projecting curved nose decorated with incised geometric motifs, pierced eyes, ears and s

A FINE ABELAM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (nggwal), c.1960s, of wood in classic form with totemic hornbill at apex, decorated with polychrome pigments, moun

A SUPERB ABELAM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (nggwal), c.1960s, of wood in classic form with projecting spikes at apex, decorated with polychrome pigments,

A SUPERB ABELAM LINTEL, c.1960s, of wood in classic robust form, the edge pierced for attachment, decorated with classic ancestor figures in relief

A FINE MAPRIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in the classic form of a hornbill bird, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 78cm Provenance: From

A WOSERA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood with bird figure at terminal, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 146 x 12cm Provenance: Fro

A FINE ABELAM SAGO PEG, of wood in classic form with bird figure at apex, decorated with bright polychrome pigments, PNG, 50cm</p>

A FINE MAPRIK CEREMONIAL HELMET MASK (baba), of tightly woven openwork cane in classic abstract form, earth encrusted and decorated with polychrome

A FINE MAPRIK ANCESTOR MASK, c.1960s of woven openwork cane in classic abstract diminutive yam form, earth encrusted, decorated with polychrome pi

A RARE MAPRIK ANCESTOR MASK, c.1960s of woven openwork cane in classic diminutive form, the anterior earth encrusted and decorated with polychrome

AN OLD YUAT RIVER ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (mundugumor), c.1950-60s, of wood in classic robust standing female form representative of a powerful ancestor

AN ABELAM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a bird, shell inset eyes, polychrome pigments, PNG, 76cm</p>

AN OLD KWOMA ANCESTOR BOARD, of wood in diminutive form with open work medial ridge and opposing ancestor masks at terminals, decorated with polych

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

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, 1