Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

AN OLD YAMOK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood decorated with resin and earth set shell, human hair and polychrome pigments, weather patina, PNG, 74 x 1

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

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

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

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

A FINE RAMU RIVER DRUM, of wood, sculpted form a single block, the hollow ovoid sound shell with longitudinal cavity, the exterior decorated with c

A FINE RAMU RIVER DRUM (kundu), c.1960s, of wood in classic hourglass form, with waisted central section, raised grip sculpted with figurative term

A FINE AND RARE SEPIK DRUM (kundu), c. 1960's, of wood, in classic hourglass form, the mid section decorated with raised motifs and projecting s...

A RAMU RIVER CANOE PROW SECTION, of wood, the truncated bow sculpted with a classic ancestor motif in relief below a crocodile visage, remnant poly

A FINE COSTAL ASMAT CANOE PROW FRAGMENT, of openwork wood in classic figurative and abstract form, decorated with polychrome pigments, Irian Jaya,

AN OLD RAMU CANOE PROW SECTION, c.1950s, of wood with figurative motifs of a crocodile head and stylised anthropomorph weathered patina, PNG,58x27c

AN EARLY BLACKWATER RIVER CANOE PADDLE, c.1920-40s, of wood sculpted with stone in classic male form with scalloped blade, decorated with medial ri

A FINE MIMIKA CANOE PADDLE, c.1960s, of wood the foliate blade of slender section decorated with classic incised abstract motifs, above a long circ

A FINE LAKE SENTANI CANOE PADDLE, c.1940s, of wood the blade in classic foliate form decorated with incised geometric motifs, above a tapering shaf

AN OLD HUMBOLT BAY CANOE PADDLE, c.1940s, of wood the blade in irregular foliate form decorated with incised geometric motifs, above a tapering sha

AN OLD WASHKUK CANOE PADDLE TERMINAL, c.1940s, of wood the terminal in classic openwork form above a circular section shaft, PNG, 92cm Provenanc

A FINE SEPIK CANOE PADDLE, of wood the blade in classic foliate form above a circular section shaft with notched and pierced terminal, old weathere

A FINE SEPIK CANOE PADDLE, of wood the blade in classic foliate form above a circular section shaft with notched and sectioned terminal, old weathe

A SUPERB SEPIK MENS CANOE PADDLE, of wood the blade in scalloped foliate form above a circular section shaft with notched and pierced terminal, old

AN OLD HIGHLAND AXE FRAME, c.1950s, of wood in classic form with fine woven cane and fibre binding, smooth glossy patina, PNG, 60x50cm</p>