Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

A FINE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS SHIELD, of wood, the convex anterior decorated in red and white trade paint and stippled motifs, woven cane at apex, the

A FINE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS SHIELD, of wood, the convex anterior decorated in green red and white trade paint and stippled motifs, cane binding at ap

A WAHGI VALLEY HIGHLANDS WAR SHIELD, of wood the irregular rectangular panel with convex anterior decorated with stippled motif and recently redeco

A HIGHLANDS SHIELD, of wood in classic broad convex form, pierced centre with copper wire grip attachments, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG

A PAPUAN GULF ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in slender section the convex anterior, decorated with classic motifs in relief, grass fibre skirt attach

A PAPUAN GULF ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in slender section the convex anterior, decorated with classic motifs in relief, polychrome pigments, PNG

A PAPUAN GULF ANCESTOR BOARD (gope), c.1970s of wood in classic ovoid form with figurative motifs of an ancestor to anterior, polychrome pigments,

A PAPUAN GULF ANCESTOR BOARD (gope), of wood in classic ovoid form with figurative motifs to anterior, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted

AN OLD SEPIK SUSPENSION HOOK, of wood, pierced apex, decorated polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 68 x 34cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR HOOK, of wood, shell set eyes, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 58 x 17cm</p>

A KWOMA SUSPENSION HOOK, of wood, with pierced apex, remnant polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 140 x 28cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, resin set shell and feather and fibre tassels, PNG, 102cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, inset shell eyes, fibre tassels, PNG, 116cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in large abstract form, polychrome pigments, clay set shell, inset shell eyes, feather and fibre tassels, surfa

TWO SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURES, of wood with shell inset eyes, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 53-45cm (2)</p>

A MIDDLE SEPIK MASK, of wood, pierced mouth, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 65 X 30cm</p>

AN OLD ABELAM SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a bird of paradise, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 65 x 25cm</p>

A MIDDLE SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood with shell set eyes, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 70cm</p>

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

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

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

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of an ancestor above a mask face, decorated with fibre tassels and remnant pigments, weathered and encrusted

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

TWO SEPIK SCULPTURES, of wood, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 46-41cm (2)</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in abstract form, shell inset eyes, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 78cm</p>

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

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

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

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in female form with shell set eyes, fibre tassels, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 62 x 25cm

AN OLD SEPIK SUSPENSION HOOK, of wood with ancestor visage at apex, shell set, remnant polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 55 x 23c

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

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a female, shell set eyes, fibre tassels, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 58 x

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in female form, shell set eyes, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 68 x 14cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in male form, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 56 x 10cm</p>

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

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of an old man, shell set eyes, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 67 x 12cm</p>

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a male, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 48cm</p>

A KWOMA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (mindja), of wood, in classic abstract form polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 90 x 23cm</p>

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

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

A KWOMA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (yena), of wood, in classic abstract form with projecting spike at rear, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, P

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

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, in Zooanthropomorphic form with bird figure at apex, fibre tassels, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 93 x 22cm</p

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood, in the form of a dancing man, fibre skirt, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 100 x 30cm</p>

A KWOMA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (yina), of wood, in classic abstract form with tapering spike terminal, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PN

A SEPIK GABLE SCULPTURE, of wood, in female form, fibre tassels, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 83 x 26cm</p>

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood, in openwork form with bird motif, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 68 x 38cm</p>

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood, in the form of a bird eating a fish, shell set eyes, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 50 x 25cm</p>

A KWOMA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, decorated with polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 73 x 13cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, polychrome pigments, fibre tassels, PNG, 63cm</p>