Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

A FINE WESTERN HIGHLANDS WAR SHIELD, of wood, the convex anterior decorated in green, yellow, white trade paint, the pierced sectioned apex, the rear

A SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS WAR SHIELD, of wood the irregular ovoid panel of slender section with projecting pierced apex, pierced section for grip attachmen

A TRANSITIONAL HIGHLANDS WAR SHIELD, of beaten sheet metal the convex anterior with pierced apex, decorated with polychrome trade paints, pierced for

A FINE MENDI VALLEY SHOULDER SHIELD, of wood, in classic compact form, with cut away apex, the anterior decorated with curvilinear motifs in polychrom

A FINE NORTHWEST ASMAT SHIELD, of wood in asymmetrical ovoid form and slender section, the waisted apex incised with stingray motif, the anterior with

A FINE CENTRAL ASMAT SHIELD, of wood in broad asymmetrical rectangular form and slender section, a projecting ancestor figure at apex decorated with i

A FINE ASMAT CANOE PROW FRAGMENT, of openwork wood in classic figurative and abstract form, decorated with polychrome pigments, Irian Jaya, 100cm Prov

AN ASMAT ANCESTOR POLE (mbis), c.1950s, of wood sculpted in classic openwork form with three superpositioned ancestors above a truncated base, attache

AN ASMAT ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, c.1950s, of wood the openwork sculpture in the form of a male adult with infant, decorated with incised scarification mot

A FINE HUNSTEIN ANCESTOR MASK (garra), of wood in classic ovoid form, the anterior with superpositioned opposing hook spikes and projecting stylised e

A MONUMENTAL KOREWORI CULT HOOK (yipwon), carved wood in the stylised human form with semi circular protrusions centred around a belly button motif an

KOREWORI CULT HOOK (yipwon), carved wood with stylised human form with central protrusion missing, PNG, 70cm

KOREWORI CULT HOOK (yipwon), carved wood with stylised human form with opposing rib like protrusions, PNG, 109cm

KOREWORI CULT HOOK (yipwon), carved wood with stylised human form with opposing rib like protrusions, PNG, 180cm

KOREWORI CULT HOOK (yipwon), carved wood with stylised human form with opposing rib like protrusions, PNG, 149cm

KOREWORI CULT HOOK (yipwon), finely carved series of serrated rib like protrusions focussed around stylised central motif, PNG, 121cm

KOREWORI CULT HOOK (yipwon), carved wood with stylised human form with opposing rib like protrusions, with two head carvings, some damage to protrusio

A MONUMENTAL KOREWORI CULT HOOK (yipwon), carved wood with stylised human form with opposing rib like protrusions, surrounding a central carved human

KOREWORI CULT HOOK (yipwon), carved wood with stylised human form with opposing rib like protrusions, PNG, 163cm

AN OLD KOREWORI RIVER CULT HOOK, of wood in classic openwork slender section form, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 80cm