Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

AN EARLY KWOMA ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT, early 20th Century, of museum significance, the wood section sculpted in with classic ancestor motifs in relief,

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

A SUPERB MONUMENTAL WOSERA SCULPTURE, c.1960s, of wood sculpted in the classic form of a male yam ancestor, decorated with polychrome pigments, weathe

AN OLD KWOMA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (mindja), of wood sculpted in classic tapering ovoid form with openwork medial ridge, pierced eyes and mouth below a p

AN OLD PAPUAN GULF ANCESTOR BOARD (gope), c.1960s of wood in ovoid form with the classic figurative motif of an ancestor visage to anterior, projectin

A FINE PAPUAN GULF ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in classic sinuous form decorated with incised geometric motifs infilled with polychrome pigments, smoo

A RAMU CEREMONIAL ANCESTOR MASK, of wood in classic abstract form, pierced resin set shell eyes, woven cane to pierced outer rim, fibre and tassel orn

A FINE RAMU CEREMONIAL ANCESTOR MASK, of wood, the convex visage decorated with raised figurative motif at apex, pierced resin set shell eyes with blu

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 mouth,

AN OLD AITAPE ANCESTOR MASK, of wood in classic abstract form, the convex anterior with applied red pigment, weathered, North Coast PNG, 45cm

AN OLD RAMU RIVER ANCESTOR MASK, of wood, sculptured with stylised crocodile motif to apex, pierced shell set eyes, applied red pigment, weathered pat

AN OLD YAMOK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood decorated with resin and earth set shell, human hair and polychrome pigments, weather patina, PNG, 74 x 15cm

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

AN OLD IATMUL SCARIFICATION BENCH, of wood in the form of a stylised crocodile with resin set shell eyes and classic geometric motifs in relief, encru

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

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

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

AN OLD ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, of wood with ancestor visage in relief to anterior, old repair evident, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 8

AN OLD ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, of wood with ancestor visage in relief to anterior below an openwork apex, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG

AN OLD ABELAM CEREMONIAL SCULPTURE, of wood with opposing ancestor heads in relief at base below an openwork apex, decorated with polychrome pigments,