Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

AN OLD MASSIM STAFF, of ebony, sculptured with figurative ancestor motifs in relief at apex above an incised tapering shaft, Trobriand Islands, 97cm

A RARE MASSIM CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION AXE FRAME, of wood, sculptured with raised figurative and geometric motifs to anterior, old cane binding, weathe

A RARE VAKUTA ISLAND KULA ORNAMENT (mwali), a collection of shell currency linked together with glass bead and seed threaded with wire and fibre strin

A VAKUTA ISLAND KULA ORNAMENT (soulava), a collection of shell currency linked together with glass polychrome beads and seed threaded with wire and fi

A LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM CANOE SPLASHBOARD, of wood in classic asymmetrical form, the apex with geometric motifs in relief above a tapering base wit

A LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC AND IMPRESSIVE DOBU ISLAND CANOE SPLASHBOARD, of wood in classic asymmetrical form, sculptured with openwork apex and a central an

A LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC DOBU ISLAND CANOE SPLASHBOARD, of wood in classic asymmetrical form, sculptured with openwork apex and a central ancestor figure a

A LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC DOBU ISLAND CANOE SPLASHBOARD, of wood in classic asymmetrical form, the apex sculptured with a central ancestor figure above a ta

AN OLD VAKUTA ISLAND CANOE BAILER, of wood, in rectangular form, the terminal decorated with polychrome paint, the deep scoop with projecting central

A COLLECTION OF THREE MASSIM SPATULAS, of wood, sculptured with classic incised geometric and openwork anthropomorphic motifs above slender section bl

A KITAVA ISLAND BETAL MORTAR, of wood, sculptured with a seated ancestor below a deep tapering bowl, smooth patina, useware evident, Trobriand Islands

AN OLD KIRIWINA ISLAND BETAL MORTAR, of wood, in circular section, the diminutive bowl above a waisted mid section, sculptured with figurative motifs

AN OLD MASSIM SAGO SPATULA, of wood, in slender ovoid section, the ovoid blade below a central shaft with a sculptured figurative terminal in the form

A LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM CEREMONIAL SPATULA (gabaela), a slender section shell sculptured in classic abstract form, the apex pierced and decorated w

A RARE MASSIM PRESENTATION SPATULA (gabaela), of wood in slender section and exaggerated large format, sculptured with openwork apex, the anterior dec

AN OLD MASSIM SKIRT MAKING BOARD, of wood, in slender ovoid section, the anterior decorated with classic incised geometric motifs, useware evident, we

AN OLD KIRIWINA ISLAND SKIRT MAKING BOARD, of wood, in slender ovoid section, the anterior decorated with classic incised geometric motifs, useware ev

A FINE NEW HEBRIDES MARIONETTE MASK (temes nevimbure), the classic earth and resin sculpted ancestor visage with projecting phalic nose and pig tusk o

A FINE NEW HEBRIDES ANCESTOR MASK, of palm wood, the panel anterior with applied earth and resin sculpted in the form of an ancestor visage with class

A FINE NEW HEBRIDES ANCESTOR MASK, of palm wood, the panel anterior with applied earth sculpted in the form of an ancestor visage with classic project