Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art, & International Antiquities

AN OLD SEPIK BODY ORNAMENT, multi-strand fibre threaded white seed beads, PNG, 62x9cm

THREE SEPIK NECKLACES, of threaded glass and seed beads, PNG, 40x32cm (3)

TWO HIGHLAND STRING BAGS, of woven polychrome fibre, PNG, 44x27 (2)

TWO HIGHLAND HAIR COMBS, of wood, PNG, 24x7cm (2)

A SEPIK CERAMIC WHISTLE, of baked clay, PNG, 10x9cm

A MAORI CANOE ANCESTOR MASK, of wood in classic robust form, weathered, New Zealand, 38x17cm

A SEPIK CANOE SHIELD MASK, of wood decorated with fibre tassels, PNG, 39x16cm

AN ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, of wood, the ancestor visage in relief to anterior below an openwork apex of a bird of paradise motif, decorated wi

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

A RAMU RIVER ANCESTOR MASK, of wood, decorated with cane bound feather tassels, earth encrusted, PNG, 80cm

A GOGODALA ANCESTOR MASK, of wood with raised central visage decorated with polychrome pigment and resin set seed, PNG, 52x31cm

A LOWER SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, of wood, sculpted in relief in the form of an ancestor visage, shell set eye decorated with incised motifs, polychrome

A LOWER SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, of wood with woven cane frame decorated with incised geometric motifs, fibre tassels, remnant polychrome pigments, PNG

A SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, of wood, decorated with fibre, feather and seed tassels, PNG, 26x19cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, of wood decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 45x18cm

AN OLD SEPIK STOOL, of wood decorated with incised geometric motifs, PNG, 25x19cm

AN OLD SEPIK STOOL, of wood decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 31x24cm

AN OLD SEPIK STOOL, of wood, decorated with geometric motifs in relief and polychrome pigments, PNG, 43x31cm

A MASSIM BOWL, of wood, the shallow ovoid bowl with projecting terminals, the outer rim decorated with incised geometric motifs and remnant infill,

A MASSIM CEREMONIAL BOWL, of wood, the two ovoid shallow dishes with central waisted section decorated with incised geometric motifs, remnant pigme

TWO WASKUK LADLES, the projecting wooden grip sculpted with figurative motifs in relief attached with cane binding to coconut shell spoons, PNG, 63

A FIJIAN BARK CLOTH (tapa), decorated with geometric motifs in polychrome pigments, 130x120cm

A HIGHLANDS BARK CLOTH, of sago fibre decorated with geometric motifs in polychrome pigments, PNG, 170x90cm

A FINE BUKA ISLAND BASKET, of tightly woven polychrome cane, smooth patina, 62cm

A FINE BUKA ISLAND BASKET, of tightly woven polychrome cane, smooth patina, 17cm

A RARE HERMIT ISLAND AXE, shell section blade bound with resin and fibre to a wooden shaft, decorated with raised motif, weathered and encrusted, M

AN OLD SEPIK CEREMONIAL STAFF, of wood sculpted with ancestor motifs in relief, PNG, 120cm

AN OLD MASSIM DANCE CLUB, of wood in slender section, the apex decorated with incised geometric motifs, remnant pigment infill, smooth patina, Trob

A COLLECTION OF THREE HIGHLAND AXE HEADS, the edge ground obsidian blade, smooth patina, PNG, 10-26cm (3)

A MT HAGEN CEREMONIAL AXE FRAME, of wood, with cane binding, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 54x36cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Col

A LOWER SEPIK CEREMONIAL STAFF, of wood with inset shell, PNG, 153cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and

TWO HIGHLAND AXES, of wood, cane, one with stone, PNG 38-57cm (2) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New

AN OCEANIC DANCE CLUB, of wood with remnant fibre binding at grip, 69x14cm

A MASSIM SAGO SPATULA, of wood in slender section, with zoomorphic motif at apex, Trobriand Islands, 150cm

A MASSIM SAGO SPATULA, of wood in slender section, with openwork motif at apex, Trobriand Islands, 157cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR HOOK, of wood, decorated with shell set eyes, polychrome pigments, weathered, PNG, 58x17cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, remnant polychrome pigment, 53x13cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, of wood, decorated with ancestor motifs in relief, polychrome pigments, PNG, 47x34cm

TWO WOSERA SAGO PEGS, of wood in classic ancestor form with bird figures at apex above mask faces and split terminals, decorated with polychrome pi

AN OLD ABELAM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in diminutive stylised yam ancestor form, decorated with polychrome pigments, weathered patina, PNG, 29cm

THREE SEPIK AMULET MASKS, of wood, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, PNG 7-8cm (3) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pa

TWO SEPIK AMULET MASKS, of wood, shell set eyes, PNG 33-38cm (2) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New

THREE NEW GUINEA ARTEFACTS, of wood, 50-55cm (3) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art

THREE SEPIK SCULPTURES, of wood, in the form of pigs, PNG, 14-19cm (3) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island an

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood, in the form of two pigs in coitus, PNG, 40cm (2) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Isl

TWO SEPIK SCULPTURES, of wood, PNG, 30cm (2) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art

THREE SEPIK SCULPTURES, of wood, in the form of dolphins, PNG, 20-37cm (3) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Islan

A MASSIM SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a female, white inlay, Trobriand Islands, 62cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection o

A KERAM RIVER STORY BOARD, artist Emil Arane, of wood, sculpted in the form of a fish and mythological scene in relief, PNG, 80x34cm

A KERAM RIVER STORY BOARD, of wood, with openwork apex, depicting a mythological scene in relief, PNG, 77x47cm