Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art, & International Antiquities

A LARGE SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, in stylised zooanthropomorphic form, sculpted with a large crocodile head above a male torso, decorated

AN ASMAT ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in openwork slender form with four superpositioned ancestors, decorated with incised linear motifs infilled wi

AN ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, of wood, the ancestor visage in relief to anterior within an openwork frame depicting birds of paradise, decorated

AN ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, of wood, the ancestor visage in relief to anterior within an openwork frame depicting birds of paradise, decorated

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 ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, of wood, the ancestor visage in relief to anterior below an openwork frame with two bird of paradise motifs, decora

AN ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, of wood, in openwork form, with central ancestor surrounded by birds of paradise, decorated with polychrome pigment

A MALAGAN CEREMONIAL MASK (tatanua), of wood with cane frame at apex in classic angular form, the visage decorated with operculum set eyes flanked

A MALAGAN CEREMONIAL MASK (tatanua), of wood with cane frame at apex in classic angular form decorated with operculum set eyes, fibre tassels and poly

A MALAGAN CEREMONIAL MASK (tatanua), of wood with cane frame at apex in classic angular form decorated with operculum set eyes, fibre tassels and p