Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art, & International Antiquities

AN ASMAT SOUL BOAT, of wood, sculpted with ancestor warriors with heads raised towards the heavens, decorated with incised linear motifs and polych

AN ASMAT SOUL BOAT, of wood, in dynamic form, decorated with incised linear motifs and polychrome pigments and fibre tassels, Irian Jaya, 117x20cm<

AN ASMAT SOUL BOAT, of wood, sculpted with an openwork prow and three ancestors, one holding a fish, remnant polychrome pigments, Irian Jaya, 74x16

A LOWER SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a zooanthropomorph, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 27cm Provenance: From the Dr. Dav

A LOWER SEPIK DRUM (kundu), of wood, sculpted with a crocodile motif in open work relief, decorated with incised figurative motifs, cane bound drum

A LOWER SEPIK DRUM (kundu), of wood, in classic hour glass form with raised grip at mid section, decorated with incised geometric motifs and polych

A SEPIK DRUM (garamut), of wood, incised with geometric motifs and projecting ancestor heads at terminals, PNG, 71cm Provenance: From the Dr

A DECORATED SEPIK CROCODILE SKULL, decorated with shell set overmodeled clay, PNG, 54x24cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collect

A DECORATED SEPIK CROCODILE SKULL, decorated with shell set overmodeled clay, PNG, 45x12cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collect

A BANING CEREMONIAL HAT, the tapa covered cane frame decorated with polychrome pigments, East New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 36cm Proven