Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art, & International Antiquities

A EASTERN HIGHLAND BODY ORNAMENT (fofona), of shell embroided woven fibre decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 32x24cm

A MARAPAI RATTLE, of coconut shell incised with geometric motifs, infilled with white pigment, Papuan Gulf, PNG, 8cm

A SOUTHERN HIGHLAND BODY ORNAMENT, the bailer shell section with pierced apex and fibre cord attached, smooth glossy patina, PNG, 23cm

A HIGHLAND PHALLOCRYPT, of wood, decorated with woven fibre binding, feather tassels, polychrome pigments, PNG, 53cm

A HIGHLAND PHALLOCRYPT, of wood, with woven fibre binding, threaded seed tassels, polychrome pigments, PNG, 35cm

A FINE LOWER RAMU RIVER CANOE MAST STATION, of wood sculptured with classic ancestor projection to apex, decorated with shell inset eyes and red pi

A LOWER SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK (palim bei), of wood with shell set eyes, remnant polychrome pigment, weathered, PNG, 60cm

A LOWER SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, the shell carapace decorated with woven cane surround, resin set seed shell and dog teeth ornaments, feather tassels,

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

A PAPUAN GULF TAPA MALLET, of wood, the striking section incised with raised block surface to anterior tapering to an ancestor visage at grip termi

AN OLD HIGHLAND AXE, the edge ground stone blade attached to wooden handle, with woven cane and resin binding, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 44cm

TWO RAMU LADLES, the projecting wooden grip sculpted with figurative motifs in relief attached with cane binding to coconut shell spoons, PNG, 29-3

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

A SOLOMON ISLANDS DANCE ORNAMENT, of wood in slender section openwork form, remnant polychrome pigments, 40cm

A COLLECTION OF SIX MALAITA ISLAND SHELL ORNAMENTS, the circular discs decorated with incised motifs and black pigment infill, Solomon Islands, 4-5

A SOLOMON ISLANDS BODY ORNAMENT, the fibre threaded shell sections with ten shell disc pendants, the anterior decorated with figurative motifs infi

A SOLOMON ISLANDS BODY ORNAMENT (kap kap), the pierced circular section shell with a geometric openwork disc attached to anterior with fibre thread

A SOLOMON ISLANDS BODY ORNAMENT (kap kap), the pierced circular section shell with a geometric openwork disc attached to anterior with fibre thread

THREE MASSIM PEARL SHELL WEALTH ORNAMENTS, the shell sections, two with fibre threaded shell discs attached, Trobriand Islands, 10-11cm (3)

A MASSIM AXE, the metal blade bound with wire to the wooden shaft, decorated with curvilinear motifs and raised section at grip terminal, Trobriand