Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art, & International Antiquities

A COLLECTION OF SA-HUYNH CULTURE GLASS BEADS, c. 5th Century BC, temporarily strung on modern twine, the polychrome glass paste beads including som

A RARE BACTRIAN CERAMIC SCULPTURE, c. 2nd Mill BC, in the form of an anthropomorph, loss to one leg, surface encrustations, re-joined, 18cm Prov

A RARE GANGETIC VALLEY COPPER ALLOY CELT, c. 1500-1000 BC, Copper Hoard Culture, the irregular rectangular blade with edge ground apex and slight t

A RARE GANGETIC VALLEY COPPER ALLOY SWORD, c. 1500-1000 BC, Copper Hoard Culture, the slender double edged blade with raised medial ridge tapering

A RARE GANGETIC VALLEY COPPER ALLOY CELT, c. 1500-1000 BC, Copper Hoard Culture, the irregular rectangular blade with projecting edge ground apex a

A LARGE SANTA CRUZ BODY ORNAMENT (tema), the circular ovoid section shell disk pierced with openwork shell frame in the form of a mythical bird and

A FINE MALAITA ISLAND BODY ORNAMENT, the pierced pearl shell crescent section, the anterior with a fine shell bird motif attached with a fibre thre

A SUPERB MALAITA ISLAND HAIR COMB, of wood, bound with polychrome cane, usewear evident, 17cm

TWO LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC HAIR COMBS, of wood, one with woven cane binding, the other with resin set geometric shell inlay, usewear evident, Solomon Is

A FINE MASSIM SPATULA, of wood, sculpted with classic incised geometric and openwork anthropomorphic motifs above a slender section blade, smooth p

A RARE NEW BRITAIN BRIDE PRICE, the pearl shell section pierced with woven cane and fibre threaded shell section tassels with dog teeth attachments

A FINE MELANESIAN BODY ORNAMENT, the black lip pearl shell section with fibre threaded shell beads and seed attachments, 10cm

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC VOKEO ISLAND CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, c. 1960s-1970s, the wood ancestor mask in classic ovoid form with nose ornament and bite stick t

A FINE AND EARLY SAWOS CEREMONIAL MASK (mwai), of dense wood in classic elongated narrow form, earth encrusted with inset shell, decorated with rem

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

A LAKE SENTANI ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a female, decorated with curvilinear motifs, Irian Jaya, 100cm Provenance: from an Aus

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC RAMU RIVER CANOE PROW SECTION, of wood, sculpted with an ancestor visage and stylised crocodile motif, remnant green paint, weather

TWO OLD MENDI BODY ORNAMENTS (kina), the crescent shell sections one with shell embroided woven fibre band and old resin set repair, remnant red pi

A MONUMENTAL WOSERA SCULPTURE, c.1960s, of wood sculpted in the classic form of a male yam ancestor, decorated with polychrome pigments, weathered,

AN EARLY KWOMA ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT, c. early 20th Century, of museum significance, the wood section sculpted in with classic ancestor motifs in r