Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art, & International Antiquities

AN OLD ASMAT ANCESTOR POLE (mbis), c.1950s, of wood sculpted in classic openwork form with two superpositioned male and female ancestors above a tr

A TRANSITIONAL HIGHLANDS WAR SHIELD, of beaten sheet metal the convex anterior with pierced apex, decorated with polychrome trade paints, pierced f

AN EARLY WEST AUSTRALIAN SHIELD (wunda), of wood in classic ovoid form and slender section, the anterior decorated with diagonal fluting and raised

AN EARLY WEST AUSTRALIAN SHIELD (wunda), of wood in classic ovoid form and slender section, the anterior decorated with diagonal fluting and raised

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC WEST AUSTRALIAN SPEAR THROWER of wood in classic slender section elongated form, the anterior incised with fine linear banding, sin

TWO RARE KIMBERLEY CEREMONIAL SPEARHEADS, c.early 20th Century, of wood in slender section and classic openwork form, one with old cane repair, dec

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC QUEENSLAND BOWL (coolamon), of wood in ovoid form with deep concavity to interior, smooth patina, 49cm

YALPI YUNUPINGU (b.1961) Nguriri Ngarra c.1990s Ochres on bark 163x58cm Provenance: From an Australian collection, originally painted in Y

BOBBY BUNNINGURR (b.c.1947) Swamp Scene 1979 Ochres on bark 37 x 89cm Provenance: From a private Australian collection

JACK GABANABUI (Blyth River) Murritjilla, The Esturine Crocodile, c.1960s Ochres on bark 77x28cm Old label verso Provenance: From an Au

GEORGE LEFTY Emu Dreaming Ochres on bark 48 x 114cm Provenance: From a private Australian collection

CHARLIE DURITJINI Barramundi Dreaming Ochres on bark 33 x 90cm Provenance: From a private Australian collection

DOROTHY NAPANGARDI (b.c.1956), Sand Hills of Mina Mina, 2006, Acrylic on Belgian linen Signed verso with artist name un-stretched 133x9

MICK NAMARARI TJAPALTJARRI (c. 1926 -1998) Dingo Dreaming at Myunmanu c. 1997 Acrylic on canvas 125 x 90cm Provenance: From a private Aust

A FINE SILVER PENDANT, c.19th Century, the anterior decorated with enamel and coral inlay, Morocco, 11x8cm

A FINE SILVER PENDANT, c.19th Century, the anterior decorated with incised floral motifs and set with green chyrophase, Morocco, 9x7cm

A FINE TUAREG PENDANT, c. 20th Century, the silver frame decorated with floral motifs and inset niello, North Africa, 11x10cm

A FINE AND EARLY ETHIOPIAN MAGIC SCROLL, the narrow parchment strip inscribed with esoteric religious script and decorated with figurative motifs,

AN EARLY BAULE DOOR, c. early 20th Century, of wood in rectangular form the anterior sculpted with figurative motifs in relief, weathered, Africa,

AN OLD MONUMENTAL BAGA CEREMONIAL DRUM, c.1950s, of wood in the form a seated nursing female, decorated with geometric motifs in relief, polychrome