Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art, & International Antiquities

A RARE HERMIT ISLAND AXE, shell section blade bound with resin and fibre to a wooden shaft, decorated with raised motif, weathered and encrusted, M

AN OLD SEPIK CEREMONIAL STAFF, of wood sculpted with ancestor motifs in relief, PNG, 120cm

AN OLD MASSIM DANCE CLUB, of wood in slender section, the apex decorated with incised geometric motifs, remnant pigment infill, smooth patina, Trob

A COLLECTION OF THREE HIGHLAND AXE HEADS, the edge ground obsidian blade, smooth patina, PNG, 10-26cm (3)

A MT HAGEN CEREMONIAL AXE FRAME, of wood, with cane binding, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 54x36cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Col

A LOWER SEPIK CEREMONIAL STAFF, of wood with inset shell, PNG, 153cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and

TWO HIGHLAND AXES, of wood, cane, one with stone, PNG 38-57cm (2) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New

AN OCEANIC DANCE CLUB, of wood with remnant fibre binding at grip, 69x14cm

A MASSIM SAGO SPATULA, of wood in slender section, with zoomorphic motif at apex, Trobriand Islands, 150cm

A MASSIM SAGO SPATULA, of wood in slender section, with openwork motif at apex, Trobriand Islands, 157cm