Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art, & International Antiquities

A COLLECTION OF THREE ISLAMIC PERFUME BOTTLES, 10-13th Century, the diminutive translucent blue glass, bulbous bases with projecting necks, remnant

A FINE ROMAN GLASS PERFUME BOTTLE, c.1st-2nd Century AD, of diminutive form, the bulbous body above a short extended bowl at base with projecting r

A FINE ROMAN GLASS PERFUME BOTTLE, c.1st-2nd century AD, of diminutive form, the bulbous body with extended neck and flaring lip at apex, the glass

A PERSIAN GLASS VESSEL, c. 4-5th Century, the ovoid body surmounted by a tall, tapering neck, superb iridescence, intact, 5cm Provenance: From a

A COLLECTION OF SEVEN ROMAN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, c.1st-4th Century AD, of bronze in various forms including tweezers, verdigris encrusted, presente

A COLLECTION OF FIVE ROMAN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, c.1st-4th Century AD, of bronze in various forms including a needle, verdigris encrusted, presented

A COLLECTION OF FIVE ROMAN BRONZE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, c.1st-4th Century AD, of bronze on various forms including a spoon, verdigris encrusted, pre

A COLLECTION OF FINE PERSIAN BEADS, temporarily strung on fibre twine, including lapis, glass, stone and turquoise, 66cm

A COLLECTION OF FINE PERSIAN BEADS, temporarily strung on fibre twine, including lapis, glass, stone and turquoise, 64cm

A COLLECTION OF ROMAN, EGYPTIAN AND ISLAMIC BEADS, c.600 BC-14th Century AD, temporarily strung, including faience, glass and stone, 66cm

A COLLECTION OF ROMAN, EGYPTIAN AND ISLAMIC BEADS, c.600 BC-14th Century AD, temporarily strung, including faience, glass and stone, 58cm

A COLLECTION OF ROMAN, EGYPTIAN AND ISLAMIC BEADS, c.600 BC-14th Century AD, temporarily strung, including faience, glass and stone, 59cm

A COLLECTION OF ROMAN, EGYPTIAN AND ISLAMIC BEADS, c.600 BC-14th Century AD, temporarily strung, including faience, glass and stone, 58cm

A FINE COLLECTION OF ISLAMIC BEADS, c.19th Century, of polychrome glass, Egypt, 40cm

A COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN BEADS, c. 2nd Mill BC-20th Century AD, sourced form the river Nile sediment deposits 66cm

A FINE COLLECTION OF WOUND GLASS ISLAMIC BEADS, c. 10-13th Century AD, temporarily strung on cotton thread, Greater Persia

A COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS AND STONE BEADS, c. 2nd Mill BC-4th Century AD, of various shapes with central bronze amulet, temporarily strung, 52cm

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 FINE NEW CALEDONIAN CEREMONIAL MACE, the pierced edge ground green stone disk above a split wooden shaft bound with woven fibre and decorated wit

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM LIME SPATULA, of wood in classic slender section, the apex decorated with openwork figurative ancestor motifs, usewear evide

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM LIME SPATULA, of wood in slender section, the apex with classic opposing ancestor motifs, remnant white pigment infill, usew

TWO ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM LIME SPATULAS, of wood in classic slender section, the apex decorated with openwork figurative ancestor motifs, remnant whi

A FINE AND EARLY MASSIM WALKING STICK, of wood in slender tapering circular section, decorated with classic figurative ancestor motifs, smooth glos

A FINE AND EARLY MASSIM WALKING STICK, of wood in slender tapering circular section, decorated with classic figurative ancestor motifs, smooth glos

A FINE AND EARLY MASSIM WALKING STICK, of wood in slender tapering circular section, decorated with classic figurative ancestor motifs, smooth glos

AN EARLY ETHNOGRAPHIC SEPIK FOOD HOOK, of wood, stone shaped, in classic robust diminutive form, the tapering ovoid section notched shaft above a s

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM SAGO SCOOP, of wood, the circular section shaft decorated with incised motifs above a narrow projecting terminal, old sennit

A FINE CEREMONIAL CAVA BOWL, of wood, in large format, the deep circular bowl with wide lip above four tapering circular section legs, smooth patin

A RARE PATROL OFFICER'S CLUB, the weighted wooden shaft with leather binding, smooth glossy patina, PNG, 43x4cm Provenance: From an Australian c

A COLLECTION OF FOUR OCEANIC ARTEFACTS, of wood, cane, bone and shell including a comb, spear point, cannibal fork and a knife, 20-26cm (4) Prov

TWO FINE MT HAGEN CEREMONIAL AXES, the wooden frames bound with woven polychrome cane, one with edge ground stone blade intact, smooth patina, 73cm

A SUPERB MASSIM SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a female ancestor, decorated with incised geometric motifs infilled with lime, smooth glossy pati

A SUPERB MALAGAN SCULPTURE, of wood, the architectural element with the anterior with two opposing lizards in relief with stylised fish head termin

AN EARLY MAILATA BATTLE CLUB, c.19-20th Century, the tapering ovoid section wood shaft with notched grip terminal below flaring ridges at apex, sur

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC NEW HEBRIDES CLUB, c.19th Century, of wood in minimalist form, the curved circular section tapering shaft with flaring apex, usewea

A LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM ADZE, the wooden shaft decorated with figurative motifs in relief and pierced terminal, the fibre bound edge ground ston

A LATE ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM ADZE, c. 1960s, of wood with projecting metal blade hafted with fibre binding, Trobriand Islands, 44x22cm

A CEREMONIAL MASSIM SAGO SPATULA (Goodenough Island), of wood in ovoid section and slender form, decorated with ancestor motifs, smooth patina, us

TWO MASSIM LIME SPATULAS (Goodenough Island), of wood decorated with classic incised geometric motifs infilled with white pigment, usewear evident,

TWO MASSIM LIME SPATULAS (Fergusson Island), of wood decorated with classic incised geometric motifs infilled with white pigment, usewear evident,

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC TELEPHOMIN SHIELD, of wood, the anterior decorated with geometric motifs in relief, polychrome pigments, pierced with old cane grip

A SUPERB EASTERN HIGHLANDS WAR SHIELD (kukukuku), c.early 20th Century, of wood, in classic ovoid form and slender section, the anterior decorated

A FINE ASMAT SHIELD, c.1960s, of wood in asymmetrical ovoid form sculpted with an openwork ancestor at apex, the anterior decorated with curvilinea

A PAPUAN ANCESTOR BOARD (gope), of wood, the anterior decorated with classic ancestor motifs in relief, polychrome pigments, PNG, 143x28cm Prov

AN EARLY ETHNOGRAPHIC BOIKEN MASK, of wood, the robust convex visage with pierced eyes, mouth and septum below a projecting spike at apex, the conc

A SUPERB ETHNOGRAPHIC VOKEO ISLAND CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, c. 1940s or earlier, the wood ancestor mask in classic ovoid form with nose ornament and b

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC RAMU DRUM (garamut), c.1950s, of wood in classic robust form with rectangular central cavity, decorated with projecting openwork an

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

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