Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art and International Antiquities

A FINE DAYAK TRAP MEASURING STAFF (tun tun) of wood, the facetted tapering shaft below an ancestor sculpture seated on a sectioned platform at apex, g

A FINE DAYAK TRAP MEASURING STAFF (tun tun) of wood, the sectioned tapering shaft below a zoomorphic ancestor sculpture seated above a platform at ape

OLD BATAK SHAMAN STAFF of wood, the slender shaft decorated with five superpositioned ancestors above a snake motif in relief, glossy smooth patina, B

A FINE DAYAK STAFF of wood, the circular sectioned staff below a protective ancestor sculpture standing above a platform, resin knob at terminal, smoo

AN EARLY KONYAK HOUSE BOARD the wooden panel decorated with a classic figurative motif of a warrior in relief to anterior, significant weathering, Nag

A NAGA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE of wood, in the form of a head taking warrior, remnant polychrome pigments, black inset eyes, weathered patina, Nagaland, 72

A FINE NAGA COPPER ALLOY SCULPTURE in the form of a seated male smoking a pipe, mounted on a wooden block, smooth glossy patina, Nagaland, 21x10cm. P

A FINE NAGA COPPER ALLOY SCULPTURE in the form of a seated male, mounted on a wooden block inset with brass disks, smooth glossy patina, Nagaland, 38x

A FINE NAGA COPPER ALLOY SCULPTURE in the form of a head taking warrior, mounted on a wooden block in set with brass disks, smooth glossy patina, Naga

A NAGA SCULPTURE of wood, in the form of a head taker holding aloft a trophy head, inset black stone eyes, weathered patina, Nagaland, 79x24cm. Prove

A NAGA HEAD TAKERS HAT of woven polychrome cane, adorned with boar tusk, fur and wood attachments, glossy old patina, Nagaland, 31cm. Provenance: Fro

A SECTION OF NAGA BODY ARMOUR of mithun horn, decorated with incised herringbone motif, fibre cord attached, with old fibre repair, smooth glossy pati

A NAGA HEAD TAKERS BODY ORNAMENT the marine gastropod shell section with fibre threaded necklace of polychrome beads, bone spacers and shell sections

A NAGA WRIST GUARD of wood, decorated with incised geometric motifs, smooth glossy patina, Nagaland, 13x13cm. Provenance: From an Australian collecti

A NAGA HEAD TAKERS BODY ORNAMENT the sectioned marine shell decorated with stippled figurative motifs and stone beads threaded with twisted fibre cord

A TIMOR ANCESTOR SCULPTURE of wood, above a short spiked based, 50cm

AN OLD TIMOR LADLE SHAFT of wood, in irregular ovoid section, sculpted in classic minimalist form in the image of an ancestor, smooth glossy patina, 6

AN OLD SUMBU ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (marapu) of wood, in classic minimalist form, glossy smooth patina, Timor, 33cm

AN OLD FLORES MASK of wood, in the form of a zooanthropomorphic, incised with rooster motifs at forehead, smooth glossy patina, 45cm

A PAIR OF FLORES ANCESTOR SCULPTURES of wood, in the form of a male and female seated above post platforms, decorated with incised floral motifs, cons