Fine Tribal Aboriginal Art and International Antiquities

A FINE SOLOMON ISLANDS BODY ORNAMENT (kap kap), the circular tridacna shell section pierced with open work shell frame attached with threaded shell se

A SOLOMON ISLAND BODY ORNAMENT, (kap kap), the circular shell section with pierced centre, the anterior with figurative open work shell frame attached

A SOLOMON ISLAND BODY ORNAMENT, (kap kap), the circular shell section with pierced centre, the anterior with geometric openwork shell frame attached w

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC SOLOMON ISLAND WEALTH ORNAMENT, the polychrome shell beads threaded on a woven fibre string, PNG, 196cm

A COLLECTION OF TEN SOLOMON ISLANDS FISH HOOKS, the classic fibre bound shell sections, old usewear evident, 6-10cm (10) ProvenanceFrom an Australian

A SOLOMON ISLANDS BODY ORNAMENT, the woven fibre band embroided with five diminuitive kap kaps, 110x6cm ProvenanceFrom an Australian collection

TWO SUPERB MALAITA ISLAND BODY ORNAMENTS, of finely woven sennet with polychrome shell sections usewear evident, 88-8cm (2) ProvenanceFrom an Australi

A COLLECTION OF SIX MASSIM SHELL BODY ORNAMENTS, c.19th Century, the slender bands worn as earings with projecting clasps, smooth patina, Trobriand Is

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

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