Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

A SUPERB MASSIM CANOE PROW (lagim) c.1970s, of wood in classic asymmetrical form with openwork apex decorated with curvilinear and figurative motif

A NEW HEBRIDES BATTLE CLUB of wood, the circular section shaft below a geometric apex tapering to a waisted notched terminal, smooth glossy patina,

A RARE DECORATED MALAITA ISLAND CLUB of wood in classic narrow form with ventral and lateral medial ridge, the triangular apex decorated with figur

AN OLD MASSIM DANCE CLUB of wood decorated with incised geometric motifs, glossy patina, Trobriand Islands, 48cm

A BANKS ISLAND PESTLE of wood in large robust form, the tapering sectioned shaft incised with geometric motifs, smooth glossy patina, 93cm Prove

A MASSIM WALKING STICK of wood the shaft decorated with superpositioned ancestral motifs, white inlay, glossy patina, Trobriand Islands, 114cm

A SOLOMON ISLAND STAFF of wood the irregular rectangular sectioned shaft decorated with geometric mother of pearl inlay, smooth patina, 114cm

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC QUEENSLAND SHIELD (gulmari) of wood in classic ovoid form, the anterior decorated with classic geometric motifs in relief, the rear

A SUPERB SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIAN PARRING SHIELD of wood in classic narrow from, the anterior incised with fine linear motifs, lug grip to rear, smoot

A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CEREMONIAL SHIELD (wunda) of wood, in classic ovoid form and slender section, the anterior decorated with diagonal fluting and