Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

A SISSANO LAGOON CANOE PADDLE of wood, the leaf shaped blade with classic figurative motifs in relief, decorated with bright polychrome enamel pain

A RAMU RIVER CANOE PROW SECTION of wood, the truncated bow sculpted with a classic ancestor motif in relief below a crocodile visage, remnant polyc

A FINE COSTAL ASMAT CANOE PROW FRAGMENT of openwork wood in classic figurative and abstract form, decorated with polychrome pigments, Irian

AN OLD SEPIK CANOE PROW SECTION of wood in the form of a crocodile, weathered patina, PNG, 54 x 16cm Provenance: From an Australian collection

AN OLD RAMU CANOE PROW SECTION of wood with openwork figurative motifs of a crouching anthropomorph and stylised crocodile motif, remnant polychrom

AN OLD ASMAT CANOE PROW FRAGMENT of wood in classic openwork form depicting a stylised male remnant polychrome pigments, encrusted and weathered, I

A FINE ASMAT ANCESTOR POLE FRAGMENT (mbis) of wood the apex section in classic openwork abstract decorated with incised scarification motifs and po

A FINE ASMAT CANOE PROW FRAGMENT of wood in classic openwork form depicting a stylised male mythical bird, polychrome pigments, encrusted and weath

AN OLD SEPIK CANOE PROW FRAGMENT of wood sculpted in the form of a mythical crocodile, encrusted and weathered, PNG, 58 - 70cm Provenance: From

A GOGODALA CANOE PROW ORNAMENT of wood sculpted with projecting terminals and classic abstract ancestor visage in relief decorated with, polychrome