Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

A RAMU CANOE PROW SECTION of wood with stylised crocodile motif at terminal, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 90 x 30cm Provenance: From and Austra

A SEPIK GABLE ORNAMENT the cane and bark fibre frame, the anterior with attached ancestor mask, fibre tassels and polychrome pigments, weathered an

A SEPIK GABLE ORNAMENT the cane and bark fibre frame, the anterior with attached ancestor mask, fibre tassels and polychrome pigments, weathered an

A FINE PAPUAN GULF ANCESTOR BOARD (gope) c.1960s of wood in classic ovoid form with figurative motifs of an ancestor visage to anterior, polychrome

A PAPUAN GULF ANCESTOR BOARD (gope) of wood in classic ovoid form with figurative motifs to anterior, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted,

A PAPUAN GULF ANCESTOR BOARD (gope) c.1970s of wood in classic ovoid form with figurative motifs of an ancestor visage to anterior, remnant polychr

A SUPERB ABELAM LINTEL c.1960s, of wood in classic robust form, the edge pierced for attachment, decorated with classic ancestor figures in relief,

AN IMPORTANT AND MONUMENTAL ABELAM SCULPTURE (nggwal) c.1960s an exceptionally fine example of museum significance and quality, the dense wood scul

A MONUMENTAL MAPRIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE of wood in classic anthropomorphic ancestor form with stylised bird motifs at apex and boar figure at base,

A SUPERB WEST IATMUL ARCHITECTURAL SUPPORT c.1950s, of museum importance sculpted from dense wood with classic figurative ancestor motifs and styli

A FINE ASMAT ANCESTOR POLE (mbis) c.1950s, of wood sculpted in classic openwork form with three superpositioned ancestors above a truncated base, a

AN OLD NORTHWEST ASMAT HOUSE BOARD of wood in monumental form, the anterior with classic flying fox motifs in relief, decorated with polychrome pig

AN OLD KWOMA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (mindja) of wood in classic stylised anthropomorphic form with pierced eyes and mouth below a prominent brow ridge

A OLD KWOMA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (mindja) of wood in ovoid form, bird motif at apex, pierced eyes and mouth above openwork medial ridge, polychrome p

A KWOMA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (yina) of wood, in classic abstract form with tapering spike terminal, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG

AN OLD MIDDLE SEPIK ORATORS PULPIT (teket) of wood in classic monumental form of a seated ancestor decorated with polychrome pigments, shell inset

AN OLD MIDDLE SEPIK ORATORS PULPIT (teket) of wood in classic monumental male form of a seated ancestor decorated with polychrome pigments, shell i

AN OLD IATMUL SCARIFICATION BENCH of wood in the form of a stylised crocodile with resin set shell eyes and classic geometric motifs in relief, enc

AN EARLY LOWER SEPIK STOOL of wood sculpted in the form of a crouching ancestor zooanthropomorph with central visage decorated with shell inset eye

A FINE MIDDLE SEPIK STOOL of wood decorated with figurative and curvilinear motifs in relief, remnant polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted,