Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

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,