Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

A FINE ABELAM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE of wood in classic abstract form with ancestor visage and bird motifs in relief, PNG 128 x 19cm Provenance: Fro

AN OLD ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS of wood in classic openwork form, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 68 x 24cm Provenance: From an Aust

AN OLD WOSERA CEREMONIAL YAM PLANTING STICK (gisa) of palm wood the truncated shaft below an openwork ancestor with projecting spike at apex, decor

A FINE ABELAM SAGO PEG of wood in classic form with bird figure at apex, decorated with bright polychrome pigments, PNG, 50cm

AN OLD ASMAT SCULPTURE of wood in the form of a standing female with pierced septum and nose ornaments holding her left breast, decorated with inci

A FINE LOWER SEPIK ANCESTOR CHARM of wood sculpted in diminutive male form the fine featured visage with projecting terminal smooth glossy patina m

AN OLD AWALA BODY ORNAMENT of shell embroided woven fibre with cowrie shell pendant, PNG, 46cm Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. F. Gerrits, acquire

AN OLD AWALA BODY ORNAMENT the section of marine gastropod shell, smooth glossy patina, PNG, 12cm Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. F. Gerrits, acqu

A RARE COLLECTION OF EASTERN HIGHLANDS BODY ORNAMENTS c.1950s, two woven polychrome cane armbands, a woven polychrome fibre armband, and three bone

A FINE EASTERN HIGHLANDS HEAD DRESS c.1950s, of bark fibre and feather attachments, PNG, 34cm Provenance: Ex-collection Doreen Marks

AN OLD ABELAM BONE DAGGER decorated with classic incised figurative motifs, weathered patina, PNG, 29cm

A COLLECTION OF PACIFIC SHELL CURRENCY the four strands of fine shell discs threaded on fibre string, Melanesia, 7 - 76cm (4)

A FINE WOSERA CERAMIC VESSEL of dimunitive form with classic figurative motifs in relief, decorated polychrome pigments, PNG, 11cm

AN OLD LIME GOURD the coconut shell vessel decorated with incised geometric motifs, detachable stopper with boar tusk ornament, PNG, 11cm

AN OLD CEREMONIAL BETEL STAFF of wood, the circular section shaft with openwork and spiked apex, weathered patina, PNG, 106cm Provenance: From a

A HIGHLANDS BODY ORNAMENT (fofona) of shell embroided woven fibre decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 33 x 33cm

A FINE NEW HEBRIDES MARIONETTE MASK (temes nevimbure) the classic earth and resin sculpted ancestor visage with projecting phalic nose and pig tusk

A FINE NEW HEBRIDES MARIONETTE MASK (temes nevimbure) the classic earth and resin sculpted ancestor visage with projecting phalic nose and pig tusk

A FINE NEW HEBRIDES ANCESTOR MASK of palm wood, the panel anterior with aplied earth and resin sculpted in the form of an ancestor visage with clas

A FINE NEW HEBRIDES ANCESTOR MASK of palm wood, the panel anterior with aplied earth sculpted in the form of an ancestor visage with classic projec