Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

A SPLENDID AND RARE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS WAR CHARM c.19th to early 20th Century, of wood sculpted with an ancestor visage of fine features in relief b

A FINE AND EARLY BUKA ISLAND SCULPTURE of wood in male form with truncated lower legs, decorated with incised geometric motifs and frigate bird at

AN OLD MASSIM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE of wood in dimunitive form, decorated with incised geometric motifs, infilled with white pigment, smooth patina, T

A FINE MASSIM STOOL c.1950s of wood in classic form with two ancestor sculptures standing above an irregular circular base holding the seat aloft,

A TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS SCULPTURE of wood in the form of a sawfish, decorated with operculum set eyes and stippled motif in polychrome pigments, we

AN OLD SOLOMON ISLAND GRAVE ORNAMENT (barava) of the openwork shell section, heavily weathered, 7cm Provenance: From a private Australian collec

AN OLD SANTA CRUZE CHEST ORNAMENT (tema) the clam shell disc section with openwork shell attached, old fibre necklace attached, rejoined disc, 11cm

A FINE SOLOMON ISLANDS COMB of wood sculpted with an openwork terminal in the form of a frigate bird and fish, smooth glossy patina, fragmented, 18

A FINE SOLOMON ISLANDS COMB of wood the long slender teeth bound with split polychrome orchid stem, smooth glossy patina, 29cm Provenance: From

A FINE MASSIM SPLASH BOARD AND CANOE PROW (lagim) c.1970s, of wood in asymmetrical form with openwork apex featuring two ancestor figures, the open

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