Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

AN OLD HUON GULF BETEL MOTAR, of wood in classic diminutive form with projecting sectioned grip, glossy old patina, usewear evident, PNG, 16cm

AN SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS CHEST ORNAMENT (kina), the mother of pearl shell in classic crescent form, with old cane repair, shell embroidered woven fibre b

A FINE WASHKUK HILLS HEAD ORNAMENT, of shell embroidered openwork woven fibre, PNG, 39cm

A FINE EASTERN HIGHLANDS ORCHID STEM NECKLACE, the multistrand threaded barrel sections, PNG, 66cm

A FINE MASSIM SHELL NECKLACE, fibre threaded barrel section shell beads with banana seed terminals, Trobriand Islands, 60cm

A FINE HIGHLAND NECK ORNAMENT, of woven fibre and cane, embroidered with two rows of cowrie shells PNG, 36cm

A FINE SEPIK NECK PENDANT, woven fibre embroidered with nasa and cowrie shell, PNG, 48cm

TWO SEPIK BODY ORNAMENTS, necklace of nasa embroidered woven fibre, the armband of polychrome orchid fibre, PNG, 18 - 80cm (2)

A FINE HUON GULF NECKLACE, the fibre threaded cassowary quill barrel beads and shell disks, PNG, 300cm

AN EASTERN HIGHLANDS MOURNING NECKLACE, the multi strand fibre threaded white seeds, PNG, 100cm

TWO FINE MASSIM BODY ORNAMENTS, the fibre threaded black seed and red shell disks, one with tridacna section shell disk pendant, the other with cowrie

AN OLD ABELAM ANCESTOR MASK, of woven cane in bird form, encrusted with polychrome pigment, PNG, 34cm

AN OLD ABELAM YAM ANCESTOR MASK, of woven cane in classic openwork form, polychrome pigments, PNG, 40cm

AN OLD EASTERN HIGHLANDS BODY ORNAMENT (yogo), a shell embroidered woven fibre with two projecting cowrie shell terminals, polychrome pigments, PNG, 3

A SUPERB MEMBAURU BRIDE PRICE (talipun), the section marine gastropod with woven cane attachment, polychrome pigments, feather tassels, PNG, 38cm

AN OLD HIGHLANDS BODY ORNAMENT, the woven fibre band with a single row of dogs teeth attached, PNG 35cm

A FINE AND RARE ASMAT SOUL BOAT, of wood in classic openwork form, with ancestoral figures in prone position, decorated with polychrome pigments, shel

A FINE HUMBOLDT BAY CANOE PROW ORNAMENT, of wood, in classic stylised zoomorphic form, remnant pigments, weathered, Irian Jaya, 39cm

A FINE HUMBOLDT BAY CANOE PROW ORNAMENT, of wood, in classic stylised zoomorphic form, weathered, Irian Jaya, 64cm

A FINE AND RARE ASMAT CANOE PROW ORNAMENT, of wood in openwork form with bird figure at apex, remnant polychrome pigment, weathered, Irian Jaya, 40cm

AN OLD ASMAT ANCESTOR FRAGMENT (mimbis), of wood in classic form, decorated polychrome pigments, Irian Jaya, 32cm

AN OLD ASMAT ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in classic form, decorated with incised linear motifs, glossy patina, Irian Jaya, 37cm

A FINE MASSIM KAIDEBA DANCE PADDLE, of wood in classic form decorated with curvilinear geometric motifs in relief, polychrome pigments, fibre tassels,

TWO MASSIM SPATULAS, of wood in classic form decorated with figurative open work to grip, white pigment infill, Trobriand Islands, 31-41cm (2)

A MASSIM WALKING STICK, of wood with twin ancestor figures at grip above an incised shaft terminal, Trobriand Islands, 97cm

A MASSIM WALKING STICK, of ebony with ancestor figure at grip above an incised shaft terminal, Trobriand Islands, 97cm

A FINE MASSIM DANCE CLUB, c. 20th Century, of black palmwood incised with classic geometric motifs, infilled with white pigment, Trobriand Islands, 66

A FINE AND OLD MASSIM CANOE SPLASH BOARD (lagim), of wood in classic asymmetrical openwork form, decorated in polychrome, figurative motif at apex, Tr

A SUPERB MASSIM CANOE SPLASH BOARD, c. 1930's, of wood in asymmetrical form with openwork apex with centralised ancestor figure, incised with cl...

A FINE AND RARE MASSIM CANOE PROW ORNAMENT, c. 1950's, of wood, decorated with classic incised curvilinear motif, weathered, Trobriand Islands, ...

A SUPERB AND EARLY NEW HEBRIDES BATTLE AXE, c. early 20th Century, the iron blade above an ovoid section shaft, tapering to a notched and sectioned te

A FINE AND EARLY ABELAM ANCESTOR HEAD, of wood in classic form, the visage decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 77cm

AN OLD ABELAM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, the diminutive visage in classic yam ancestor form, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 30cm

AN OLD ABELAM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, the diminutive visage in classic yam ancestor form, weathered patina, PNG, 40cm

A FINE ABELAM ANCESTOR HEAD DRESS, the diminutive balsa wood visage, with shell inset eyes, surmounted by an openwork woven cane frame, decorated with

AN OLD WOSERA YAM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of balsa wood in classic form with bird figure at apex, polychrome pigments, PNG, 54cm

AN OLD ABELAM ANCESTOR MASK, c. 1960's of wood in classic yam form, bird figures at apex, decorated polychrome pigments, PNG, 66cm

A FINE ABELAM ANCESTOR MASK (baba) , in classic openwork woven cane form, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 56cm

A FINE ABELAM ANCESTOR MASK (baba) , in classic openwork woven cane form, decorated with polychrome pigments PNG, 40cm

A OLD ABELAM YAM MASK, of openwork woven cane, in diminutive form, decorated with polychrome pigments, weathered, PNG, 30cm

A OLD ABELAM HEAD DRESS, of openwork woven cane, in diminutive form, decorated with polychrome pigments, weathered, PNG, 30cm

A FINE HIGHLAND ANCESTOR MASK, of gourd shell, the convex visage with pierced eyes, nose and mouth, decorated with incised linear motifs, applied pigm

AN OLD COASTAL SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK, of wood in classic ovoid form, shell inset eyes, shell tassels, polychrome pigments PNG, 75cm

A FINE PAPUAN GULF CEREMONIAL DANCE MASK (lavai), the tapa covered cane frame decorated with polychrome pigments, feather tassels, and wood nose peg,

AN OLD BRAGA MOSQUITO MASK, of wood in classic ovoid form, old encrustations, weathered patina, PNG, 48cm Provenance: From a private Australian colle

A FINE SEPIK CEREMONIAL ORNAMENT, the woven cane frame with three turtleshell ancestor masks, decorated with polychrome pigments and fibre tassels, we

AN OLD BLACK WATER BARK ANCESTOR MASK, of wood sculpted with stylised ancestor visage and classic geometric motifs, PNG, 50cm Note: Ex-collection Dr.

AN OLD BLACK WATER BARK ANCESTOR MASK, of wood sculpted with stylised ancestor visage and classic geometric motifs, PNG, 66cm Note: Ex-collection Dr.

AN OLD BLACK WATER BARK ANCESTOR MASK, of wood sculpted with stylised ancestor visage and classic geometric motifs, decorated with polychrome pigments

A FINE AND EARLY SIASI ISLAND CEREMONIAL BOWL, c. early 20th Century, of wood decorated with classic zoomorphic motifs in relief, PNG, 79cm Provenanc