Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

A FINE TASMANIAN SHELL NECKLACE, of threaded purple mother of pearl seed shells, 140cm

A FINE TASMANIAN SHELL NECKLACE, of threaded mother of pearl seed shells, 70cm

A FINE TASMANIAN SHELL NECKLACE, of threaded blue mother of pearl seed shells, 170cm

AN OLD YOLNGU BASKET AND TWO NECKLACES, the basket of woven pandanus fibre, the necklaces of threaded seeds, Arnhemland, 27-120cm (3)

A FINE YOLNGU CEREMONIAL DANCE ORNAMENT, of pandanus fibre in the shape of an extended cone, decorated with polychrome ochres, Arnhemland, 37cm Prove

A FINE AND RARE TIWI FEATHER DANCE ORNAMENT, woven fibre band embroidered with feathers, 28cm Provenance: Ex. Private collection Sydney, Australia, f

A FINE AND RARE TIWI CEREMONIAL DANCE ORNAMENT, woven fibre band embroidered with feather tassels and red seeds, polychrome ochres, 20cm Provenance:

A COLLECTION OF THREE FINE TIWI DANCE ORNAMENTS, woven fibre bands embroidered with feather tassels, polychrome ochres, 12-22cm (3) Provenance: Ex. P

A COLLECTION OF FOUR FINE TIWI DANCE ORNAMENTS, the woven fibre bands, feather tassels, polychrome ochres, 10-28cm (4) Provenance: Ex. Private collec

A FINE TIWI FEATHER LOIN COVER, of fibre string and feather tassels, 40cm Provenance: Ex. Private collection Sydney, Australia, formerly A. McAlpine

A FINE TIWI MOURNING BODY ORNAMENT, resin set red tail black cockatoo feathers, woven fibre and polychrome ochres, 40cm Provenance: Ex. Private colle

A FINE YOLNGU DANCE ORNAMENT, of resin set tail feathers above a sectioned wood spike, Arnhemland, 32cm Provenance: Ex. Private collection Sydney, Au

A FINE TIWI CEREMONIAL DANCE ORNAMENT, resin set feathers, woven fibre and polychrome ochres, 53cm Provenance: Ex. Private collection Sydney, Austral

A FINE AND EARLY WEST AUSTRALIAN BODY ORNAMENT (lonka lonka), c. 19th century of pearl shell, decorated with incised esoteric linear motifs infilled w

TWO FINE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BODY ORNAMENTS (lonka lonka), the pearl shell with incised esoteric motifs, infilled with ochre, pierced apex, 10-16cm (2)

A FINE WEST AUSTRALIAN BODY ORNAMENT (lonka lonka), the pearl shell with incised esoteric motifs, infilled with ochre, pierced apex, 18cm Provenance:

A FINE AND EARLY WEST AUSTRALIAN BODY ORNAMENT (lonka lonka), the pearl shell with incised esoteric motifs, infilled with ochre, pierced apex, 24cm P

A FINE MORNINGTON ISLAND CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, the conical bark frame covered with spun hair and wool string, decorated with polychrome ochres, feathe

A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE ETHNOGRAPHIC SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIAN / NEW SOUTH WALES BROAD SHIELD, 19th Century, of hardwood, stone shaped in classic ovoid for

A FINE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SHIELD (wunda), c. 1950's, of hardwood, decorated with linear banding front and rear, prominent lug grip to rear, ochr...

AN EARLY AND RARE SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIAN BROAD SHIELD, c. 19th Century of hardwood, in classic form with flaring mid section tapering to slender termin

AN EARLY INCISED PARRING SHIELD, of hardwood, remnant ochre covering, glossy patina, Southwestern Australia, 85cm Provenance: Ex-private collection

A SUPERB AND EARLY WEST VICTORIAN PARRYING SHIELD, c. 1830's, of wood, stone shaped in classic narrow form, the anterior decorated with incised ...

A SUPERB ETHNOGRAPHIC NORTH QUEENSLAND RAINFOREST SWORD CLUB, 19th Century, of hardwood in classic monumental form of ovoid section with projecting re

A SUPERB ETHNOGRAPHIC SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIAN CLUB, 19th Century, of hardwood, the circular section shaft with bulbous apex tapering to notched terminal

A FINE AND EARLY SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIAN CLUB, c. 19th Century, of wood, the circular section shaft incised with linear banding, tapering to a stippled

A FINE AND EARLY SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIAN FIGHTING CLUB, c. 1860's, of hardwood, the circular section shaft tapering to a bulbous terminal and notc...

AN FINE SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIAN THROWING CLUB, of hardwood the bulbous striking section tapering to a smooth circular section terminal, glossy patina, 65

TWO EARLY FIGHTING CLUBS, of hardwood with flaring heads above a tapering shaft, weathered and encrusted, Queensland, 54 - 64cm (2) Provenance: Ex-pr

AN OLD CLUB AND A DECORATED SOUND TUBE, of hardwood the tube with polychrome motifs, the club of unusual form incised with curvilinear motifs, smooth

A FINE CEREMONIAL TIWI CLUB, Walankrautjimi (deceased), c. 1958, ochres on ironwood, 61cm Provenance: From a private Australian collection, ex-collec

AN EARLY AND RARE SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIAN SPEAR THROWER, c. 19th Century, of wood, in slender form, notched terminal above an undulating mid section wit

A RARE ETHNOGRAPHIC KADAITJA BOARD, c. 1890's of wood, stone shaped, in the form of a spear thrower, the anterior with classic zigzag herringbon...

A FINE AND EARLY SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DIGGING STICK CLUB (nulla nulla) , c. 19th Century of hardwood, the circular section shaft tapering to a notched gri

A RARE WEST AUSTRALIAN KADAITJA BOARD, c. 1920's of hardwood, in the form of a spear thrower, the anterior with incised linear motif, resin notc...

A FINE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SPEAR THROWER, c. 1910, of hardwood in unusual robust form, the anterior acute concavity, the rear decorated with incised line

A FINE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SPEAR THROWER, c. 1935 of hardwood, stone shaped, the anterior incised with figurative motifs, hardwood peg attached with sine

A FINE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN SPEAR THROWER, of wood, stone shaped in classic slender form, with deep concavity to anterior, resin and sinew set peg, old

A FINE AURUKUN SPEARTHROWER, of hardwood in classic slender section form, resin set peg and shell sections at grip, glossy patina, Cape York, 86cm Pr

TWO EARLY DECORATED YOLNGU SPEAR THROWERS, of softwood in classic slender form with wasted grip, fibre and resin set pegs, polychrome ohcres, 67 - 77c

A FINE DECORATED NORTHWEST AUSTRALIAN SPEARTHROWER, of softwood the ovoid section shaft with a waisted cane bound grip, tapering to a pointed terminal

A RARE AND EARLY NEW SOUTH WALES SPEAR THROWER, c. 19th Century of hardwood, the ovoid section shaft tapering to a flared grip terminal, fibre set peg

A DECORATED HARDWOOD MESSAGE BOARD, decorated with remnant polychrome ochres, Southwest Australia, 39cm Provenance: Ex-private collection USA, origin

TWO ETHNOGRAPHIC MESSAGE STICKS, c. 19th Century of wood in diminutive ovoid section, incised with esoteric motifs, old ochre cover, smooth patina, Ne

A RARE GROOTE EYLANDTE CEREMONIAL BOARD (bullroarer), of wood decorated with polychrome ochres, one side with geometric motifs the other with a kangar

A FINE INCISED CEREMONIAL BOARD (bullroarer), c. early 20th Century, of hardwood, stone shaped ovoid section and elongated ovoid form decorated with c

A FINE INCISED CEREMONIAL PEARL SHELL (churinga), c. early 20th Century, the shaped ovoid section pearl shell decorated with incised esoteric linear m

A FINE INCISED CEREMONIAL BOARD (bullroarer), c. early 20th Century, of hard wood, stone shaped ovoid section and elongated ovoid form, decorated with

WEST AUSTRALIAN CEREMONIAL BOARD (bullroarer), of wood, stone shaped with pierced apex, glossy patina, 28cm Provenance: Form an Australian collection

A FINE INCISED CEREMONIAL BOARD (churinga), c. 1920's, of wood in conical form, decorated with classic incised esoteric curvilinear motifs, old ...