Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

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

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 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, 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

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 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, 66cm Note: Ex-collection Dr.

AN EARLY MASSIM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, c. early 20th Century, of wood sculpted in stylised anthropomorphic form, decorated with incised geometric motifs,

A FINE AND OLD ADMIRALTY ISLAND BOWL, c. 1950s, of wood with diminutive projections at base, decorated with classic geometric motifs, 60cm Note: This

N OLD MIDDLE SEPIK FOOD HOOK, of wood in the form of an ancestor, shell inset eyes, weathered patina, PNG, 46cm

AN OLD HUNSTEIN ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, c. 1940's of wood in female form, weathered, old encrustations, PNG, 64cm Provenance: From a private Austra...

AN OLD OKAPA DRUM, of wood the hollow tube in hour-glass form undecorated, PNG, 94cm Note: Ex-collection Dr. F Gerrits, acquired by the vendor in the

A FINE RAMU BOSMUN DRUM (garamut), of wood in classic monumental form, sculpted with hollow sound chamber and ancestor figures at terminals, geometric