Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

A RARE CENTARA SUAU STONE PESTAL sculpted in the form of a stylised ancestor, decorated with geometric motifs infilled with white pigment, usewear

A RARE COCO DE MER CONTAINER the coconut shell with a hinged lid, Seychelles Islands, 30cm

A FINE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS BODY ORNAMENT of polychrome beads and finely woven fibre, 28x17cm

A FINE MASSIM CEREMONIAL STAFF of wood, the circular sectioned shaft below a sculpted openwork terminal of superpositioned ancestors, and classic i

A MASSIM SCULPTURE AND SPATULA of wood decorated with classic incised motifs, Trobriand Islands, 20 - 40cm Provenance: From an Australian co

A FINE MASSIM SPATULA of wood the openwork grip above a smooth wide blade, Trobriand Islands, 60cm

A FINE MASSIM CEREMONIAL SPATULA (gabaela) the turtle shell section decorated with classic incised motifs, old useware evident, Milne Bay Province,

A FINE AND OLD MASSIM SPLASH BOARD of wood in asymmetrical form with openwork apex featuring two ancestor figures, decorated in polychrome with cur

A FINE MASSIM SPLASH BOARD of wood in symmetrical form with openwork apex, decorated in polychrome with curvilinear motifs in relief, weathered wit

A NEW IRELAND SHARK CATCHER AND RATTLE of wood, cane and coconut shell, the float of classic waisted form pierced with woven cane rope, the rattle