Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

A SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK of wood, feather tassels, woven cane, rejoined, PNG, 70cm.

A WOSERA ANCESTOR MASK of wood in classic stylised anthropomorphic form with pipe protruding from the mouth, the anterior decorated with bright pol

A SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK of wood in the form of a stylised bird, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 34cm

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

AN OLD WOSERA YAM ANCESTOR MASK the openwork cane decorated with polychrome pigments and woven cane tassels, PNG, 26cm

A FINE EASTERN HIGHLANDS MUDMAN MASK the baked earth helmet with pierced eyes and mouth, set boar tusk and irregular set teeth, 28cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE of wood, shell eyes and fibre tassels, PNG, 114cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE of wood, inset shell eyes, fibre tassels, PNG, 116cm

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE of wood, polychrome pigments, shell eyes, PNG, 65cm

A KWOMA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (yina) of wood, polychrome pigments, PNG, 68x17cm

AN OLD KOMBE WAR CLUB of palmwood, the shaft decorated with figure of Moto in relief, New Britan, 110cm

TWO SEPIK SCULPTURES wood, fibre, fur, shell, PNG, 13-19cm (2)

TWO SEPIK SCULPTURES of wood, PNG, 26-29cm (2)

TWO SEPIK CERAMIC SCULPTURES in zoomorphic form, PNG, 20cm (2)

AN AIBOM CERAMIC POT PNG, 24x35cm

A SEPIK MASK wood, fibre, polychrome pigments, PNG, 56x25cm

TWO SEPIK BIRD SCULPTURES wood, polychrome pigments, PNG, 50-58cm (2)

AN OLD ASMAT CANOE PROW FRAGMENT of wood in classic openwork form depicting a stylised male with bird, remnant polychrome pigments, encrusted and w

AN ASMAT CANOE PROW FRAGMENT of wood sculpted in robust abstract form with a stylised male and bird motifs, encrusted with black pigment , Mbu Agam

AN ASMAT CANOE PROW FRAGMENT of wood in classic abstract openwork form, encrusted with black pigment black pigment, Irian Jaya, 74cm

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 i

A FINE AND OLD YAMOK DANCE COSTUME the woven cane base with ancestor mask ornament below an anthropomorphic ancestor sculpture at apex, resin set s

TWO MELANESIAN ARTEFACTS wood, polychrome pigments, woven grass fibre, 64-50cm (2)

TWO OCEANIC CLUBS wood and leather strap, 35-39cm (2)

AN OLD HIGHLANDS MASK of gourd shell clay overmould, the mouth with clay set pigs teeth, clay set feathers and seeds, remnant resin, smooth patina,

A SOLOMON ISLANDS NECK PENDANT the shell disc decorated with incised bird motifs attached to a necklace of threaded shell sections, 7-52cm

AN OLD ABELAM BONE DAGGER decorated with classic incised figurative motifs, weathered patina, PNG, 29cm

A FINE ABELAM SAGO PEG of wood in classic form with bird figure at apex, decorated with bright polychrome pigments, PNG, 50cm

TWO WEST PAPUAN STONE BLADES the edge ground stone with woven fibre binding at grip, PNG, 14-22cm (2)

A DIMIRI CERAMIC SAGO COOKING BOWL of classic wide rim form with shallow bowl, PNG, 30cm Note: Ex-collection Dr. F Gerrits, acquired by the vend

A SEPIK BONE DAGGER with ceramic ancestor visage at apex decorated with inset shell eyes, fibre tassels and polychrome pigments, PNG, 39cm Note:

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

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

TWO FINE SCHOETEN ISLANDS CEREMONIAL LADLES of wood and coconut shell, the slender circular section shafts sculpted with superpositioned ancestral

A SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS SMOKING PIPE of wood in zoomorphic form decorated with incised geometric motifs, stylised mouth, resin set eyes, remnant pigme

TWO EASTERN HIGHLANDS STRING BAGS c.1950s of woven polychrome fibre, PNG, 24-43cm (2) Provenance: Ex-collection Doreen Marks

A FINE EASTERN HIGHLANDS HEAD DRESS c.1950s, of bark fibre and feather attachments, PNG, 34cm Provenance: Ex-collection Doreen Marks

TWO EASTERN HIGHLANDS BODY ORNAMENTS c.1950s, of sewn Bark fibre, 26-29cm (2) Provenance: Ex-collection Doreen Marks

A COLLECTION OF EASTERN HIGHLANDS WEAVERS MATERIALS c.1950s, bark fibre strips, twisted polychrome fibre string and two woven sennit bands, PNG

TWO EASTERN HIGHLANDS HAIR COMBS c.1950s of palmwood, PNG, 23-24cm (2) Provenance: Ex-collection Doreen Marks

A COLLECTION OF EASTERN HIGHLANDS NECKLACES c.1950s two of threaded seed shell and one multistrand polychrome trade beads, PNG, 70-94cm (3)

A NORTH AUSTRALIAN HUNTING BOOMERANG of wood, in symmetrical form, smooth glossy patina, 72cm

A NORTH AUSTRALIAN BIRD HUNTING BOOMERANG of wood in symmetrical form, smooth finish, 49cm

AN OLD QUEENSLAND CLUB (nulla nulla) of wood, in slender form, varnished, 62cm

TWO QUEENSLAND CLUBS of wood, 65-81cm (2)

AN OLD DIDGERIDOO wood, polychrome ochres, 82cm

A YOLNGU CEREMONIAL BOARD of wood pierced and decorated with polychrome pigments, notch terminal, Arnhemland, 73cm

THREE TIWI FISHING SPEAR POINTS of hardwood in classic form with opposing barbed sections, decorated with geometric motifs in polychrome ochres, Ar

A QUEENSLAND HUNTING BOOMERANG of wood in slender section symmetrical form, glossy patina, 58cm

TWO CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN DANCE ORNAMENTS of fibre bound feather, 30 - 33cm (2) Provenance: From a private Australian collection originally acq