Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

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

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

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 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

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

A KAREN SMOKING PIPE of wood usewear evident, Burma, 29cm

TWO SEPIK BONE DAGGERS PNG, 34 - 38cm

A COLLECTION OF TWO SEPIK CHEST PENDANTS the boar tusk bound with fibre and cane attached to threaded seed necklaces, PNG, 70 -81cm (2)

A COLLECTION OF THREE MELANESIAN ARTEFACTS a massim splash board, of wood in classic asymmetrical form, a tapa cloth of bark fibre and trade shells

A MASSIM FOOD BOWL of wood with short rim, old repair, weathered and encrusted, Trobriand Islands, 34cm

A MASSIM FOOD BOWL of wood in minimalist form, weathered and encrusted, Trobriand Islands, 41cm

TWO SOLOMAN ISLANDS CLUBS of wood one decorated with incised motif 43 - 39cm (2)

TWO MASSIM CEREMONIAL DAGGERS of wood decorated with geometric motifs, one with ancestor visage to grip terminal the other with white pigment infil

A NEW HEBRIDES CLUB of wood with sectioned apex above a tapering shaft with a notched terminal, smooth patina and varnish, Vanuatu, 75cm

A COOK ISLANDS CEREMONIAL CLUB of wood with spiked projections in relief, 146cm

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

A WEST AUSTRALIAN PARRING SHEILD of wood in classic ovoid form and slender section, the anterior undecorated, the rear with incised lineal motifs,

AN OLD CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN BOWL (coolamon) of softwood decorated with ochre bands, 64cm

A CAPE YORK SPEAR THROWER of wood with resin set shell section at grip terminal, notched peg at apex bound with resin set wire, rejoined, 84cm