Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE of wood, resin set shell and feather and fibre tassels, PNG, 102cm

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

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE of wood, in the form of an orator, earth set shell, pig tusk and polychrome pigments, PNG, 82cm

A KWOMA ANCESTOR BOARD (mindja) of wood in classic abstract form, remnant polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 120cm

AN OLD TAMI ISLAND BOWL of wood decorated with incised figurative motifs and two raised grips to outer edge, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 82cm

AN OLD ASMAT CANOE PROW FRAGMENT of wood in classic openwork abstract form encrusted and weathered, Irian Jaya, 77 x 19cm

AN OLD MIDDLE SEPIK CANOE PROW FRAGMENT of wood sculpted in the form of a mythical crocodile and ancestor, encrusted and weathered, PNG, 69 x 26cm

AN OLD SEPIK DRUM (kundu) of wood, decorated with geometric motifs, projecting lug grip, polychrome pigments, PNG, 49cm

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

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