Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

A COLLECTION OF FOUR EASTERN HIGHLANDS ARROWS in classic composite form with bamboo shafts decorated with pokerwork motifs and woven cane bound har

A COLLECTION OF FOUR EASTERN HIGHLANDS ARROWS in classic composite form with bamboo shafts decorated with pokerwork motifs and woven cane bound har

A COLLECTION OF TWO HIGHLAND ARROWS AND ONE AUSTRALIAN SPEAR POINT two in classic composite form with bamboo shafts and woven cane bound hardwood t

A RARE OLD LOWER SEPIK DRUM (garamut) of wood decorated with figurative curvilinear motifs in relief, projecting terminals sculpted in the form of

A FINE AND RARE SEPIK DRUM (kundu) c. 1960's, of wood, in classic hourglass form, the mid section decorated with raised motifs and projecting st...

A SUPERB KWOMA ANCESTOR SCULPTURE (nogwi) c.1960s or earlier, of wood in classic sinuous abstract female form, the ovoid visage with projecting res

AN OLD YUAT RIVER HOUSE POST SECTION of wood sculpted with superpositioned ancestor faces and a central figure, weathered patina, PNG, 129 x 43cm<b

AN OLD YAMOK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE of wood decorated with resin and earth set shell, human hair and polychrome pigments, weather patina, PNG, 74 x 15c

AN OLD WOSERA CEREMONIAL YAM PLANTING STICK (gisa) of palm wood the truncated shaft below an openwork ancestor with projecting spike at apex, decor

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

AN OLD AWALA BODY ORNAMENT of shell embroided woven fibre with cowrie shell pendant, PNG, 46cm Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. F. Gerrits, acquire

A RARE COLLECTION OF EASTERN HIGHLANDS BODY ORNAMENTS c.1950s, two woven polychrome cane armbands, a woven polychrome fibre armband, and three bone

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

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

A HIGHLANDS BODY ORNAMENT (fofona) of shell embroided woven fibre decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 33 x 33cm

A FINE NEW HEBRIDES MARIONETTE MASK (temes nevimbure) the classic earth and resin sculpted ancestor visage with projecting phalic nose and pig tusk

A FINE NEW HEBRIDES ANCESTOR MASK of palm wood, the panel anterior with aplied earth and resin sculpted in the form of an ancestor visage with clas

A FINE NEW HEBRIDES ANCESTOR MASK of palm wood, the panel anterior with aplied earth sculpted in the form of an ancestor visage with classic projec

A SPLENDID AND RARE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS WAR CHARM c.19th to early 20th Century, of wood sculpted with an ancestor visage of fine features in relief b

AN OLD SOLOMON ISLAND GRAVE ORNAMENT (barava) of the openwork shell section, heavily weathered, 7cm Provenance: From a private Australian collec