Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

A FINE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS ANCESTOR FIGURE (timbuwarra) the overmoulded openwork woven cane frame in stylised male form, decorated with polychrome p

AN FINE BOIKEN CEREMONIAL MASK in helmut form, overmodelled cane frame decorated with encrusted earth, feathers, polychrome pigments, PNG, 35 x 20c

AN OLD ABELAM CEREMONIAL MASK (baba) of openwork woven cane in classic dimunitive form, decorated with polychrome pigments, PNG, 40 x 17cm Prove

A FINE COASTAL RAMU MASK c.1960s, of wood in ovoid form, the convex anterior with projecting ears, pierced eyes and septum above a diminutive mouth

A FINE AND OLD YUAT RIVER MASK of wood in ovoid form, pierced eyes, septum and mouth below a ridged forehead and arched brows, decorated with remna

AN OLD COASTAL SEPIK MASK of wood in ovoid form with protruding tongue below pierced eyes and serrated medial ridge to forehead, decorated with tri

A BLACKWATER RIVER ANCESTOR MASK of earth encrusted woven cane, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 65 x 38cm Provenance: From an

A FINE IATMUL SPEAR THROWER (wawi a kaino) c.1950s, the bamboo section shaft with openwork abstract sculpture attached with woven cane binding, wea

A FINE IATMUL SPEAR THROWER (wawi a kaino) c.1950s, the bamboo section shaft with openwork abstract sculpture attached with woven cane binding, wea

A SUPERB IATMUL CEREMONIAL SPEAR THROWER (mino) c.1950s, of wood in slender form and section, the tapering shaft with raised central ridge and pier