Fine Tribal, Aborigional Art and International Antiquities

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