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Fine & Decorative Arts — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:710
Sale Title:Fine & Decorative ArtsLots with images:666
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:544
Date:25-Feb-2012
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Book, Oceanic Art. Anthony Meyer. Pub. Koneman, 1995. 2 volumes.
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Massim lime gourd with pig tusk wealth Item stopper. Use patination. Height 21 cm
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Solomon Islands carved bowl. Pointed oval form with incised rim. Length 46 cm
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Five Trobrian Islands artefacts. Two fish form dishes; high set longhouse; ancestor figure; and figure supporting a bowl. Height 37 cm (house)
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Papua New Guinea carved female spirit figure. Part gable or post with old red oil paint applied to figure. Collected 1940s. Some losses and minor splitting. Height 41 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved wooden figure. Coastal Sepik. Old patina hardwood. Height 20 cm
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Massim Papua New Guinea spatula. Carved male ancestor figure to top. Old split verso. Length 46 cm
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Papua New Guinea turtle and shell Magic Amulet. Shell money fringe on entire turtle shell containing grasses. Height 18 cm
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Aboriginal woomera. Incised and pecked decoration. Old use patination S. E. Australia. Length 63 cm
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Eastern Solomon Islands dance Wand. Carved figure surrounded by totem. Old loss to one side. E x Dawkins collection, late 1930s. Length 48 cm
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Liberian Dan Race mask. Cowrie and hair decorated. Height 39 cm
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Dan headdress. Cane armature with mirror fabric and cowrie decoration. Height 64 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea woven shell ornaments. Blue and red dyed breast ornament; and patterned mat. 27 x 23 cm (mat)
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6 various Aboriginal artefacts. Low sided carrier, pyrographed decoration; coolamon, ochre coated; bent digging stick; carved acacia woomera; club style woomera; Tiwi type spear head (losses). Length 67 cm (carrier)
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Fijian kava bowl. Conical form with pendant face form triangle at rim. Diameter 38 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved canoe prow. Crocodile head surmounted by totemic figure. Old losses and splits. Lower Sepik. Length 53 cm
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Three carved bowls. Large oval bowl with a rope style carved rim; Trobriand bowl with large flat terminals; and pointed oval Solomon Islands bowl. Length 50 cm (largest)
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Pacific kava bowl. Conical form with pendant lug in human face form. Fine crack. Diameter 38 cm
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Papua New Guinea woven cane basket and woven string Billum, the latter with faded polychrome decoration. Old glued repair to basket handle. Length 58 cm width 38 cm
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Large Papua New Guinea carved Asmat drum. Incised repeating pattern to base. Long village use patina. No membrane. Height 140 cm
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Navajo woven hanging. 'Yei' American native women by Anna Teller. Fred Harvey tag. 72 x 87 cm wool
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Two Sumatran woven Tampan. Stylised human figures. 43 x 41 cm (largest)
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Papua New Guinea flute stopper. Crocodile head surmounted by hornbill. Sepik river. Use patina. Length 45 cm
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Papua New Guinea large Gable mask. Ramu river flute mask style. Old ochre and village use patina. Split and losses. Length 120 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea Yam Ceremony masks. Woven cane and grass with bright polychrome finish. Old smoke patina. Abelam area. Length 35 cm (largest)
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Papua New Guinea gourd lime pot and Dipper. Overmodeled with cowrie studded clay. Middle Sepik. Length 36 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sepik shield. Height 105 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved Minja. Large yam ceremony minja. Kwoma people, upper Sepik. Some losses. Height 160 cm
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Papua New Guinea lime container. Stylised spear form with fine cane binding. Length 65 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea Sepik bone Daggers. Pointed femur bones with incised decoration, 1 being mask pattern. Length 35 cm (average)
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Papua New Guinea carved Gable mask. Actual use patination. Losses. Biwat village, Yuat river. Length 52 cm
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Papua New Guinea ancestor mask. Ochre stained unadorned carving. Kararau village, middle Sepik. Height 51 cm
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Massim carved turtle form bowl. Ornate incised lime filled decoration under. Old repairs to neck and tail. Collected Papua New Guinea 1940s. Length 55 cm
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Solomon Islands decorative bowl. Carved animal ends with mother of pearl inlay. Length 39 cm
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Papua New Guinea stool. Three curved supports to undecorated top and base. Old splits. Losses. Actual use patination. Collected 1940s. Height 28 cm
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Papua New Guinea bark belt. Incised and chip carved crossed rectangle decoration. Old red and green polychrome infill.55 x 14 cm
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Trobriand carved female figure. Carved in hardwood bearing a crocodile decorated betel and mortar on her head. Old splits and use patination. Break accross base. Collected 1940s. Height 66 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sepik Fertility figure. Female in face decorated armature. Old ochre and lime colour with use patina. Height 110 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved spirit mask. Old dark patina. Japanant village, middle Sepik. Length 56 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved wood mask. Raised medial line with impasto ochred decoration surface. Torrecelli Mountains, Sepik river. Length 43 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved dance mask. Ramu river. Older charred interior patina. Length 48 cm
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Liberia Dan Ge Gon mask. Jaw trimmed with spotted fur. Height 24 cm
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Papua New Guinea Muai mask. Shell decorated bridged nose with hornbill terminal. Large losses to clay trim at sides and forehead. Korogo, middle Sepik. Length 100 cm
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Papua New Guinea ancestor figure. Dense hardwood carving of a figure surmounted by hornbill. Shell, clay, feather and hair decoration. Long village use patina. Length 112 cm
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Sepik ancestor figure. Draped with snake. Height 73 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved Gope board. Spirit face in relief with brown in white ochre. U se patina. Small losses to one edge. Height 142 cm
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19th century Congo Yam axe. Forged iron pick/blade inserted through decorated hardwood handle. Length 66 cm
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Western Pacific turtle bone axe. Bone blade lashed to notched handle. Mortlock Islands, the Carolines. Length 50 cm
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Papua New Guinea men's house decoration. Carved and ochre painted long billed bird. Abelam, Sepik river. Height 78 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sepik mask. Overmodelled turtle shell with woven grass headband and feather beard. Old patination. E x Gerritsfield collection (1967). Small losses. Height 27 cm
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Papua New Guinea large suspension hook. Inset shell eyes. Surface damage and losses. Height 120 cm
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Papua New Guinea Orators stool. Carved female ancestor figure to back. Collected 1940s. Height 69 cm
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Papua New Guinea Drowning woman Kwoma figure. Carved recumbent figure with ochre decoration. Height 85 cm
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Papua New Guinea Yam Ceremony Minja. Large carved and ochred mask on hooked base. Kwoma people, upper Sepik. Losses and faults. Height 163 cm
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Papua New Guinea large woven Gable mask. Lashed split cane with old smoky fat patina. Middle Sepik. Height 100 cm
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Aboriginal decorative shield. Ochre style enamel motif. Mid 20th century. Length 80 cm
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Papua New Guinea Asmat drum. Relief carved with lime and ochre coloration. Hornbill handles. Split. Height 66 cm
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Papua New Guinea suspension food hook. Carved hardwood male figure. Losses to eyes. Middle Sepik. Height 85 cm
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Four various Papua New Guinea Bougainville baskets. Woven cane and grass buka, one pot form with lid. Length 62 cm (largest)
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Papua New Guinea Gope board. Relief carved with lime infill. Central Papuan Gulf. Length 84 cm
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Three Ethnographic portrait studies from 'Cooks Voyages.' all by Benard. Plates 36,37 and 51. 21 x 17 cm (each) engraving (3)
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Papua New Guinea invitation headdress. Earth pigments on palm spath construction. Height 145 cm
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Papua New Guinea Siassi drum. Stylised incised fish decoration. Losses to waist. Huon Gulf, Morobe Province. Height 64 cm
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Papua New Guinea ancestor figure. Plain carved figure on stool. Yensinmungua, middle Sepik. Height 78 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea wood and seed Armbands. Ceremonial style with yellow ochre and seeds embedded in resin. Some losses. Length 13 cm
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Indonesian Dulang. Carved and turned dish on pedestal. U se patination. Height 25 cm diameter 37 cm
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African Mali headdress. Carved wood head surmounted by tapir. Grass trim to base. Height 42 cm
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Papua New Guinea bamboo containers and dagger. Two containers and 1 lime pot with darkened incised decorations; soot encrusted leg bone dagger. Length 34 cm (dagger)
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Papua New Guinea mask and stopper. Relief carved with grass feather and ochre. U pper Sepik. Lower portion sawn off. Also crocodile form stopper. Woven grass and ochred decoration. Height 56 cm and length 53 cm
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Two Burmese or Thai carved panels. Elephants in low relief. Architectural elements. Repaired split to one. 28 x 42 cm (each)
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Pair Indonesian carved birds. Ebonised dense wood. Old crack to 1 base. Height 31 cm (tallest)
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Papua New Guinea chest ornaments. Coloured, plaited string hemmed with shells and two large cowries. Bena Bena, Eastern Highlands. Height 25 cm (each)
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Papua New Guinea decorated Tapa cloth. Lobed radiating pattern. Baining people, New Britain.125 x 80 cm
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Papua New Guinea upper Sepik female ancestor figure food hook. Ochre pigments and shell eyes. Old losses. Height 63 cm
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Papua New Guinea Hunstein cult hook. Deep carved hardwood with applied lime and ochre. Sepik. Height 88 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved double mask. Deeply carved inverted heads. Torrecetti Mountains, upper Sepik. Village use patination. Length 80 cm
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Aboriginal Womens digging stick and club. Fire banded hardwood with incised end. Use patina. Length 126 cm
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Papua New Guinea dagger and Fly Whisk. Cassowary dagger with unused barbed point quill, feather and shell decorated. Cane handled feather whisk. Length 38 cm (dagger)
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Two Papua New Guinea carvings. Ancestor figure in dense hardwood; and bird figure, 'Kokomo.' both Yamok village, middle Sepik. Height 37 cm (bird)
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Papua New Guinea fish Mouth drum. Incised whorls and finely worked mouth with polychrome decoration. Retains reptile membrane (split). Gulf of Papua. Length 77 cm
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Papua New Guinea basket hook. U nadorned carving with old ochre patina. Yensinmungua, middle Sepik. Length 85 cm
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Solomon Islands wood club. Tapering, oval cross section with raised medial line each side of flat tip. Old use patina. Malaita Island. Small losses. Length 107 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved Gable mask. Hardwood with inset cowrie eyes and ochre decoration. Yamok village, middle Sepik. Length 70 cm
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Tibetan Fungus mask. Applied leather nose and old fabric cord verso. Antique wa x support seal. 16 x 25 cm
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Papua New Guinea 'Headhunters' horn. Hollowed long cone with incised decoration. Losses to mouth end. Old patina. Length 69 cm
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Papua New Guinea highland spirit mask. Bark over cane with tusk, teeth and ochre decoration. Length 30 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sago board with Effigy head. Relief carved back, lime and ochre decoration. Asmat. Height 70 cm
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David Blanasi, Didgeridoo, Arnhem Land. Billy Marshall 'Stoneking' Collection. Resin filled splits and wa x losses to mouth piece. Length 131 cm
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Aboriginal Tiwi painted hollow pole. Tiwi Islands. Goanna and fish designs on hatched background. Natural earth pigments. Length 187 cm
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Aboriginal spear thrower. Well worked thin acacia, with resin set quartz cutter in handle. Length 93 cm
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Aboriginal dance shield. Acacia, inscribed both sides. Collected central Desert 1950s. Length 77 cm
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Aboriginal shark skin food scraper. String laced to carved wood paddle. Use patina. Length 38 cm
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Aboriginal woomera. Incised whorls and lines to back. Missing tooth. Length 76 cm
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Aboriginal club and utility stick. Fine stone worked surface with old use patina. Later mounting hole drilled through. Length 70 cm
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Aboriginal snake form stick. Shaped acacia. Collected central Desert late 1950s. Length 77 cm
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Aboriginal hunting boomerang. Stone worked grooved shaft. Collected central Desert late 1950s. Length 76 cm
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Aboriginal hunting boomerang. Grooved and ochred 'Top' side. Length 77 cm
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Aboriginal shield. Longitudinal grooving. Dark ochre with old white traces. Use patination. Length 63 cm
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Ceremonial blade. Ochre and paint in geometric pattern. Length 76 cm
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Tiwi ceremonial spear. Banded dot decoration. Old losses and resin repair. U se patina. Length 182 cm
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