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The Todd Barlin Collection, Part 1 — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
| Auction House: | Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | Number of lots recorded: | 311 |
| Sale Title: | The Todd Barlin Collection, Part 1 | Lots with images: | 311 |
| Auction Location: | Sydney | Prices available: | 303 |
| Date: | 17-Aug-2015 |
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A Garra mask, Hunstien Mountains, East Sepik Province, finely carved and ochre painted designs, on custom made stand. 83 cm
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Three New Guinea artefacts, including an old food bowl; Ex Allen Christensen collection no.cc60720, a carved face Vao Island, Malekula and a finely incised Keram River bamboo lime container. 29 - 56 cm (3)
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A fine old ancestor figure, Keram River, New Guinea . Provenance: collected in 1967 by Peter Mann, Ex Alex Philips, Melbourne. 35 cm
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Two fine old Abelam bird carvings, one a long beaked bird with fine ochre painted designs on a custom stand, the other made from bamboo and ochre painted decorations, used to present betel nut during important ceremonies. 55 cm, 70 cm
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A Yina figure, Kwoma people, Waskuk area, upper Sepik, this very expressive Yina has all the attributes of good Kwoma sculpture, looking at the side view the nose is suspended from the forehead, much of the original ochre painted designs intact. Yina is one of three distinct ceremonies held annually in the villages of the kwoma, Nukuma and Mayo speakers of the upper Sepik River, these ceremonies are associated with the harvesting of yams. Yina is the first of the yam harvest ceremonies. The basic…
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Two finely woven Abelam Baba Tagwa masks, the Abelam and neighboring peoples of the Prince Alexander Mountains in the Sepik region of northeast New Guinea create several types of basketry masks. They include the type seen here, known in the Abelam language as baba tagwa, which is worn over the head like a helmet, as well as the yam masks used to decorate the gigantic long yams grown and exchanged competitively by Abelam men. Among the Abelam, baba tagwa masks are associated with the male initiation cycle,…
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A bird shaped dance Wand, north Malaita Island, Eastern Solomon Islands, beautifully carved and painted on both sides. 53 cm
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Six Cassowary bone daggers, including: four from the Abelam area, one which is a very fine and old dagger with a spirit face, two are from the Asmat area with woven tops and cassowary and seeded ornamentation. 34 - 38 cm (6)
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