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Fine Aboriginal & Oceanic Art — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:304
Sale Title:Fine Aboriginal & Oceanic ArtLots with images:297
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:243
Date:10-Sep-2017
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A Papua New Guinea Highlands shield, with large circular design in red and white ochre, Western Highlands region, Papua New Guinea, height 131 cm
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A Papua New Guinea highlands war shield, with striking design on face of white and red ochre, Southern Highlands region, Papua New Guinea, height 160 cm
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A New Guinea war shield, with central spine to face decorated with white and red ochre, Mendi region, highlands, Papua New Guinea, height 130 cm
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A Papua New Guinea Highlands shield, with striking cross design over black background, Western highlands region, Papua New Guinea, height 154 cm
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A New Guinea war shield, with ochre design of triangles and circles on black background, Mendi region, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, height 137 cm
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A Papua New Guinea highland shield, with polychrome design in ochres, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, height 131 cm
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A box of assorted Grass Skirts & Laplaps, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local Safeyoka/tribe language and worked with the local people, including founding schools and building an airstrip. From 1978 to 1987 Neville was…
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A box of assorted Grass Skirts, Laplaps & Tapa costume Articles, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local Safeyoka/tribe language and worked with the local people, including founding schools and building an airstrip. From…
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A box of assorted New Guinea artefacts, including an Obsidian dagger, a Tapa Beater & miniature Garamut, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local Safeyoka/tribe language and worked with the local people, including founding…
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An assortment of New Guinea tribal jewellery, including three pigs teeth necklaces, two cowrie shell necklaces & two bead necklaces, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local Safeyoka/tribe language and worked with the local…
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Two Pigs teeth necklaces on natural Fibre band, Kukukuku people, Papua New Guinea, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne, internal diameter approx 25 cm. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local Safeyoka/tribe language and worked with the local people, including…
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Two Pigs teeth necklaces on natural Fibre band, Kukukuku people, Papua New Guinea, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne, internal diameter approx 25 cm. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local Safeyoka/tribe language and worked with the local people, including…
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Two Pigs teeth necklaces on natural Fibre band, Kukukuku people, Papua New Guinea, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne, internal diameter approx 25 cm. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local Safeyoka/tribe language and worked with the local people, including…
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Two stone fighting clubs, wooden handle with original rattan binding, Kukukuku people, Papua New Guinea, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne, length 72 & 68 cm. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local Safeyoka/tribe language and worked with the local people,…
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Three fighting clubs, two with stone discs, and one with profusely carved finial, all original handles and rattan bindings, Kukukuku people, Papua New Guinea, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne, length 70 - 94 cm. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local…
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Two fighting clubs & a fighting axe, one with a stone disc, axe with light green stone blade, and club with profusely carved finial, Kukukuku people, Papua New Guinea, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne, length 44 - 88 cm. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the…
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A collection of approximately twenty Arrows, assorted lengths, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local Safeyoka/tribe language and worked with the local people, including founding schools and building an airstrip. From 1978…
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A collection of approximately thirteen Arrows, assorted lengths, Kukukuku people, Papua New Guinea, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local Safeyoka/tribe language and worked with the local people, including founding schools…
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A collection of approximately twelve Arrows + bow, a fighting stick, & woomera, assorted lengths, Kukukuku people, Papua New Guinea, the Estate of Mr Neville Bourne. Provenance: Neville Bourne went to New Guinea in 1967 as a Missionary/Linguist for the Baptist church, after a time in Okapa via Goroka he settled in the village of Umba in 1970 with an Angan (Kukukuku) tribal group and over a period of 30 years he translated books of the bible into the local Safeyoka/tribe language and worked with the local…
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A Gope board, with incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 119 cm
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A Gope board, with incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 142 cm
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A Gope board, with incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 112 cm
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A Gope board, with incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 111 cm
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A Gope board, with powerful design of an ancestral figure with exaggerated eyes, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 66 cm
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A Gope board, incised and painted design in the form of an ancestral figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 69 cm
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A Gope board, with incised design painted with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 55 cm
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A Gope board, with incised design of an ethereal ancestral being, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 72 cm
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A dance Wand for ceremonial headdress and a yam figure decoration, Wosera, Southern Abelam, Papua New Guinea, 60 x 26 cm [headdress]
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A canoe Splashboard 'Lagun', Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: ex. David Baker collection Sydney, 95 x 56 cm
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A Massim female figure, in the form of a side table, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 51 cm
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A standing female ancestor figure, beautifully painted with shell decorations, Sepik region Papua New Guinea, height 51 cm
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A standing male ancestor figure, carved wood decorated with shell eye, Sepik river region, Papua New Guinea, height 53 cm
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A mask made on turtle shell, fine molded clay face with intricate painted designs, Sepik region Papua New Guinea, height 33 cm
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An early Massim figural bowl, the bowl is supported by two finely carved ancestor figures, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 46 cm
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A Trobriand Islands side table, in hard wood with glossy patina and incised design to rim, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 46 cm
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A finger drum, with incised curvilinear design to barrel sides, lizard skin top, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 33 cm
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A food bowl, with figurative carvings to both ends, Papua New Guinea, height 11, diameter 35 cm
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A finely crafted food bowl, incorporating an elegant bird neck and head design, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 15 cm, L 44 cm
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A lime spatula and serving Implement, sever in the form of an out stretched hand and spatula with profusely carved handle, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea and Africa, length 36 cm [hand]
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Three woven baskets, all with lids and woven loop handles, Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, height 43 cm [tallest]
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A carved tribal figure with shell eyes & Kina shell necklace, Japandie village, Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, height 138 cm
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A Papuan Gulf shield, with incised design to face decorated with natural ochres, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, height 114 cm
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An Angoram ancestral figure, in fretwork design decorated with cowrie shells and cassowary feathers, Angoram village, Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, height 141 cm
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An Abelam Balsa wood yam mask, with woven cassowary and parrot feather headdress, Maprik region, East Sepik Provence, Papua New Guinea, height 23 cm
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A Sepik river ancestral hook, decorated with natural ochres and woven fibre anklets and wristbands, middle Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 89 cm
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A Trobriand Islands food platter in the form of a fish, with shell eye, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, length 64 cm
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A set of three New Guinea stone implements, two mount Hagen axe blades and mounted stone implement with rattan binding, length 21 - 36 cm
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A stone axe with cane Binding, Buka Island, Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea, length 28 cm
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Five fine stone adze blades, three in green stone, two in mottled stone, Baliem Valley, West Papua, length 15 - 28 cm
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A stone mortar & pestle, applied figures on outside of mortar, New Guinea, 19 x 22 cm
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A Massim sword club, with incised pattern and glossy patina on handle, on metal stand, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 66 cm
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A Gope board, with incised and painted design of an ancestral figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 70 cm
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A Gope board, with unusual figurative design, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 77 cm
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A Gope board, with incised and painted design of an ancestral figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 74 cm
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A Gope board, with incised design painted with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 67 cm
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A Gope board, with incised design painted with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 74 cm
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An ancestral bust, deeply weathered, possibly a garamut finial, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, length 28 cm
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An Obsidian spear, with incised and painted mounting, on bamboo shaft, on custom steel stand, Admiralty Islands (Manus), Papua New Guinea, height 175 cm
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A Kwoma cult pottery figure, with janus face, with incised markings and painting design, on custom steel stand, Waskuk region, upper Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, height 41 cm
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An Massim ebony staff, profusely carved and with inlaid mother of pearl, on custom metal stand, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 87 cm
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A fine Sepik suspension hook, in the form of a human figure with arms hanging loosely and cowrie shell eyes, Latmul people, Sepik river, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: Galleries Primitive Woollahra, purchased 1960's, length 120 cm
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A yam mask, finely woven on natural fibre decorated with polychrome ochres, Abelam people, Maprik region, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: Ron Perry, 24 x 29 cm
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A Kakame figure, carved from the roots of a mangrove tree and decorated with incised design and natural ochres, Namau coast, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, 34 x 54 cm
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A large Garamut drum, intricately carved design to sides and two fine finials, with some damage as per images. Mounted on custom steel stands. Late nineteenth or early twentieth century, Murik Lakes, lower Sepik river region, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: acquired from a family in Castlemaine Victoria. Collected before 1920., 215 x 46 x 31 cm
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A ceremonial dance mask, Boiken, Sassoya Region, Prince Alexander mountains, Papua New Guinea, 50 x 24 cm
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An Abelam Tambaran spirit mask, 'Nngwalndu', Maprik area, Papua New Guinea, 76 x 32 cm
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A large well-woven & decorated yam mask, 'Babamini', Abelam, height 35 cm
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Two finely woven Abelam yam masks, Maprik region, Prince Alexander mountains, Papua New Guinea, length 28 - 29 cm
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An old Haus Tambaran head, placed in small windows at front of spirit house, Sawos region, middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea, 34 x 20 cm
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A fine wooden Abelam yam mask, well painted with traditional ochres, Western Wosera, 52 x 16 cm
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Highlands body ornaments, Nassa shell Headband, pig tusk & egg Cowrie pectoral, Wahgi Valley, length 35 cm [headband], diameter 30 cm [pectoral]
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Two ceremonial lime Gourds with carved bone Spatulas, pyrodecorative motifs, Trobriand Islands, length 29 - 31 cm
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Three coconut eye masks, Sassoya, Prince Alexander mountains, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, length 13 cm
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A yam mask, very finely woven, well-painted, 'Babamini', Southern Abelam, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, 66 x 25 cm
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A yam mask, very finely woven, well-painted, 'Babamini', Southern Abelam, East Sepik Papua New Guinea, 45 x 27 cm
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Two eye masks, woven cane surrounded by cassowary feathers, Sassoya, length 18 - 20 cm
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An old ceremonial bark belt, intricately engraved with geometric motifs & painted, Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea Highlands, diameter 31 cm, height 14 cm
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An old ceremonial bark belt, intricately engraved with geometric motifs & painted, Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea Highlands, diameter 26 cm, height 15 cm
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An old small drum, possibly made by a father for his small Son to use in dance, Marbuk village, lower Sepik river, height 37 cm
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Three betel Mortars, used to smash betel nuts for chewing, coastal Sepik / Ramu river, height 13 - 22 cm
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Two adzes, Sepik river region & Trobriand Islands, length 35 - 49 cm
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An old finely carved Gope board, made from the blade of a hardwood paddle, collected early 1970s, Papuan Gulf, height 55 cm
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A Bioma figure, collected early 1970s, Papuan Gulf, height 60 cm
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A Bioma figure, collected early 1970s, Papuan Gulf, height 64 cm
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Two crocodile canoe Prows, middle Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, height 32 - 34 cm
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Three wooden Abelam yam masks, well-carved and well-painted, Maprik region, Papua New Guinea, height 39 - 64 cm
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Three ancestral figures, middle Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, height 35 - 45 cm
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Three ancestral figures, Blackwater river, middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea, height 39 - 66 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 23 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 30 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 24 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, with tooth missing, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 27 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, with wide, gaping mouth, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 25.5 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, small chip to back and remnant glue, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 27 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, with handle bar moustache, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 25 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, glue remnant to front, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 28.5 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, with wide prominent forehead, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 29 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, with human hair and glue remnant, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 25 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, hole to cheek, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 26 cm
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A Nepalese ancestral mask, oval shaped head with smiling appearance, carved wood with an ancestral design based on traditional animist beliefs, influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism, Nepal. Provenance: Purchased in Kathmandu from local dealer Binod Khanal, length 21.5 cm
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