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Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art & International Antiquities — Guy Earl-Smith & Antiquity

Auction House:Guy Earl-Smith & AntiquityNumber of lots recorded:398
Sale Title:Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art & International AntiquitiesLots with images:392
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:144
Date:17-Aug-2008
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Two Highland Hair Combs, of wood,Papua New Guinea, 24 x 7 cm (2)
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A Sepik ceramic whistle, of baked clay, Papua New Guinea, 10 x 9 cm
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A Maori canoe ancestor mask, of wood in classic robust form, weathered, New Zealand, 38 x 17 cm
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A Sepik Canoe Shield Mask, of wood decorated with fibre tassels,Papua New Guinea, 39 x 16 cm
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An Abelam Ceremonial Headdress, of wood, the ancestor visage in relief to anterior below an openwork apex of a bird of paradise motif, decorated with polychrome pigments,Papua New Guinea, 94 x 28 cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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An old Aitape ancestor mask, of wood in classic abstract form, the convex anterior with applied red pigment, weathered, north CoastPapua New Guinea, 45 cm
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A Ramu River Ancestor Mask, of wood, decorated with cane bound feather tassels, earth encrusted,Papua New Guinea, 80 cm
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A Gogodala ancestor mask, of wood with raised central visage decorated with polychrome pigment and resin set seed, Papua New Guinea, 52 x 31 cm
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A Lower Sepik Ancestor Mask, of wood, sculpted in relief in the form of an ancestor visage, shell set eye decorated with incised motifs, polychrome pigments, 58 cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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A Lower Sepik Ancestor Mask, of wood with woven cane frame decorated with incised geometric motifs, fibre tassels, remnant polychrome pigments,Papua New Guinea, 41 cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, decorated with fibre, feather and seed tassels, Papua New Guinea, 26 x 19 cm
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A Sepik ancestor Mask, of wood decorated with polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 45 x 18 cm
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An Old Sepik Stool, of wood decorated with incised geometric motifs,Papua New Guinea, 25 x 19 cm
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An Old Sepik Stool, of wood decorated with polychrome pigments,Papua New Guinea, 31 x 24 cm
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An old Sepik stool, of wood, decorated with geometric motifs in relief and polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 43 x 31 cm
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A Massim Bowl, of wood, the shallow ovoid bowl with projecting terminals, the outer rim decorated with incised geometric motifs and remnant infill, Trobriand Islands, 53 x 15 cm
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A Massim Ceremonial Bowl, of wood, the two ovoid shallow dishes with central waisted section decorated with incised geometric motifs, remnant pigment infill, Trobriand Islands, 43 x 17 cm
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Two Waskuk Ladles, the projecting wooden grip sculpted with figurative motifs in relief attached with cane binding to coconut shell spoons,Papua New Guinea, 63-64 cm (2)
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A Fijian Bark Cloth (tapa), decorated with geometric motifs in polychrome pigments, 130 x 120 cm
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A Highlands Bark Cloth, of sago fibre decorated with geometric motifs in polychrome pigments,Papua New Guinea, 170 x 90 cm
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A Fine Buka Island Basket, of tightly woven polychrome cane, smooth patina, 62 cm
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A Fine Buka Island Basket, of tightly woven polychrome cane, smooth patina, 17 cm
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A Rare Hermit Island Axe, shell section blade bound with resin and fibre to a wooden shaft, decorated with raised motif, weathered and encrusted, Micronesia, 47 cm
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An Old Sepik Ceremonial Staff, of wood sculpted with ancestor motifs in relief,Papua New Guinea, 120 cm
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An old Massim dance club, of wood in slender section, the apex decorated with incised geometric motifs, remnant pigment infill, smooth patina, Trobriand Islands, 87 x 17 cm
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A collection of three highland axe heads, the edge ground obsidian blade, smooth patina, Papua New Guinea, 10-26 cm (3)
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A Mt Hagen Ceremonial Axe Frame, of wood, with cane binding, weathered and encrusted,Papua New Guinea, 54 x 36 cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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A Lower Sepik Ceremonial Staff, of wood with inset shell,Papua New Guinea, 153 cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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Two Highland Axes, of wood, cane, one with stone,Papua New Guinea 38-57 cm (2) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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An Oceanic Dance Club, of wood with remnant fibre binding at grip, 69 x 14 cm
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A Massim Sago Spatula, of wood in slender section, with zoomorphic motif at apex, Trobriand Islands, 150 cm
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A Massim Sago spatula, of wood in slender section, with openwork motif at apex, Trobriand Islands, 157 cm
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A Sepik Ancestor Hook, of wood, decorated with shell set eyes, polychrome pigments, weathered,Papua New Guinea, 58 x 17 cm
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A Sepik Ancestor Sculpture, of wood, remnant polychrome pigment, 53 x 13 cm
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A Sepik Ancestor Mask, of wood, decorated with ancestor motifs in relief, polychrome pigments,Papua New Guinea, 47 x 34 cm
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Two Wosera Sago Pegs, of wood in classic ancestor form with bird figures at apex above mask faces and split terminals, decorated with polychrome pigments,Papua New Guinea, 48-54 cm (2)
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An old Abelam ancestor sculpture, of wood in diminutive stylised yam ancestor form, decorated with polychrome pigments, weathered patina, Papua New Guinea, 29 cm
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Three Sepik Amulet Masks, of wood, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes,Papua New Guinea 7-8 cm (3) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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Two Sepik Amulet Masks, of wood, shell set eyes,Papua New Guinea 33-38 cm (2) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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Three New Guinea Artefacts, of wood, 50-55 cm (3) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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Three Sepik Sculptures, of wood, in the form of pigs,Papua New Guinea, 14-19 cm (3) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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A Sepik Sculpture, of wood, in the form of two pigs in coitus,Papua New Guinea, 40 cm (2) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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Two Sepik Sculptures, of wood,Papua New Guinea, 30 cm (2) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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Three Sepik Sculptures, of wood, in the form of dolphins,Papua New Guinea, 20-37 cm (3) Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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A Massim Sculpture, of wood in the form of a female, white inlay, Trobriand Islands, 62 cm Provenance: From the Dr. David S. Johnson Collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art
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A Keram river story board, artist Emil Arane, of wood, sculpted in the form of a fish and mythological scene in relief, Papua New Guinea, 80 x 34 cm
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A Keram river story board, of wood, with openwork apex, depicting a mythological scene in relief, Papua New Guinea, 77 x 47 cm
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A Keram River Story Board, of wood, with open work apex, depicting a mythological scene in relief,Papua New Guinea, 57 x 24 cm
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A Keram River Story Board, of wood depicting a mythological scene in relief,Papua New Guinea, 65 x 28 cm
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A Keram River Story Board, of wood, depicting a mythological scene in relief,Papua New Guinea, 76 x 62 cm
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A Keram river story board, of wood, in openwork form, depicting a mythological scene, small split in wood, Papua New Guinea, 97 x 80 cm
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A Yolgnu Sound Tube (didgeridoo), of wood, decorated with figurative motifs, Arnhemland, 87 x 7 cm
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A Yolngu Sound Tube (didgeridoo), of wood, decorated with polychrome ochres, Arnhemland, 112 cm
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Borborbani (Elco Island), Burrwutji 1975, Ochres on canvas, Un-stretched 102 x 52 cm Provenance: From a Private Australian collection, Ex-collection Sandra Le Brun Holmes
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Artist Unknown (Arnhemland School) Macassan Prau Ochre on bark Old label verso 44 x 25 cm
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Artist Unknown Arnhemland School x -ray-kangaroo Ochres on bark 32 x 22 cm
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A Central Australian Sorcerer spear (kadaitja), of wood, the circular sectioned shaft tapering to a flaring apex with pointed terminal, old ochre cover below glossy smooth patina, 215 cm.
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A Yolngu Fighting Pick, of wood, the circular sectioned shaft with angle bend at apex tapering to a fine point, polychrome ochres, Arnhemland, 112 x 30 cm
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A Yolngu Spear Thrower, of wood, leaf form sinew bound peg at apex, resin bulb at grip terminal, small split to anterior, Arnhemland, 83 x 9 cm
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A Collection Of Four Yolngu Artefacts, of wood incised with figurative motifs, polychrome pigments and paints, Arnhemland, 29-64 cm (4)
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A Collection Of Three Yolngu Artefacts, of wood, Arnhemland, 18-70 cm (3)
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Two Yolngu Decorated Smoking Pipes, artist unknown, of wood, polychrome ochres, Arnhemland, 50-62 cm (2)
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Three Yolngu Artefacts, of wood, artist unknown, polychrome ochres, Arnhemland, 41-46 cm, (3)
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Three West Australian Ochre fragments, 7-9 cm (3)
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A Yolngu Basket, of woven polychrome pandanus fibre, Arnhemland, 46 x 24 cm
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Two Central Australian bowls (coolamon), artist unknown, of wood, polychrome acrylic, 47-67 cm (2)
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A South Australian Bowl, of wood, 26 x 27 cm
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Artist Unknown Madhubani style Mithala 1980 Pen and ink on paper Bihar 73 x 54 cm
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Artist Unknown, Madhubani style Mithala 1980, pen and ink on paper, Bihar 73 x 54 cm
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Warli Art (Maharashtra) White Rice Flower Earth pigments and cow dung on board Artist name inscribed lower right India 83 x 54 cm
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A Tibetan Ceremonial Mask, of wood in demon form, 30 x 20 cm
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A Dayak Sculpture, of wood in the form of a seated ancestor decorated with classic curvilinear motifs, smooth patina, Borneo, 65 x 11 cm
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An Indonesian Sculpture Of Wood, in the form of a seated female ancestor, 54 x 9 cm
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Two Southeast Moluccas Sculptures, of wood in the form of seated ancestors, acid washed, Leti Island, 39-53 cm (2)
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A Moluccas Ancestor Casting, of brass in the form of a seated female, Indonesia, 12 x 4 cm
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Two Timor Copper Alloy Sculptures, in the form of a male and female ancestors, Bobinara region, 46 x 5 cm (2)
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An Old Chinese Club, of wood, inscribed with caligraphy, inset with brass rivet at grip, 43 cm
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A Sumatran Pestle (tobabatak), of wood, the detachable terminal sculpted in the form of a kneeling ancestor decorated with fur tassels at apex, 67 x 7 cm
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A Sumatran Lime Container (tobabatak), sculpted from deer antler, smooth patina, 42 x 5 cm
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A Dayak Pig hunting Charm (tun tun), of wood, the truncated shaft sculpted with ancestor at apex, smooth patina, Sarawak, 24 x 4 cm
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A Timor Food Scoop, sculpted from buffalo horn, the grip decorated ancestor motifs in relief, smooth patina, Belu,14 x 6 cm
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An Old Lombok Rice Scoop, of wood, the projecting grip sculpted with ancestor motifs, smooth patina 45 x 8 cm
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Three Lombok Sword Grips, of wood sculpted in the form of ancestors, glossy patina, 12-16 cm (3)
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A Melanesian Basket, of tightly woven polychrome cane, smooth patina, 26 cm
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A Melanesian Basket, of tightly woven polychrome cane, smooth patina, 18 cm
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A Collection Of Three Melanesian Baskets, of woven cane, 16-35 cm (3)
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A fossilised tree trunk section, Australia, 43 x 20 cm
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A fossilised wood fragment, with growth rings clearly visible, Australia, 10 x 15 cm
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Three Fossilised Fragments, of marine organisms, Australia, 8-16 cm (3)
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A Fossilised Crustacean (yabbie), Australia, 7 x 3 cm
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Five Fossilised Marine Fragments, Australia, 3-9 cm (5)
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A West African Fly Whisk, the circular section tapering wooden shaft bound with woven fibre below a multistrand woven fibre apex, 30 x 60 cm
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Three West African Baskets, of woven polychrome grass fibre, 20-36 cm (3)
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A West African drum, of wood with hide drumming membrane 29 x 14 cm
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A Central African Container, of wood, the lid decorated with an ancestor visage in relief, Democratic Republic of Congo, 35 x 15 cm
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A West African Sculpture, of wood, 47 x 14 cm
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A wooden West African mask
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A West African mask, of wood, 39 x 19 cm
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