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The Willem Kok Collection of Tribal and Asian Arts, and Edged Weapons — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:570
Sale Title:The Willem Kok Collection of Tribal and Asian Arts, and Edged WeaponsLots with images:569
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:477
Date:17-Oct-2020
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Early Papua New Guinea Asmat carving. Canoe form with relief carved back, human and, bird totemic finial. Old lime and polychrome finish. Length 102 cm
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Papua New Guinea ritual staff. With well carved crocodile, human face and zoomorphic mask. Length 100 cm
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10 Solomon Islands spears. Bamboo shafts with carved hardwood points. Length 138 cm
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8 Solomon Islands fishing arrows. Finely decorated bamboo shafts with carved and caned barbed hardwood tips and with fish dorsal spikes. Length 141 cm (each)
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10 various Papua New Guinea arrows, length 140 cm-150 cm
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Papua New Guinea woven chicken Coop, height 38 cm, diameter 77 cm
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Rare New Britain funerary panel. Figure painted on split palm spathe. Usually destroyed as part of the funeral ceremony. Nakanai people. Ex Moriarty collection height 48 cm
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Burmese votive carving. Base carved with three supplicant figures surmounted by, two other deities. Single piece aged carving. Height 120 cm
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Papua New Guinea Ambusap. East Sepik province crocodile form bridal veil of plaited cord incorporating shells. Length 86 cm
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New Caledonia Kanak ceremonial axe. Ovoid greenstone blade. The haft bound in palm fibre and cord. Height 68 cm
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Fine old Cook Islands ceremonial adze blade. Some old chips and losses. Length 23 cm
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Fine polished New Zealand stone axe head, length 16 cm
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New Guinea stone adze head. Fine polished finish. Old chip to blade edge. Length 22 cm
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Stone hand axe. Well made heavy hand axe with use patina. Length 16 cm
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Polished stone axe head/scraper, length 176 cm
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Western New Guinea Dani stone axe head, length 29 cm
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New Guinea polished stone axe head. Fine polished dark green/grey stone. Length 24 cm
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Papua New Guinea Mt Hagen stone axe head. Pale green/grey polished stone. Length 27.5 cm
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Two stone axe heads, length 15 cm (largest)
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Three various old stone blades. Two green/grey basalt with curved edge. The other a slate axehead. Length 23 cm
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Papua New Guinea early stone tapa cloth beater. Square, incised face to flattened and tapering form. Faint check decoration to one side. Age and use patina. Length 26 cm
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Two green basalt stone Scrapers. Long, thin shovel nosed stone tools, one very finely, finished, with flat underside. Length 23 cm (each).
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Six various stone blades. From an early collection. Cutters and scrapers including one signed 'P(?)G Edgell.'
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Five various stone tools. Two axe heads; hand axe; pestle; and grinding stone. Length 20 cm (pestle)
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Three various Papua New Guinea blades. Two longer basalt rounded end blades, and smaller schist straight edge. Length 24 cm (longest)
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Four stone tools. Adze head and three hand axes. Length 15m (longest)
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Five Papua New Guinea axe heads. Including hand axes and adze blade. Length 14 cm (longest)
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Two various black slate axe blades. Older, well finished examples with age losses. Length 29 cm (longest)
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Three various stone blades. Including long, pointed, round edge basalt; greenstone axe; long pointed, with square edge grey sedimentary. Length 30 cm (longest)
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8 various stone blades. Hand axes; scrapers; and knives. Length 14 cm (longest)
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Large Papua New Guinea terracotta pot. Ring built pot with firing scorch marks. Height 82 cm
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Papua New Guinea clay pot. Aibom village anthropomorphic double faced sago pot. On woven fur and hair ring stand. Height 23 cm
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Papua New Guinea early cooking pot. A finely under decorated early 20th century dish. Village use patina. Diameter 33 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea cooking pots. Early, all over embossed Sepik terracotta. Long village use patina. Diameter 23 cm
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Papua New Guinea Chambri lake face pot. Sago pot with two large faces, and, smaller mask handles. Diameter 24 cm
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Papua New Guinea Chambri Lakes clay pot. Sago flour pot of narrow necked bulbous, form. Moulded face decoration with white and black ochre, on woven stand. Height 28 cm
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Papua New Guinea pottery jar. Chambri Lakes footed jar with four modelled faces. White pigment infill, some losses. Height 28 cm
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Two various Papua New Guinea pottery pieces. Older roof finial with figure and crocodile, (insert repaired), also single face jar. Chambri Lakes. Height 44 cm
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New Guinea pottery bowl. Large plain bowl with dotted arc decorated rim. Separate footring. Use patina. Diameter 41 cm
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Four various Papua New Guinea bags. Including a bilum and three smaller bags with string fringes. 70 x 79 cm (bilum)
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Papua New Guinea Chambri Lakes clay pot. Damarau sago flour pot of narrow necked bulbous form. Single face decoration. On woven cane stand. Height 58 cm
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New Guinea Sepik ancestral figure. Angoram village carved ancestor surmounted by a bat. Woven cane, shell and feather attached headdress. Height 141 cm
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Papua New Guinea Abelam carving. Male ancestor figure surmounted with a lizard. Old polychrome decoration. Ex Gabriella Roy gallery height 118 cm
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Three Indonesian ancestral wooden figures, height 19 cm (smallest) height 31 cm(largest)
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Papua New Guinea Asmat carved bowl. Relief carved with multiple faces and, polychrome infill. (Dia 34 cm
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Papua New Guinea Slit drum. Small hand version from the Sepik. Carved sides and figural, ends with traces of polychrome. Length 44 cm
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Papua New Guinea Basketry mask. Larger woven and painted mask with mouth tassel. Southern Maprik district. Height 49 cm
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Papua New Guinea middle Sepik mask. Kandigai village carved mask, shell and, feather decorated. Length 49 cm
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Papua New Guinea Abelam yam mask. Older, woven cane with forehead band. Height 31 cm
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Papua New Guinea ancestral mask. Sepik River carved softwood with shell eyes. Length 115 cm
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Early New Guinea mask. Guam river (Madang Province) mask. Early 20th century losses, including nasal spike. Length 76 cm
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Papua New Guinea mask. Sepik region, decorated with shell eyes and plaited fibre. Height 54 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea Torricelli mountains masks. Early 20th century similar style with, reticulated noses and eye holes. Original patina. Height 70 cm (tallest)
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Early Papua New Guinea Biwat, Yuat river mask. Older middle Sepik mask with black clay and shell moulded features and fibre edge trim. Length 45 cm
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Papua New Guinea Hunstein mountain mask. Hooked cult mask in polychrome. Length 90 cm
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Papuan Gulf figural board. Carved reserves with lime and ochre fill. Height 114 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved figure. Gulf region ancestor figure with upraised arms. Height 108 cm
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Papua New Guinea carved figure. Washkuk yena ceremonial figure. Old weathered piece with traces of grey. Length 115 cm
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Large Papua New Guinea spirit mask. Sepik region. Carved wood with ochre pigments. Height 118 cm
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Papua New Guinea Biwat ceremonial flute stopper. Mid 20th century Biwat spirit figure featuring crocodile and parrot totems. Height 158 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sepik River figure. Standing male holding a masked flute. Twin masked headdress. Height 82 cm (including base)
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Papua New Guinea war horn. Sepik, Iatmul early carved horn featuring a head surmounted by a possum. Use patina. Height 101 cm (without stand)
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Lower Sepik ceremonial flute stopper. Carved wood with polychrome decoration. Height 47 cm
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Papua New Guinea ancestral figure. Older lower Sepik carving decorated with cassowary feathers, bark cloth and shells. Height 70 cm
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Papua New Guinea Biwat flute stopper. Lower Sepik disc faced carved spirit with, shell, cord and grass decorations. Ex Christensen collection, cc61243. Height 50 cm (without base)
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Three various Papua New Guinea carved heads. Trophy heads, two with shell eyes and polychrome decoration. Height 25 cm (tallest)
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Five contemporary Papua New Guinea pottery vases. Each of ovoid form with everted rims. Incised decoration. Height 17(smallest) height 19 cm (largest)
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Papua New Guinea modern pottery vase. Baluster form with incised traditional tribal designs, signed 'Tayas Ktu Png.' along with four matching bowls. Height 23 cm (vase)
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Dyak deity figure. Early dark hardwood squatting figure with arms atypically wrapped around body. Animal draped overhead. Height 27 cm
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Oceana carved Wand. Early mask form hand wand. Pacific Islands. Use patina. Height 29 cm
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Papua New Guinea pig Killer. Cassowary dagger mounted in woven grass, anthropomorphic head. Length 48 cm
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Papua New Guinea pig Killer. Carved, polychrome spear point cane lashed to hardwood shaft. Length 69 cm
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Papua New Guinea pig Killer. Cassowary toe modelled with Job's tears and cane lashed to hardwood handle. Length 43 cm
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Older Papua New Guinea adze. Early 20th century adze with one piece carved head. Basalt blade fixed in with woven cane band. Age and use patina. Length 48 cm
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Papua New Guinea stone adze. Green basalt blade lashed to handle with braided cord. Much used. Length 46 cm
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New Guinea Sepik ancestor figure. Standing male figure incorporating another. Clay, shell, cane, fur and fibre decoration. Height 122 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sepik spirit carving. Iatmul carved anthropomorphic hornbill. Decorated with cassowary feathers and Job's tears. Height 85 cm
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Papua New Guinea Maprik ceremonial carving. Carving of a hornbill, used as decoration of the tambaran building. With natural earth pigment. Height 70 cm
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New Guinea upper Sepik board. Kwoma culture Minja board. Age losses to bottom. Length 108 cm
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Papua New Guinea Washkuk carved figure. Older Nokwi fertility figure in grey and lime pigments. Age splits and patina. Height 86 cm
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Papua New Guinea ancestor figure. Sepik River carving with painted face, operculum, eyes and plaited fibre trim. Height 69 cm
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Huon Gulf carved drum and other. Kundu with curved motifs to centre. Losses to relief carvings, use patina. Also spindle painted decorative drum. Height 68 cm huon drum
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Papua New Guinea Kundu. Fly river region softwood kundu with square handle and relief carved foot. Age and use patina. Height 68 cm
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Papua New Guinea Huon Gulf drum. Early kundu form with crocodile mouth and, spirit figure carving to the body. Old lime traces. Ex Hans Allies collection. Height 59 cm
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Western New Guinea drum. Nomad river area kundu with relief carved small mouth. All over polychrome decoration and woven sling handle. Height 103 cm
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Papua New Guinea Southern Highlands drum. Undecorated kundu with curved and, banded handles. Use patina. Height 59 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sepik River ceremonial paddle. Long thin hooked blade with decorative carvings to root of blade. Mid 20th century. Ex Elizabeth Pryce collection. Length 144 cm
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New Hebrides club. Late 19th century long stone headed shaft. Well finished, granite spheroidal head cane bound to tapering shaft with conical terminal. Good patina. Length 130 cm
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19th/20th century New Caledonia Kanak war club. The haft bound in printed cloth and woven fibre. With good use patina and age cracks. Length 89 cm
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Two Vanuatu Island war clubs. Each with tapering leaf form heads. Length 97 cm, and 112 cm
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Early 20th century Massim dance club. Typical flattened scroll carved flat blade semi circular pommel with 3 tassel holes. Losses to edges. Length 54 cm
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Mid 20th century Trobriand staff. Massim carved dense hardwood with two female figures at, the hilt. Length 94 cm
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Buka Island ceremonial paddle. With low relief figural carving to blade. Decorated with red, white and black ochre pigments. Length 174 cm
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Papuan Gulf bullroarer. Spindle form with recessed at the incised face. White clay infill. Length 51 cm
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Papua New Guinea stone club. Highlands fighting club with pineapple form head over woven cane fixings. Age and use patina. Length 66 cm
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20th century Fijian Sali club. Incised hatching to wide cheeks. Age and use patina. Length 89 cm
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Papua New Guinea body ornaments. Including fofana; Asmat headhunter's tusk bracelet;, shell band; and two woven grass armbands. Length 31 cm (fofana)
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Papua New Guinea chest ornament. Fofana in pigmented fibre and shell. Length 40 cm
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Rare Papua New Guinea Highlands apron. Mens apron (malu) from Simbu province. Plaited string and orchid fibre, adorned with kina pendants and animal tail fringe. Older item with use patina. Length 60 cm
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Papua New Guinea warriors Karahut. Woven spirit figure incorporating tusks, shells and bird of paradise feathers. Old Bakelite button fastener. Length 52 cm
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