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Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Tribal Art — Vickers & Hoad Auctioneers

Auction House:Vickers & Hoad AuctioneersNumber of lots recorded:188
Sale Title:Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Tribal ArtLots with images:187
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:96
Date:4-May-2022
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Important collection of Spencer and Gillen publications. Spencer and Gillen, Northern Tribes of Central Australia 1904 first edition Spencer and Gillen,The native Tribes of Central Australia, 1938 second edition Baldwin Spencer, native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia, 1914 first edition (two volumes) Spencer and Gillen,The Arunta, 1927 first edition, length 25.5 x 15.5 cm
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Nomads of the Australian Desert. Nomads of the Australian Desert by Charles P Mountford. Rigby, 1976. First edition. A very clean copy of this important Mountford title. This book was withdrawn for sale by the publisher at the request of the Aboriginal people, length 27.5 x 20 cm
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Important collection of three Australian Aboriginal Art and culture publications. The Tiwi:Their Art, Myth and ceremony, Charles P. Mountford, 1958 first edition Coming into being Among the Australian Aborigines: a study of the Procreative Beliefs of the native Tribes of Australia,Ashley Montagu, M. F. Ashley-Montagu,1937 first edition Australian Aboriginal Art: introduced by R. M. Berndt,A. P. Elkin, F. D. McCarthy, C. P. Mountford,T. G. H. Strehlow. And, J. A. Tuckson, 1968 first edition, length 25.5 cm…
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Rare complete collection of Lindsay black first edition booklets. The Bora ground, black Lindsay, 1944 first edition Aboriginal Art Galleries of Western New South Wales. Part 3, 1943 first edition stone Arrangements, black Lindsay, 1950 first edition Cylcons:The mystery stones of the Darling River valley, black Lindsay, 1942 first edition Burial trees, black Lindsay, 1941 first edition, length 23 x 14.5 cm
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A collection of three related Aboriginal Art and culture publications. Tiwi Wives:A study of the women of Melville Island, north Australia, Jane Goodale man, land and Myth in north Australia:The Gunwinggu people, Ronald M. Berndt and Catherine Berndt Kin and totem, Johannes Falkenberg, length 22 cm to 23 cm
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Large Kanganaman woven dance mask, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Woven plant fibre and natural pigments. An enormous woven dance mask, known as a 'Tumbuan', made of rattan fibre with two faces, one on the chest, and one on the head, both with distinctive hooked noses. This two-headed style is specific to Kanganaman village, length 114 x 56 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Dance mask (Hokore), Karama village, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Woven plant fibre and natural pigments. This mask represents a hornbill or a crocodile; the latter is the totemic emblem of a clan in Karama village, located East of Kerema, length 99 x 39 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Basketry gable mask, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Woven plant fibre and natural pigments. Woven mask would have been used on the gable of a Middle Sepik meeting house. The wildly expressive form is accentuated with natural pigments, length 62 x 42 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Large board mask (Hokore), Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood, plant fibre and natural pigments. Tall oval masks occur from Urama Island East into the Elema area. They May have been derived from sacred bull-roarers or from gope boards, length 112 x 40 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Bioma spirit figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 104 x 24 cm. Provenance: Ex Echo gallery collection (19), New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales
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Gope ancestral board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments. Ritual boards represent spirits which protect clans from sickness, evil spirits, and death. Also, warriors are awarded gope boards for each act of bravery they perform in battle (often made out of the enemies canoe). These gope boards vary in size, but can be up to six feet long and have a consistent elliptical shape. They are carved in relief and then painted with lime(white) and red ochre and other native…
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Gope ancestral board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 117.5 x 25 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Gope ancestral board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 127.5 x 24 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Gope ancestral board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 130 x 24 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Large Sepik figure, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood with shells, natural fibre and natural pigments, length 131 x 24 cm. Provenance: Lawsons auction, Sydney, lot 113. Private collection, New South Wales
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Large Massim figure, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 70.5 x 18 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Massim stool, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 58 x 24.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Massim canoe Splashboard (Lagim), Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments. Wooden canoe prow splash board, intricately carved on one face, plain on other, splash board placed transversely across the prow behind the prow ornament. A finely decorated sea-going canoe enhanced the prestige of the members of a trading expedition and of their village, length 37 x 42 cm. Provenance: Ex Echo gallery collection, New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales
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Massim lime spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood, dark glossy patina. Spatulas were used by preparing betel nut. The betel nut and leaf were mixed with chalk so it was chewable. Spatulas with human figures were used by magicians as protection during Kula travels. The magician asked a spirit to take place in the spatula and to protect the owner during his sleep, length 36 x 3 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Early Massim club, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood with lime. Carved from dense hardwood with fine, incised decorative pattern highlighted with lime infill; fine aged, black patina, length 53 x 4 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Maori tekoteko figure, New Zealand. Carved and engraved kauri wood with pua. Standing Maori ancestor figure with pua inlay eyes, protruding tongue, traditional top knot, deeply carved face and body tattoos, three clasped hands with one finger across the belly and two toed feet on a square base, length 43 x 11.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Vintage Maori tekoteko face carved kauri wood box, New Zealand. Carved and engraved kauri wood with pua. Carved by Maori artists this vintage box has a tekoteko face carved into it with pua eyes. Made from traditional kauri wood only found in New Zealand, length 15 x 10 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Nguzu Nguzu canoe prow ornament, Solomon Islands. Carved and engraved wood, black dye, nautilus shell inlay. In the Solomon Islands, long plank-built war canoes are revered for their size, speed and splendour. Stained black and inlaid with white nautilus shell, the outer length of the canoe's raised prow is festooned with large cowrie shells. At the bow, carved anthropomorphic figureheads are lashed just above the waterline. Appropriate rituals accompany the construction and decoration of these canoes,…
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Nguzu Nguzu canoe prow ornament, Solomon Islands. Carved and engraved wood, black dye, nautilus shell inlay. In the Solomon Islands, long plank-built war canoes are revered for their size, speed and splendour. Stained black and inlaid with white nautilus shell, the outer length of the canoe's raised prow is festooned with large cowrie shells. At the bow, carved anthropomorphic figureheads are lashed just above the waterline. Appropriate rituals accompany the construction and decoration of these canoes,…
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Ceremonial food bowl, Solomon Islands. Carved and engraved wood and inlaid nautilus shell. Wooden bowls were used in ceremonial transactions and also in economic transactions including bride price exchanges. Sometimes the bowls were used for sacrificing food, length 37 x 12 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Huon Gulf Ichthyomorphic bowl, Tami Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 62 x 28 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Huon Gulf mask, Tami Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood with natural pigments, length 50.5 x 24 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Early Huon Gulf food bowl, Tami Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 39.5 x 21 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Large Dani Je stone, Irian Jaya. Carved stone and attached with plant fibers. Je stone is used as an exchange gift at weddings and funeral rites by the Dani people in the highlands of Irian Jaya. The wrapping is of orchid fiber with plant fiber decoration, length 64.5 x 12 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Ldani Je stone, Irian Jaya. Carved stone and attached with plant fibers. Je stone is used as an exchange gift at weddings and funeral rites by the Dani people in the highlands of Irian Jaya. The wrapping is of orchid fiber with plant fiber decoration, length 43 x 10 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Large Iatmul suspension hook figure, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood with natural pigments and shells. A Sepik River hook used to hang food or other items to keep them off the floor and away from rodents. The hook of an ancestor figure has been painted in natural ochres with shell eyes, length 91 x 23 cm. Provenance: Ex Echo gallery collection, New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales
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Sepik figure, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood with natural pigments, length 14 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Large Sepik figure, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood, length 63 x 10 cm. Provenance: Ex Echo gallery collection, New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales
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Ancestral figure, Blackwater River, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood in the form of an anthropomorphic ancestral figure, length 52 x 15.5 cm. Provenance: Peter Hallinan collection H507, Sydney. Private collection, New South Wales
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Sepik turtle shell mask, Papua New Guinea. Woven plant fibre, turtle shell and natural pigments, length 39 x 25 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Iatmul ancestor head, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood with natural pigments, length 35.5 x 12 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Sepik pulley, lower Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood with natural fibre. A Sepik mast-head pulley supporting ancestor heads, length 51 x 12 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Four cassowary bone dagger, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved bone and natural pigments, length 22 cm to 34 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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A collection of four Melanesian artifacts. Carved and engraved wood, bone and natural fibre, length 16 cm to 53 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Early large Telefomin stone adze, Papua New Guinea. Carved hardwood, stone and natural fibre. Adze with a ground stone blade, greenish, a wood elbow haft; rattan lashing, old dark patina, length 60 x 35 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Vintage Kanak adze, New Caledonia. Comprising stone blade with wood handle and fibre binding, length 51.5 x 21.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Vintage Kanak adze, New Caledonia. Comprising stone blade with wood handle and fibre binding, length 54 x 39 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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A collection of three Sago Stirrers, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood, length 72 cm to 74 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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Early Lobi club, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 44.5 x 16.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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A collection of fifteen early Melanesian arrows. Carved and engraved wood, bone, bamboo, with natural pigments and plant fibers, length 77 cm to 100 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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A collection of twelve early Melanesian arrows. Carved and engraved wood, bamboo, with natural pigments and plant fibers, length 80 cm to 99Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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A collection of sixteen early Melanesian arrows. Carved and engraved wood, bone, bamboo, with natural pigments and plant fibers, length 106 cm to 144 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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A collection of twenty early Melanesian arrows. Carved and engraved wood, bone, bamboo, with natural pigments and plant fibers, length 110 cm to 141 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Collection of thirteen early Melanesian spears. Carved and engraved wood, bone, bamboo, with natural pigments and plant fibers, length 120 cm to 175 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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A collection of six early bows, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood and plant fibers, length 160 cm to 192 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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A collection of six early bows, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood and plant fibers, length 160 cm to 196 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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Pair of early East Timor whistles. Carved and engraved hardwood with natural fibre, length 12 cm & 16.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Barong dance mask, Bali, Indonesia. Carved and engraved pule wood and gold paint (no custom stand) approx L28 x 18 cm. Provenance: Ex Todd Barlin collection, Sydney. Private collection, New South Wales
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Rangde mask, Bali, Indonesia. Carved and engraved pule wood and gold paint. Rangda is the demon Queen of the Leyaks in Bali, according to traditional Balinese mythology. Terrifying to behold, the child-eating Rangda leads an army of evil witches against the leader of the forces of good ' Barong. The battle between Barong and Rangda is featured in a Barong dance which represents the eternal battle between good and evil, length 21 x 18 cm. Provenance: Ex Todd Barlin collection, Sydney. Private collection,…
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Antaboga temple mask, Bali, Indonesia. Carved and engraved pule wood and gold paint. Antaboga is the world serpent of traditional pre-Islamic Javanese mythology (before the era of Demak kingdom). It is a derivative from Shiva-Hinduism Ananta Shesha combined with Javanism. After the fall of the kingdom of Majapahit and the ascent of Islam in Java, the centre for Hinduism shifted to Bali. These days many of the old myths and legends are celebrated in the wayang performance that became a vehicle to combine…
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Galja (elephant) temple mask, Bali, Indonesia. Carved and engraved pule wood and gold paint, length 42 x 28 cm. Provenance: Ex Todd Barlin collection, Sydney. Private collection, New South Wales
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Rangde temple mask, Bali, Indonesia. Carved and engraved pule wood and gold paint, length 48 x 17 cm. Provenance: Ex Todd Barlin collection, Sydney. Private collection, New South Wales
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Ethnographical album of the Pacific Islands. Ethnographical album of the Pacific Islands by James Edge-Partington, Sdi second edition by Bruce Miler, 1996, length 34.5 x 33.5 cm
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A collection of four Oceanic art books, length 21.5 cm to 28.5 cm
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A collection of four Oceanic art books, length 19.5 cm to 28.5 cm
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A collection of three tribal art books, length 20 cm to 29 cm
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New Guinea stone age trade. New Guinea stone age trade:The geography and ecology of traffic in the interior (Terra Australis), Ian Hughes, Paperback ' January 1, 1977, length 29.5 x 20.5 cm
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A collection of three Papua New Guinea reference books, length 27 cm to 31 cm
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A collection of three of tribal reference books, length 22 cm to 24 cm
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A collection of three Papua New Guinea reference books, length 21.5 cm to 25 cm
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Collection of three of tribal reference book, length 22 cm to 25 cm
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Collection of three of tribal reference book, length 22 cm to 26 cm
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A collection of three Papua New Guinea reference books, length 22 cm to 23.5 cm
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A collection of three Papua New Guinea reference books, length 21.5 cm to 22.5 cm
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A collection of three of tribal reference book, length 18 cm to 24 cm
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A collection of three of tribal reference book, length 21 cm to 28.5 cm
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A collection of three of tribal reference book, length 24 cm to 26 cm
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An Ethnographic Bibliography of New Guinea. 3 volume set. An Ethnographic Bibliography of New Guinea. 3 volumes, complete set. Australian National University. Dept. Of Anthropology and Sociology. Published by Australian National University press, Canberra, first edition, 1968, length 25.5 x 21 cm
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A collection of six tribal Art catalogues, length 21.5 cm to 27 cm
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A collection of eight Papua New Guinea writing catalogues, length 28 x 22 cm
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American plains Indian buffalo hide painted shield. With attached eagle feathers, central blue star, circa 1890's 89 cm long approx Ex four Winds gallery Sydney 1996
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Historical antique American native Indian. Sioux medicine mans strike a light, leather and bead work, steel button to flap, bead work pouch, with attached line of metal cone shaped chimes. Ex Battle of Wounded knee, with paper work and photograph. (Due to the sensitive nature of the photo, we will only provide it by email. Email info@vickhoad. com for a copy) along with a ink inscribed card from Doctor Charles Arthur. Given to Caroline Wallace by Capt. '' 8th Calvary. Verso States Taken of the medicine man…
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Rare antique late 19th century Sioux Indian quilled pipe bag, hand worked traditional pipe bag worked with fine glass bead work, and the intricate woven dyed porcupine quill work, Ex Bobby Bover collection. Circa 1880's . Purchased four Winds gallery Sydney 1997 95.5 cm long x 18 cm wide
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Pair of Sioux Indian bead work Moccasins (2) antique Czech or Venetian glass trade beads, stitched on elk hide. Both fully topside beaded, in blue, dark blue, white, and red beads. In geometric design. Circa 1870's purchased four winds gallery Sydney 1994
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Rare pair of Sioux Indian bead work baby Moccasins, Venetian Czechoslovakian glass trade seed beads, red wool, thong lacing, deer hide. Late 1880's 12.5 cm long Ex four Winds gallery 1995
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Rare antique Sioux Indian beaded head band. Constructed with glass trade beads, elkhide, circa 1890's 55 cm long total x 3.5 cm width Ex four Winds gallery Sydney 1996
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Sioux Indian beaded arm band, glass seed beads, thong fasteners and deer hide. Mid to late 19th century, purchased four Winds gallery Sydney 1995. 6.5 cm width.
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Rare form American plains Indian beaded hair ornament, of cylinder form, well worked in geometric patterns. 13 cm long
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Sioux trade bead peace bronze medallion antique (1789) George Washington Indian peace U. S. Medal. Largest size, 76 mm. First reverse restrike, struck at the United States mint in bronze. Struck beginning in 1903 from a die that closely copied the original dies used pre-1847. With attached coloured glass bead necklace.
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Antique Sioux Indian peace medal - 1885 Grover Cleveland, in oval shape, attached glass bead necklace, 7.5 cm high x 6 cm wide
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Rare plains Indian single trail eagle feather headdress. Constructed at base with a blue felt cap, with front trade glass bead head band. Attached deer hide and eagle feathers. Attached silk coloured ribbons, feather tips with attached trails of horse hair. Age unknown.
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Old plains Indian beaded hide knife sheaf, 17.5 cm long. Showing traces of ink writing to the hide side
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Antique plains Indian skull cracker circa 1880's, constructed with deer scrotum with stitched stone, attached to a stitched hide stick handle. Glass bead work to the rod end. The end with a long trail on horse hair with central collar of bead work, 118 cm long
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