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Autumn Auction Series, Session II, The David Said Collection of Tribal Art; Chinese, Japanes & Southeast Asian Art — Aalders Auctions

Auction House:Aalders AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:557
Sale Title:Autumn Auction Series, Session II, The David Said Collection of Tribal Art; Chinese, Japanes & Southeast Asian ArtLots with images:556
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:327
Date:28-May-2023
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Indian cotton Coverlet, with central medallion surrounded by continuous band of figures seated upon an elephant, in tones of blue, yellow, orange, purple and white, approximately 216 cm x 260 cm
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Two Dayak beaded bags, Indonesia/Borneo, together with a Dayak beaded panel, 26 cm x 33 cm (3)
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Bhaca people beaded apron, South Africa, with beaded waistband
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19th century Australian Aboriginal woomera, South Australia, of elongated form, good patina, length 76 cm Provenance: Jon Saussehrd, 2006, then private collection, Queensland.
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Australian Aboriginal woomera, Pilbara, Western Australia, of tapering curved leaf form, decorated with panels of incised circles and diagonal lines, length 61 cm Provenance: Marc Pinto gallery, 2006, then private collection, Queensland.
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Australian Aboriginal parrying shield, c.1920, south East Australian, of narrow facetted form, with incised decoration and name, length 66 cm Provenance: Marc Pinto, 2006, then private collection, Queensland.
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Australian Aboriginal Bardi shield, Kimberley coast, Western Australia, of curved oval form, with painted decoration in tones of white, red and ochre, length 68 cm Provenance: Arthur Beau Palmer gallery, then private collection, Queensland.
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Australian Aboriginal Nulla-Nulla, in hardwood, with pointed end and tapering body, fluting to body, length 63 cm
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Early Australian Aboriginal throwing club, in hardwood, with rounded end, very slight curve, fluting to body and knop handle, length 67 cm Provenance: Ashoka Arts, UK, then private collection, Queensland.
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Australian Aboriginal club, Kimberley, Western Australian, following the natural form of the wood, fluted to body, hatched handle, length 62 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Gogodala, ceremonial canoe prow terminal, Papuan Gulf, with head to one end and decorated in natural pigments of red, black and white 81 cm x 12.5 cm, catalogue note: in addition to their huge racing canoes, the Gogodala also produced smaller canoes used in initiation ceremonies. The young men entering manhood would actually stand in the small canoe during the ceremonies. As with the racing canoes, each was carved by an individual clan and traditionally, the prow showed a clan ancestor in…
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Papua New Guinea, Gogodala, soft wood dance ornament, with bird head to one end and man's head to the other, decorated in natural pigments of black, brown, white and ochre, a/f (bird missing eye decoration), length 88 cm and width 23 cm
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West Papua, Geelvink bay, canoe prow, in the form of a crocodile with animal in mouth, decorated in tones of white, red and blue, some loss of paint, length 71 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Gogodala, soft wood dance ornament shield, of teardrop form, decorated in natural pigments of orange, white and brown, 73 cm x 29.5 cm
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Asian wood canoe ornament, a/f (chips to wood), length 106 cm
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New Guinea mask, with ochre pigments, length 31 cm
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West Papua, Humboldt bay area, canoe prow ornament with incised decoration and painted in tones of red and black, set on metal stand, length 61 cm
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Vao Island (Malekula) canoe prow, of bird form, painted in tones of red and green, a/f to beak of bird, used and field collected, length 70 cm
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Three Papua New Guinea stone chisels, length 22 cm, 20.5 cm and 19 cm (3)
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Three Indonesian finger rattles, length 17 cm, 17 cm and 12 cm (3)
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Papua New Guinea, Sepik figure, decorated with hair and shells, a/f (feet missing), set on stand, height 29 cm and 38 cm (including stand)
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Xhosa people beaded belt, South Africa, with fringed front panel and leather belt
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Xhosa people Isidanga, South Africa, in turquoise beads, drop length 78 cm, together with another, drop length 84 cm (2)
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Ndebele people, Mapoto beaded skirt, South Africa, in canvas, heavily beaded with geometric motifs, 51 cm x 44 cm catalogue note: Mapoto were made and gifted by the grooms parents. The lower flaps represent the two families that will be joined by marriage and the tassels indicate the expectation of many children.
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Ndebele people, Pepetu Unmarried Womans apron, South Africa, in canvas, heavily beaded with houses and geometric motif, 34 cm x 42 cm catalogue note: a pepetu is a small apron worn by a young Ndebele maiden. Wearing the pepetu expresses the young girl's aspirations toward marriage.
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Australian Aboriginal Battle shield, central Desert, in mulga, of narrow almond form, both sides incised with geometric line motifs, length 83 cm, Provenance: Arthur Palmer, then private collection, Queensland.
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Australian Aboriginal shield, of elongated oval form, incised with diagonal panels of line work to both sides, length 77 cm
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Australian Aboriginal shield, central Western Australian, of almond form, with incised and painted red ochre decoration to both sides, length 75 cm Provenance: Francesco Villicich, then private collection, Queensland.
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Good Australian Aboriginal shield, Jigalong, Western Australia, in hardwood, of oval form, incised with panels of line, wave and cross hatching decoration, evidence of red ochre, length 77 cm, Provenance: Jon Saussehrd, 2006, then private collection, Queensland.
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Pair of Australian Aboriginal pearl shells, engraved with marlin, hammerhead shark, shell and seaweed, length 19 cm Provenance: Francesco Villicich, then private collection, Queensland.
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Australian Aboriginal engraved pearl shell, with natural hair cord, engraved with angular line marks, evidence of natural pigment, length 19 cm Provenance: Marc Pinto gallery, then private collection, Queensland.
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Australian Aboriginal boomerang, Queensland, of curved form, good patina, length 59 cm Provenance: Jon Saussehrd, then private collection, Queensland.
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Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, hard wood figure, depicted standing with arms to side, set on stand, height 21 cm and 22 (including stand)
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New Guinea, Humboldt bay, canoe prow, with face and bird and painted in tones of white and blue, height 30 cm and length 43 cm
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African stone pipe, a/f (chips) 11 cm x 8 cm
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New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, dagger hafted, with Obsidian blade and undecorated Putty nut, Parinarium laurinum handle, length 27.5 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands wash board, painted in tones of red and white, a/f (bottom has been cut), height 34 cm x width 60.5 cm
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West Papua, Geelvink bay, carved panel, decorated in tones of yellow, white and blue, 43 cm x 35.5 cm
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Papua New Guinea Gogodala drum, length 81 cm
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Vao Island (Malekula) dance headdress, height 76 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Gogodala, woven baskets, painted on white and brown (3)
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Nigerian Bini mask, with slits for eyes, antlers, painted in pigments of ochre and white, length 34 cm
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Ndebele people, child's Lighabi skirt, South Africa, 27 cm x 26 cm
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Three Indian beaded Torans, 29 cm x 63 cm, 32 cm x 62 cm and 126 cm x 60 cm (3)
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Zulu Izikoti (wedding cape), South Africa, comprised of fourteen overlapping cloth panels with beaded edges, 114 cm x 77 cm
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Kirdi people, cache Sexe beaded apron, Cameroon, in coloured beads, plant fiber and cowrie shells, a/f, 21 cm x 28 cm
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Australian Aboriginal shield, of narrow leaf form, painted with goanna and snake motifs, in tones of red, black and white, length 97 cm
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Australian Aboriginal Wunda shield, Pilbara, Western Australian, in light wood, of elongated oval form, set with seven panels of incised zig zag patterning, in tones of ochre and white, length 67 cm, Provenance: Jon Sausshrd, 2006, then private collection, Queensland.
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Large Australian Aboriginal shield, Queensland, in softwood, of full oval form, with fluting to exterior and evidence of ochre, length 72 cm Provenance: Arthur Beau Palmer gallery, then private collection, Queensland.
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Small Australian Aboriginal rain forest shield, c.1900, north Queensland, of oval form, with central knop to the front, painted with lattice decoration, in tones of yellow, orange and black, length 52 cm, Provenance: Arthur Palmer, 2006, then private collection, Queensland.
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Late 19th century Australian Aboriginal Rainforest sword, c.1880, Queensland, in hardwood, of large flattened curved form, with handle, good patina, length 117 cm Provenance: Arthur Beau Palmer gallery, then private collection, Queensland.
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19th century Australian Aboriginal hunting boomerang, central Western Australia, of thick form, adze cut to both sides, incised line decoration to each side, length 72.5 cm Provenance: Francesco Villicich, then private collection, Queensland.
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Four Papua New Guinea bone lime spatulas, one decorated with shells (4)
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Fiji flying duck 'Ibubburau Ni Bete' style kava Yaqona bowl c.1960s, 9.5 cm x 41.5 cm x 23 cm
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Four Papua New Guinea bone lime spatulas, decorated with shells and beads (4)
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Indonesian wooden serving dish, of oval form, one handle in the form of a stylised figure, the other of rectangular form, a/f, length 78 cm x width 26 cm
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New Guinea, Asmat, canoe prow, carved with figures and birds, length 83 cm
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Papua New Guinea, New Britain, Duk Duk figure, painted in yellow, white and red, height 45 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Massim, canoe prow ornament, carved with bird, length 80 cm
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Canoe model, possibly Malekula, 58 cm x 34 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Blackwater lakes, canoe prow, length 56 cm
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Solomon Islands pearl shell, with etched design
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East Kalimantan Wahao area Modang (Kenuyah Borneo) mask, in black, pink and red, length 38 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Sepik hand chisel, with a carved shaft, a/f (repairs and minor damage), length 44 cm
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Indonesian mounted kris handle, height 13 cm and 16 cm (including stand)
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Two Massim Kula trade pearl shells, decorated with beads and feathers, a/f (chips to one shell), width 15.5 cm and 14 cm (2)
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Papua New Guinea drum, with ochre pigments, length 37 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands tortoiseshell lime Spatua, with scrolled handle, length 15 cm
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Four African pipes, two carved with faces, longest length 17 cm (4)
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Papua New Guinea, Sepik, spirit ancestor figure height 19 cm
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Ndebele bead Isiyaya (bridal veil) South Africa, a/f, mounted in frame, 57 cm x 80 cm
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Three Zulu bead necklaces, South Africa, (3)
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Maasai bead necklace and earrings, in frame, 30 cm x 60 cm
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Nine Zulu beaded Imbenges, South Africa, (9)
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Australian Aboriginal shield, Western Australian, of oval form, incised with zig zag and dot background, evidence of ochre, length 75 cm Provenance: Leonard Joel, 2005, then private collection, Queensland.
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Large Australian Aboriginal shield, Mowanjun, Kimberley area, Western Australian, in cottonwood, of curved oval form, incised with geometric and circle decorations, length 90 cm
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Good Australian Aboriginal shield, Pilbara, Western Australia, of curved oval form, incised with fine panels of zig zag motifs to the front and lines verso, length76 cm Provenance: mark Pinto, 2006, then private collection, Queensland.
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Large Australian Aboriginal hardwood sword, of tapering form, with knop end and rounded surface to each side, length 121 cm Provenance: Arthur Beau Palmer gallery, then private collection, Queensland.
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Australian Aboriginal Snaked staff, Western Desert, the raised snake carved in natural tones and following form of the wood, length 98 cm
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Australian Aboriginal carved fighting sword, Sydney, of curved sword form, carved with circle and line work, length 77 cm
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Vao Island (Malekula) canoe prow, of bird form, depicting a bird perched on a mans head, painted in tones of blue and red and white, length 56 cm
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Vao Island (Malekula) canoe prow, of bird form, pigmentation to head and neck, length 62 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Highlands, Tambu shell pectoral, with tooth to end
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Bag, woven and painted with black and ochre, length 45 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Island, Kula trade canoe wash board, with white, black and red pigments, height 69 cm and width 74 cm
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Head piece, possibly Inuit, set with fur to headband and sides
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Papua New Guinea, Gogodala, figure of man, arms raised, painted with black, white and ochre, a/f to left hand, height 132 cm and width 58 cm Provenance: Ex-Crawford and Ex-Palmer collection.
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Four Papua New Guinea woven cylinders, (4)
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Two Papua new Guine lime spatulas, decorated with teeth and beads (2)
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Two Banana/Sago wooden spoons, together with a wooden ladle (3)
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Petit Papua New Guinea, Maprik, yam mask, length 15 cm
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Two African metal spear points, together with a Papua New Guinea wood arrow point, length 43m, 33.5 cm and 41 cm (3)
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Vao Island, (Malekula), canoe prow, of bird form, painted with red and white stripes, a/f (damage to the end), length 49.5 cm
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Quantity of Indonesian carved wooden items (quantity)
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Two Humboldt bay canoe Prows, one with triple face and painted in pigments of white, red and black, the other with bird and with traces of white, red and black pigments, a/f, length 35 cm and 42 cm (2)
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Quantity of assorted tribal miscellania, including gourds, pipe and stone handle (quantity)
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West Papua, Geelvink bay, canoe prow, painted with red, white and yellow, a/f, length 154 cm
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Quantity of Indonesian rice Cutters, (quantity)
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Solomon Island model canoe, accented with mother of pearl, length 91 cm
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Papua New Guinea nose ornament, in the form of a bird
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