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Tribal Art | Chinese, Japanese and Southeast Asian — Aalders Auctions

Auction House:Aalders AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:506
Sale Title:Tribal Art | Chinese, Japanese and Southeast AsianLots with images:504
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:351
Date:8-Oct-2023
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Two Javanese carved wood Topeng dance masks, depicting Pentul, height 17 cm and 21 cm (2)
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Two Javanese carved wood Topeng dance masks, depicting Tembem, a friend of Pentul, height 15.5 cm (2)
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Three Javanese carved wood Topeng dance masks, two with horse hair moustaches, height 18.5 cm-19.5 cm (3)
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Central Australian Beanwood shield, of oval form decorated with natural pigments of white, ochre and brown, the back with curved and slightly folded sides and lug handle, wear to sides and handle, hold to side, length 60 cm. Provenance: Keith Hofmaier collection (collector and author) gathered during his 1948 tour of Central Australia, at Bond Springs near Alice Springs, then private collection, Queensland
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Blackened hardwood lil lil club, carved head and shaft, overall incised decoration, the head with pipeclay infill from the Monto area Queensland, length 60 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Australian native police issued truncheon, with ribbed handle and hair string tie, length 33 cm,. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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19th century Australian Aboriginal woomera, South East Australian, of narrow leaf form, with incised leaf motifs, length 71.5 cm
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Australian Aboriginal nulla-nulla, in hardwood, with pointed baluster end, the club following the natural form of branch, fluting to body, length 45 cm
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Australian Aboriginal throwing club, in mulga, with rounded end, with fluted body and diagonal lines running around the body, gummed end, length 70 cm
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Australian Aboriginal club, Pilbara, Western Australian, in mulga, of smooth form, length 67 cm
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Australian Aboriginal woomera, Western Australia, of leaf form, with incised geometric motif to one side, length 85 cm
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Australian Aboriginal woomera, Kimberley, Western Australia, of tapering facetted form, with incised interlocking motif, evidence of ochre, length 72 cm. Provenance: Marc Pinto gallery, 2006, then private collection, Queensland
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Australian Aboriginal hybrid Wunda/Le Grange shield, Western Australia, of narrow leaf form, the front incised with wave decoration, accented with white and red panels of natural pigment, the verso incised with key pattern, length 82 cm. Provenance: Jon Saussehrd, 2006, then private collection, Queensland
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Pair of petit Indonesia, Borneo, paddles, length 66 cm (2)
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Solomon Islands canoe paddle, in carved hardwood, with leaf shaped blade, evidence of pigment decoration, length 116 cm
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Two Cambodian woven lime containers, height 20.5 cm and 26 cm (2)
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Three Javanese carved wood topeng dance masks, each with protruding eyes and elongated nose, height 17.5 cm-21 cm (3)
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Two Javanese carved wood topeng dance masks, together with another Indonesian mask, height 19 cm-20 cm (3)
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Group of assorted Zulu people bead items, South Africa, including beaded waistband, apron, five strand choker, snuff container, purse, love letter necklace and beaded arm bands and belt (quantity)
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Two Maasai beaded belts, Kenya/Tanzania, comprising women's belt, length 75 cm, together with a beaded cache-sexe, length 68 cm (2)
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Six assorted African bead dancing/walking sticks, including Zulu examples (6)
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Two Xhosa people beaded belts, South Africa, with leather, a/f, length 93 cm and 97 cm (2)
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Australian Aboriginal spear thrower, Victoria, of narrow form with crooked end, with incised star decoration, length 59 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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Australian Aboriginal shield, Western Australian, of leaf form, incised with zig zag and circle motifs to the front, length 74 cm. Provenance: Leonard Joel, 2005, then private collection, Queensland
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Australian Aboriginal hunting boomerang, Western Desert, in mulga, with adze cut marks to body, length 50 cm
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Early Australian Aboriginal hooked fighting boomerang (no. 7), central Desert, with tapering hooked end, length 63.5 cm
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Australian Aboriginal hardwood fighting club, of tapering form, with pointed ends, cross hatched handle, excellent patina, length 63 cm
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Australian Aboriginal hardwood fighting club, of elongated cylindrical form, with knop to one end and grooved point handle to other, length 69 cm
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Australian Aboriginal Nulla-Nulla, in hardwood, with pointed baluster end, with fluting to the whole body, length 42.5 cm
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Australian Aboriginal paddle club, with leaf form end, tapering to flat handle, with painted decoration in white, black and ochre, length 92 cm
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Central Australian carved figure of an echidna, with lightly incised and painted detail, height 12 cm and length 38 cm
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Three Central Australian carved animals, comprising two snakes, length 41 cm and 50 cm, and a goanna, length 33.5 cm (3)
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Papua New Guinea drum, with ochre pigments, length 37 cm
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Two Indonesian wooden betel nut chisels handles, one on stand, height 9 cm and 14 cm (2)
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Three lime gourd flasks and stoppers, with incised decoration, 16.5 cm x 13.5 cm x 11 cm (3)
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Seven Xhosa people bead items, South Africa, comprising bead necklace with mirror, rope necklace, armlet, arm band, multi strand necklace and two pins with purple wool fringing (7)
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Three Zulu bead necklaces, South Africa, (3)
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Six Xhosa beaded pipes, South Africa, with geometric beadwork to stems, one with bead chain, a/f (6)
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Four Javanese Wayang Golek puppets, carved from wood and hand painted, a/f, height of tallest 78 cm (including skirt)
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Four large Burmese marionettes, with articulated wooden limbs, hand painted and with various clothing, a/f, approximate height 82 cm (figure)
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Australian Aboriginal woomera, Great Sandy Desert, of tapering leaf form, incised with straight and diagonal motifs, evidence of ochre, length 65 cm. Provenance: Arthur Beau Palmer Gallery, 2006, then private collection, Queensland
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Australian Aboriginal wunda style parrying shield, Western Australia, of elongated oval form, incised with panels of line decoration, evidence of ochre, length 85 cm. Provenance: Minjama, 2006, then private collection, Queensland
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Australian Aboriginal shield, of elongated oval form, incised with line and dot work to both sides, length 72 cm
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Australian Aboriginal shield, South Australian, in mulga, of narrow curved oval form, incised with wave and line decoration to each side, length 75 cm. Provenance: tribal ancient, then private collection, Queensland
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Australian Aboriginal hunting boomerang, of curved form, incised patterning to one end, good patina, length 70 cm. Provenance: Arthur Palmer, then private collection, Queensland
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Australian Aboriginal boomerang, Kimberley, with curved end, with painted and incised decoration, in tones of black and brown, length 68 cm
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Australian Aboriginal paddle club, Port Essington, Northern Territory, of long form, with one end painted and incised, the other end forked, length 52 cm. Provenance: Arthur Beau Palmer gallery, then private collection, Queensland
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Australian Aboriginal implement, Western Desert, of elongated almond form, one side incised with dot panels, with painted white finish, length 63 cm
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Australian Aboriginal fighting club, with large knop end, good patina, length 48 cm
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Australian Aboriginal club, Central Desert, of flat tapered form, with fluting and painted decoration to both sides, length 83 cm
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Australian Aboriginal throwing club, Central Desert, with rounded pointed end and fluted body with hatched handle, length 54 cm
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Australian Aboriginal implement, in hardwood, with flattened end and fluted body, with pointed end, evidence of natural pigment, length 58 cm
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Two Aboriginal woomeras, one with painted decoration, the other of typical form, length 68 cm and 72 cm (2)
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Pair of Central Australian clapping sticks, incised with snake motif, length 29 cm and 32 cm (2)
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Pair of Central Australian clapping sticks, incised with snake motif, length 22.5 cm and 25.5 cm (2)
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Six Northern Australian Aboriginal bamboo spears, shortest 88 cm and largest 165 cm. Provenance: Ex Maitland Museum collection, NSW
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Pacific Islands carved wooden figure, in the form of a monkey with carving to sides and behind, a/f (break to tail), height 15 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea carved coconut baskets, each carved with geometric motifs, height 11 cm and 13 cm (2)
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Pair of Micronesian Matty Islands adzes, timber handled with edged turtle bone blades, length 28.5 cm, blade length 13.5 cm (2). Provenance: Ex Maitland Museum, NSW
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Collection of New Hebrides beaded necklaces, including shell, seed and shark tooth examples, together with three natural fibre hand woven armbands and a ceremonial waistband, all obtained c.1925 (quantity)
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Papua New Guinea, Sepik carved figure, depicted standing with hands by side, set on stand, height 18.5 cm and 20 cm (including stand)
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Canoe model, possibly Malekula, 58 cm x 34 cm
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Carved south East Asian panel, of narrow rectangular form, carved with central figure on a horse, flanked by attendants and dragon heads to each end in tones of green, red, white and gilt, length 150 cm
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Pacific Islands chiefs staff, carved with four legged animal below handle, the incised geometric design highlighted with lime, total length 73 cm
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Contemporary Dayak beaded vest and apron, (2)
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Four tribal objects, comprising Trobriand Islands stick, Sepik River figure, Aboriginal dance stick and gourd (4)
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Seven tribal woven mats, (7)
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Vanuatu remnant headdress, set on stand, height 64 cm and 75 cm (including stand)
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Arrow Quiver, possibly Bhutanese, woven container with hide exterior and domed lid, length 92 cm
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Two Indonesian woven bags, possibly for medicine, with wooden mount to the top and a rectangular wooden standing base, bag and cover strung together, 37 cm x 23.5 cm x 10 cm, 32.5 cm x 21 cm x 12 cm (2)
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Two tribal textiles, both of square form, one in tones of red. Blue orange and yellow, and one in tones of blue, cream, red, black and green, 92 cm x 90 cm, 46 cm x 46 cm (2)
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West Papua, Geelvink bay, canoe prow, a/f (loss of paint and some chips to wood), length 69 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Highlands, Tambu shell pectoral, with tooth to end
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East Kalimantan Wahao area Modang (Kenuyah Borneo) mask, in black, pink and red, length 38 cm
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Sepik River woven crocodile, in natural fibre, the body decorated with ochre tones, set with a crocodile head with cowrie shell eyes, length 61.5 cm
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Sepik River woven turtle, in natural fibre and pigments, set with cowrie shell eyes, length 40 cm
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Two banana/sago wooden spoons, together with a wooden ladle (3)
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Papua New Guinea, gogodala, soft wood dance paddle in the form of a snake, decorated in natural pigments of brown, white and ochre, a/f (wear and chips to paint on paddle), 64 cm x 13 cm
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Papua New Guinea Highlands drum, with green cloth and snake skin top, height 63 cm
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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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Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, hard wood figure, with shell eyes, set on metal stand, height 26 cm and 33 cm (including stand)
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Three hand painted boomerangs, c.1970's, each depicting scene of Western MacDonnell Ranges, length 26 cm, 26.5 cm and 34.5 cm (3)
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John Siune (Papua New Guinea, born 1965), Tupela Pisim Paradis Pilai Antap Long Diwai, acrylic on paper signed lower right 107 cm x 78 cm
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Oscar Namatjira painted mulga wood boomerang, c.1970, hand painted with central landscape, flanked by emu and kangaroo, signed lower left, length 48.5 cm
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Oscar Namatjira painted mulga wood boomerang, c.1970, hand painted with central landscape, flanked by kangaroo and emu, signed lower right, length 49.5 cm
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Margaret Turner Petyarra (Aboriginal 1945-2008), women's ceremony, 2005 acrylic on linen inscriptions verso 120 cm x 90 cm together with certificate of authenticity from Aboriginal dreamtime fine Art gallery, Sydney NSW 2006
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Lily Kelly Napangardi (born 1947), Tali Sandhills dreaming acrylic on linen titled verso 92 cm x 73 cm
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Jeannie Pitjara (Aboriginal, born 1951), Yam Leaf acrylic on Belgium linen certificate of authenticity 79 cm x 56 cm
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Hermannsburg school, untitled, Central Australia, 1960 oil on board signed and dated lower right 26 cm x 36.5 cm
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Bob Blair (Aboriginal Australian), Father and Son acrylic on canvas signed to canvas edge 137 cm x 214 cm. Provenance: Purchased from the artist, Armidale NSW 2020
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Bob Blair (Aboriginal Australian), The Dancer acrylic on canvas signed to canvas edge 61 cm x 76.5 cm. Provenance: Purchased artist exhibition, Armidale Aboriginal cultural centre, March 2020
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Bob Blair (Aboriginal Australian), Manta Ray acrylic on canvas signed to canvas edge 75 cm x 37.5 cm. Provenance: Purchased artist exhibition, Armidale, NSW, Aboriginal cultural centre, March 2020
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Dixon Copes (1914-2002), The Ostrich Dance oil on board signed lower right and gallery label verso 35 cm x 45.5 cm
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Australian Aboriginal school, husband and wife brolga acrylic on canvas board title and artist information verso 29 cm x 22 cm
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Jimmy Possum (Aboriginal), untitled silkscreen 63/90 signed and editioned in pencil lower right 75 cm x 56 cm
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Good Sukhothai 14th/15th century bronze standing Buddha, with top knot and curled hair, above lobed ears, with serene expression, one arm outwards, the other resting beside robe, with sampot tied at waist with evidence of decoration, on silvered plinth, a/f, height 41 cm. Provenance: Ex. David Jones Art gallery, then Estate of Renee Markovic
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Three Chinese framed porcelain panels, early 20th century, of rectangular form, each panel decorated with a mountainous river scene set with pagodas, rocky outcrops, blossoming branches, willows and figures engaged in daily activities, in predominant green enamel tones with blue, orange and straw coloured accents, set within timber frames with metal plate backing, 42 cm x 27 cm (3)
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Chinese carved jade figure group, depicting a kylin with two smaller kylins, huddled together around a yinyang and cloud scrolls, on carved wooden stand, height 6 cm (without stand) (2)
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Large and early carved Chinese sandstone Buddhist Stele, depicted standing Buddha, evidence of top knot and curled hair, one hand raised, the other holding attribute, with robes falling from arms and folds on lower body, arched stele behind with incised halo, height 61 cm. Provenance: Estate of Renee Markovic
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Pair of Chinese carved hardwood chairs, each with a shaped back, the centre splat carved with fruit and foliage, above a rectangular seat and four carved legs united by stretchers, 98 cm x 62 cm x 48 cm (2)
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