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Estate & Collector I - Asian, Early Design, Fine Arts — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:63
Sale Title:Estate & Collector I - Asian, Early Design, Fine ArtsLots with images:63
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:62
Date:9-Mar-2024
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Central Australian Aboriginal message stick. With natural earth ochres. On custom stand, length 81 cm
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Tiwi Island carving. Ironwood magpie goose, height 50 cm
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Aboriginal Tiwi ceremonial Pukamani pole. Carved ironwood and natural earth pigments. Illustrated XXX, height 157 cm. Reference: Isaacs, J. Tiwi, Art, history, culture, p.220; a photograph of the Tiwa Pima saleroom c.1980s shows this pole in the foreground.
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Two Aboriginal Coolamon with painted decoration, length 67 cm longest)
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Aboriginal dance Wand. Together with a Mornington Island boomerang, and a Kunhanaamendaa figure, height 44 cm figure
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Aboriginal didgeridoo. Heavily adzed surface with ochre decoration with (later) trade paint embellishment, early example, length 137 cm
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Aboriginal dot painted didgeridoo, length 105 cm
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Aboriginal Groote Eylandt model of a fish, c.1960. Hardwood and natural earth pigments, length 31 cm
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Australian Aboriginal (Central Australia) decorated shield, early to mid 20th century. Natural earth pigments on carved and incised hardwood (old damage to one end), length 57 cm. Provenance: Executed in Central Australia in the early to mid 20th century; estate of Mr Gary Bradley, Victoria; thence by descent. Private Collection, Victoria.
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Two Central Australian Aboriginal parrying shields, mid 20th century. Carved and incised mulga-wood (one with serpent designs the other linear designs), length 89 cm & 78 cm. Provenance: Executed in Central Australia in the mid 20th century; estate of Mr Gary Bradley, Victoria; thence by descent. Private Collection, Victoria.
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Aboriginal woomera, Queensland. Hardwood, bivalve shell, resin, beads, and fibre binding, length 85 cm
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Two Australian Aboriginal Spearthrowers and fire sticks (Northern Territory and Queensland). Early 20th century. Northern Territory spear thrower, carved wood, peg attached by sinew and resin; cape York spear thrower, carved wood, peg attached by sinew and resin, bailer shell handle; fire sticks, carved wood, beeswax, palm leaf and red abrus seeds, length 89 cm, 78 cm, and 68 cm . Provenance: Executed in cape York Queensland and Northern Territory, early to mid 20th century; estate of Mr Gary Bradley,…
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Four various Aboriginal items. Includes two nerite shell necklaces, lengths 36 cm & 80 cm; an ochre painted shell; and a small pyrographed goanna, length 18 cm.
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Engraved hardwood boomerang, Southern Queensland. Together with a leangle club, length 56 cm, and 60 cm
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Early 20th century mulga boomerang. Incised 'Tally mark' decoration to inner edge, length 58 cm
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Australian Aboriginal boomerang club (South Australia). Early 20th century. Carved and incised hardwood, length 104 cm. Provenance: Executed in the Coopers creek region of South Australia in the early 20th century; estate of Mr Gary Bradley, Victoria; thence by descent. Private Collection, Victoria.
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Aboriginal hunting boomerang. Mulga wood with ochre stain, length 58 cm
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Early Central Australian boomerang. Convex upper surface with lightly incised decoration. Wonderful old patina, length 64 cm. Provenance: Ex collection of rear Admiral Stephen John Lloyd and Mary Lloyd, ikely collected 1958 while posted at Maralinga.
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Oceania hardwood hand club. Fine age patina. Geometric incised decoration to haft, length 43 cm
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Aboriginal stone axe head, Mossman Nth QLD. With Collectors annotation axe found by King diamond, King of the Woora, presented to Queen Elizabeth 1953 by Son Alfie diamond, length 16 cm
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Five Aboriginal spear tips, Tiwi Peoples, length 108 cm longest
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Collection of 11 Aboriginal Cylcons. Also, with another unknown stone. Various collector's catalogue numbers and annotations.
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Four Papua New Guinea stone axe heads. One with collector's catalogue numbers, 32 cm (longest).
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Four Aboriginal stone implements. Includes grinding stone and adze, 22 cm (longest).
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Solomon Islands stone head hammer. Stone encased in bamboo and cane, length 35 cm
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Papua New Guinea Asmat Peoples axe. The (loose) stone blade with collector's catalogue number, length 39 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sawos people 'Kamana' bowl. Conical pottery bowl with incised exterior decoration, diameter 27.5 cm
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11 various Papua New Guinea tribal objects. Including cassowary bone daggers, and a fibre yam mask, etc. Various collector's catalogue numbers.
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Papua New Guinea ancestor spirit board (gope), height 164 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea ancestor spirit boards (gope), height 110, & 107 cm
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Large Papua New Guinea Torres Strait Islands drum. Carved wood and snake skin, height 116 cm
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Early Kundu drum, Asmat Peoples Papua New Guinea. Carved wood and snake skin, height 75 cm
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Early Kundu drum, Asmat Peoples Papua New Guinea. Carved wood and snake skin. Frigate bird handle, height 65 cm
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Mendi valley war shield (Worrumbi). Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Wooden shield with fibre suspension cord and natural red and white pigments, height 132 cm
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Admiralty Islands spear. Obsidian tip, fibre, trade beads, and ochre pigments, length 197 cm
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Papua New Guinea Tami Islands canoe splash board, height 134 cm
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Collection of 3 Papua New Guinea canoe paddles, 20th century, height 190 cm (tallest)
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Two Papua New Guinea New Ireland Malagan ceremony figures (Uli), height 105 cm & 101 cm
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Two Fijian hardwood throwing clubs (Ula). Together with a pounder, length 40 cm
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Papua New Guinea Highlands 'Kukukuku' club with fibre binding, length 82 cm
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Papua New Guinea quatrefoil stone headed war club. With fibre binding, length 70 cm
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Solomon Islands hardwood war club. With lime stained geometric carving, length 60 cm
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Solomon Islands parrying club (Qauata), San Cristobal. Early example, 19th or early 20th century, length 160 cm
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Solomon Islands hardwood war club. With woven fibre binding to handle (perished), early example, 19th or early 20th century, length 127 cm
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Early Fijian Gata war club. The haft decorated with pecked grip. Showing significant age patina, possibly late 18th or early 19th century. Small losses from club head consistent with use, length 100 cm
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Fijian hardwood 'Gunstock' war club (kiakavo). Early example, 19th or early 20th century, length 84 cm
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Fijian hardwood war club (Totokia). Early example, 19th or early 20th century, length 98 cm
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Polynesian hardwood 'Pole' war club, Tonga or Fiji. Early example, 19th or early 20th century, length 106 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea New Ireland Malagan ceremonial dance ornament 'Hornbill' finials. Wood, ochre, feathers, fibre binding, length 38 cm
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Nigerian 'Igbo' mask. Together with an Ethiopian headrest, and an unknown mask. Height 50 cm (igbo mask)
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African carved hardwood Prestige sceptre. Probably Ovimbundu people, Angola. 19th/early 20th century, length 56 cm
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East African Swahili coast ivory and bone embellished ebony throne chair (Kita Cha Enzi) 19th century. Nb: ivory export restrictions, height 127 cm, width 74 cm, depth 60 cm
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Balinese Macassar ebony carving, height 81 cm
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Balinese carved and polychromed figure of Garuda. Early example, height 62 cm
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Balinese carved and polychromed figure of Garuda, height 42 cm
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Fijian hardwood headrest (Kali). Early example, probably 19th century. Remnants of early label to base, length 45 cm
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South East Asian carved wooden ancestor figure. Seated figure with headdress and holding a bowl. Ex Peter Elliott collection, height 41 cm
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Orient line travel poster, c.1930. Designed by Andrew Johnson. (95 x 59 cm
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World War II posters (2), 'Blackout outside, Plenty of light inside with Philips Lamps.' second World War poster produced by Phillips Electrical Industries Pty Ltd advertising Phillips lamps. The text only poster uses colour to symbolise the effects of light and dark. On the left side of the poster, set jutting out of the rectangular edge, the title text appears in a palette shaped graphic of opposing dark/light colours. The rest of the text is centred in the other half of the poster in white, yellow and…
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N.S.W. Real Estate poster, 1919. 'Cooper's Estate, Bellevue Hill - Bondi'. Colour lithograph (63 x 101 cm sheet)
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N.S.W. Real Estate poster, 1912. 'Cooper's Estate, Bellevue Hill - Bondi'. Colour lithograph (104 x 64 cm sheet)
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Three Labour party political posters c.1910-1920. Will Dyson, 'Support the men and women Who Gave You Victory' (101 x 77 cm, signed in the plate, 'Printed and published by 'The Pelican press (T.U.), 2 Carmelite Street, London, Ec'; Gerald Spencer Pryse, 'Workless' and 'Landless' (101 x 76 cm each). Published by the Labour party, 28 Victoria Street, London, Sw. Together with two later reproduction prints of the original posters (pub. 1971)
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Australian vintage 'Gone with the Wind' movie poster. Pub. Robert Burton Pty Ltd, Sydney, lithograph (101 x 68 cm
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