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Art, Aboriginal/Tribal, Books, Furniture, Rugs. — McKenzies Auctioneers

Auction House:McKenzies AuctioneersNumber of lots recorded:45
Sale Title:Art, Aboriginal/Tribal, Books, Furniture, Rugs.Lots with images:44
Auction Location:PerthPrices available:41
Date:5-Jun-2024
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Michael Booiyool Anning b.1955, Queensland rainforest shield circa late 20th century, natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on carved wood. Inscribed verso: [M Anning bark buckets]. 105 x 36.5 cm
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Aboriginal artist unknown, North Queensland ceremonial sword club circa late 20th century carved hardwood with string-bound handle. Traditionally used in a ritualised / formalised one-on-one confrontation. 128 x 14 cm
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Aboriginal artist unknown, circa early 20th century hardwood message board being intricately carved to one side with interlocking repeated diamond patterns. Rubbed with red ochres. Slight damage to one end. 78 x 17 cm
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Alan Mungalu b. 1925, Kimberley Wandjina coolamon painted with six Wandjinas and a freshwater crocodile. Carved eucalyptus and natural earth pigments. 69 cm long. Provenance: collected by Wayne Masters before 1971.
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Aboriginal artist unknown, East Australian parrying shield Coranderrk Mission or similar, circa last quarter 19th century. Exterior surface finely carved with bands of geometric repeating diamond patterns and rubbed with natural earth pigments. 65 cm long
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Aboriginal artist unknown, an early La Grange hardwood shield circa late 19th-early 20th century, with carved intricate fluted design on the front and intricate interlocking design on the back. 72.5 x 13 cm
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Aboriginal artist unknown, an early carved hardwood boomerang circa late 19th-early 20th century, with alternating bands of carved fluted lines. 66 x 7 cm
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Aboriginal artist unknown, a carved hardwood shield with animal motifs circa early 20th century, with carved emus to the exterior surface and fine fluted alternating diagonal patterns to the interior. 54 x 20 cm
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Aboriginal artist unknown, four carved wood message sticks (1) carved hardwood, with interlocking designs to one side, smooth on the reverse 48 cm. (2) carved both sides, rubbed with ochres, pointed ends 42 cm (3) smooth patina, carved concentric rings to both sides 32 cm (4) hardwood, with deeply incised geometric 'T' patterns to one side. (x 4)
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Aboriginal artist unknown, two carved bull Roarers and a painted message stick circa early to mid 20th century one with carved geometric designs, the other having concentric rings and curvilinear patterns. The message stick being painted both sides with natural earth pigments. 43.5 cm (the longest). (x 3)
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Aboriginal artist unknown, a stone carved churinga, Central Australia large, flat oval river stone of blue/grey colour, reddened and carved to both sides with groups of concentric circles and curved lines. Patina and wear from handling. 39 x 14 x 3.5 cm
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Aboriginal artist unknown, two Kimberley glass spear points on fine shafts both points being very finely faceted and dentated, bi-face. The shafts have the remnants of white ochre painted decorations. The longest 172 cm.
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Aboriginal artist unknown, two hardwood boomerangs with carved bird motifs one being carved with waterbirds, the other with emus. The longest 70 cm
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Aboriginal artist unknown, a collection of carved glass spear heads various sizes and colours. The longest 20 cm. (x 10)
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Aboriginal artist unknown, a collection of axe heads and carved stone spear heads various rock types and sizes. One with gum resin. The largest 13 cm (x 21)
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Aboriginal artist unknown, a carved black stone axe head, and two stone tools the axe head being polished black stone with cutting edge, and two other stone tools (one reddened with natural ochres). 26.5 cm (the longest). (x 3)
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Dale J. Evers b.1955 (American), humpback whale diving patinated bronze on a polished slate base. Signed in the metal. Height including base 15 cm, width 14 cm, depth 11.5 cm.
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Francisque Joseph Duret, Improvvisatore bronze, signed and stamped foundry mark 'Delafontaine'. 43.5 cm (height).
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Sumatran Batak carving, circa mid 20th century ritual staff carved wood, horsehair. . Being deeply carved in the round, with human and animal figures. 230 cm height, with custom stand.
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Papua New Guinea club, pineapple club carved stone, with wooden handle, 83 cm
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Fijian club, carved wood, with string-bound handle, 60 cm
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Polynesia, Cook Islands adze, ceremonial Ruatangaeo pedestal adze from Mangaia circa late 19th century hardwood intricately carved with geometrical incised patterns, black stone adze (perhaps basalt) and finely plaited sennit cord. 46 cm height x 16 cm width x 8 cm depth
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Papua New Guinea, Sepik sculpture, circa early 20th century carved stone sculpture figural carved river stone, with custom stand. 37 x 8 x 4 cm
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Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik wooden head (red ochres), ancestral Replacement head sculpture carved native wood rubbed with natural earth pigments. 30 x 16 x 11 cm.
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Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik wooden head (shell eyes), ancestral Replacement head sculpture with inset shell eyes and teeth carved native wood rubbed with polychrome ochre decorations. 21 x 15 x 16 cm.
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Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik or Lower Ramu wooden mask, carved hardwood mask with incised carvings and painted blue pigment decorations. 35 x 15 x 16 cm
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African, Ashanti (Ghana) fertility doll, Akuaba ritual fertility figure carved wood, with full moon face and outstretched arms. 28.5 cm height
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Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik bone dagger, cassowary bone carved and decorated ritual dagger with custom metal stand. 41 cm length.
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Solomon Islands, ceremonial club, carved hardwood prestige club with inset pearl shell inlay with custom metal stand 42.5 (height)
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Papua New Guinea, stone adze, carved stone axe head smooth polish, with custom stand 28 cm long
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Papua New Guinea, coconut cup, carved ceremonial coconut bowl drinking vessel with extensive intricate carvings to the exterior. 10 x 13 cm
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Tiwi Islands sculpture, carved and painted Ironwood circa early to mid 20th century. Stylised bird figure with folded wings, natural earth pigments on wood. 84 cm (height)
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Tribal shield, perhaps African Congo, carved wood painted with pigments 102 cm (height) x 32 (width)
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Papua New Guinea, a gope board, carved wood with natural earth pigments. 9two 24 cm
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Papua New Guinea, three Kina shell necklaces and one other, with red pigmentation over the shell and fibre neckpiece, some with cowrie shell and other embellishments. The largest 21 x 18 cm. (x 4)
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Papua New Guinea, Mendi shield, an early, oval carved wood Mendi shield, having two central holes and a central ridge. Painted with natural ochres in traditional clan designs. 131 x 47 cm
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Walter Lawry Buller (Sir) 1838-1906, a history of the birds of New Zealand first edition, limited to 500 copies, published London John van Voorst, 1873. Large quarto, tinted lithograph frontispiece, 35 hand coloured plates by Keulemans. Late 19th century very fine leather binding, marbled paper boards and family bookplate 'Tytler of Woodhouselee'. Provenance: one family (by descent).
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Henry Moore OM CH BBA (Sir), shelter sketchbook first edition, published by Poetry Editions, London 1940. Hardcover, Octavo (17.5 x 20 cm), opening with spine at the top. 8two facsimile plates (colour and monochrome) with facsimile signature of Henry Moore and date October 1940 to the front free end paper. Light spotting to the endpapers, slight wear to covers and spine.
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J.M. Houstone, Early Australian Silver - the Houstone collection published Halstead press, Sydney 2007. 320 pages, illustrations, colour photographs, 28 cm. Includes images of 230 Australian hallmarks an appendix sets out the initials and crests on silver of Alexander Dick, the best known of the early silversmiths, and the families the pieces relate to. Includes bibliographic references (pages 297-303) and index, with dustjacket.
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Four Specialist Art / Collector books, (1) the Colonial eye Barbara Chapman, published Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1979. (2) Western Australian Art and artists 1900-1950 Janda Gooding, published Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1987. (3) a survey of Western Australian Art fom 1696 Arthur Spartalis, published Arthur Spartalis fine Art, Perth, 2008. (4) the little brown guide to carpets Enza Milanesi, published little, Bown and Company, London, 1993. (x 4)
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3 x first edition books by Rudyard Kipling, (i) 'The jungle Book' first edition. Published Macmillan & Co. 1894. Wear to edges, a 'Lean' to the book, 'Staining', cover a bit loose. (II) 'They' first edition. Published Macmillan & Co. 1905. Wear & staining to cover, otherwise good. (III) 'Traffics and Discoveries' first edition. Published Macmillan & Co. 1904. Good condition. Staining to first two pages, slightly to end papers. (3)
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Books by Rudyard Kipling x 5, (i) 'Debits & Credits', first edition. Published Macmillan & Co. 1926. Basically in good condition. Some wear to cover. Minor staining to end papers. (II) 'Rewards & Fairies', first edition. Published Macmillan & Co. 1910. Some acidification - first couple of pages, otherwise good. Minor wear to the cover. (III) 'Stalky & Co', first edition. Published Macmillan & Co. 1899. Same cover staining, spine edge wear, acidification first 2 pages. Otherwise good. (IV & V) 'From sea to…
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3 x T. E Lawrence books, (i) 'Seven pillars of Wisdom', first trade edition, 1935. Inscribed in ink, 'Martin J Haywood 1935'. Published Jonathon cape, with pull out maps, illustrations, etc. Reasonably good condition. (II) 'Oriental Assembly', first edition. 1939. Published Williams & Norgate Ltd. Some light foxing, first few pages. Otherwise good, with dust cover. (III) 'The letters of T.E. Lawrence' first edition. Edited by David Garnett. Published Jonathon cape, 1938. Condition good, with dust cover. (3)
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3 x 1930's books, (i) 'The Odyssey of Homer', Translated by T.E. Shaw. (Col. T.E. Lawrence). First UK edition. 1935. Published Oxford Uni press. Reasonable condition. Wear to the front cover corners. (II) 'Travels in Arabia Deserta' by Charles M. Doughty (intro by T.E. Lawrence). Volume I & II. Published Jonathon cape. 1936. (3)
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19th century pine chest, nicely restored. Internal iron hinges, iron handles, with working lock and key, clean interior, dovetailed joints, height 50 cm, length 86 cm, diameter 44 cm.
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