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Auction House:
Guy Earl-Smith & Antiquity
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** Two Javanese Theatrical Masks (topeng), of wood, the anterior decorated in polychrome mineral paints, in the form of a monkey and a mischievous man, Indonesia, 18-20 cm (2) ***
*** Two Central Australian bowls (coolamon), artist unknown, of wood, polychrome acrylic, 47-67 cm (2) ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood decorated with inset shell, polychrome pigments, feather and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 19 x 67 cm ***
*** Two New Guinea bowls, of wood, Papua New Guinea, 51-48 cm (2) ***
*** Two Solomon Islands chest ornaments, of shell, mother of pearl, dog teeth, boar tusk, seeds, and coconut discs, 60-81 cm (2) ***
*** A Sepik shield, of wood, the anterior decorated with polychrome pigments, the rear with raised cane and fibre bound wood grip, Papua New Guinea, 182 x 56 cm ***
*** A Papuan Gulf ancestor board (gope), of wood, the anterior decorated with figurative motifs and polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 85 x 21 cm ***
*** A Sepik hook, of wood, decorated with polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 113 x 31 cm ***
*** An Asmat house board, of wood the anterior decorated with motifs in relief, remnant polychrome pigments, Irian Jaya, 151 cm ***
*** A Skein of Orchid stem and Fibre cord, of plaited polychrome split orchid stem, cane and fibre, Papua New Guinea, over 3m ***
*** An ancestor sculpture, of wood with ancestor visage below a stylised bird head at terminal, Borneo, 99 cm ***
*** A collection of four implements for the dining table, of ivory, including a pair of Colonial African salad tongs and a pair of serviette rings, 6-34 cm (4) Provenance: The salad tongs purchased from Arthur W. Erikson, fine arts, Portland Oregon, in 1996… ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, shell inset eyes, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 48 x 19 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood in large female form decorated with polychrome pigments, remnant resin, Papua New Guinea, 170 x 37 cm. Provenance: from an Australian collection ***
*** Three Neolithic upper Yuat sculptures, of baked clay in diminutive form, Papua New Guinea, 8-12 cm (3) note: these ceramic fragments have been found in the swampy grass country region between the Keram and Yuat river catchment area, and were excavated by… ***
*** An Highlands Bridal headdress, the openwork shell embroided woven fibre ornament with shell and seed bead tassels, Papua New Guinea, 23 x 20 cm ***
*** A collection of trade beads, of polychrome glass threaded on a fibre string, Papua New Guinea, 260 cm ***
*** A Solomon Island sculpture, of wood in form of a crayfish, decorated with inset mother of pearl shell, 10 x 40 cm ***
*** Symbolic Dayak coffin, of wood with two ancestor motifs at terminals holding the coffin, the lid with zoomorphic sculpture in relief with an internal ancestor in relief, 80 x 23 cm ***
*** Two Gogodala dance ornaments, of wood, cane and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 19-49 cm (2) ***
*** A collection of six Sepik fishing Arrows, the bamboo shafts below fibre and cane bound composite wooden barb points, Papua New Guinea, 117-147 cm (6) Provenance: Ex-collection Robert Worsley, Sydney ***
*** A collection of five highland Arrows, in classic composite form, four with slender leaf shaped points above bamboo shafts, Papua New Guinea, 88-123 cm (5) Provenance: Ex-collection Robert Worsley, Sydney ***
*** An Abelam ceremonial headdress, of wood, the ancestor visage in relief to anterior below an openwork apex of a bird of paradise motif, decorated with polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 94 x 28 cm Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of… ***
*** A Sepik hook, of wood, the anterior sculpted in classic ancestor form, decorated with resin set shell eye, incised curvilinear motifs and applied polychrome pigments, the rear with projecting pierced lug at apex with old cane attachment, Papua New Guinea,… ***
*** A Dayak sword, the metal blade with horn hilt, wood scabbard decorated with goat tooth tassel, side knife attached, Borneo, 63 x 6 cm ***
*** An early West African Weaver's Beater, of wood with cane binding and rigid central stays, glossy old patina, 20 x 21 cm ***
*** An Asmat Soul boat, of wood, sculpted with ancestor warriors with heads raised towards the heavens, decorated with incised linear motifs and polychrome pigments, Irian Jaya, 126 x 26 cm Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific… ***
*** A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, decorated with fibre, feather and seed tassels, Papua New Guinea, 26 x 19 cm ***
*** A Keram river story board, of wood, with openwork apex, depicting a mythological scene in relief, Papua New Guinea, 77 x 47 cm ***
*** A Keram river story board, of wood, in openwork form, depicting a mythological scene, small split in wood, Papua New Guinea, 97 x 80 cm ***
*** A wooden West African mask ***
*** Two highland chest pendants, the shell sections, one with polychrome orchid stem necklace, the other with shell-embroidered woven fibre band, Papua New Guinea, 68-89 cm (2) ***
*** A collection of four fine Sepik Armbands, of tightly woven cane, Papua New Guinea, 12-14 cm (4) ***
*** A Skein of Orchid stem and Fibre cord, of plaited polychrome split orchid stem, cane and fibre, Papua New Guinea, over 3m ***
*** Two New Hebrides ancestor sculptures, of stone, with classic ancestor visage in relief, Vanuatu, 10-22 cm (2) ***
*** Two Chisel Grips, and Five Containers, of wood and bone, Indonesia, 9.5-13 cm (7) ***
*** An Ethnographic Massim Sago scoop, of wood, the circular section shaft decorated with incised motifs above a narrow projecting terminal, old sennit binding attached, smooth glossy patina, Trobriand Islands, 59 x 5 cm acquired by the vendor's late husband… ***
*** Two highland Armbands, of woven cane, Papua New Guinea, 9-10 cm (2) ***
*** A collection of three highland axe heads, the edge ground obsidian blade, smooth patina, Papua New Guinea, 10-26 cm (3) ***
*** Three West Australian Ochre fragments, 7-9 cm (3) ***
*** Three Cameroon dolls, of clay, wrapped in canvas, 27-35 cm (3) ***
*** Two Ashanti stools, of wood in classic low profile form, 14-20 cm (2) ***
*** A Sepik ceremonial mask, of openwork cane, Papua New Guinea, 79 x 43 cm ***
*** A Massim bowl, of wood, incised motifs to outer rim, Trobriand Islands, 10 x 54 cm ***
*** Pair of Ancestor Sculptures, of wood in male and female form, Indonesia, 31 cm each (2) ***
*** A Sepik shield, of wood, decorated with polychrome pigments and fibre tassels to anterior, rear with cane grip attached, Papua New Guinea, 196 x 39 cm ***
*** A huon Gulf ancestor board (gope), of wood, the anterior decorated with ancestor motifs in relief, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 57 x 16 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood in male form, shell inset eyes, polychrome pigments, feather and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 75 cm ***
*** A Sepik hook, of wood, decorated with inset shell, resin, fibre tassels, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 21 x 80 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, Papua New Guinea, 59 x 19 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, polychrome pigments, shell set eyes, shell ornament attached, Papua New Guinea, 85 x 26 cm ***
*** An ancestor sculpture, of wood in female form, Borneo, 93 x 17 cm ***
*** A Yolngu Sound Tube (didgeridoo), of wood, decorated with polychrome ochres, Arnhemland, 112 cm ***
*** Highlands archer's armour and gourd lime container, the armour of woven cane, the container of earth-set shell gourd, with fibre suspension loop, Papua New Guinea, 42-44 cm (2) ***
*** A Skein of Orchid stem and Fibre cord, of plaited polychrome split orchid stem, cane and fibre, Papua New Guinea, over 3m ***
*** A Massim bowl, of wood, incised motifs to outer rim, Trobriand Islands, 10 x 51 cm ***
*** A Sepik sculpture, of wood, in the form of a bird, shell set eyes, Papua New Guinea, 88 x 34 cm ***
*** A Solomon Island chest pendant (cap cap), the pierced shell disk with an openwork shell frame to anterior, fibre, shell and glass bead tassel, 15 cm ***
*** A Massim Sago spatula, of wood in slender section, with openwork motif at apex, Trobriand Islands, 157 cm ***
*** Two West African ceremonial Axes, of copper alloy with animal motifs in relief, 38-39 cm (2) ***
*** A Sepik hook, of wood in openwork form, shell set eyes, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 76 x 16 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood with shell set eyes, Papua New Guinea, 41 x 10 cm ***
*** A Korewori cult hook (yipon), of wood in stylised human form, shell inset eyes, Papua New Guinea, 94 x 8 cm ***
*** Two Sepik Taro trays, of woven cane, Papua New Guinea, 27-70 cm (2) ***
*** A Sepik ancestor board, of openwork wood, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 150 x 35 cm ***
*** An Asmat platter, of wood, with ancestor terminal, Irian Jaya, 85 x 17 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood with shell set eyes, Papua New Guinea, 75 x 27 cm ***
*** A Massim dance ornament, of openwork wood decorated with polychrome pigments, Trobriand Islands, 54 x 33 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, decorated with ancestor motifs in relief, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 47 x 34 cm ***
*** A Sepik orator's chair, of wood, resin set shell and hair, boar tusk nose ornament, polychrome pigments, fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 160 x 37 cm ***
*** A Sepik Gable ornament, the bamboo frame with bark fibre anterior decorated with polychrome pigments, woven cane and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 128 x 55 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, the anterior decorated with polychrome pigments, shell set eyes and cane and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 96 x 35 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, polychrome pigments, fibre tassels, shell set eyes, Papua New Guinea, 88 x 34 cm ***
*** A Korewori cult hook, of wood in stylised human form, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 88 x 18 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, the anterior with polychrome pigments, shell inset eyes, Papua New Guinea, 88 x 49 cm ***
*** Two Rice Gods, of wood in male and female form, with projecting hair at apex, Indonesia, 39 cm each (2) ***
*** A Balinese Ceremonial Mask, of wood, woven cane, hair, polychrome paints, 67 x 27 cm Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Primitif, Sydney, 2008 ***
*** Three Massim lime Spatulas, of wood in diminutive form, Trobriand Islands, 17- 20 cm (3) ***
*** A kava bowl, of wood in diminutive form, Fiji, 25 x 9 cm ***
*** A kava bowl, of wood in diminutive form, Fiji, 25 x 9 cm ***
*** A Maori canoe Bailer, of wood, New Zealand, 39 x 15 cm ***
*** A lower Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, sculpted in relief in the form of an ancestor visage, shell set eye decorated with incised motifs, polychrome pigments, 58 cm Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art ***
*** A lower Sepik ancestor mask, of wood with woven cane frame decorated with incised geometric motifs, fibre tassels, remnant polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 41 cm Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea… ***
*** A Keram river story board, of wood, with open work apex, depicting a mythological scene in relief, Papua New Guinea, 57 x 24 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, inset shell eyes, Papua New Guinea, 42 x 15 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, polychrome pigment, inset shell eyes and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 56 x 15 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, shell set eyes and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 58 x 13 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, shell set eyes, feather and fibre tassels, Papua New Guinea, 87 x 21 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture, of wood, polychrome pigments, woven cane and feather tassels attached, Papua New Guinea, 77 x 25 cm ***
*** A Keram story board, of wood decorated with polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 53 x 38 cm ***
*** An Asmat ancestor sculpture (mbis), of wood, the openwork apex fragment, polychromes pigments, Irian Jaya, 17 x 29 cm ***
*** Two highland hair Combs, of wood, Papua New Guinea, 24 x 7 cm (2) ***
*** Four Ethnographic Kirikiri body ornaments, of shell embroided woven fibre, Papua New Guinea, 40-60 cm (4) ***
*** Two Sepik Amulet masks, of wood, shell set eyes, Papua New Guinea 33-38 cm (2) Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art ***
*** Two New Guinea artefacts, of wood, 50-55 cm (2) Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art ***
*** Two Sepik sculptures, of wood, Papua New Guinea, 30 cm (2) Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art ***