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Auction House:
Guy Earl-Smith & Antiquity
Number of lots recorded:26
Lots with images:26
Prices available:26
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*** A Dayak ancestor sculpture, of wood, fibre and goat fur topknot, Borneo, 170 x 23 cm ***
*** A West African sculpture, of wood in female form, with threaded seed and glass bead ornament attached, 103 x 20 cm ***
*** Two African baskets, of polychrome woven cane, 17-37 cm (2) ***
*** Two African artefacts, of wood including an Ethiopian stool and a twin fetish, 17-20 cm (2) ***
*** Two West African Heddles, the wooden braces with multi-strand twisted fibre string attached, 27 x 15 cm ***
*** An Asmat container, of bamboo, the exterior decorated with curvilinear motifs in relief, Irian Jaya, 50 x 10 cm ***
*** A Sepik ceramic whistle, of baked clay, Papua New Guinea, 10 x 9 cm ***
*** Three Sepik Phallocrypts, of hollow gourd, woven fibre, cane, seed, polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea 20-30 cm (3) Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art ***
*** Two highland Axes, of wood, cane, one with stone, Papua New Guinea 38-57 cm (2) Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art ***
*** A Keram river story board, artist Emil Arane, of wood, sculpted in the form of a fish and mythological scene in relief, Papua New Guinea, 80 x 34 cm ***
*** A West African drum, of wood with hide drumming membrane 29 x 14 cm ***
*** A West African mask, of wood, 39 x 19 cm ***
*** A Sepik sculpture, of wood, in the form of two pigs in coitus, Papua New Guinea, 40 cm (2) Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art ***
*** A Sepik hook, of wood, decorated with polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 150 x 29 cm ***
*** Two Bougainville spears, of wood one with cane bound barbs, Papua New Guinea, 206 cm Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. Harry Beran, donated to the Oceanic Art Society and now offered for sale in order to raise funds ***
*** Four Sepik artefacts, of wood, including two ancestor masks one with shell set eyes, a headrest, and an ancestor sculpture, Papua New Guinea, 12- 46 cm (4) ***
*** A Keram river story board, artist Emil Arane, of wood, sculpted in the form of a fish and depicting a mythical scene in relief, Papua New Guinea, 68 x 29 cm Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art ***
*** A Keram river story board, of wood, depicting a mythological scene in relief, Papua New Guinea, 76 x 62 cm ***
*** Two Sepik Ancestors sculptures, of wood, Papua New Guinea, 30-36 cm (2) ***
*** A Sepik ancestor mask, of wood, fibre, cane and feather tassels, Papua New Guinea, 36 x 28 cm ***
*** Two Ethnographic highland body ornaments, of fibre threaded orchid stem, dog tooth and shell discs, Papua New Guinea, 21-72 cm (2) ***
*** Three Sepik sculptures, of wood, in the form of pigs, Papua New Guinea, 14-19 cm (3). Provenance: from the Dr. David S. Johnson collection of Pacific Island and New Guinea Art ***
*** A Yolngu spear thrower, of wood, leaf form sinew bound peg at apex, resin bulb at grip terminal, small split to anterior, Arnhemland, 83 x 9 cm ***
*** An Australian sound Tube (didgeridoo), of wood, decorated with figurative motifs in polychrome paints, 124 cm ***
*** A Woven Basket and Smoking Pipe, of woven cane, and bamboo, Indonesia, 20-46 cm (2) ***
*** A Korewori cult hook (yipwon), of wood in stylised human form, Papua New Guinea, 89 x 7 cm ***