*** | Eye mask, Prince Alexandria Mountains, Sepik. Height 26 cm | *** | |
*** | A New Guinea Highlands Moka chest ornament, Papua New Guinea, with wooden backing board and woven fibre binding, incorporating a kina shell and multiple pig's tusks and teeth, height 47 cm | *** | |
*** | A New Guinea Highlands stone figure, Papua New Guinea | *** | |
*** | An unusual form bronze Buddha, Bali, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 33 cm | *** | |
*** | A fine Batak ceremonial staff, North Sumatra, Indonesia, condition: There is a break on the figure, stand not included. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 126 cm | *** | |
*** | A phallic ivory betel nut punch, Indonesia, with metal ring to base, on custom stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 10 cm | *** | |
*** | Three Fighting/Ceremonial spears, middle Asmat, Papua New Guinea, one Abelam with painted Janus-heads. Provenance: Ex-Moriarty collection, Asmat (M-295), height 175,184,188 cm | *** | |
*** | A large woven gable mask, Blackwater River, Speik Region, Papua New Guinea, 148 cm | *** | |
*** | An early Massim headrest in the form of an ancestral animal, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, from the style and patination we believe this piece to be from the early part of the twentieth century or possibly nineteenth century. For a similiar example… | *** | |
*** | A woven Helmut mask, Baba, Abelam people, Maprik Region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, used in ritual dance, with the mask representing a mythical creature - often a bird. Painted in bold yellow and white. Good condition, height 35 cm, length 23… | *** | |
*** | A large basket hook, Samban, Iatmul people, middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, the hook is formed by a catfish head, an ancestor who protects household food, 66 x 17 x 16 cm | *** | |
*** | A large wooden Helmut mask, Baba, with feather headdress, Abelam people, Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea, these wooden Babas are made in only a few villages and are rare, height 68 cm, diameter 28 cm | *** | |
*** | Three ritual smoking pipes, Mendi valley, Papua New Guinea, these were used ritually in the men's house with local tobacco, length 33, 30, 23 cm | *** | |
*** | An old oil container, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, reinforced with woven cane; the oil is used to cover body during ceremonies so that it glowed. Ritual smoking pipe engraved on main stem, height 36, 26 cm | *** | |
*** | Two didgeridoos, Arnhem land, Northern Territory, length 128 cm and 142 cm | *** | |
*** | A woven magic bag decorated with shards of bone. Papua New Guinea. 40 cm | *** | |
*** | Boomerang. Decorated with red ochre and faint lateral ochre markings to one side. Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Provenance: Paquim collection. Acquired by Joe Paquim, a former US submariner who returned to Western Australia after World War II and… | *** | |
*** | A fibre ancestral figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 179 cm | *** | |
*** | A Splash board, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 71 cm | *** | |
*** | A Papuan Gulf Kundu drum, skin missing, rattan binding intact, prominent elongated gaping mouth. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, height 69 cm | *** | |
*** | A wave splitter, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 64 cm | *** | |
*** | A Javanese Wayang Kulit screen, 19th / 20th century, depicting the traditional theatre puppet figure, finely painted on timber with precise detail to face & robes, 87 cm x 46 cm | *** | |
*** | A Sepik river ancestral hook, decorated with natural ochres and woven fibre anklets and wristbands, middle Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 89 cm | *** | |
*** | Five New Guinea body ornaments, including: a man's pig wealth tally ornament, mount Hagen; a fine old Dani warrior's bailer shell necklace, Baliem Valley; two nassa shell and fibre ornaments, and a fine multi strand seed belt, Sepik. 25 - 86 cm (5) | *** | |
*** | A New Ireland Malangan figure, 78 cm | *** | |
*** | Four Vanuatu ceremonial pieces. Provenance: David Baker Collection. | *** | |
*** | A Malekula Island mask, Vanuatu, 68 cm | *** | |
*** | A Malekula mask, 89 cm | *** | |
*** | A Malekula ceremonial figure of a dog, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 115 cm | *** | |
*** | A double faced Malekula Island mask with teeth, Vanuatu, 69 cm | *** | |
*** | A Malekula figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 155 cm | *** | |
*** | An Abelam Tambaran spirit mask, 'Nngwalndu', Maprik area, Papua New Guinea, 76 x 32 cm | *** | |
*** | A large well-woven & decorated yam mask, 'Babamini', Abelam, height 35 cm | *** | |
*** | Three Vanuatu clubs, 59 cm, 113 cm, 124 cm | *** | |
*** | A Wuvulu Island bowl, in classic angular format. Mid-twentieth century. A/F, Wuvulu Island, East Sepik Province,Papua New Guinea, 28 cm x 50 cm | *** | |
*** | A yam mask, very finely woven, well-painted, 'Babamini', Southern Abelam, East Sepik Papua New Guinea, 45 x 27 cm | *** | |
*** | An old ceremonial bark belt, intricately engraved with geometric motifs & painted, Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea Highlands, diameter 31 cm, height 14 cm | *** | |
*** | A Malekula plaque, Vanuatu, 89 cm | *** | |
*** | A canoe prow, of heavily worn appearance consistent with use, Murik Lakes, lower Sepik river PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 51 cm | *** | |
*** | An ancestral mask, showing signs of use, damage to mouth, collection # 68225, Yuat river, Sepik region PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 32 cm | *** | |
*** | An elegant ancestral figure, with one arm crossed over torso. A/F. Flores Island, Indonesia, 83 cm | *** | |
*** | A fern tree figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, 210 cm | *** | |
*** | A large wood Grade figure, Vanuatu, 325 cm | *** | |
*** | A Sulawesi garden marker, deeply weathered hardwood. A/F, Indonesia, 139 cm | *** | |
*** | A canoe prow, weathered appearance, carved with traditional patterns and with a squatting human figure to top, Murik Lakes, lower Sepik river PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 54 cm | *** | |
*** | Two Vanuatu figures. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 61 cm & 45 cm | *** | |
*** | A Malekula mask. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 55 cm | *** | |
*** | A head rest and a Bilum hook, head rest in symmetrical form with stylised figure on each finial, hook with lug to rear for suspension, signs of use, collected 1977 catalogue # 127714, Palembai village. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu… | *** | |
*** | Beetle nut mortar and pestle Sepik Region 26 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two Trobriand Islands implements & a Sepik Stirring stick, finely crafted Kiriwina axe handle, a Trobriand sago stirrer, and a small Sepik cooking implement. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 48 - 89 cm | *** | |
*** | An ancestor sculpture, Nogwi, Papua New Guinea in female form 113 cm | *** | |
*** | Bark painting, unknown Tiwi Artist, Melville or Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, c.1980; 'Pukamani Funeral armbands and Clan designs' 77 x 45 cm | *** | |
*** | A Massim canoe Bailer, in anthropomorphic form, signs of use, Trobriand Islands PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 54 cm | *** | |
*** | A Vanuatu wood carved mask, Ambrym Island. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 29 cm | *** | |
*** | An Omie bark cloth Avirose Sirimi. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 192 cm x 100 cm | *** | |
*** | Gary Djorlam 1950 - male and female Mimi Spirits ochres on bark Kunwinjku artist from Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), Western Arnhem Land, circa 1980's 47 x 15 cm (2) | *** | |
*** | A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (fish), Western Arnhem Land, circa 1960's. 78 x 30 cm | *** | |
*** | A Yuat river figure, Papua New Guinea 48 cm | *** | |
*** | African school, (20th century), Femal torso with raised arms, carved timber, signed verso, indistinct, 65 x 29 x 18 cm | *** | |
*** | A large old Dani axe (Yakbiliak), Baliem Valley, Dani, West Papua; a fine heavy old working axe for splitting trees and wood, the speckled green stone of the hardest type. Collected in the Jiwika area of the Baliem Valley in the early 1980's. 77 x 37 cm | *** | |
*** | A stone mortar and stone club head, Papua New Guinea 17 cm dia, 12 cm dia | *** | |
*** | A Highlands cooking pot, old ceramic cooking pot with incised design and missile form, chips to rim A/F, on perspex mount, Goroka region Papua New Guinea, height 41 cm | *** | |
*** | A Yipwon cult hook, Karawari river Region, Papua New Guinea 109 cm | *** | |
*** | An Asmat shield,. Length 222 cm | *** | |
*** | Two Squatting figures, Sepik river 21 cm & 30 cm | *** | |
*** | A Talipoon Bride Price, East sepik Arapesh people, Yangoru 34 cm | *** | |
*** | A Talipun Bride Price, woven fibre figure with outstretched arms and shells attached to a turbo shell base, Yangaru region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 37 x 38 x 21 cm | *** | |
*** | Three old baskets & two lime Gourds, Admiralty Islands, [5]. Provenance: The late Nora Heysen (1913-2003) Australian Artist and daughter of the late Hans Heysen. Nora Heysen was in New Guinea in the 1940's and had a collection of Pacific Islands artefacts… | *** | |
*** | A Talipun bride price, Boiken 45 cm | *** | |
*** | A collection of bone Daggers and Spatulas, Papua New Guinea (4) 39 cm | *** | |
*** | A large coastal Sepik mask, finely carved with a bird totem on the forehead & a dog totem coming out of the mouth, Ex Ruth collection Papua New Guinea 1970's, length 66 cm | *** | |
*** | A fine Pacific comb, with finely woven fibre binding, Malaita Island, Solomon Islands, 17 x 5 cm | *** | |
*** | A figure and two woven Headdresses, Abelam. Length 65 cm. Diameter 48 cm, 35 cm | *** | |
*** | A Gope board, Papuan Gulf, well carved and with ochre infill designs. 113 x 20 cm | *** | |
*** | A Mina figure, with faded ochre decoration, on steel and wood custom stand, remnant ochre decoration, some cracks & chipping A/F, height 160 cm | *** | |
*** | A coffee table, made from African panel with iron figures of tribal huntsman chasing animals 117 cm x 87 | *** | |
*** | A bronze alloy Buddha standing on a circular lotus throne raised on a square plinth, Java, Indonesia Provenance: The collection of the late Dr. Peter Elliot, Sydney, thence by descent., height 30 cm | *** | |
*** | Dan 'Ge-Gon' Society mask with man/bird face and attached headdress, Nigeria. Length 40 cm | *** | |
*** | A red glass bead Yoruba King Crown, Nigeria. Provenance: ex-Michael Green collection. Michael Green was a wealthy South African collector who moved to Tasmania after several decades of amassing an extensive collection of African Art, including various… | *** | |
*** | A Dyak Rhinosceros Hornbill earring in the form of a bird, Borneo, Indonesia, worn by qualified head hunters. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, purchased Kuching, 1982, 12 x 6 cm | *** | |
*** | A New Guinea stone club, ground stone disc head on wooden shaft with fibre bindings, Kukukuku people, Morobe region, PNG, 92 x 18 cm | *** | |
*** | A woven Helmut dance mask, Abelam people, Sepik, Papua New Guinea, serrated triangular motifs around the orange face and cassowary feather headdress, 49 x 25 x 26 cm | *** | |
*** | A South African four drawer desk | *** | |
*** | A Kwoma neck band set with approx. eighty dog teeth and a Kwoma pectoral panels set with approx 70 dog teeth, Papua New Guinea (2). Provenance: Ex Judith wood collection, length 42-12 cm | *** | |
*** | A lower Sepik river mask New Guinea. Height 59 cm | *** | |
*** | An unusual Aboriginal stone axe with steel shaft, Austalia, hand wrought haft incorporating beaten horse shoe binding, possibly made by an Aboriginal (?) blacksmith, Boulia station, Queensland length 41 cm | *** | |
*** | A painted Aboriginal Coolomon, attributed to Pdi Jangala, Austalia, collected Kintore 1982 length 63 cm | *** | |
*** | A ritual bird figure, Hornbill, Abelam people, Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea 79 x 39 cm | *** | |
*** | Large old food bowl, Boiken, Sepik. Engraved human figure. Height 57 cm | *** | |
*** | A didgeridoo (Yidaki), Gove, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, purchased by the vendor, Northern Territory, July 1974 113 cm | *** | |
*** | A Mortlock Island stool, Micronesia, fine sennit binding to both legs 43 x 54 cm | *** | |
*** | Gope, Goribari Island, Papua Gulf. Height 191 cm | *** | |
*** | Ritual pottery figure, Waskuk Hill, Upper Sepik River. Height 35 cm | *** | |
*** | An New Guinea Highlands Asaro earthenware mask, Papua New Guinea | *** | |
*** | Igo mask, early example, mounted. Provenance: ex-Michael Green collection. Michael Green was a wealthy South African collector who moved to Tasmania after several decades of amassing an extensive collection of African Art, including various personal… | *** | |
*** | A New Guniea Karawari figure, Papua New Guinea, early example with more recent applied natural earth pigment decoration. Provenance: Private Collection, purchased 1968 Carl Shipman collection accompanied with a letter to Carl Shipman explaining purchase… | *** | |