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Auction House:
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** A painted bark basket, Burunga people, Beswick station, Northern Territory and a large shell painted with traditional design, length 21 cm and 37 cm ***
*** A Baba mask, Abelam people, Maprik Region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, height 48 cm, diameter 45 cm ***
*** A ceremonial dance mask, Ramu River, Papua New Guinea, soft orange pigmented colour, with eyes painted blue, 49 x 19 x 14 cm ***
*** A Nassa shell wealth waist band, Wafu, Torocelli mountains, West Sepik, Papua New Guinea, one side has been damaged and village repaired, 46 x 18 cm ***
*** A war shield, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, condition: crack in the top, height 116 cm, width 34 cm ***
*** An Ikat Weaving,Toraja people, Sulawesi, Indonesia, length 400 cm, width 49 cm ***
*** A woven bird figure, Abelam tribe, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, a beautifully crafted and painted 3-dimensional bird, with large wings, and one leg, it is in the transitional stage of becoming a 'Bird of paradise'. Probably related to yam… ***
*** An ancestral figure, Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, height 153 cm, width 19 cm ***
*** A large ancestral mask, Kwoma people, upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, height 167 cm, width 28 cm ***
*** A Talipun or Bride Price shell, with woven clan crest. Yangaru area, Arapesh people, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea; with steel mount; A/F ***
*** An ancestral mask, of weathered appearance with traces of natural earth pigment, Korogo village, Sepik river PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, height 61 cm ***
*** A food platter, carved in hardwood in the form of a crocodile, prominent eyes, middle Sepik river region PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 115 cm ***
*** A painted fern figure, Malekula, 230 cm ***
*** A Splash board, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 88 cm ***
*** Large Buka basket, finely woven cane with handle. Minor damage to rim. Bougainville Provine,Papua New Guinea, length 83 cm ***
*** An Massim ebony staff, profusely carved and with inlaid mother of pearl, on custom metal stand, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 87 cm ***
*** A Malekula ceremonial mask. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 70 cm ***
*** A ceremonial dance mask, Boiken, Sassoya Region, Prince Alexander mountains, Papua New Guinea, 50 x 24 cm ***
*** A ceremonial figure, Malekula, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 85 cm ***
*** A Malekula ceremonial plaque, 85 cm ***
*** A canoe prow, of weathered appearance from use, Murik Lakes, lower Sepik river region PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 37 cm ***
*** An old ceremonial bark belt, intricately engraved with geometric motifs & painted, Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea Highlands, diameter 26 cm, height 15 cm ***
*** A Malekula figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 155 cm ***
*** A Bioma figure, collected early 1970s, Papuan Gulf, height 60 cm ***
*** Trobriand Islands bowl figure, in classic squatting form with bowl. Incised design. Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands,Papua New Guinea. Diameter 12 x 36 cm ***
*** A Vanuatu ceremonial wood carved figure. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 40 cm ***
*** An Ambrym Island mask. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 65 cm ***
*** Two wood platters, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 77 cm each ***
*** A Malekula figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 70 cm ***
*** A large Malekula mask, 102 cm H x 83 cm wide ***
*** Five pottery bowls, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. ***
*** Two food platters, Vanuatu, 50 cm, 63 cm ***
*** A wood carved ceremonial mask, Ramu river, Papua New Guinea 68 cm ***
*** A wood carved ceremonial mask, Ramu river, Papua New Guinea 72 cm ***
*** Yoruba lidded container, lid with for recessed face designs with elaborate coiffure. Base is worn and damaged, A/F, Nigeria, Africa. Diameter 41 cm ***
*** A large ancestral hook figure, weathered appearance, profusely incised design of recurring scallops, collection # 77965, Chambri Lakes, Sepik region PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 180 cm ***
*** A shell money belt, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea ***
*** Mick Magani 1920-1984 Totemic animals ochres on bark Clan: Mildjingi area: Gatji Creek, Central Arnhem Land artist information affixed verso 64 x 23 cm ***
*** A ceremonial Initiation pot, used to serve yam soup to initiates, traditionally mixed with human flesh/bone gratings, Washkuk Hills, upper Sepik river, height 17 - 20 cm ***
*** A ceremonial Initiation pot, used to serve yam soup to initiates, traditionally mixed with human flesh/bone gratings, Nukuma people, Washkuk Hills, upper Sepik river, 17 x 17 cm ***
*** Three mid 20th century African ivory bangles 7.5 cm dia approx ***
*** A pair of early 20th century Aboriginal Kadaitcha shoes ***
*** A Marquesan transitional figure, carved in traditional form, collected by the vendor c.1972 on a sailing trip to the Marquesas Islands, Marquesas Islands, height 22 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestral mask. Ex Moriarty collection catalogue no; M2 with old label affixed no;416. Provenance: Stan Moriarty collection. 32 cm ***
*** A large Dense hardwood carving, Preparing for the Cock Fight, Tajen, Bali, mid 20th century, an ancient religious purification ritual, the man and his attire well delineated, and the intricately carved woven basket suspended above the rooster, made by a… ***
*** A Tapa cloth, Humboldt Bay area, West Papua, collected at Nafri village, Humboldt Bay, 1986; the tapa cloths from lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay in N.W. Irian Jaya, are locally known as Maro Smo. 110 x 96 cm ***
*** Painted Beam from a Weaving Loom, Nusa Panida, Bali, mid 20th century, each side with sarong clad dancing figures on white ground, birds flying overhead and other auspicious symbols, the tapered beam slotted to fit the cross beam, on fitted metal stand,… ***
*** A Gope board, in unusual diamond form with incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 69 cm ***
*** An Abelam wood mask, Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 72 cm ***
*** Two Talipun woven masks, Yangoru, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 44 x 33 cm ***
*** A Garra figure, Hunstein Mountains, Papua New Guinea 104 cm ***
*** A Garra figure, Hunstein Mountains, Papua New Guinea 106 cm ***
*** An old axe, Mendi Valley,Papua New Guinea,Highlands, 56 x 54 cm ***
*** An old axe, Mendi Valley,Papua New Guinea,Highlands, 54 x 48 cm ***
*** Two bone Daggers, Abelam people, East Sepik 40 cm ***
*** A Gulmari child's shield, with painted design to face and verso, Queensland, Australia, 34 cm ***
*** A child's shield, with faded ochre design to face and verso, Western Australia, height 36 cm ***
*** An old wooden platter, on purpose built stand, used to present cone shells (new mwali) to Kaileuna Chiefs at end of the communal cone fishing competiton Vinau, purchased from Chief Katubai on Kaileuna Island, Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea, mentioned… ***
*** A food plate, Boiken people, Prince Alexander Mountains, East Sepik. Engraved turtle to base. Diameter 47 cm ***
*** Five betel Mortars, Sepik-Ramu Region, Papua New Guinea. Length 20 cm ***
*** A finely carved and decorated wood trumpet, Sepik River; the finial depicting a important ancestor and with abstract designs lower down. 65.5 cm ***
*** A cult figure, collected early 1970s, Karawari river, middle Sepik, height 38 cm ***
*** An Asmat men's paddle, with woven fibre sleeve, adorned with white feathers, Asmat Region, West Papua, length 350 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestral figure, in squatting form, decorated with cowrie shells & human hair, middle Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, height 99 cm ***
*** A woven boar, of hand woven natural fibre string on a rattan cane framework made by women, Tambanum village, Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, length 58 cm ***
*** Phyllis (Booljoonngali-Nakamarra) Thomas (1935-) Untitled (Boab trees) 2004, ochres on canvas, inscribed verso, purchased Warmun arts centre catalogue no. WAC661/04 45 x 120 cm ***
*** Ritual pottery figure, Washkuk, Nukuma, Upper Sepik 28 cm ***
*** Two Hornbill figures, Abelam 41 & 50 cm ***
*** House panel, Abelam (Maprik), Papua New Guinea, carved with a male figure & bird, 96 x 26 cm ***
*** A short spear, Tombak, with a Parmor iron blade on a cylindrical hardwood shaft, Java, Indonesia 17th-19th century, in polished wood sheath. Provenance: A businessman who spent a decade travelling the Islands of Indonesia. Length 50 cm ***
*** A large Indonesian mythical turtle lion ***
*** An antique Balinese traditional painting ***
*** A pair of tigers carved in hardwood and inlaid in ebony, with glass eyes and open snarling mouths, East new Britian, Papua New Guinea, teeth in bone, made for Chinese market, raised on attached stands carved with tropical leaves, height 25 cm, length 26 cm ***
*** A miniature Asmat Mimboro, Mimika Region, Southern West Papua, Indonesia. Provenance: Collected by New Zealand boat builder, David Wells in 1968, 31 x 9 cm ***
*** A Malagan Wanis funerary mask, featuring snake and Pilot fish clan motifs, Tabar Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: ex David Baker Collection, ex New Guinea gallery, Sydney, David Said collection, height 71 cm ***
*** A kava bowl with twenty six legs, Fiji, height 15 cm, diameter 14 cm ***
*** A large Aboriginal Coolamon with incised design, a digging stick with incised design, a snake carving and a shell necklace, length 78-50 cm ***
*** A Southern Nias Bao Mattalui ancestral figure, Indonesia, thickset male warrior with earring, necklace and betel nut pounders, he is wearing a helmet with crest. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher Collection, 43 x 14 x 15 cm ***
*** A betel crusher in the form of a human head, Sumba, Indonesia. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, height 12.5 cm ***
*** A New Guinea plaque, made from the sago plath sections and decorated with ochres and cassowary feathers, Sepik Region, PNG, 140 x 110 cm ***
*** A ten strand shell money necklace, Afi I Oiya, with black spacers, the Solomon Islands. Provenance: Ex Judith wood collection, length 92 cm ***
*** An early bark belt Papuan Gulf New Guinea late 19th/ early 20th century. Provenance: Kingswood school, Bath, UK ***
*** A Gope board and Bioma figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea (2), height 45 cm, height 52 cm ***
*** Turkhana headrest, circa 1950s. 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… ***
*** Ethiopian headrest, Kambatta Arussi. 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 Yoruba Gelede mask Nigeria, Africa ***
*** A fine carved wood ancestral figure, Nias Island, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on custom stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 34 cm ***
*** A bone tribal prayer cross, Leti Islands, Indonesia, with profuse incised design. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 18 cm ***
*** A carved bone devotional stand, Tanimbar Island group, Maluku, Tenggah Regency, Maluku Province, Indonesia, with profusely incised design, on custom stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 24 cm ***
*** A pair of silver & bone drop earrings, Flores, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, length 6 cm ***
*** A bronze frog surmounted by another frog, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 20 x 26 cm ***
*** A profusely carved Balinese mirror stand, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 20 x 15 cm ***
*** A palm wood mask, Kamano people, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, this is a most unusual mask & possibly part of the traditional 'Sorcery trap', made of flexible plants bent to form, then adorned with magic stones & carved fernwood forms like this one… ***
*** A very large yam mask, Wosera, Southern Abelam, Papua New Guinea, well woven with fine cane, painted in bright yellow & orange pigments, the details on this mask are superb, 75 x 32 cm ***
*** A large old & finely engraved ceremonial bark belt, Wahgi valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, deeply carved in triangular & linear abstract motifs, painted in red & yellow, height 13 cm, diameter 27 cm ***
*** Five Vanuatu artefacts, 20 cm - 34 cm ***