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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 yam mask with wood and natural ochres. Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea ***
*** A Gope board, with incised design of an ethereal ancestral being, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 72 cm ***
*** Carved wooden figure of an Indonesian fisherman ***
*** Two old Highlands Drums one from the Western Highlands with fine incised geometric designs and an old patina, early 20th century, together with another old drum with fine designs and ochre painting on bottom. Provenance: Collected by Warwick Irvine in… ***
*** A suspension hook from the middle Sepik river Papua New Guinea with definite signs of use ***
*** Shell & mask, bride price, 'Talipoon', Yangoru. Height 42 cm ***
*** A profusely incised polychrome paddle, Sissano Lagoon, north coast Papua New Guinea, handle has been cut down for transport, length 74 cm ***
*** A Diminutive Massim stool comprising of two figures, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 32 cm ***
*** A Talipon (bride price) from the Yangoru Region, shell and woven painted mask. Height 35 cm ***
*** Two woven dance costumes/genital support Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, 32 cm each ***
*** Three woven yam masks Abelam people, Maprik Region, 25 to 58 cm ***
*** A shield, Western Australia and a bulbous headed club, south Eastern Australia carved wood, pokerwork designs with emu and kangaroo (club) 67 cm and 45.5 cm(26 3/8 ***
*** An Iatmul war shield, Chambri Lakes Region, Middle Sepik, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, height 160 cm, width 36 cm ***
*** A shield, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 147 cm x 47 cm ***
*** A Gope board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea some insect damage to top right edge ***
*** A Trobriand skirt Making board, used to impress traditional designs onto the grass used in the making of skirts, hardwood with deep patina, one side heavily incised, Trobriand Islands PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection,… ***
*** A wooden figure, Banks Island. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 97 cm ***
*** A Gope board, with incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 119 cm ***
*** A Gope board, with incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 142 cm ***
*** A Splash board, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 58 cm ***
*** Neville Naraldol turtle natural ochres on bark Western Arnhem Land Tribe: Gunwinggu area: Oenpelli old label affixed verso. 54 x 39 cm ***
*** A mask made on turtle shell, fine molded clay face with intricate painted designs, Sepik region Papua New Guinea, height 33 cm ***
*** A South East Australian club in hardwood with incised design. Length 62 cm ***
*** Six shell and tusk wealth ornaments, two Lumi area nassa shell Poli ornaments; two bailer shell head ornaments, Southern Highlands; two double boars tusk and shell ornaments, Tufi area. 21 - 31 cm, 11 - 13 cm, 15 - 40 cm (6) ***
*** Two Malekula masks, 60 cm, 74 cm ***
*** A Wuvulu Island bowl, in rectangular format with straight sides and elegant curved base. Mid-twentieth century. A/F, Wuvulu Island, East Sepik Province,Papua New Guinea, 29 cm x 49 cm ***
*** A Malekula mask, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 61 cm ***
*** An Ambrym Island fern tree figure. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 114 cm ***
*** Two Malekula male and female figures, Vanuatu A/F. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 113 cm ***
*** An Ambrym mask. 112 cm ***
*** An old canoe prow, incised with traditional designs on both sides and a figurative head at the apex, Sarmi region, West Papua. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 34 cm ***
*** A fern tree figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu A/F damage to head, 159 cm ***
*** A large Massim canoe steering paddle, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 257 cm ***
*** An ancestral figure, with incised tribal markings on torso and face, grass skirt and mother of pearl eyes, lateral crack on rear of head and shoulder, mounted on custom metal stand, Highlands area PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu… ***
*** A pair of Weaving Loom decorations, in the stylised form of horses, dark glossy patina, Sumba Islands, Indonesia, length 33 & 39 cm ***
*** A cult figure, of unusual form, series of stylised ribs centred around an exaggerated navel, collection # 127945, Karawari river, Sepik region PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 116 cm ***
*** A Malekula ceremonial figure. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 77 cm ***
*** Two Ambrym Island masks, Vanuatu on stand. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 67 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture of wood, with open work base, polychrome pigments 84 cm ***
*** A Sepik sculpture of wood in the form of a stylised canoe prow 47 cm ***
*** A Malekula mask, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. ***
*** A Malekula ceremonial head. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 25 cm ***
*** Ancestral figure black water river Sepik Region 24 cm ***
*** Three mid 20th century African ivory bangles 7.5 cm dia approx ***
*** A Dogon bronze cast in the form of a female 11 cm ***
*** An old ancestral figure, with hands clasped across chest, Indonesia (probably Timor), height 49 cm ***
*** A ritual Bride Price, woven face on green turbo shell, Talipoon, Arapesh, Prince Alexander mountains, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, height 41 cm ***
*** A ritual Bride Price, woven face on green turbo shell, Talipoon, Arapesh, Prince Alexander mountains, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, height 42 cm ***
*** An Aboriginal coolamon decorated with red ochre and white lateral stripes. Central Australia, length 63 cm ***
*** A Vanuatu pig killing club, with deep lustrous patina and multiple faces, on custom metal stand, Vanuatu, length 46 - 71 cm ***
*** A Kanipu mask, of rattan cane frame and coconut fibre, grass and feather construction, decorated with natural ochres, Papuan Gulf Region Papua New Guinea, height 80 cm [including tassels] ***
*** A Gope board, decorated with traditional ancestral figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 65 cm ***
*** A Gope board, decorated with incised and painted image of an ancestral figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 66 cm ***
*** A massive carving, being Fed before the Cock Fight, Tajen, an ancient religious Purification ritual, Bali, mid 20th century, the composition well delineated by a master carver, height 41 diameter 30 cm ***
*** A collection of bone Daggers and Spatulas, Papua New Guinea (4) 39 cm ***
*** Two child's Paddles, Ramu river, Papua New Guinea 118 cm ***
*** A Sepik river ancestral figure, Papua New Guinea 90 cm ***
*** A graduated set of four large food platters, one with cracks to handles on either side, with incised design to rims, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, length 56 - 76 cm ***
*** An African sculpture 116 cm ***
*** An Aboriginal ceremonial spear, Tiwi Islands, Northern Australia 174 cm ***
*** A fighting club, 'Alofolo, Malaita, Solomon Islands, height 89 cm ***
*** Five betel Mortars, Sepik-Ramu Region, Papua New Guinea. Length 24 cm ***
*** Six figurative paddle finials, lower Sepik river, Papua New Guinea. Length 32 cm ***
*** Five figurative paddle finials, lower Sepik river, Papua New Guinea. Length 41 cm ***
*** A ceremonial mask, 'Waken', collected in early 1970s, Yensinmungua village, middle Sepik, 41 x 31 cm ***
*** A Mina cult figure, heavily weathered, some damage to face as per image, phallic nose, Kwoma people, upper Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 96 cm ***
*** Three New Guinea artefacts, including an old food bowl; Ex Allen Christensen collection no.cc60720, a carved face Vao Island, Malekula and a finely incised Keram River bamboo lime container. 29 - 56 cm (3) ***
*** A New Ireland wedding hat, made from tapa cloth incorporating a pair of boar's tusks on woven binding, New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea, diameter 36 cm ***
*** A curved blade dagger, with a bone & dark hardwood sheath, Papua New Guinea, 19th/20th century. Length 41 cm ***
*** A cast metal medicine horn, Naga Marsarang, the zoomorphic creature has a curled tail, Sumatra, Indonesia, 20th century, the mixture contained a magic potion that enabled the user to communicate with the Gods, on an elaborated fitted display stand.… ***
*** A young Tibetan seated monk carved wood with traces of gilt, 19th century. Provenance: An old South African collection, height 16 cm, width 8 cm ***
*** Small yam mask, Abelam 36 cm ***
*** Two Aboriginal bark paintings, Arnhem Land 57 cm x 38 cm ***
*** A collection of New Guinea stone objects, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea ***
*** A large woven yam mask, old and well painted, Abelam people, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 51 x 50 cm ***
*** A West African totem, timber with earth colours, height 166 cm ***
*** A Borneo ceremonial tattoo kit, Ikat tribe c.1940 44 x 10 x 13 cm ***
*** A Batak Parang, Solaic village, Sumatra, Indonesia, bone handle with Singa to eat a man, exquisite ornamented bone scabbard, old blade of local manufacture, complete but rusty, beautiful old glossy patina. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection,… ***
*** A Batak Parang, Ambaritja village, Toba, Indonesia, bone and wood, a complex figurative hilt and patterned scabbard, old blade, complete. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, collected Indonesia, 1980, length 55 cm ***
*** A Toba ceremonial Wand, Indonesia, elongated single figure, long headdress of hair, shaft partially wrapped with ijuk fibre. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, height 42 cm ***
*** An East Sumba Mamuli, Indonesia. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, collected Bali, 1972, 13 x 13 cm ***
*** A woven yam mask, Abelam people, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, 40 x 32 cm ***
*** A Sepik river mask together with a woven pig 76 cm & 60 cm ***
*** A dog tooth pectoral, Murik lakes, lower Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 37 cm ***
*** A pair of New Guinea Highlands bicep ornaments (2), finely woven fibre and cane with wooden side strut, one with cloth binding, height 27 cm, height 29 cm ***
*** A Dyak ancestral figure mounted on custom stand, Borneo, Indonesia, large chip to top left forehead A/F, height 91 cm ***
*** Unknown fetish, possibly Congo, early 20th century. 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… ***
*** A rare Micronesian fishing tackle box ***
*** An elaborately carved wooden ceremonial spoon, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, length 29 cm ***
*** A bronze sculpture incorporating a bull with a calf & a lion, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 22 x 42 cm ***
*** Three Buka Islands, woven platters 50 to 63 cm ***
*** Three bone Crosses, decorated with dot and circle design. Mounted on steel stand, Sumba, Indonesia, 8 cm to 10 cm ***
*** A hair piece, Iamul people, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, worn as part of the elaborate costume used in the Naven ceremonies, height 44 cm, width 31 cm ***
*** Old bow of black palm and twelve fighting arrows, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, the bow is re-inforced with numerous tight cane bindings, with attached bow string of cane. 12 old arrows for fighting, some with bone tips, height 170 cm ***
*** Three painted bark panels, two from the Abelam Region and one from the Washkuk hills, East sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, all spirit paintings on sago bark, 'Pangal', used to adorn the inside of the spirit Houses, height 100 cm, width 30 cm ***
*** A Waskuk Pottery bust, Kwoma people, upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, height 22 cm, width 11.5 cm ***