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Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:54
Lots with images:54
Prices available:54
Category:
New Guinean
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A tribal figural roof finial, carved wood and natural earth pigments, Papua New Guinea, 66 cm high ***
*** An antique walking stick with carved snake; together with a Papua New Guinea chieftain's walking stick, (2 items), 91 cm and 99 cm high ***
*** An early swordfish rostrum ornament with clay and shell face decoration and earth pigment finish, north coast Papua New Guinea, circa 1950, 39 cm high ***
*** A spirit mask, carved wood, shell and fibre beard with earth pigments, Papua New Guinea, 75 cm high ***
*** Gable mask, woven cane, wood, feather and fibre with remains of earth pigment decoration, Kuvenmas village, Blackwater lakes, Papua New Guinea, 120 cm high ***
*** Two Kina shell necklaces, Melpa tribe, Papua New Guinea, 20 cm and 19 cm wide ***
*** A totemic figure, carved wood and earth pigments, Papua New Guinea, 121 cm high ***
*** Bird spirit figure, carved wood, shell and remains of polychrome finish, Papua New Guinea origin, 40 cm high ***
*** A figural lime spatula, carved wood, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, 33 cm high ***
*** Papua New Guinea mask, necklace, cassowary feather bag and fly whisk, 20th century, the mask 60 cm high ***
*** A ceremonial mask, tortoise shell, fibre, boar tusk, feather, shell and earth pigments, Papua New Guinea, 28 cm high ***
*** A tribal pick, wood, woven fibre and bone, Papua New Guinea, 65 cm high ***
*** A cooking pot, incised and fired clay with ochre decoration, Wosera region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, circa 1960, 16 cm high, 21 cm wide ***
*** Breast plate body armour, woven cane, Cuirass, Highlands, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, 53 cm high ***
*** Two pig tooth necklaces with fibre and string bindings, Papua New Guinea, 51 cm and 49 cm long ***
*** Two ancestor figures, one carved wood, the other woven nylon, wire, fibre and paint, Papua New Guinea, 17 cm and 46 cm high ***
*** A tribal dagger with figural decoration, carved bone, clay, shell and hair with painted finish, Papua New Guinea, 39 cm high ***
*** New Guinea and Aboriginal items c1950 comprising, a New Guinea highland axe blade c.1950 and an Aboriginal shield and boomerang c.1950. (3) ***
*** Tribal arm band, neck ornament, gopi board and shark tooth club, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands, (4 items), the club 100 cm long ***
*** Baby Jesus in a manger, fired clay, Yuat river, Papua New Guinea, circa 1960, 27 cm long ***
*** An early and well used cook pot, fired clay, middle Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, 28 cm high, 30 cm wide ***
*** Two figural ridge tile finials, fired clay, Aibom Village, ChambriLake, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, the larger 44 cm high ***
*** A woven cane salt carrier, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, 165 cm high ***
*** An early tribal shield, adze cut wood, Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 140 cm high ***
*** An ancestor spirit mask, carved wood, shell, fibre and pigment, Papua New Guinea, 81 cm high ***
*** A Loma mask, carved wood with remains of painted finish, Liberia/Guinea origin, early 20th century, 105 cm high ***
*** Canoe bailer, carved wood, East Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, 33 cm long ***
*** A tribal axe, woven cane, wood and stone, mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, 90 cm high ***
*** Trobriand Island dance paddle, nicely carved and hand painted, 74 x 28 cm, very good condition ***
*** Totem figure and tribal drum, wood, feather and earth pigments, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, the drum 51 cm high ***
*** A carved timber crocodile head and figured totem, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, (2 items), 42 cm and 36 cm ***
*** A tribal mask, carved wood, shell, tusk and fibre with natural earth pigments, Wewak, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century 53 cm ***
*** An ancestral figure, carved wood, hair, shell and fibre with remains of ochre finish, Papua New Guinea, 46 cm high ***
*** A fine carved wooden crocodile ornament with shell eyes, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 140 cm long ***
*** A tribal pick, carved palmwood, natural fibre and hardwood, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 77 cm high ***
*** An ancestral mask, carved wood and natural fibre with feather fringe, Biwat river, Papua New Guinea, circa 1960, 53 cm high overall ***
*** A cassowary bone dagger with shell clay and hair decoration, Yuat river, Papua New Guinea, early to mid 20th century, 34 cm long ***
*** A ridge finial, fired clay with painted decoration, Aibom village, Cambri lake, middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, 39 cm high ***
*** Headdress and body ornaments, cassowary feather and fibre, Torres Strait and south coast of Papua New Guinea, early to mid 20th century, (4 items) ***
*** [New Guinea] Smallhorn, Jacinta 'The Binanderean Languages of Papua New Guinea: Reconstruction and Subgrouping', [The Australian National University, 2011], 466 pp., bibliography. Soft cover. Also, 'New Guinea Highlands - Art from the Jolika Collection'… ***
*** A woven cane headdress, carved wooden statue and feather dance ornament, Papua New Guinea, (3 items), 34 cm, 48 cm and 80 cm long ***
*** Baba helmet mask, woven fibre with ochre decoration, Maprik, East Sepic river, Papua New Guinea, 36 cm high ***
*** Spirit figure, carved wood with remains of painted finish, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, 21 cm high ***
*** Sago pot, carved wood, Papua New Guinea origin, 44 cm high ***
*** A Polynesian greenstone axe head with remains of collection notation (illegible), together with a tribal mask, painted woven fibre and feather, Papua New Guinea origin, (2 items), the axe head 15.5 cm long ***
*** A carved timber crocodile head and figured totem, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century 42 cm and 36 cm ***
*** Tribal statue, ornament and pottery vase, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, (3 items), the largest 36 cm high ***
*** A spear thrower and a flute stopper, carved wood, bamboo, feather, shell, hair and fibre, Papua New Guinea, the larger 101 cm high ***
*** Dog's tooth arm band, shell arm band and a shell and woven fibre belt ornament, Papua New Guinea, (3 items), the belt 100 cm long ***
*** A tribal figure carved wood, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 43 cm high ***
*** A tribal mask, carved wood with remains of colour decoration, Papua New Guinea, 85 cm high ***
*** An earthenware cooking bowl with incised decoration, Papua New Guinea origin, 21 cm high ***
*** A tribal drum, carved hardwood, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 74 cm wide ***
*** A head ornament, fired clay, Yuat river, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, 22 cm high ***