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End of Year Collection — Davidson Auctions

Auction House: Davidson Auctions Number of lots recorded: 845
Sale Title: End of Year Collection Lots with images: 811
Auction Location: Sydney Prices available: 697
Date: 13/12/2008









Lot Description Price Image
*** New Guinea Staff Style Club. Knobbed head, use patination, collected Eastern Highlands, 1960s. Also two hardwood blade clubs. Length 133 cm ***
*** Mid 20th Century New Guinea Oval Disc Stone Club. Woven cane binding, good original patination. Possibly Kukukuku. Length 62 cm ***
*** New Guinea Beaten Bark Cloak. Gathered top with natural string tie. Length 125 cm ***
*** New Guinea 'Pineapple' Form Stone Club. Remnants of original cane binding. Handle shows much use and has good patina. Collected mid 20th Century . Length 66 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Stone Club. Oval greenstone disc head with woven cane binding. Personal use item with wear. Probably Kukukuku. Length 68 cm ***
*** Various Papua New Guinea Artifacts, including tourist trade carvings, masks and crocodiles, woven axe heads (no blades) and wood club. ***
*** Mid 20th Century New Guinea Stone Adze. Bound to hardwood handle with split cane. Original personal item with use and age patina. Length 46 cm ***
*** New Guinea Stone Club. Greenstone disc head secured by woven cane binding. Hardwood handle shows use of age patination. Length 62 cm ***
*** Preserved New Guinea Bird of Paradise. Body and tail with wood splint and woven cane mounting. Length 57 cm ***
*** Preserved New Guinea Bird of Paradise. Head and body stuffed with reeds. Sable and chocolate plumage. Length 56 cm ***
*** New Guinea Bird of Paradise. Preserved skin, splint mounted. Black, dark rust and iridescent head. Length 67 cm ***
*** Turtle Shell and two Tortoise Shells. Collected in Papua New Guinea 1960s. Length 41.5 cm (Longest) ***
*** New Guinea Taxidermised Crocodile. Young estuarine crocodile. Collected in 1960s. Length 47 cm ***
*** Aboriginal School (34) Various Works by Various Artists. Each with photograph of the artist holding the picture. Various Acrylic on Canvas (34) ***
*** Four New Guinea Stone Tools, one cutter, two scrapers and a pestle. Chips to edge. ***
*** Two New Guinea Tusk and Cane Head Pieces. Collected in 1960s, Morobe province or Eastern Highlands. Diameter 18 cm ***
*** New Guinea Stone Club. Floral disc form stone head secured by woven cane. Handle shows use and age patination. Probably eastern highlands Kukukuku. Length 77 cm *** N/A 
*** New Guinea Cowrie Necklace and 3 Nautilus Shells. Also incised gourd container, miniature bows, wooden buckles, two pearl shells. 104 cm (Loop necklace) ***
*** Four Traditional New Guinea Mens Skirts. ***
*** Four Various New Guinea Crocodile Hides. Collected in 1960s. Length 199 cm ***

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