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Fine Arts, Furniture & Pictures, Silver & Jewellery, Tribal & Militaria — Davidson Auctions

Auction House: Davidson Auctions Number of lots recorded: 655
Sale Title: Fine Arts, Furniture & Pictures, Silver & Jewellery, Tribal & Militaria Lots with images: 648
Auction Location: Sydney Prices available: 589
Date: 26/09/2009









Lot Description Price Image
*** Western Pacific Trobriand Shield. Ceremonial shield with incised decoration; coloured with juices and lime. Repaired damage. Length 66.5 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Kunda. Ebonised body (incised 'aibi') with orange and white incised decoration. Lizard skin intact. Length 78 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Coastal Totem Figure. Crocodile spirit. Carved and polychrome. Height 90 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Coastal Spirit Mask. Carved and polychrome mask with shell eyes. Some small losses. Collected mid 20th C. Height 43 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Suspension Hook. Carved faces upper and lower, with overlapping scale decoration. 1 barb repaired. Length 63 cm ***
*** Woven Yam Mask, New Guinea. Protruding tongue. Polychrome ochre decoration. Acutal use patination. Collected 1963-64. Length 23 cm ***
*** Trobriand Islands Canoe Splashboard. Height 67 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Washkuk Spirit Mask. Length 61.5 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Asmat Ancestor Figure. Height 68 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Billum. Large size woven from native fibres and natural dyes. Length 116 cm Depth 54 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Abelam Headdress. Height 34 cm ***
*** 2 Papua New Guinea Kundu. Length 58 cm (Longest) ***
*** New Guinea Sepik Stone Adze. Length 48 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Yam Mask. Open work surround with 3 colour ochre decoration. Collected early 1960's. Length 23 cm *** N/A 
*** Papua New Guinea Suspension Hook. Length 68 cm ***
*** Trobriand Ceremonial Shield. Intricately carved, stained and limed piece showing much use patination. Length 67 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Ancestor Figure. Old carved hardwood showing much weathering; remnants of ochre colouration. Length 73 cm ***
*** 2 New Guinea Yam Masks. Woven fibre with open work surrounds and polychrome ochre colouring. Length 16 cm (Largest) ***
*** Papua New Guinea Ancestor Figure. Ebonised carved hardwood with shell eyes and fibre decoration. Collected mid 20th C. Length 47 cm ***
*** 2 Various Western Pacific Clubs. Cogged head throwing club, and ovoid form beater. Both have age and use patination. Length 50.5 cm ***

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