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Aboriginal | Tribal | Oceanic Art (Aboriginal artefacts only) — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:255
Sale Title:Aboriginal | Tribal | Oceanic Art (Aboriginal artefacts only)Lots with images:255
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:190
Date:9-Mar-2020
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Three carved wooden food bowls on stands, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 19-24 cm, diameter 18-21 cm
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A finely carved wood screen window, China. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 193 x 34 cm
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Three Venetian paper mache 'Doctor of the Plague' masks, Venice, Italy. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, length 37-42 cm
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Three Venetian paper mache masks including Medusa, Venice, Italy. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 27-38 cm
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Two calligraphy brushes, one with bamboo handle, the other bone. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, length 77 cm
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A shield with incised spiral design to face, Bali, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 67 x 15 cm
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A Batak walking stick, North Sumatra, Indonesia, damage to tip as per image. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 141 cm
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A finely carved Dyak paddle, Borneo, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 136 cm
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Two carved horn ritual medicine containers, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, length 37-45 cm
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A striking dark stone disk, Tanimbar Islands, Tenggarah Regency, Maluku Province, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, diameter 61 cm
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A pair of fine Kannatar coconut shell & bronze neck adornments, Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, early 20th century, stand not included. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 24 cm, diameter 24 cm
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A fine wooden ancestral figure carved in relief, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 71 cm
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A carved wooden wall panel with distinctive ancestral figure featuring an elaborate headdress, Nias Islands, Indonesia, swirling incised design to each side. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 50 x 35 cm
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A carved wood & rattan Dyak baby carrier, ba, Bahau people, Borneo, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 42 cm
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A black lacquer tea ceremony water container in the shape of a rice barrel, Japan, c.1920. Provenance: The Kazari collection, Mossgreen Auctions, the Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 24 cm, diameter 22 cm
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A silk wedding textile, Phaa Biang, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, c.1920. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 88 x 185 cm
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Two Hmong child's hat from Northern Thailand and a woven polychrome cap, old city, Jerusalem [3]. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, diameter 15 -18 cm
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A pair of red lacquer pillows, China. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 13 x 26 cm, 14 x 29 cm
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A carved wooden ancestral figure, adu siraha salawa, Nias Island, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, with elaborate stylised headdress. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 52 cm
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A fine Malagan mask, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, this Malagan mask was collected by Sir Edward Ford in 1934 during his time working in New Ireland and gifted to the journalist bill Rodie, father of Susan Pearson. Sir Edward Ford was a leading figure in public health in Australia and played a pivotal role in the anti-malaria campaign for Australian forces in the South Pacific during World War II, 20 x 14 cm
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A Sepik River ancestral mask, Iatmul people, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, with wooden base decorated & cane surround, cowrie shells & natural earth pigments, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 16 cm
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A carved mythical wooden boat with prominent prow & four human figures, Indonesia, on custom stand, condition, the oars need to be glued & a repair to one of the arms. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, length 61 cm
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A monumental wooden door with ancestral figure carved in relief, Nias Island, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 188 x 81 cm
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A pair of monumental sandstone elephants in resting form, Thailand, with central hole through back, probably used as the base for a house or verandha post of an important building. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, each 55 x 66 x 32 cm approx.
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A wooden rice loft door with stylised birds carved in high relief, Indonesia, on solid steel custom stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 166 x 43 cm
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A bronze frog surmounted by another frog, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 20 x 26 cm
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A bronze sculpture incorporating a bull with a calf & a lion, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 22 x 42 cm
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A bronze figure in the form of a seated ancestor figure with elongated earrings, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 23 cm
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A ceramic roof God, Japan. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 23 x 36 cm
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A ceramic roof God Japan. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 47 x 41 cm
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A stone figure in the form of a mortar & pestle. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 19 x 26 cm
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A metal sculpture in the form of a horse & rider with three additional figures, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 19 cm
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A pair of metal figures with snake around their feet, Indonesia, on custom steel stands. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 18 cm
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A profusely carved Balinese mirror stand, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 20 x 15 cm
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A set of six finely carved betel nut crushers with bone mortars, Indonesia, all on custom steel stands. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 19-24 cm
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A finely Executed ancestral figure with prominent domed forehead, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 14 cm
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A finely carved implement handle in praying form, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 15 cm
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A finely carved implement handle in the form of a squatting figure with Exaggerated head, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 16 cm
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A carved implement handle in the form of two figures, one atop the other, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 10 cm
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An implement handle in the form of a bowing figure, Indonesia, with custom steel mount. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 11 cm
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A carved wooden implement handle in the form of a seated ancestral figure, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 10 cm
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A metal figure with prominent chest ornament, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 16 cm
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An intricately carved Dyak bone handled knife with metal blade, Borneo, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, length 20 cm
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A wooden ritual dagger with faces at apex of handle, Nepal, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 25 cm
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A bronze figure of Shiva, Indonesia, on custom stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 24.5 cm
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A small wooden ancestral figure with hands clasped under chin, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 18 cm
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Two Dyak ancestral figures, Borneo, Indonesia, on custom stands. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 38 cm
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A Miao metal ceremonial neck ornament, Hmong village, Northern Laos, early 20th century, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 25 cm, diameter 25 cm
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Two Miao alloy ceremonial neck ornaments, Hmong village, Northern Laos, early 20th century, with finely worked enclosure. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, diameter 21-26.5 cm
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A fine Buddhist hand sculpture, with fore finger & thumb touching, possibly Thailand, on custom stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 18.5 cm
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A fine laquer pillow box decorated with dragons, China, metal lock extant. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection
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A set of eight stone disk ear rings with circular negative space for attachment, four sets, each on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, diameter 6-8 cm
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A large bronze gong suspended in wooden frame with pounder, Bali, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 131 x 115 cm
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A Buddhist hand sculpture with palm exposed, possibly Thailand, on custom stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 22 cm
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Three fine Kannatar coconut shell & bronze neck adornments, Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, early 20th century, on custom steel stands. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, diameter 23-25 cm
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An early intricately carved wooden ritual staff, Tunggal Panaluan, Karo Batak people, North Sumatra, carved wood decorated with fibre & hair. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 190 cm
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A club with mother of pearl inlay & Sennit binding, Fiji, one section of inlay missing. Provenance: The Elizabeth Pryce collection, Sydney, length 47 cm
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A Dyak ancestral figure, Indonesia, height 32 cm
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An ancestral figure in squatting form, Indonesia & a wooden beater, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 18 cm
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Two large wooden bowls, Papua New Guinea, diameter 70-80 cm
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Three old ancestral masks, Nepal [3]. Provenance: The Peter Elliot collection, height 19-33 cm
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A collection of stone implements including a bound club head, an incised implement, a small adze blade & a glass egg [4], length 6-27 cm
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Two buffalo horns, a stone club, Papua New Guinea & an Aboriginal message stick [4], length 37-38 cm
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An Abelam carving of a hornbill, Maprik Region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, height 68 cm
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Two flax fans, Pacific Islands, height 32-51 cm
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A Toraja medicine horn with wooden stopper, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 20th century, stopper is finely carved in the form of a human head, trunk of horn has extensive Toraja designs including a 12 cm male figure with headdress in relief. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, length 50 cm
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Four fine bone & wood hair pins, Indonesia. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, length 15-19 cm
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Six small ancestral figures, Indonesia, two of metal, one of bone & three of wood. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, height 3-8.5 cm
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A bone hair pin, an incised bone & an incised wooden implement, Indonesia. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, length 19-29 cm
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Two squatting wooden figures & a vessel stopper in the form of a horse and rider, Indonesia [3]. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, height 14-18 cm
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A pigs tusk & a bone implement with hair cord, Vanautu [2]. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, diameter 10 cm, length 20 cm
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An old wooden implement with ancestral figure to haft & a finely carved Dyak double figure attachment, Indonesia [2]. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection, length 27-36 cm
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A double faced ancestral figure, Asmat Region, West Papua, Indonesia, on custom stand, height 51 cm
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A fine & unusual hair comb with ten tines on a woven haft, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, 1964. Provenance: collected by Ross Kendall, who worked for the Australian administration at the sub-district headquarters at Losuia, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, 1964 & 1965, length 46 cm
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A collection of woven body ornaments including 'Kwasi' woven arm bands, woven belts, boar's tusks & a nose bone, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, 1964, stand not included. Provenance: collected by Ross Kendall, who worked for the Australian administration at the sub-district headquarters at Losuia, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, 1964 & 1965, various sizes
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A large ceremonial mask, Tibet, beard made with yak hair, 40 x 28 cm
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A large tapa cloth, Fiji or Samoa
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A Kanak bird's head club, new Caledonia, light honey coloured patina, length 69 cm
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An exceptional Maori taiaha, New Zealand, the eyes are in unusual slanted format rather than round. Provenance: Purchased from Charles Vivian 1993, height 162 cm
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A Culacula fighting paddle club, Fiji, dark patina. Provenance: Dunbar Sloane, New Zealand, 2008, length 93 cm
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An exceptional war shield, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, 178 x 85 cm
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An old fighting shield, Jimi valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, covered in dynamic diamond motifs, highlighted in orange with fine tight canework along top edge, 53 x 12 cm
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Two old neck rests, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea & a large abstract zoomorphic Neckrest, East Africa, 47 x 23 cm, 25 x 17 cm
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A giant clamshell ring 'Yua', Yangoru area, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea, an important bride price wealth object, diameter 24 cm
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A giant clamshell ring 'Yua', Yangoru area, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea, a band of fine shells & fibre adorning it, an important bridge price wealth object, diameter 23 cm
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Two old dance masks: a red mask with Conus shell Eyes,Sepik/Ramu Papua New Guinea & ASimple abstract white mask with huge Fibrous beard, Boiken people, Papua New Guinea [2], 51 x 29 cm, 36 x 19 cm
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Two finely woven yam masks, Worsera, Southern Abelam, Papua New Guinea, both in very good condition, with excellent paintwork, the larger yam mask has a bulbous face, suggesting the face of a cockatoo, 29 x 29 cm, 25 x 20 cm
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Two old wooden yam masks, Yangoru area, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea, one mask has a pipe in its mouth. Provenance: both collected mid 1970's., 31 x 16 cm, 33 x 18 cm
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A gourd mask, Kamano people, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea Highlands, used in traditional 'Krina' ceremony, where it represents spirits from bush & Mountains, 29 x 17 cm
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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. These traps prevented evil spells entering precinct, particularly at ritual times, 35 x 18 cm
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Four small amulet figures, Ramu River, Papua New Guinea, [4], not old but very well carved with curvilinear eyes & crouching stance, these figures are protective & carried when travelling away, height 16 cm
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A rare ceremonial apron, Imbonggu people, Lalibu, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, fine fibre with cuscus fur, pig tails & woven chains, together with three traditional mouth harps, 62 x 31 cm, Harps L 22 cm
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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
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A large softwood headdress, Abelam people, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, wonderful artwork with central face, surmounted by six hornbill figures in excellent condition, 108 x 45 cm
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Three Fighting/Ceremonial spears, middle Asmat, Papua New Guinea, one Abelam with painted Janus-heads. Provenance: Ex-Moriarty collection, Asmat (M-295), height 175,184,188 cm
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A large hardwood bow & six Barbed arrows, April River area, upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, all old & well carved, label on bow reads 'New Guinea bow & arrows, height 195 cm bow
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A dance paddle, Malaita Island, the Solomon Islands, bird figure together with a bailer shell pectoral, height 51 cm L 45 cm
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A warfare pectoral, Avatip, upper Sepik River, together with Nassa shell Headdres, Abelam people, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, 55 x 23 cm, 36 x 8 cm
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A shell Marriage skirt, Torrocelli Mountains, two shell armbands, Papuan Gulf & two pig tusk pectorals, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea
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Two yam masks, Abelam, Wosera, Papua New Guinea, both yam mask is very finely woven & well painted, showing many layers, 21 x 19 cm, 37 x 30 cm
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