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The Caspian Gallery Auction — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:234
Sale Title:The Caspian Gallery AuctionLots with images:61
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:157
Date:22-May-2007
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A Coconut Scrapper, Sumba, early 20th century, 60 x 13 cm. Provenance: Robert Vanderstukken
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A Collection of Seven Items of Shell and Seed Jewellery, Solomon Islands
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A Mask, Timor, early 20th century, 28 x 19 cm. . Provenance: Robert Vanderstukken
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Five Rolls of Embroidered, Sari Fringe, India-19th century
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A Pig Mask, Dayak, West Kalimantan, Borneo, early 20th century, 30 x 17 cm. Provenance: Robert Vanderstukken
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An Antique Mandau, Dayak, Borneo, 19th century, length 73 cm
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Two Unusual Lime Spatulas and One Banks Island Pudding Knife, a. Massim, length 44 cm, circa 1930, made of bakelite, b. double headed spatula, origin unknown, early 20th century, c. Banks Island, length 49 cm
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Bronze Birthing Tools, Timor, a. height 13.5 cm, b. 7 x 7.5 cm
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A Figurative Pua Ceremonial Cloth, Borneo, early 19th century, Hand-spun cotton, 208 x 128 cm
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A Hingi Ikat, Sumba, 261 x 108 cm. . Provenance: Robert Vanderstukken
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A Naga charm, Nagaland, 6 x 4 cm
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Three Batiks, Java, a. early silk, 167 x 51 cm, b. handpainted cotton, 231 x 99 cm, purchased Jogjakarta 1973, c) handpainted cotton, 241 x 104.5 cm, purchased Jogjakarta 1973
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H Spratt, Four Aboriginal Drawings, 15 x 15.5 cm each
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An Abelam Figure, Maprik hills, New Guinea, height 40 cm
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Four Aboriginal Carvings, Eastern Arnhem-land
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Three flute stoppers, middle sepik, new guinea
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Eight Ceremonial Silk Ankle Leggings, Central and Southern Afghanistan, early 20th century, embroidered and woven
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A Green River Shield, Upper Sepik, New Guinea, 113 x 45 cm
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Four Small Embroideries, a. pair of Chinese panels, 58 x 9 cm each, b. Chinese panel, length 29 cm, c. cumberbund, origin unknown, 60 x 6 cm
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Three Pilu Saluf, Atoni or, Dawan People, Timor, a. 62 x 14 cm, b. 74 x 15 cm, c. 93 x 14 cm. Reference: R. Maxwell Textiles of Southeast Asia p.104 Melbourne 1990
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A Dance Club, Massim, Eastern New Guinea, early 20th century, length 58 cm
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Two African Figures, a. West Africa, height 32 cm, ex Louis Morley collection, b. East Africa, height 42 cm
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Three Bowls, New Guinea, a. Huon Gulf 51 x 22 cm, b. Huon Gulf 73 x 24 cm, c. Highlands? 50 x 25 cm
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A Lumi Shield, Torricelli Mountains, New Guinea, 95 x 55 cm
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Four Woven Textiles, Mindanao, Philippines, a. tube saraong with, supplementary brocade, Maranao?, b. tube ikat of abaca (wild, banana fibre) Bidayu?, c. woven silk strip, Maranao, d. headcloth, origin unknown
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Four Embroidered Pieces, a & b. two panels with shells, India or Pakistan, c. cushion cover, Eastern Pakistan, d. silk cushion cover, Pakhtia, Afghanistan
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A Toraja seko mundi, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, 159 x 146 cm
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Two Bamboo Items, a. Asmat Pipe, Irian Jaya, length 58 cm. Provenance: Collected by Claire and Bill Leimbach in 1972, while making the film classic Cannibal Craftsman of New Guinea, b. Dayak container, height 13 cm
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Four Abelam Items, Maprik Hills, New Guiunea
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Articles In Use Among The Inhabitants of the Friendly Islands, hand coloured engraving, London 1800, 29 x 22 cm
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Two bastar bracelets, Eastern India, circa 1900. Reference: Jyotindra Jain National Handicrafts And Handloom Museum, New Delhi, P.43, ahmedabad 1989
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A Bastar Ornament, Eastern India, early 20th century, 12 x 8 cm
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An Antique Saryk Turkmen Bag Face, Turkmenistan, 19th century, 123 x 30 cm
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An Australian Cedar Folio Chest, length 214 cm, depth 79 cm, height 163 cm, circa 1900
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