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Fine Arts, Affordable Pictures & Jewellery — Davidson Auctions

Auction House: Davidson Auctions Number of lots recorded: 713
Sale Title: Fine Arts, Affordable Pictures & Jewellery Lots with images: 690
Auction Location: Sydney Prices available: 661
Date: 30/07/2011









Lot Description Price Image
*** 1950s Fijian Tapa cloth. Short seam separation. 190 x 154 cm ***
*** Pair Masai iron ended spears. Length 165 cm ***
*** Sudanese hide shield. Originally from Beja tribe. Handle included but detatched, circa 1890s. Diameter 50 cm ***
*** Quantity Solomon Islands ornaments. Ancient pierced and worked shell and reef lime decorations. Fragmentary. ***
*** Papua New Guinea Turtleshell Armband. Decorated all over with whorls, notches etc. Length 14 cm ***
*** Various Papua New Guinea artefacts and ornaments, including Woven armbands, massim lime spatulas, carved flute, and tortoiseshell spatula. ***
*** Aboriginal Kimberley glass points. Collected mount Hart Western Australia, 1965. Length 6 cm (approx.) ***
*** Three Groote Eylandt ceremonial items. Spear, clapstick and knife. Crudely carved hardwood with hatched decoration in ochre. Probable souvenir items, collected 1950s. Crack through knife 'Blade.'. Length 64 cm (spear) ***
*** Aboriginal Kimberley glass Points. Collected mount Hart Western Australia 1965. Length 6 cm (approx.) ***
*** Quantity Solomon Islands ornaments. Ancient pierced and worked shell and reef lime decorations. Fragmentary. ***
*** Papua New Guinea basket hook. Carved hardwood with cowrie eyes and faded line decoration. Small loss to side of head. Height 68 cm ***
*** 1950s Aboriginal bullroarer and Woomera. Hatched and dash decorated in ochres, with handspun fibre string and resin bindings. Collected Groote Eylandt. Length 90 cm (woomera) ***
*** Four Aboriginal carved wood items, including 1960s souvenir canoe fish spear; stone worked mulga boomerang; pokerworked goanna. Length 45 cm (boomerang) ***
*** Two Aboriginal basalt Palm Cutting tools, and crystal and mineral collection (10 plus). ***
*** Western Solomons shell money wealth ring. Ancient and unusually large. Diameter meter 21 cm ***
*** Mid 20th century small boomerang. Primitively worked mulga with decorated tips. Length 37 cm ***
*** Two Coolamons bark. Length 56 cm ***
*** P.N.G Sepik food hook. Female ancestor figure with detail carving to flukes. Older patination. Length 54 cm ***
*** 19th century Aboriginal Nulla Nulla, probably Queensland origin. Actual use patination. Length 59 cm ***
*** P.N.G Totemic mask, Sepik river. Bird's head form with serrated medial line. Smoked patination. Repair to tip. Length 50 cm ***

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