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Fine & Decorative Arts, including Australian Pottery — Davidson Auctions

Auction House: Davidson Auctions Number of lots recorded: 696
Sale Title: Fine & Decorative Arts, including Australian Pottery Lots with images: 673
Auction Location: Sydney Prices available: 537
Date: 29/10/2011









Lot Description Price Image
*** 19th century Solomon Islands shield. Finely woven wicker around coiled cane frame. Remnant of plaited edge binding. 71 x 21 cm ***
*** Massim sword form club. Early long flat club with incised limed panel and animalistic carved terminal, old losses. Length 180 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea decorated paddle. Chip carved and incised all over decoration to blade with contrast colouring. Collected Sissana Lagoon, north Coast. Shaft reduced in length. Length 149 cm ***
*** Group L. J. O'Malley Papua New Guinea photographs. In casual and ceremonial dress. Taken by Louis James O'Malley (1912-1975) in the 1930s. O'Malley was a patrol officer and explorer (Hides expedition 1935). 71 photos, mostly bearing O'Malley's stamp, some ar photographs 14 x 9 cm (each) ***
*** Two albums L. J. O'Malley Papuan photographs. Approx. 60 original photographs 1920s-30s mainly of full. Length portraits in casual and ceremonial dress, plus village and landscape views. Some extensively annotated and bearing O'Malley's stamp. ***
*** 50 L. J. O'Malley Papua New Guinea photographs. Candid and posed views of village life (coastal), and ceremonial portraits. Printed on mid 20th century Kodak matte postcard paper. O'Malley (1912-1975) was a noted Papua New Guinea Patrol Officer and Explorer (e photographs (50) 14 x 9 cm ***
*** 19th century Fijian club. Hardwood blade form with sawtooth shoulders and four groups of incised letters. Hilt of handle has annular grip incissions. Reputedly collected by Martin Burrell (of the vessel Sandfly) in 1893. Handling patination and some old losses. Length 74 cm ***
*** Incised emu egg. Contemporary large cat decoration. On mulga mount. Height 19 cm (total) ***
*** Aboriginal hardwood shield with Ochre decoration. Good old patina. Height 76 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea group of ornaments and artefacts. Feather, shell and string body ornaments, spatulas, stone rings, effigies etc. Various ***
*** Solomon Islands tortoise shell arm band. Carved decoration. ***
*** Six early Solomon Islands fish hooks. Hooks formed from fire-bent turtle shell lashed to mother of pearl shanks. Two different styles. Length 7 cm (each approx.) ***
*** 19th century Solomon Islands shield. Woven cane and bamboo rectangular construction with white ochre decoration, circa 1910 Tost and Rohu's fur and curio Stores label attached verso. 101 x 24 cm ***
*** Pair Papua New Guinea hair ornaments. Small polychrome carved masks on woven cane mount. Albelam district. Length 36 cm ***
*** Pacific Islands large pearl shell. Older bridepiece. Height 21 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Kap Kap ornament. Pierced turtleshell mounted on white stone disc. Small losses. Diameter 14 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Kap Kap ornament. Turtle form, Sepik river. L 9 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Magic charm. Charm built up from wood rolls laminated with clay with applied modeled resin and clay mask. In woven string boar tusk bag. Sepik river. Length 27 cm ***
*** Collection Papua New Guinea shell and bone items, including fish hooks, jewellery, money, bone cross etc. Various ***
*** African beaded Marriage piece. Glass and canvas 54 x 41 cm ***

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