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Tribal — Mossgreen Auctions

$21,510
A Fine and Rare Solomon Islands Cult House Bonito Fish Effigy In…
$10,980
Papua New Guinea Sepik river house post , carved wood, decorated…
$6,572
A Narrow Shield, South East Victoria Old shiny patina overall 92…
$6,072
A rare african Senufo bed from Burkina Faso with the top made fr…








Auction House: Mossgreen Auctions
Number of lots recorded: 218
Lots with images: 218
Prices available: 218
Category: Tribal




Lot Description Price Image
*** A Fine and Rare Solomon Islands Cult House Bonito Fish Effigy In the form of a finely carved bonito, the entire surface blackened and with elaborate golden nautilus shell inlay overall 79 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Sepik river house post , carved wood, decorated with faces, 260 cm high ***
*** A Narrow Shield, South East Victoria Old shiny patina overall 92 cm long; Provenance: Private Collection U.K. Sotheby's Sydney, October 20, 2008, lot 21 ***
*** A rare african Senufo bed from Burkina Faso with the top made from a single piece of mahogany, Early 20th century, 301 cm wide, 102 cm deep, 70 cm high ***
*** A fine Massim Lime Spatula The handle in the form of a well-carved human figure and with good incised decoration, old patina 19 cm. (figure); 43 cm overall ***
*** Western Highlands shield , natural pigments and paint on bark shield, 147 x 57 cm, Papua New Guinea . Provenance Hungry horse gallery, Paddington ***
*** A Fine Sepik wood Suspension Hook Carved in the form of a human figure, of slender attenuated form, traces of pigment, with a good well used patina ***
*** An Aboriginal shield, early 20th century. with linear incised decoration. 58 cm long ***
*** A fine 19th century Maori greenstone club, early 20th century ***
*** A Tlingit painted case, American Indian, North-West Coast, USA 64 x 54 x 52 cm ***
*** Bark Painting of Mimi Figures Western Arnhem Land, Circa 1970's Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Kuningbal, Crusoe Artist's name and explanation of the story on reverse 103.5 x 48 cm ***
*** A fine Fiji wood Priest's Oil Dish Circular with dentate border around the gently convex top, supported by two columns on a ring base. 25 cm A very similar priest's oil dish from the Peabody Museum of Salem, Salem Massachusetts (E 10.441) is illustrated in Ralph Linton and Paul Wingert Arts of the south seas Simon and Schuster, New York 1946 ***
*** A Maori abalone inlaid eel club, late 19th century ***
*** A Canoe Prow Figurehead, Coastal Sepik, New Guinea, height 53 cm. Provenance: collected 1912 ***
*** A fine and rare Fiji Conch shell Trumpet Comprising a natural shell pierced to provide a mouthpiece, an elaborate intricately woven coir extension to the smaller end 53 cm long ***
*** Ancestor stool, natural pigments on carved wood, Papua New Guinea . 155 cm high. Provenance Robert Ypes ***

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