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Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:87
Lots with images:87
Prices available:87
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*** Zulu Wars, I.) The Defence Of Rorke's Drift, II.) Isandhlwana, centenary limited edition colour prints, 62 x 86 cm each overall ***
*** A tribal pick, wood, woven fibre and bone, Papua New Guinea, 65 cm high ***
*** An African fertility doll, carved wood, hair and bone, 20th century, 38 cm high ***
*** An antique carved ivory vase with birds and flowers, African origin, early 20th century, 23 cm high ***
*** A cooking pot, incised and fired clay with ochre decoration, Wosera region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, circa 1960, 16 cm high, 21 cm wide ***
*** A helmet mask, carved wood, natural fibre and clay with earth pigments, Vanuatu, early to mid 20th century, 37 cm high ***
*** Breast plate body armour, woven cane, Cuirass, Highlands, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, 53 cm high ***
*** The Royal Family & Australia: A collection of books, pamphlets, souvenirs, etc., including Souvenir of the Gala Performance for the Duke and Duchess of York 1927, Program for the Reception at the Exhibition Building Melbourne, 1927, Souvenir Book of King… ***
*** Two pig tooth necklaces with fibre and string bindings, Papua New Guinea, 51 cm and 49 cm long ***
*** Pacific Islands miniature canoe with painted finish, mid 20th century, 44.5 cm long ***
*** Knobkerrie tribal club, carved wood, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 60 cm long ***
*** A ceremonial mask, carved wood with painted finish, Guro tribe, Ivory Coast, West Africa, 74 cm high ***
*** Reliquary guardian sculpture, carved wood, woven cane, hair, shell, bead and fibre with painted finish, East African origin, 40 cm high ***
*** A tribal statue of a man with raised hands, carved wood, West African origin, 104 cm high ***
*** Maori warrior statue, carved wood with paua shell eyes, New Zealand origin, early 20th century, 15.5 cm high ***
*** Two ancestor figures, one carved wood, the other woven nylon, wire, fibre and paint, Papua New Guinea, 17 cm and 46 cm high ***
*** A tribal dagger with figural decoration, carved bone, clay, shell and hair with painted finish, Papua New Guinea, 39 cm high ***
*** A tribal axe, carved wood and wrought metal, African origin, 19th/20th century, 49 cm long ***
*** New Guinea and Aboriginal items c1950 comprising, a New Guinea highland axe blade c.1950 and an Aboriginal shield and boomerang c.1950. (3) ***
*** A decorated spear, wood and natural earth pigments, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, 20th century 224 cm long ***
*** An early food bowl, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, 19th century, carved wood, 48 cm across ***
*** A Balinese carved timber plaque with polychrome finish, 19th/20th century, 109 cm high, 42 cm deep ***
*** c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Death of Dan Kelly & Steve Hart'. ***
*** A tribal paddle, carved wood, Vanuatu origin, 19th century, 111 cm long ***
*** Tribal arm band, neck ornament, gopi board and shark tooth club, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands, (4 items), the club 100 cm long ***
*** Baby Jesus in a manger, fired clay, Yuat river, Papua New Guinea, circa 1960, 27 cm long ***
*** An early and well used cook pot, fired clay, middle Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, 28 cm high, 30 cm wide ***
*** Two figural ridge tile finials, fired clay, Aibom Village, ChambriLake, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, the larger 44 cm high ***
*** A paddle shaped war club, carved hardwood, Solomon Islands, 19th/20th century, 116 cm long ***
*** A war club, carved hardwood, Solomon Islands, 19th/20th century, a€‹106 cm long ***
*** A woven cane salt carrier, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, 165 cm high ***
*** An early tribal shield, adze cut wood, Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 140 cm high ***
*** A Dogon ladder, carved wood, Mali, West Africa, 154 cm high ***
*** A figural drum, carved wood and hide, Makonde tribe, Southeast Tanzania, 100 cm, Provence: the Brosset collection ***
*** A fetish statue, carved wood and copper with cloth, feather, and fibre, West African origin, 52 cm high ***
*** A fetish sculpture, carved wood with beads, shells and textile, West African origin, 59 cm high ***
*** A tribal milking stool of carved wood, Senufo tribe, African origin, 39 cm high ***
*** A zoomorphic tribal mask, carved wood, shell and fibre, East African origin, 50 cm high ***
*** An African servery bowl, carved wood with metal alloy decoration, North African origin, 17 cm high, 38 cm diameter ***
*** A tribal storage container, carved wooden tube covered with hide, Massai tribe, Southern Kenya, 37 cm high ***
*** A fetish sculpture, carved wood, nails and fibre, West African origin, 30 cm high ***
*** Akua'ba ritual fertility doll, carved wood, Ashanti tribe, Ghana, 45 cm high ***
*** An ancestor spirit mask, carved wood, shell, fibre and pigment, Papua New Guinea, 81 cm high ***
*** African Interest: 'The Pictorial edition of the life of David Livingstone' by J. Ewing Ritchie [London : James Sangster, 1876] 2 vols.; 'Mungo Park's Travels in Africa' [Edinburgh, 1881]; Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator' by Mountjoy-Jephson… ***
*** Trobriand Island dance paddle, nicely carved and hand painted, 74 x 28 cm, very good condition ***
*** Totem figure and tribal drum, wood, feather and earth pigments, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, the drum 51 cm high ***
*** A carved timber crocodile head and figured totem, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, (2 items), 42 cm and 36 cm ***
*** A tribal mask, carved wood, shell, tusk and fibre with natural earth pigments, Wewak, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century 53 cm ***
*** An ancestral figure, carved wood, hair, shell and fibre with remains of ochre finish, Papua New Guinea, 46 cm high ***
*** Fijian rifle stock club, Papua New Guinea bows, arrows, drum and harpoon, 20th century, club 63 cm long ***
*** Accumulation of antique hand tools, 19th and early 20th century, mallet 33 cm high ***
*** An African tribal headdress, carved wood with earth pigment decoration, Democratic Republic of Congo, 118 cm wide ***
*** A Samoan paddle club and a spear, (2 items), 101 and 134 cm long. ***
*** A fine carved wooden crocodile ornament with shell eyes, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 140 cm long ***
*** A tribal pick, carved palmwood, natural fibre and hardwood, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 77 cm high ***
*** An ancestral mask, carved wood and natural fibre with feather fringe, Biwat river, Papua New Guinea, circa 1960, 53 cm high overall ***
*** A cassowary bone dagger with shell clay and hair decoration, Yuat river, Papua New Guinea, early to mid 20th century, 34 cm long ***
*** A ridge finial, fired clay with painted decoration, Aibom village, Cambri lake, middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, 39 cm high ***
*** Headdress and body ornaments, cassowary feather and fibre, Torres Strait and south coast of Papua New Guinea, early to mid 20th century, (4 items) ***
*** [New Guinea] Smallhorn, Jacinta 'The Binanderean Languages of Papua New Guinea: Reconstruction and Subgrouping', [The Australian National University, 2011], 466 pp., bibliography. Soft cover. Also, 'New Guinea Highlands - Art from the Jolika Collection'… ***
*** Conch shell horn, Pacific Islands, 19th century, 34 cm long. ***
*** A woven cane headdress, carved wooden statue and feather dance ornament, Papua New Guinea, (3 items), 34 cm, 48 cm and 80 cm long ***
*** A tribal drum, carved and painted wood, Pacific Islands, 20th century, 111 cm high ***
*** Carved boab nut, ochre picture, two Aboriginal dot paintings, Japanese print, printers' plate of an Australian bush scene, and print of a mother and child, (7 items), the boab nut16 cm high overall ***
*** A tribal headrest, carved wood, African origin, 21 cm high, 20 cm wide ***
*** A carved timber crocodile head and figured totem, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century 42 cm and 36 cm ***
*** Three tribal swords, shark tooth and woven fibre, Gilbert Island (Kiribati), 20th century, largest 60 cm high ***
*** A tribal totem, carved wood, copper and shell with painted finish, African origin, 85 cm high ***
*** Nauru & Pacific Islands Artefacts including baskets, shell bead necklaces and animal trap ***
*** A zoomorphic mask, carved wood, metal and shell, East African origin, 57 cm high ***
*** A Fijian turtle kava dish with lid, carved wood and mother of pearl, late 20th century, 61 cm long ***
*** Tribal statue, ornament and pottery vase, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, (3 items), the largest 36 cm high ***
*** Dyak pipe, African carving, Maori pumice carving and a Japanese folk art statue, 20th century, (4 items), the largest 40 cm high ***
*** A spear thrower and a flute stopper, carved wood, bamboo, feather, shell, hair and fibre, Papua New Guinea, the larger 101 cm high ***
*** Dog's tooth arm band, shell arm band and a shell and woven fibre belt ornament, Papua New Guinea, (3 items), the belt 100 cm long ***
*** A tribal figure carved wood, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 43 cm high ***
*** A tribal storage vessel, carved wood and cane, North African origin, 38 cm high ***
*** An African drum, carved wood, hide membrane and polychrome pigments, East African origin, 37 cm high, 25 cm diameter ***
*** A tribal mask, carved wood with remains of colour decoration, Papua New Guinea, 85 cm high ***
*** Kudu antler piece (interior), African origin, 64 cm long ***
*** A tribal mask, carved and lacquered wood, African origin, 29 cm high ***
*** A calabash stand, carved wood fabric and fibre, North African origin, 90 cm high ***
*** Decoy duck, Pacific Islands tapa cloth, Egyptian alabaster vase, figural statue, Spanish bowling ball, and a Jane Pinkney watercolour of a mouse, (6 items), the statue 34 cm high ***
*** Figurine selection: comprising metal figure of a West African native with flexible coiled-wire neck and limbs, height 12 cm; 'Dismal Desmond' celluloid dalmatian dog (missing tail), pull-out tape measure, height 4.5 cm; Tri-ang/Wakouwa wooden dog… ***
*** A tribal drum, carved hardwood, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 74 cm wide ***
*** Maori warrior statue, carved wood and paua shell,20th century, 39 cm high ***
*** A head ornament, fired clay, Yuat river, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, 22 cm high ***