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New Guinean — Tribal - Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

$1,611
A 19th century Trobriand Island Drum.…
$468
Late 19th/early 20th century Papua New Guinea wooden hand carve…
$426
Papua New Guinea Anstead mask.…
$426
Malagan frieze from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea .…








Auction House: Dunbar Sloane Ltd.
Number of lots recorded: 16
Lots with images: 16
Prices available: 16
Category: New Guinean



Lot Description Price Image
*** A 19th century Trobriand Island Drum. Finely carved and decorated with sea creatures and birds; reptile skin resonator. The drum was used during dances. The carving style is similar to the lime spatulas carved by Massin. Length 30 cm ***
*** Late 19th/early 20th century Papua New Guinea wooden hand carved statue of a figure on top of a tree kangaroo, with shell eyes and jewellery. Height 26 cm. Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s. ***
*** Papua New Guinea Anstead mask. Made from a whole tortoise shell body. Ex Hudig Collection Wellington (Hudig visited Papua New Guinea for Phillips Electrical in the 1960s). Length 30 cm. ***
*** Malagan frieze from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea . U sed for story telling. Brightly decorated with birds and a central male head with sea snail opercula eyes. originally from the collection of Harold Gallasch (Australian Minerals, Adelaide, S.A.). Collected 1960s-1970s. Height 22 cm. Width 130 cm. ***
*** Papua New Guinea headdress hat. Made with hair; original yellow beads. Width 40 cm. ***
*** Png Shield (collected mid 1960s). Ochre and white coloured decoration with carved grip. Length 153 cm ***
*** 19th century rare Papua New Guinea hand made pottery bowl. Decorated with geometric cross hatched lines and small bumps around the rim. Found in the field. Height 10 cm. Length 21 cm. Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s. ***
*** Late 19th/early 20th century Papua New Guinea hand carved wooden figure of a birdman. Found in the Ramu river. Height 28 cm. Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s. ***
*** Late 19th/early 20th century Massim Culture District wooden hand carved bowl. Decorated with a fish/sea creature. Traces of white colouring. Height 10 cm. Length 42 cm. Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s. ***
*** Papua New Guinea Woven Geko or lizard figure. Length 60 cm. ***
*** Papua New Guinea Pay back figures. Female and male figures that are anatomically correct with genitalia. Figures are a stylised image of a person who had been killed. Height 39 cm (both figures). ***
*** Melanesian Carved Wooden Figure with shell inset eyes, and a New Ireland (?) Carved Statue. H. 32 cm & 58 cm ***
*** Superb late 19th/early 20th century Papua New Guinea necklace, with a seed and coloured trade bead collar in a geometric pattern, and a curved shell pendant. Slight damage to collar. Length 47 cm. Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s. ***
*** A Trobriand Islands hand drum. Carved and decorated with two birds on top, no resonator. Length 32 cm ***
*** Stunning late 19th/early 20th century Papua New Guinea necklace. Made of shell and seed pods with six tassels on the bottom. Length 31 cm. Provenance: Rev. Williams 1930s. ***
*** Png Woven Fibre Bag ***

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