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Antiques & Interiors including Taxidermy and Tribal Art — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:518
Sale Title:Antiques & Interiors including Taxidermy and Tribal ArtLots with images:494
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:281
Date:25-Nov-2012
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A fossilised oosik baculum, with carved walrus tusk ends one in the form of roaring polar bears. Length 44 cm
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Asmat canoe prow featuring two carved figures the remenants of earth colours. Length 73 cm
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Roof finial carved in the shape of a frigate bird c.1960s. Length 84 cm
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A carved war shield from the April River area. Height 169 cm
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A Talipon (bride price) from the Yangoru Region, shell and woven painted mask. Height 35 cm
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A Talipon (bride price) from the Yangoru Region, shell with woven and painted mask. Height 33 cm
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A gope board, Papuan Gulf Region, Papua New Guinea, 98 cm
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A gope board, Papuan Gulf Region, Papua New Guinea, 99 cm
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A skull rack, Papuan Gulf Region, Papua New Guinea, 86 x 33 cm
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A gope board, Papuan Gulf Region, Papua New Guinea, 103 x 35 cm
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A Murik Lakes food platter 80 x 26 cm
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An early Lower Sepik food bowl and Sago spoon bowl 73 x 25 cm spoon 70 cm
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A large gope board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, 157 x 32 cm
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A gope board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, 73 x 19 cm
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A Papuna Gulf skull rack, 92 x 28 cm
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A pair of gope boards, Papuan Gulf Region, Papua New Guinea painted and craved designs, 126 x 19 cm and 121 x 18 cm
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An Umo figure, Papuan Gulf Region, Papua New Guinea, 80 x 44 cm
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A Yipwan figure Karwari River, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 117 cm
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A large, Papua New Guinea decorative mask/shield 91 x 23 cm
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An Abelam ancestral figure, Maprik Region, 81 x 17 cm
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A Papua New Guinea female figure, WaskUK Region, Upper Sepik 69 x 15 cm
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A Papua New Guinea food hook, Sepik River Region, 61 x 21 cm
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A Solomon Islands, ceremonial dance Wand, showing worn patina to handle 56 x 23 cm
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A Papua New Guinea ancestral figure Speik Region, 58 cm
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A Hunstein Mountains cult hook, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 80 cm
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A Sago Peg, Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea, 57 cm
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A Papua New Guinea carved canoe prow, Keram River Region, 75 x 27 cm
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A Papua New Guinea female ancestor figure, Sepik River Region, 66 cm
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A large Asmat drum carved and painted decoration 128 x 21 cm
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A collection of seven New Guinea coconut shell spoon
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Two Abelam yam masks with painted decoration
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A Sepik River cassowary bone dagger 40 cm
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A Sepik River cassowary bone dagger 41 cm
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Two Maprik Yam Festival wood heads
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A Murik Lakes food platter, Lower Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 83 x 26 cm
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Two Obsidian daggers New Britain, Papua New Guinea with triangular decoration 23 cm and 19 cm
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Two Obsidian daggers New Britain, Papua New Guinea with inverted decoration 24 cm and 22 cm
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A Sepik River ancestory mask over modelled on turtle-shell 24 x 18 cm
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A Sepik River ancestory mask over modelled on turtle-shell 21 x 16 cm
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A fire dance mask Baining people New Britain with penis sheaf 135 x 85 cm
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A Baba mask Abelam people Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea, 150 x 60 cm
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A Baba mask Abelam people Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea, 37 x 30 x 40 cm
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An Aparai Tribe 'Tamoko' (ceremonial mask) Amazon Region, Brazil, normally used during the 'Cumeeira' Festivities 115 cm
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A Moka ceremonial kina shell chest ornament central Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 41 cm
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A Yipwan cult figure, Karawari River, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 107 cm
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A large woven gable mask, Blackwater River, Speik Region, Papua New Guinea, 148 cm
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A Papuan Gulf woven ceremonial head-dress 60 cm
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A fire ceremony dance mask Baining People, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
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A woven dance costume Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea
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A woven, Papuan Gulf head-dress 63 cm
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A Trobian Island stool in the form of two standing figures 30 cm
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Small Papuan Gulf gope boards 44 cm to 56 cm
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A small gope board Papuyan Gulf Region, Papua New Guinea marking on back 'Homobawi 5/8' 44 cm
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Three small Bioma figures, Papuan Gulf Region, 40 to 58 cm
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Two gope boards, Papuan Gulf Region, Papua New Guinea, 58 to 64 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea ancestral masks one from Igomi Villiage Madang District 23 to 46 cm
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A keveke, Papuan Gulf Region, Papua New Guinea, 144 cm
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Two woven yam masks Abelam people, Maprik Region, 28 cm and 36 cm
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Woven cane body armour Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, 59 cm
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Four painted Sago Plath panels 32 to 40 cm
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A woven Gable mask, Blackwater River, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 63 cm
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An Abelam ancestral carving of a face and two Hornbills Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea (AF) 40 cm
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A large gope board, Papuan Gulf Region, Papua New Guinea, 151 cm
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A quantity of early and finely carved Arrows together with two black Palm Bows (24) up to 68 cm
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A Waskuk ancestral cult figure upper Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 107 cm
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A woven cane dance head-dress Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 46 cm
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A canoe prow Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, 51 cm
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A female ancestral figure with splayed legs, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, 80 cm
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An ancestral figure, Keran River, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 65 cm
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A standing female figure from the Solomon Islands, circa 1940's H 57.5 cm
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A pig-killing club from Vanuatu mounted. Height 59 cm
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An ancestoral mask with elongated 'mosquito nose' Wewak coastal region, 47 cm
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Ancestral mask, decorated with, ochre, cowrie shells and cus-cus fur. Iatmul people, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
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A fabric and cane dance head-dress, Papuan Gulf Region, Papua New Guinea, 57 cm
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OMIE bark cloth. Artist: Filma Rumono, Vimohu'e Obohu'taigue, 'Body Tattoo and Pattern of the Tree', 2005, collected by David Baker. Jutta Malnic collection 100 x 62 cm
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Two woven dance costumes/genital support Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, 32 cm each
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An early headrest, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, 173 cm
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A fine Trobiand Islands, stool 52 cm
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A pair of Sepik River stools in the form of a crouching ancestral figure 35 cm
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Three Buka Islands, woven platters 50 to 63 cm
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A Buka Island woven basket 56 cm
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A pair of Buka Island woven baskets with lids 34 cm and 38 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea Islands kundu drums one with skin top intact 62 cm and 67 cm
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A large Papua New Guinea Highlands drum with water lizard skin 69 cm
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A pair of Papua New Guinea Highlands kundu drums with skins intact 53 cm and 57 cm
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A pair of Papua New Guinea coastal kundu drums (AF) 59 cm and 67 cm
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A pair of Papua New Guinea coastal kundu drums (AF) 63 cm and 67 cm
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A Trobiand Islands, drum with damaged skin attached togther with maprik balsa wood carving of two hornbills 72 cm and 52 cm
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A Vanautu slit gong drum (AF) 132 cm
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A Toraja figure, Indonesia on mount (AF) 158 cm
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A set of three, Papua New Guinea figures two from Sepik, one from Maprik 24 to 41 cm
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Two Solomon Island frigate bird bowls 33 cm and 36 cm
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Three Speik Region, ancestor figures 42 to 46 cm
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A collection of five tribal artefacts including; Dimiri pottery frog, stool, headrest, Yipwan cult hook and an Washuk Yam stick 9 cm to 81 cm
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A Keran River ancestor figure and Murik Lakes mortar 8 cm to 49 cm
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A pair of Sepik Region, ancestor figures 38 cm and 51 cm
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Three, Papua New Guinea utilitarian object 2 x sago pounders and stirrer 62 to 101 cm
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A Trobiand Islands, steel adze and a woven cane pick, 55 cm and 70 cm
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A pair of Balem Valley stone adzes West Papua, 52 cm and 44 cm
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A large stone club, Kukukuku? 86 cm
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