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Antiques, Cars, Jewellery, Tribal, Taxidermy — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:654
Sale Title:Antiques, Cars, Jewellery, Tribal, TaxidermyLots with images:623
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:349
Date:22-Sep-2013
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Orator's chair, Sepik river Region,Papua New Guinea 130 including feathers
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Ancestral figure, finely incised with ancestral markings and mounted on a steel stand. Mali, West Africa.
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African ancestral figure mounted on steel stand 103 cm
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Amphora pottery vessel, with traditional near Eastern glazed designs
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Aboriginal Milkwood figure with incised motif of kangaroos. Yirrkala, Arnhem Land, Nothern Territory 118 cm
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Nokwi figure, Waskuk Region, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 110 cm (excluding stand)
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Canoe prow in the form of a crocodile together with a traditional wood stool. Iatmul people, middle Sepik river region,Papua New Guinea.
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Ancestor figure of squatting man holding two snakes, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 83 cm
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Ancestor figure, Blackwater river, Sepik Region,Papua New Guinea 73 cm
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Ancestor figure, Blackwater river, Sepik Region,Papua New Guinea 74 cm
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Tribal mask 30 cm
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African figure (AF) 104 cm
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Ancestral figure, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 64 cm
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Contemporary anthropomorphic sculpture in a stylized version of an African ancestral figure
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Mwai mask, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 89 cm
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A pair of Mwai masks. Iatmul people, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea together with two 'Honey sticks', Central Australia 80 & 84 cm
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African figure 52 cm
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Ancestral figure, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 52 cm
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Cult hook, Karawari river,Papua New Guinea 108 cm
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Ancestral mask, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 58 cm
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Cult hook, Karawari river,Papua New Guinea 111 cm
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Ancestral figure, Blackwater river,Papua New Guinea 52 cm
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Ancestral figure, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 78 cm
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Ancestral bat figure, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 78 cm
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Ancestral bat figure, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 61 cm
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Ancestral mask, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 48 cm
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Ancestral mask, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 63 cm
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Tribal stool, Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 46 cm
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'Yina' figure, Waskuk, upper Sepik river 46 cm
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Abelam yam mask, 'Babamini', Wosera 42 cm
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Food pounder, Schouten Islands, north Coast, Sepik river 50 cm
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Gope board, Urama Islands, Papuan Gulf 85 cm
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Shell & mask, Bride Price, 'Talipoon', Yangoru 42 cm
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Old Abelam bird, from spirit house, Maprik on metal stand 49 cm
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Mask, Ramu river, north Coast,Papua New Guinea 55 cm
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Ancestral crocodile figure 'Kumbiamu', Tigowi, Sepik river 41 cm
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Ancestor figure, 'Nokwi' Washkuk, upper Sepik
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Crocodile ancestor figure, Sepik river 71 cm
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Two old food bowls, Boiken, Sepik 28 & 39 cm
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Ritual pottery figure, Washkuk, Nukuma, Upper Sepik 28 cm
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Two old Conch shells, Schouten Islands,Papua New Guinea 24 & 26 cm
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Two Hornbill figures, Abelam 41 & 50 cm
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Axe, Boiken, Sepik Plains together with old pounder bird figure finial 44 & 48 cm
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Two 'Barava' old clamshell wealth forms, Choisel Islands 19 & 29 cm
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Two Bailer shell Pectorals, 'Pakol', Mendi Valley, SHP 24 & 26 cm
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Large old food bowl, Boiken, Sepik. Engraved human Fig 57 cm
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Large Hornbill figure, Abelam. Haus Tambaran piece 72 cm
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Small heavy hardwood cutting block with human head finial and deep relief carving to the sides. Ancient & blackened surface. Indonesian Archipelago 28 cm
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Old middle Sepik head rest in the form of a crocodile, the tail carved in a loop for hanging 59 cm
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Heavy Solomon Island/Fijian short club of Dense reddish wood 42 cm
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Native American Kwakiul paddle signed by bill Wilson (C.1978) with traditional raven's head carved on blade. British Columbia, Canada 123 cm
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Three old circular bronze ornaments from traditional Naga costume. Eastern India 12-18 cm
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Used Kwoma Yina figure from yam Ceremony with personal name of 'Ningaui'. Upper Sepik,Papua New Guinea 94 cm
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Middle Sepik face with curiously carved back mounted on a handmade wood stand.Papua New Guinea 23 cm
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Small stool/headrest with finials of a duck and a bat/dog. Typical curvilinear incised design on both sides. Middle Sepik,Papua New Guinea 51 cm
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Two pieces of African Beadwork in Perspex display case; a Xhosa single girls beaded Apron, Southern Africa, and a Turkana ostrich disc mens Apron, Rift Valley 130 cm case
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Kuku Kuku shield of thin hardwood with eye Slit on top and ochre design on front; Adzed surface; some Repairs; See Beran Et Al, ''Shields of Meanesia'', for a similar example; label W/ #2754 on back
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Large ceremonial suspension hook in the form of a man with carved ornaments and hooks on his shoulders. Yamok village, middle Sepik river,Papua New Guinea 110 cm
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Fish Mouth drum with handle and carved 'Jaws', well used. Eastern Papual Gulf,Papua New Guinea
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Outrigger Boom for Dugout canoe with spirit face on Distal end. Lower Sepik,Papua New Guinea 129 cm
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Highlands drum with Cus Cus skin head - yellow fur on edge.Papua New Guinea 76 cm
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Stool with worn and eroded dog's head finial. Middle Sepik,Papua New Guinea 64 cm
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South African short club or knob Kerry with rounded root Stock head; smooth Patina
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Lower Sepik canoe prow with a short nosed spirit figure. Ex-Christensen collection 'CC 61589'. Height 79.5 cm
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Lower Sepik canoe prow with typical long nosed spirit figure. Ex-Christiansen Collection (cc61588). Height 79.5 cm
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Fiji whale tooth pectoral ornament of Warm golden Color and worn smooth patina an old cut Underneath Now filled with Dirt
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Australian Aboriginal adze with shaft of a flattened lozenge section stone blade set in resin, smooth worn surface with pairs of short lines in uniformly spaced over surface; Collector #B-19
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Abelam Sago Peg with bird & face. Sepik river,Papua New Guinea
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Yamna Island canoe prow ornament, West Papua, New Guinea
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Adze with blade of giant clam shell Tightly Wrapped with hand made cord; Mortlock Island, Micronesia
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Bambara hyena mask with bone and fur fetishes, a tin patch with Arabic lettering and geometric incising from the front a human face from the side, an animal head; Mali, Northwest Africa 40.5 cm
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Finial in the form of a fish with geometric carving. Lake Sentani, West Papua
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Australian Aboriginal club/Digging stick with a chisel Tip, conical grip finial, and an incised human figure Midway along the shaft 88 cm
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Naga Crossbow with geometric bands and incised fish, and handle in the shape of a rifle Stock 97 cm
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Group of 4 African Artifacts, including @ beaded lime Gourds, beaded pot ring & carved wood 'SlingShot' with face
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Standing Trobriand figure and Sepik pig from Tambanum village 48 cm
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Decorative Dyak carving of 3 Monkeys; dark hard wood 37.5 cm
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Two huon Gulf carvings from the 1960's; a figure with a mortar on the head and a headrest 43.5 cm
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Dan 'Ge-Gon' Society mask with man/bird face and attached headdress, Nigeria. Length 40 cm
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Two wood upper Sepik horns, one from green river, the other from the Hunstein Mountains 68 cm
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Two Timorese masks; Oecusi one of plain form with pig's teeth, one Atoni, a monkey with horse hair and pigs teeth Collected by Sue Tuckwell 35 cm
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Old Vanuatu club of dark reddish hard wood with Rudimentry Incising on the finial of grip; collection #K294 77.5 cm
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Western Australian Aboriginal spear thrower of broad leaf-shaped reddish hard wood; Ex-collection Leo Fleischman (LF/T12) 56.5 cm
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Rare old drum from Orokaiva with carved bands of Opposing Spirals; Oro. Province,Papua New Guinea 88 cm
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Collingwood Bay Tapa and old Used Bilum,Papua New Guinea 130 cm
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Memorial Bilum, heavily decorated with shell and beads,Papua New Guinea 55 cm
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A Nepalese Shamans drum; skin Stretched over shallow wood rim
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Hollow log - Victor Pamkal 94 cm
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An Aboriginal sculpture of a Jabiru. Yirrkala Mission, Arnhem Land. Height 105 cm
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An aboriginal sculpture of a Jabiru, milkwood, Yirrkala Mission, Arnhem Land together with photograph (AF), circa 1980s 66 cm
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Three baskets and a dilly bag 38 cm (largest diameter)
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A collection of 7 artefacts spears x 2 long and 1 short, an axe 2 spear heads and a boomerang
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Two Arnhem Land ceremonial spears (2). Provenance: Ex. Michael Leyland collection 270 cm & 260 cm
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Large yam mask, Abelam 52 cm
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Stone axe,Papua New Guinea Highlands 50 cm
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Shell waistband, Upper Sepik River,Papua New Guinea 50 cm
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Small yam mask, Abelam 36 cm
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Headdress, 'Judge's wig', Wahgi Valley,Papua New Guinea Highlands 87 cm
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A large 20th century feast bowl (Apira) star Harbor, Eastern Solomon Islands 74 cm
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Large ceremonial Tapa dance cloak, Okapa, EHP 130 cm
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