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The Mark Lissauer Collection — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:856
Sale Title:The Mark Lissauer CollectionLots with images:852
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:570
Date:31-May-2015
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A large Papua New Guinea Ramu river Misingi figure, 85 cm high
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A large Kwoma, East Sepik. Province crocodile fighting shield, bamboo frame, claws visible at sides, 59.5 cm
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Three New Guinea n Kundu Drums, New Britain, Marind- Anim and one other. The New Britain drum 37 cm
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A West Papuan Dani stone axe, heavy wooden handle, large stone blade, 73.5 cm total length
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Three similar Asmat bone daggers and two Sepik river cassowary bone daggers, the largest, 40.5 cm long
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Two Papuan Gope boards, including a Gobari island board, 85 x 26.5 cm
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A Siassi Island, huon Gulf Region food bowl, a deeply carved face and decorations at either end, raised noses, at sides stylised totemic fish, old split
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A collection of Milne Bay objects, including Kaibola village battle club, Massim mallet, two Trobriand Island calabashs and a Trobriand Island figural mortar & pestle. The mallet, 33 cm long
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An ancestor mask, Wagen village, open eyes, a face on forehead, also open eyes, elongated nose ending with a small ancestor face, edged with rattan strip and some cassowary feathers, 54.5 cm high
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A New Guinea Highlands ceremonial axe, handle with rattan strip binding, blade slightly chipped as visible, 78.5 x 68.5 cm
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Three New Guinea objects, including garamut drum beater, Sepik mallet and Murik lakes taro pounder. The drum beater, 57 cm long
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A Tabar Island dance mask, Koko village, tapa painted vegetable fibre with seaweed beard and plant marrow hair, 33 x 43 cm
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A Papua New Guinea Murik Lakes male ancestor figure, elongated conical head ending in a top knot, shell eyes, carved tribal tattoo markings, bark-cloth 'Laplap' loincloth, 97.5 cm high
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A middle Sepik river Bridal Veil, East Sepik. Provence, plaited fibre headgear with large backdrop, ending with a plaited crocodile head, gold lip shell pendants at side of head cover, large white cowries as finial, 92.5 cm long
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A Papua New Guinea Blackwater river Region ancestor figure, looped nose, cassowary feather hair, rattan arm and knee bands, bark loincloth, fibre and shell strings at ears, 53 cm high
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A Buka paddle, Solomon Islands, an ancestral head carved on blade, 157 cm long
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A Massim Region canoe Splashboard, circa 1950, heavily carved with incised scroll motif to top, old damage to back, 71 cm
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A large Geelvink Bay canoe decoration, hollow carving, minor faults
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A Southern Highlands Timbuwarra ancestor figure, Papua New Guinea, plaited vegetable fibre, facial features in clay/resin mixture, 142 cm high
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A Washkuk Hills Yena head for a yam Ceremony, Yasyin-Mayo people, upper Sepik region, 73.5 cm total height
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A West Papua, Korwar figure, modelled as father and Son, open work carving, 30 cm high
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A middle Sepik Substitute head, Kamindit village, prominent nose and lips, bulging eyes, 30.5 cm
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A Papua New Guinea Mundugumor tribe flute mask, the forehead a calabash overmodelled in resin/clay, studded with shells and seeds, elongated chin edged with fibre and cassowary feathers, 108 cm in total
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A Papua New Guinea Sawos ancestor mask, middle Sepik, open mouth, with teeth, open slit eyes, raised round knobs on forehead, triangles and knobs on cheeks, 33 cm high
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A Western New Guinea Highlands stone axe, with a tuft of opossum fur at end on counterweight, some minor chips to stone, 40.5 cm long
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A collection of five New Guinea objects, including West Papuan water calabash, Highlands dance rattle, Highlands oil gourd, Yuat river meat smoking pot, Murik lake food bowl and carved coconut. The calabash, 75 cm long
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A collection of New Guinea body ornaments, including a highlands bailer shell chest ornament, sing-sing festival fibre dance mask, plaited vegetable fibre pouch, Chimbu cassowary Crown, highlands fibre belt, gold lip crescent pectoral, nassa shell necklace and sepik forehead decoration. The pectoral, 15 cm wide
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A middle Sepik dance hair ornament, a carved cockerel at top, cassowary feathers, shell pendants, repairs, 53 cm
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A collection of Melanesian objects, including Blackwater river shamans basket, highlands armband, Kambot village bamboo comb, Sepik neckband, Wattam lagoon betelnut mortar, opossum tooth necklace, kina body ornament and two shell money discs
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A Cassava/Sago root grater, made from Sago palm spathe, 63.5 cm long
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Three ancestor figures and an Asmat tribe Bilum, including Dani figure, Highlands figure and Asmat tribe figure, the latter, 81 cm high
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A Sawos water drum, Sepik river New Guinea, ancestors face above scalloped motif one side, at back handle, with bird finial
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A collection of five New Guinea objects, including lake Sentani paddle blade, Papuan Gulf janus faced dance wand, two bark belts and a Massim carvers adze, the latter, 43 cm long
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Two Massim finger Drums and a Massim Region dance shield, the dance shield, 58 x 25 cm
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A Manam Island ancestor mask, large looped nose, a subsidiary ancestral face between nose and small mouth, shell disc eyes, raphia beard, 71 x 25.5 cm
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A large middle Sepik ancestor figure, Karerau village, elongated chin, a carved face on each shoulder, scalloped clines on chest and abdomen, some erosion due to age, patina, a carved sun disc on back of head. Wood damage as visible, 160 cm high
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A collection of five Papua New Guinea n objects, including a highlands mens apron, Tari region girl's pubic cover, Kupkain village women's canoe decoration, 41 cm long, coconut lime container and Kanigra village wooden carvers mallet.
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A collection of Melanesian objects, including a plaited fibre pig, scorpion and bird, Trobriand Islands crab, two mother of pearl inlaid wooden plates, Santa Cruz mask, two cheiftan's yam storage house models, Solomon islands mother of pearl inlaid angel fish and bird, the latter, 30.5 cm high
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A collection of Papuan objects, including three West Papuan ground axe blades, Sepik status armband, cassowary feather head band, opossum tooth armband, West Papuan neckband, highlands beatle headband and bailer shell chest ornament, the latter, 25.5 x 17.5 cm
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Four New Guinea axe blades and a stone Battle club, the largest 23 cm
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A large Janus figure basket hook and a middle Sepik ancestor mask, the hook, 97 cm high
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Two Vanuatu objects, including Epi island protection amulet and Malekula island mask, the latter, 22.5 x 25 cm
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Three Vanuatu objects, including north ambrym island club, Santos island club and north Efate island food plate, the latter, 82.5 x 35.5 cm
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Two West Papuan Dani Magic stone blades, the largest, 53.5 cm long
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A collection of five Papua New Guinea ancestral figures,
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A Eli Region West Papua ceremonial shield, deeply carved grooves painted in natural mineral colours, 135.5 x 26.5 cm
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A Vanuatu Rambaramp ancestral Effigy, coconut fibre and natural resin, natural ochres and limewhite.
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A group of New Guinea objects, including a lake Sentani food stirrer, Sepik Korogo village ancestor figure, Iboom village terracotta post finial, middle Sepik ancestor mask, two lower Ramu ancestor figures and a Murik lagoon ancestor figure. The post finial, 19 cm high
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Three tribal objects, including Massim betelnut mortar, Tongan tapa beater and West Papuan korwar figure, the latter 21.5 cm
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A Yipwon or hunting charm, Yimam people, Korewori river, middle Sepik region, 115.5 cm high
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A May river mens house display shield, with typically deeply carved ancestral faces and motifs, 147 x 43.5 cm
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Three Papua New Guinea Highlands human hair Wigs, various feather and beatle decorations
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Three tribal body ornaments, including Papuan gulf bailer shell pendant, north Mailata chieftains pendant and Asmat tribe fibre neckband, the latter, 30.5 x 25.5 cm
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A New Ireland Tantanua mask, carved wooden face with rattan frame white tree pith with painted scroll at sides, 40.5 x, 38 cm in total
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A new Hebridean Battle club, Epi Island, old breaks, acquired from an old collection, 96.5 cm long
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A large Papuan Keveke dance costume, plaited rattan strip face, circular eyes, inside hollow, 149.5 x 44 cm
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Three Cassowary bone Daggers
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An Admiralty Island food bowl, small handle either side, notched decoration around top, and along side ledges, 12.5 x 12.5 cm
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A Washkuk Region carved totem board, Papua New Guinea, reverse hollow, stylised sago beetles, with scroll motif at sides, 23 cm
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A large middle Sepik Plaited Fibre totem crocodile, Yeshan village, 137 cm long
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Two betel nut Mortars and a Massim Clapper/spatula, the latter, 31 cm high
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A Maprik Region ancestor figure, with a bird on its head, hands at thighs, on wooden stand, 64.5 cm high
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A Nangissap village Tumbuan dance costume, Papua New Guinea, large face with protruding eyes, rattan girdle with loops for insertion of flowers/leaves, raphia fringe underneath and around armholes, 125.5 cm with fringe
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Three Asmat objects, including fibre bilum, ancestral representation and figural group of two males, the latter, 66 cm high
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A Nangissap village mens house gable decoration, palm sheath and plaited fibre, Nangissap village, looped nose, outstretched tongue, edged with raphia fibre, 76 cm high
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A finely worked New Ireland butterfly totem dance mask, tapa and rattan, elongated eyes, large carved central nose, 38 cm, base not measured
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A Massim Region Fibre rolling board, ladies board for rolling rafia fibre to make grass skirts, 61 x 22.5 cm
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A large West New Britain Arawe fighting shield, three panels lashed together with rattan, 135.5 x 28 cm
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A Rennell Island stone club, wooden handle, fastened with resin/clay mixture, with heavy stone head, 36 cm long
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A middle Sepik Sawos tribe suspension hook, Kanganam village, carved tattoo marks on breast and along back, stylised birds head on base, 121 cm high
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A Papua New Guinea Blackwater Region Battle shield, Kaningara village, two faces and regional motif holding bar at back, 157.5 cm high
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A Papua New Guinea Washkuk Hills Yena head for a yam Ceremony, upper Sepik region, round eyes, pointed nose, 68.5 cm high base not measured
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Two middle Sepik Yambok village figural mens house seats, 33 cm high
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Two Kambot village Storyboards, the largest 101.5 x 33 cm
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A large Papua New Guinea Plaited Fibre and painted Saksak bark Cassowary, Tambanum village, 101 cm long
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A large middle Sepik Plaited Fibre pig, 127 cm long
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A Geelvink Bay Neckrest, Biak Island, two stylised kneeling figures between curved top, 9 cm high
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A 19th century Fijian sperm whale tabua, one side hole chipped, 16 cm wide
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A Massim Region lime spatula, regional scroll motif carved on stem, figural finial
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A lake Sentani ceremonial staff, with figural finial, 99 cm total height
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A Massim black ebony dance club, scroll and oval motif to base, chip to finial, 53 cm long
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A Tami Island food bowl, both sides a central stylised anthropomorphic figure, 48 x 17.5 cm
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Four carved figures, including two birds, a couching ancestor figure from the Sepik region and a New Britain dukduk ancestor figure, the latter, 50.5 cm high
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A lake Murik Garamut drum, Papua New Guinea, each finial an ancestor figure, drum standing on two supports each with two faces, 81 cm long
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Two Geelvink Bay Region canoe Decorations, the largest 106.5 cm, stand not measured
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A Middle Sepik dog tooth pectoral and a carved cassowary bone spatula, the latter, 36 cm long
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A Collingwood Bay spatula, with carved abstract design, 50 cm long
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An 18th century Fijian cannibal fork, old breaks, 35 cm long
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A large sickle shaped Solomon Islands Parrying club, with mother-of pearl inlay both sides, 119 cm long
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A Malaita, Solomon Island club, mother-of-pearl inlay both sides, 58 cm long
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Two Massim Region clubs
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A middle Sepik cult hook, two heads Opposed, carved scroll motif all over surface, 69 cm high
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A Fijian pole Bowai club, with decorative geometric design, 88 cm long
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A Biwat lower Sepik Region ancestral figure, Papua New Guinea, with a large head, decorated with shell discs & cassowary feathers, shell eyes, prominent nose, bulging forehead, 53 cm high
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A middle Sepik suspension hook, 86 cm high excluding stand
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Two yam harvest masks, a dance Wand and a Plaited Neckband, the latter, 53 cm long
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Three New Guinea objects, including figural garamut drum lug, Maprik region yam digging staff and crocodile spear finial, the latter, 48 cm long
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A Massim Region canoe prow Splitter with Its canoe ornament, Taburi, the ornament served a protective function, 111.5 cm high with ornament.
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A Papuan Gulf Bioma/Agiba ancestor figure, with incised design and painted with natural earth pigments, slight damage at front right leg, 68.5 cm
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A Santa Isabela, Solomon Islands dancing shield, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, a handle at back, 88 x 25 cm
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