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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 Fijian Ula throwing club, bulbous head, handle has partial carved zig-zag motif, 45 cm long
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A large middle Sepik mens house gable mask, Timbunke village, plaited rattan with bamboo frame visible at back, wooden ears & teeth, field collected 1964, 96.5 x 81 cm
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Two books, lake Sentani and the Art of Northwest New Guinea
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Four Melanesian objects, including Trobriand island finger drum, Solomon islands food vessel and two stone pounders. The drum, 27.5 cm high
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A May river canoe prow decoration, carved decoration of eyes and seagrass, 73.5 cm long
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A collection of tribal objects, including a pair of Highlands armbands, Solomon islands dance rattle, witchdoctors amulet bag, wooden weaving implement, coconut ladle, Massim region betelnut mortar, child's bilum and status symbol pendant. The weaving implement, 28 cm long
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A Rennel Island carved wooden club, 40.5 cm long
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An Admitalty Islands Obsidian dagger, carved wooden handle with old painting and zigzag motif, 25.5 cm long
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A Gilbert & Ellice Islands shark tooth knife, set with two rows of sharkteeth, some missing, 50 cm long
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A Solomon Islands dance staff, with crouching ancestor figure, both arms holding jaw, carved teeth, 54.5 cm long
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A collection of New Guinea and Vanuatu objects, including Murik Lakes coconut flute, Highlands pig jaw necklace, a pair of fibre armbands, shell core necklace, fibre headband, forehead decoration, new Hebridean dance staff and fibre neckband. The dance staff, 58 cm long
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A Solomon Islands comb, carved wood, with black tree resin & mother-of-pearl inlay one side, 15.5 cm long
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A lake Sentani Tapa painting, West Papua, depicting two tribal mothers with a baby between them, framed, 76 cm
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A West Papuan Cassowary quill Neckband, longest quill, 30 cm long
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Two Malaita Battle clubs and a stone axe, Solomon Islands, the latter, 53 cm long
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A large Papua New Guinea pig Festival dance mask, pigs head, edged with perforations for bilas decorations, carved teeth & tusks along snout, 45.5 cm long
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A collection of six New Guinea body ornaments and a Cassowary bone dagger, including cowrie shell armbands, a large bailer shell chest ornament, core shell necklace, fibre necklace and cowrie shell necklace
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A Maprik Region male ancestor figure, remains painting, two stylised bird heads as headgear, over open eyes, deep grooves along snout chin, 68.5 cm high
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A group of New Guinea and Vanuatu objects, including lime container decoration, Malekula island initiation figure, painted tapa, dance mask, large gable mask, bamboo flute and carved green stone. The gable mask, 67 cm long
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A Substitute ancestor skeleton head, Sepik Region, 23 cm high
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A Mortlock Island fishing hook, carved wood, lashed with vegetable fibre, 27 cm long
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A middle Sepik ancestor figure, Papua New Guinea, with a flying fox on forehead, wings spread, loop nose, bird head above, 81 cm high
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Four books Concerning tribal Art
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Five books Concerning Melanesian Art, two books with text in German
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Four books Concerning the Art of the Papuan Gulf
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Two volume set of Oceanic Art, by Anthony P.J. Meyer, in slip case
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A Papua New Guinea wedding Present display hook, Sepik Region, female figure in centre, a stylised totem bird at either end, 152 cm high
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A Bailer shell chest ornament and a Murik Lakes figural ceremonial ladle, Papua New Guinea, the latter, 66 cm long
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An old middle Sepik ancestor mask
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Four New Guinea objects, including ancestor head flute stopper, Tanbanum village ancestor head, highlands spirit mask and Murik Lakes taro pounder, the latter, 54.5 cm long
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Two rattan baskets and a figural table
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A collection of New Guinea body ornaments and a shell money disc, including two shell necklaces, snake vertrebrae necklace, fibre belt, and four various fibre armbands
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A Substitute head for a Decayed crocodile trophy head, Sepik Region, open mouth, showing teeth, 27.5 cm high
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A large Tongan/Samoan Tapa cloth, circa 1900, including snakes, a picket fence, fish and diamond motif, some holes as visible, 299 cm
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A bark painting by David Milabuna, Arnhemland north Australia, depicting totem fish, 94 x 30 cm
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An Aboriginal Coolamon, Central Australia, wood with fluted carving to exterior, 48 x 19 cm
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. Four Australian objects, including an Aboriginal waddy club, boomerang, West Australian woomera and an unframed barramundi painting. The waddy club, 71 cm long
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A Maori greenstone tiki, New Zealand, paua shell rings around central pupils, circa 1960, 8 cm long
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A Maori canoe model, carved totem faces both sides, from a prow decoration, 71 cm long
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Six books Concerning Polynesian Art
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Four books Concerning Maori Art
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Enfant du cap de Diemen & Homme du cap de Diemen, Altas du voyage A’ La Recherche de La Perouse, no. 7, 33 x, 47 cm including frame. Enfant du cap de Diemen & Homme du cap de Diemen, Altas du voyage A' La Recherche de La Perouse, no. 7, 33 x, 47 cm including frame
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Banke's Geography, Representation of the Natives of New Zealand in Their war canoe, and Natives of the Molucca Islands, the Molucca print, 30.5 x, 41 cm including frame
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Hawaiian sculpture, revised edition
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An Aboriginal lonka lonka, Kimberley region, engraved pearl shell with two spirit figures
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A Marquesas Islands chieftain's staff, extensive intricate geometric carvings, some minor chips, 124 cm long
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A Cook Islands ceremonial adze, Mangaia Island, handle carved in four square stems joint at top and bottom, carved with typical double triangle motif, with anvil shaped black basalt axe, 90 cm total length. Provenance: acquired from an Old English collection
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A Tongan neckrest, narrow arching legs with small feet under top ledge, legs lashed to top with vegetable fibre, 25 x 19 cm
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A 19th century Maori patu onewa, basalt club with a ridged grip and circular hole for suspension, repaired, 43 cm long
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A Hawaiian poi bowl, with three native butterfly repairs, inside one side a root knot, 13.5 x 13.5 cm
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A large Pacific ebony centre piece, 1000 x 500 cm
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A pair of African figures and one other, a Makonde tribe fire god figure and a pair of Royal Family figures. The fire god figure, 57 cm high
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An unusual large African ancestor head, comprising of smaller ancestors
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A collection of African objects, including Masai tribe calabash, Tanzanian woodcut print, Senufo tribe percussion instrument, Turkana tribe neckrest, Baule tribe carved legionnaire figure and Ethiopian neckrest, the latter, 12 cm high
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A Congolese Initiation Loincloth, with large sex organ, fibre cloth with beads, feathered edge to verso
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A collection of four African tribal body ornaments, including Chamba tribe pendant, Nkole tribe sandals, Tuareg tribe padlock and silver amulet
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