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Chinese, Japanese & Asian Works of Art; Aboriginal & Oceanic Art & Artefacts — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:649
Sale Title:Chinese, Japanese & Asian Works of Art; Aboriginal & Oceanic Art & ArtefactsLots with images:649
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:378
Date:14-Oct-2018
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An assortment of Aboriginal stone implements, Australia
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An assortment of Aboriginal stone implements, Australia
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An assortment of Aboriginal stone implements, Australia
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An Arnhem Land Aboriginal bark painting, Northern Territory, depicting three dancers with ceremonial feather dance wands on the upper panel, a human and stylised kangaroo on the lower panel 156 x 78 cm
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A fine Kimberley boomerang, Western Australia, with glossy patina flecked incised design
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A Central Australian hunting boomerang, Australia, old patina
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An Aboriginal woomera and an old sword club, Australia (2), woomera with peg and ochre decoration length 72 cm, length 93 cm
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An early north Queensland woomera, Australia probably stone carved with peg attached by spinifex resin and store string binding, remnant binding to handle terminus length 74 cm
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A Yirrkala Aboriginal ancestral figure, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, with finely incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, height 94 cm
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An unusual Aboriginal stone axe with steel shaft, Austalia, hand wrought haft incorporating beaten horse shoe binding, possibly made by an Aboriginal (?) blacksmith, Boulia station, Queensland length 41 cm
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A superb, painted, early north Queensland boomerang, 19th century, Australia, signs of use, minor chips and wear to painted surface as per image length 61 cm
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A painted Aboriginal Coolomon, attributed to Pdi Jangala, Austalia, collected Kintore 1982 length 63 cm
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A painted Aboriginal Coolomon, attributed to Pdi Jangala, Australia, collected Kintore, 1982 length 53 cm
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A Northern Australian Aboriginal woomera, with design in natural ochres 87 cm
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A hand carved walking stick with snake relief, c. Early 20th century 90 cm
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A Northern Australian Digeridoo
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A carved Aboriginal boab nut, Kimberley region, Northern Australia, depicting a kangaroo and joey, a boomerang and a boab tree
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A Central Australian Aboriginal club and boomerang, Australia (2)
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A carved nut with fine emu design
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An Aboriginal stone hand axe, Western Australia
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A carved Aboriginal elder surrounded by Native flora. Provenance: bark Art enterprises, Alice Springs private collection, Sydney 37 x 17 cm
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Three profiles of Aboriginal men, slipcast glazed, handmade in Australia, height 15 - 27 cm
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Attributed to William Ricketts (1889-1993) Australia from My holy mountain concrete(?) plaque bears incised signature to the reverse included in lot: Brady, P. The authorised biography of William Ricketts, whitefella dreaming 12 x 11 cm
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Five Aboriginal bark paintings, Mareeba, north Queensland, Australia (5), height 13-21 cm
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Five Aboriginal bark paintings, Mareeba, north Queensland, Australia (5), height 12-13 cm
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Five small ebony carvings, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea (5)
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A war shield, April river, Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, wood, paint, sago palm leaves 135 x 33 cm
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A fertility figure, Sawos Region, Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, height 44 cm
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An Imbondo village mask, lower Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 65 cm
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A Gope board and Bioma figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea (2), height 45 cm, height 52 cm
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Two bird figures, middle Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 51 cm, height 56 cm
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Two masks, Iatmul people, Sepik river Region (2), height 42 cm, height 57 cm
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A mask of Imbondo village, lower Sepik river Region, Papua New Guinea, height 51 cm
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A woven Abelam Helmut mask, Baba mask, Papua New Guinea 46 x 25 cm
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A dance mask, Used in ceremony, coastal Ramu river area, Papua New Guinea 50 x 21 cm
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A large yam mask, Wosera, Southern Abelam, Papua New Guinea 58 x 41 cm
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A woven Abelam Helmut mask, Baba mask, Papua New Guinea 55 x 23 cm
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A large fighting shield, Waghi valley, Papua New Guinea Highlands 168 x 68 cm
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A large sinuous cult hook, Karawari river, Sepik river Region, Papua New Guinea, height 166 cm
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Two lime gourds with bone spatulas, two betel mortars, Sepik river Region, Papua New Guinea (4) length 18 cm, length 25 cm, length 28 cm
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A two bailer shell pectorals, with cowrie shell bindings, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea Highlands length 50 cm, length 38 cm
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An old headrest, Kaup village, Murik lakes, Papua New Guinea 40 x 16 cm
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A large wealth ornament, Moka Kina, Waghi valley, Highlands, Papua New Guinea 66 x 44 cm
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A large Yina yam fertility figure, Washhuk hills, upper Sepik river Region, Papua New Guinea 80 x 30 cm
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A ritual bird figure, Hornbill, Abelam people, Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea 79 x 39 cm
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A fighting shield, Nipa valley, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea 118 x 36 cm
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A shield, Pora Pora river, lower Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, collected in 1960s 167 x 26 cm
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A fighting shield, Mendi valley, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea 138 x 44 cm
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A collection of Papua New Guinea artefacts consisting of a spoon, pounder, hook, crocodile and a figure, Manam Island, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea (5) length 16-50 cm
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Two Pearlshell pectorals, Kina, New Guinea Higlands (2) length 30 cm, length 31 cm
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Three Pearlshell pectorals, Kina shells, Papua New Guinea (3)
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Two woven yam masks, Abelam people, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (2), height 53 cm, height 57 cm
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Two woven yam masks, Wosera, Southern Abelam, Papua New Guinea (2), height 30 cm, height 33 cm
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A dance mask, coastal Ramu area, north coast, Papua New Guinea, height 48 cm
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A bride price mask and green Turbo shell, Yangoru, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 37 cm
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Two woven yam masks, Wosera, Southern Abelam, Papua New Guinea, height 34 cm, each
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An Abelam woven Helmut mask, Baba, Papua New Guinea 36 x 47 cm
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Two woven yam masks, Wosera, Southern Abelam (2), height 43 cm, height 26 cm
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An early Brag mask, coastal Ramu river, Papua New Guinea, height 46 cm
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A body ornament, Karawut, Sepik coastal Region, Papu New Guinea, held in the mouth during warfare, height 33 cm
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A body ornament, Karawut,Sepik coastal Region, Papua New Guinea, held in the mouth during warfare, height 28 cm
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A dog tooth pectoral, Murik lakes, lower Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 37 cm
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A shell and dog tooth chain, Yangoru, Papua New Guinea
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A body ornament, set belt and two Armbands; dog teeth and Shell,Papua New Guinea (3)
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A gourd and pig tusk neck ornament, Papua New Guinea
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A Malangan Kulepmu figure by Mamau Piris, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, c. Early 1990s, with polychrome natural earth pigments and shell eyes, height 119 cm
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An Aboriginal Didjeridu, Central Australia, height 84 cm
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Angkaliya Mitchell (b.1953) seven sisters 2006 silkscreen ed. 14/25 signed lower right with the artist's mark 102 x 69 cm
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Angkaliya Mitchell (b.1953) seven sisters silkscreen ed.21/25 signed lower right with the artist's mark catalogue no. 061263 80 x 120 cm
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Joe Marshall Japangardi (act. C.1987) bush banana dreaming 1987 acrylic on canvas inscribed with artist and date verso 149 x 137 cm
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Two Arnhem Land ceremonial spears, Northern Territory, Australia (2), barbs decorated with natural earth pigments 117 cm/ 86 cm
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A 19th century boomerang and a spear tip (2) 64 cm/ 70 cm
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A didgeridoo (Yidaki), Gove, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, purchased by the vendor, Northern Territory, July 1974 113 cm
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Two Aboriginal boomerang clubs, Central Australia (2) 84 cm, 78 cm
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Reuben Pareroultja (1916-1984) mount Sonder watercolour signed lower right 26.5 x 36 cm
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Ewald Namatjira (1930-1984) MacDonnell Ranges watercolour signed lower right 26.3 x 36.5 cm
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A Malekula mask, Vanuatu diameter 26 cm
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A pair of Touareg tent pegs, Morocco, profusely incised with traditional designs 68 cm
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A collection of tribal artefacts, including a mask and a Papua New Guinea figure (4)
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A Morobe canoe splash board, a paddle handle terminus and a carving fragment, Papua New Guinea (3)
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Two south Sumatran tribal masks, with almond shaped eyes and long narrow nose with chiselled channels, Indonesia (2). Provenance: The collection of a former Australian Ambassador 26 x 32 cm, 27 x 35 cm
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Two ancient mammoth (?) tusks (2) 16 x 19 cm
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Two antler tips, height 12-14 cm
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Solomon Island shell traditional money, hand ground tridacna shell diameter 12.5 cm
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Solomon Island traditional money shell diameter 13 cm
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A Trobriand Island hand carved stool, Papua New Guinea, incised top surmounting two anthropomorphic figurines, height 49 cm
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An early Priest's Stave with Intricately carved head of two squatting back-to back human figures. Provenance: The Thompson collection, P.L. Pickles & Co., Sept 6th 1986 page 13, lot 143 Lawsons, late 1990s. Private Collection Sydney
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A Mortlock Island stool, Micronesia, fine sennit binding to both legs 43 x 54 cm
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A Trobriand Island dance shield, Papua New Guinea, with incised and painted design to face, height 69 cm
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A massive Tami Island feast bowl, Papua New Guinea, with incised designs to both sides, decorated with pipe clay 93 x 42 x 22 cm
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A Torres Strait head dress, Sipau Audi Gibuma (Mayngu Dhoeri), c. 1980s, Australia, pearl shell, cassowary feathers and plastic
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A New Guinea Highlands Kundu drum, Papua New Guinea, with skin intact affixed with a cloth binding, height 68 cm
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A New Guinea Highlands Kundu drum, Papua New Guinea, skin missing, cloth binding extant, central woven cane binding, cracks and chips to base rim A/F, height 57 cm
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A mount Hagen axe, Papua New Guinea, with stone blade (in parts) and woven fibre binding, height 81 cm
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A mount Hagen axe, Papua New Guinea, with stone blade and fibre binding, height 60 cm
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A mount Hagen axe, Papua New Guinea, with stone blade fibre binding, height 37 cm, width 50 cm
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A New Guinea Highlands axe, Papua New Guinea, wooden blade with intricate cane binding, height 54 cm
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A New Guinea fighting pick, Papua New Guinea, with bone tipped carved wooden implement fixed to haft with cane binding, height 76 cm
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A New Guinea Highlands fighting pick, Papua New Guinea with bone tipped carved and decorated implement and cane binding, height 73 cm
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A New Guinea Highlands wooden feast platter, Papua New Guinea, in hardwood with long protusion to one end length 95 cm
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