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Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art & International Antiquities — Guy Earl-Smith & Antiquity

Auction House:Guy Earl-Smith & AntiquityNumber of lots recorded:226
Sale Title:Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art & International AntiquitiesLots with images:216
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:89
Date:6-Sep-2009
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A Bougainville bow and three Arrows, the palm wood bow bound with split polychrome orchid stem weave, the hard wood arrows with polychrome pigments, the shafts woven with split orchid stem, Solomon Islands, 190-175 cm (3). Provenance: from an Australian collection
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A Collection Of Six Sepik Fishing Arrows, the bamboo shafts below fibre and cane bound composite wooden barb points,Papua New Guinea, 117-147 cm (6). Provenance: Ex-collection Robert Worsley, Sydney
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A collection of six highland arrows, in classic composite form, the bamboo shafts above barbed hardwood points,Papua New Guinea, 110-127 cm (6).
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A collection of six highland arrows, in classic composite form, the hardwood points above bamboo shafts, one tipped with Cassowary claw,Papua New Guinea, 115-124 cm (6).
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A collection of six highland Arrows, in classic composite form, the hardwood points above bamboo shafts, one tipped with Cassowary claw, Papua New Guinea, 103-130 cm (6). Provenance: Ex-collection Robert Worsley, Sydney
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A Collection Of Five Highland Arrows, in classic composite form, four with slender leaf shaped points above bamboo shafts,Papua New Guinea, 88-123 cm (5). Provenance: Ex-collection Robert Worsley, Sydney
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Two Sepik Taro trays, of woven cane, Papua New Guinea, 27-70 cm (2)
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A Rare Witu Island Ceremonial Mask, of wood, sculpted in helmet form, the opposing faces with pierced eyes and septums, threaded seed glass and wood tassels attached, flanked with stylised openwork ears, below a domed apex inscribed with text, decorated with polychrome pigments, usewear evident, West New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 71 x 25 cm. Provenance: From an Australian collection and acquired in the field in the 1980s
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A rare Solomon Island architectural ornament, the sectioned wood roof support sculpted in the form of a seated bearded male holding a mortar and pestle, 87 x 20 cm.
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A Fine Ethnographic Battle Club, of wood, the robust circular section shaft notched with old fibre string attached at grip below a classic beaked apex, smooth glossy patina, New Caledonia, 64 x 32 cm. Provenance: From an Australian collection
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A Rare New Hebrides Battle Club, c.early 20th Century, of wood, the tapering circular sectioned shaft with notched terminal at grip below a projecting apex, Vanuatu, 77 cm. Provenance: From an Australian collection
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A Fine Ethnographic Solomon Island Paddle Club, of wood in classic facetted section with raised medial ridge, the shaft with resin set shell inlay below a triangular apex, old encrustations below smooth patina, 127 cm. Provenance: From an Australian collection
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A Superb Malaita Island Battle Club (alofolo), c.early 20th Century, of wood, decorated with incised geometric motifs and stylised ancestor visage at apex, smooth glossy patina, 113 x 6 cm. Provenance: From an Australian collection
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An Early Fijian Battle Club, c. early 20th Century, of wood, the slender shaft below a bulbous terminal, smooth glossy patina, 60 cm. Provenance: From an Australian collection
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A Totoyo Island Neckrest, of wood in minimalist form, smooth finish, base rejoined, Fiji, 40 x 12 cm. Provenance: From an Australian collection, collected in Fiji during the 1970s by an ex-patriot American retired academic
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A late Ethnographic Massim canoe Splashboard, of wood sculpted in classic asymmetrical form, the anterior decorated with curvilinear motifs and ancestor at apex, remnant polychrome pigments, Trobriand Islands, 75 x 70 cm.
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A Superb Massim Sculpture, of wood in the form of a female ancestor, decorated with incised geometric motifs infilled with lime, smooth glossy patina, Trobriand Islands, 56 x 14 cm. Provenance: From an Australian collection Note: Figurative sculpture from this region is rare, for a similar example c.f. Beran, H.1996, Mutuaga; A 19th century New Guinea Master Carver, University of Wollongong Press, Nsw, Australia, p.225 plate 77
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Two Massim Lime Spatulas, of wood, sculpted in classic slender openwork form, decorated with incised motifs, remnant pigment infill, usewear evident, Trobriand Islands, 37-41 cm, (2). Provenance: From an Australian collection
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Two Massim Lime Spatulas, of wood, sculpted in classic slender form, decorated with incised motifs, remnant pigment infill, usewear evident, Trobriand Islands, 25-31 cm, (2). Provenance: From an Australian collection
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Three Massim Lime Spatulas, of wood in diminutive form, Trobriand Islands, 17-20 cm (3)
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