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Maori Artefacts, Oceanic Arts & Decorative Arts — Webb's

Auction House:Webb'sNumber of lots recorded:355
Sale Title:Maori Artefacts, Oceanic Arts & Decorative ArtsLots with images:339
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:215
Date:24-Sep-2009
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A tall square section bottle vase, by Len Castle, with a variegated green-brown glaze impressed potters mark. Height 37.5 cm
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Carafe by Len Castle, unglazed carafe decorated with stag antlers in relief within a cartouche. Glazed interior. Impressed potters mark. Height 26 cm
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A stoneware jardinier by Peter Lange, wheel thrown, the surface decorated with abstract leaves, iron and ash glazed, raised on three pinched coil feet. Height 14.8 cm. Diameter 17.8 cm
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Stoneware handled flask by Richard Cadness, of circular section gently tapering to an oval upper body, surmounted by curving strap handle joining the neck of the horizontal small pourer with a cork stopper. Impressed cipher and name mark. Height 29 cm
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A N.Z. Brick Co. New Lynn Brown Salt Glaze Chimney Pot, tall cylindrical shape with ribbing supporting pipe shaped open ended horizontal vent. Impressed maker's marks. Height 98 cm
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A Pair of Kiwiana Bellows, Folk Art Carved with a Kiwi. Length 64.5 cm
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A Carved Maori Truncheon possibly a Maori Warden Club, one of the four carved surfaces embellished with two cat's eye shell inlays within red stained circles, the grip with black stained binding. Length 52.2 cm Width 4 cm
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A folk art Maori carved cribbage board, of triangular form and with paua inlay, the centre carved with three tiki masks, by Tauri Bros, Putiki, Wanganui. Width 23.5 cm
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A Maori folk art carved and stained figure with paua shell eye inlays. Height 44 cm
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T. Waikite folk art carved and dark stained tiki figure standing astride a smaller figure. Height 39 cm
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A decorative pair of carved Maori bookends, the all-over carved backs each supported by an ancestral figure standing on a spiral and notch carved semi-circular base, varnished finish. Height 15 cm. Width 12.8 cm
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A pair of cast brass Maori tiki figure bookends, with paua shell eye inlays.H.21 cm
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A circular kauri trinket box, early 20th century, the lid is handpainted with a Wanganui river scene. Diameter 12.6 cm
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An Old Painted Toy Model of the Vessel 'Tarawera, masts missing. Length 46 cm
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A 19th century Maritime Half Model Wall Diorama, 'Fleta of Charleston', the paddle steamer with Kauri sails unfurled, wood carved, on a circular Kauri plaque enclosed by a mount of dried mosses and ferns, under glass and in a moulded gilt wood frame. Frame Width 54.5 cm Height 46.5 cm
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A 19th century New Zealand Nautical Wall Diorama Displaying The Queen Bee into Picton
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A five vessel 19th century whale chase diorama, including models of a fully rigged three masted vessel in full sail, a smaller three masted vessel in full sail, a two masted paddle steamer, and two long boats in pursuit of a whale and its calf, some of the miniature whaler figures with harpoons, the whaling scene within a rectangular four glass display case, minus the top and with some faults. Case width 69.3 cm diameter 52 cm height 49 cm
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A 19th century Finely Carved Dish, in Kauri, formed as a fern frond. Height 24 cm Width 9 cm
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A New Zealand Folk Art Carved Wood Wall Plaque of a Maori Woman attributed to Hoko Pai, the profile head decorated with a red stained scarf tied beneath the incised moko details. Provenance: Passed by descent to previous owner. Height 25 cm Diameter 14.5 cm
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A Kiwi and Chick on a Kauri Log Mantel Clock Carved by Wiremu Kutuheri, the square time piece inset into the log. Width 24.5 cm Height 33 cm
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A folk art Maori bust, of a tattooed male, the well carved figure supported on a base with tiki's to front and back, the eyes inset with paua shell. 19th century. Height 31.6 cm
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A Folk Art Kowhaiwhai Pattern Painted Small Box, width 17.3 cm Diameter 12 cm Height 8 cm
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A Fine New Zealand Folk Collar & Studs Box, the circular lid decorated with a Maori chief portrait in poker-work enclosed by painted pohutukawa flowers, the flowers repeated on the poker-worked box. The interior with a shaped and covered studs holder. Diam.17.6 cm Height 11 cm
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A Fine New Zealand Folk Art Tea Caddy in Kauri decorated with Stylised Maori Figures, the lid of solid figured timber with a good patination, the box base with a Paua shell escutcheon flanked by two stylised figures with Paua overlay to the eyes, the rear of the box with a further two figures on a punch-textured ground. Width 23 cm Width 11.5 cm Height 11.5 cm
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A View of the Southern Alps from St. James Chapel, vintage colour photograph by R. Warburton. Height 25 cm . Width 30 cm
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A naive painting in oil, Franz Joseph Glacier from the altar window church of England, signed E .W. Heald and dated 1953. frame width 44 cm. Height 34.6 cm
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A naive carving of a Maori Mermaid figure, standing on a carved oval base with black and brown painted decoration. Height 35 cm
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A Carved Maori Meeting House Mantle Clock, with spiral and notched carving supported by two elongated figures with protruding tongues flanking the small German made clock, the carvings typically embellished with Paua shell inlay. Height 21.5 cm Width 26 cm
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A Carved Maori Inkstand, with a single covered glass well flanked by two carved heads, each with Paua shell eye inlay., the protruding tongues forming the pen rest. Black finish. Width 20.5 cm Diameter 13.5 cm
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A Maori carved lamp base with a later Kowhaiwhai patterned shade. Attributed to Reverend Leonard (Wairarapa), the domed base, with six stylised masks and raised on three bun feet, supports a central column of figures, all with paua insets to the eyes. Overall. Height 57.5 cm
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A folk art carved rectangular box decorated with Maori masks and paua shell inlay, circa 1930, the hinged cover with a pronounced stylised mask with paua shell eye inlays, the surfaces finished in deep red-brown. Width 30 cm diameter 21.5 cm. Height 9 cm
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A New Zealand Folk Art Tall Wooden Pot and Cover, with painted decoration of a Maori Chief. Height 22 cm Diameter 9 cm
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A Kauri Jewellery Casket on Four Legs, heavily carved with Maori motifs, the lids central roundel of a Tiki face in high relief between two ancestral figures. A whalebone Tiki face with Paua eyes raises the lid. Wine velvet lined interior. Early 20th Century. Length 35.5 cm Width 25.8 cm Height 19 cm
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A Carved Maori Trinket Box in Kauri the lid with carved chevron and notched patterns enclosing a central diamond shape with Paua shell inlay, carved masks to each corner, the box exterior carved with faces and designs. Width 17.5 cm Diameter 15.5 cm Height 8.2 cm
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A fine decorative New Zealand folk art carved kauri box the lid painted with a young Maori woman holding a child, a cloak about their shoulders, enclosed by linear and knotched carving and a mask to each corner. Width 21.4 cm diameter 10.4 cm. Height 4.8 cm
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A Kiwiana kiwi figure keep sake box brafted at NZRAF workshop from an aircraft's Wooden propellor, the pull-out compartmented oval box resembling a kiwi egg, mounted on a rectangular plinth. Width 43.3 cm Width 14 cm Height 27.5 cm
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A P.O.W. Gambling Kit in a Silver Fern Tobacco Tin
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A Trench Art Cigarette Tin inscribed 'Nzef Onward 1939 - !944', decorated with fern leaves and a kiwi cut-out. Width 8.3 cm Diameter 7.3 cm
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A rare 19th century, A.D.Willis, Ltd., Wanganui pack of New Zealand playing cards, second quality', the box displaying a Maori Chief with a full facial tattoo, the joker wild card is a Maori warrior
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A Victorian, Packaged Taniwha Soap Bar, 'New Zealand's Very Best', in original wrapping illustrated with three mermaids frolicking in a lake
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Three New Zealand Shells Decorated with Folk Art Pictorial Scenes, Artist unknown, the large mussel and Paua shells each painted with a southern lake and alpine scene, the scallop shell painted with a named scene of Ringaringa Beach, Stewart Island
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A Letter Opener with a Maori Figure Head in Cast Brass, Length 23.2 cm
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A 1970s Kiwiana Golden Bracelet
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A carved rectangular block of kauri gum, the surfaces featuring both Maori and European designs carved in low relief. Width 10.4 cm. Diameter 5.9 cm
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A Kauri Gum Trophy Easel Stand, the surfaces etched with floral, geometric and star motifs. Repaired. Height 16 cm
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A Small Kauri Gum Carved Plaque, With a Maori woman's head depicted in profile with black painted moko, hair, eyes and cloak tags. Height 11.2 cm Width 10 cm
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A Clam Shell and a Pearl Shell, 19th century. Each hand-painted, the former with a Union Line Ship, the latter with flags bordering an applied sepia portrait photograph
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A whale's tooth scrimshaw of a three masted whaling vessel, to one surface, the opposing surface decorated with a whale. Length 16 cm
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A large whale's tooth painted with a sketch of a a Whaling vessel, mounted on an oval whale's tooth section. Length 20.5 cm
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An Octagonal China Plate, hand painted with a Maori meeting house, figures and a smoking volcano in the background. Together with another, repaired. Diameter 21.3 cm
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A Royal Doulton Maori Art cup, saucer and plate, the kowhaiwhai pattern on a white ground, the three pieces trimmed in gilt
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A Titian Ware Egyptian Series Large Handled Bowl, raised on a short pedestal. Impressed Titian script mark. Diam.25.5 cm Height 8.8 cm
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A Cased sterling silver Butter Knife and Pickle Fork, with carved Paua handles of kiwi form. Stamped star within a square. Stg Sil Nz
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A pair of sperm whales tooth and ebonised bookends, original descriptive label to the underside. Height 11 cm
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A Framed Copper Plate, decorated with Maori Rock Art. Height 60 cm Width 44.4 cm
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A 1960s Black Metal Coffee Table, the inset Kauri top framing an enamelled copper panel decorated with motifs after Maori cave drawings. Height 70.8 cm Width 50.4 cm
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A 1960s Small Framed Enamelled Copper Panel, decorated as previous lot. Height 33.6 cm Width 28.7 cm
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A Similar Lot, Height 33.7 cm Width 28.7 cm
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A small vintage wool pile rug, depicting a tiki, green on a cream backgound. 88 cm x 63 cm
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A vintage hooked rug, depicting two kiwi within a Maori motif border. (some staining). 153 cm x 13 cm
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A Bossons Style Ceramic Wall Plaque with a Fantail and Flowering Manuka
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A rare 'Bossons' plaque commemorating the Conquest of Everest, Bossons plaque commemorating the Conquest of Everest
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A Colonial Timber Inlay Wall Plaque Depicting Logging Scene the scene of a team of cattle hauling a large log and crested by a fern leaf. Width 43.1 cm Height 35.5 cm
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A Modernist Maori Hook Cloak/Rug by Don Ramage, 1985. Refer: Retrospective Exhibition, Hawkes Bay. Length 177 cm Width 121.5 cm
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A 19th century Decorative Colonial New Zealand Totara and Cast Iron Gate crested with carved fern leaves
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A 19th century Polynesian deep wooden bowl with a looped handle to one end. Width 29.5 cm diameter 18 cm height 10.5 cm
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A 19th century Samoan Kava Bowl, raised on twelve cylindrical legs and with a pierced suspension lug. Note; with some faults. Diam.39.2 cm Height 15.8 cm
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A Fijian Hardwood Kava Bowl, raised on six tapering legs. Diam.55 cm Height 17 cm
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A Fijian Hardwood Kava Bowl in the Form of a Turtle, raised on four tapering cylindrical legs. Width 55 cm Diameter 41 cm Height 14.2 cm
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A 19th century small fine Samoan kava bowl, raised on six tapering legs and with a suspension lug, traces of Yaqona. Diam.26.8 cm height 10.2 cm
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A Massive Samoan Ceremonial Kava Bowl
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A 19th century Tongan hardwood kava bowl, raised on four tapering feet, two with indigenous repairs. Diameter50.5 cm
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A Samoan kava bowl, raised on twelve cylindrical legs. Diameter42.5 cm. Height 16.2 cm
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A fine early 19th century Tongan leaf shaped kava bowl, raised on four tapered legs with a double pierced suspension lug. On the underside, an affixed Union line label. Collected circa 1930. Length 70.7 cm. Width 54.3 cm. Height 18.5 cm
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A Late 19th century Fijian Kava Bowl, the underside surface textured and carved with an angular suspension lug. The unusual bowl free-standing without legs. Diam.56.5 cm Height 12 cm
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A fine large 19th century Fijian Tototokia pineapple head Battle-Hammer
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A fine 19th century Fijian Gata snake club, of dark wood with good patination, the striking end with incised lineal ridges, the upper shaft with geometric incised patterns. Old collection label affixed. Length 96 cm
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A 19th century Solomon Islands club the heavy wood with a dark patination, the leaf shaped blade with a central ridge to either surface, the shaft terminating into a point inlaid with four shell ‘Kill' beads. Length 115.5 cm
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A 19th century Solomon Island hardwood club, the shaft of oval section terminating in a ridged blade with unusual protruding ancestral masks. Length 107 cm
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A 19th century Papua New Guinea Stone Head Club, the discoid stone head held in place by a highly knobbled hollow stone into which the well patinated shaft is inserted. Length 109 cm
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A Soloman Island Dance Club, the round section shaft terminating with four spear points. Length 96 cm
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A 19th century Polynesian Paddle, with a decorative canoe shaped handle. Length 109.2 cm
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A 19th century Fijian Pole Club, incised geometic carved grip. Good Patination. Length 105 cm
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A 19th century Santa Cruz Islands ceremonial dance Wand in the shape of a canoe tapering to a knob at one end, the surfaces decorated with geometric patterns in black. Length 81.5 cm
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A 19th century New Caledonia n ceremonial pig club, the head with twin anthromorphic profiles of ancestral masks each with a serrated horn, mounted on stand. Length 62 cm
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A 19th Cent. Fijian Kali head rest, the rectangular base with a serrated edge. Two plain columns support the oval sectioned head rest which has serated ends.the wood with good patination. Length 46 cm. Height 14 cm
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A Papua New Guinea black pigment wood carved drum the hour glass form with abstract carvings in low relief, the handle pierced carved with curvilinear patterns. Black exterior surface. Note: wood split filled with resin. Height 102.5 cm
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A Papua New Guinea cult hook, the wood carved canoe shape with a spirit head, painted with earth pigments. Height 62 cm width 19 cm
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A New Ireland cult house Malanggan mythological ancestral sculptural figure, the mortuary effigy carved in soft wood and painted in bold red, yellow, black and silver grey, snail opercula inlay to the eyes. Height 114 cm
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A Papua New Guinea wooden canoe prow, representing a canoe standing upright which is surmounted by an exaggerated male human figure, pigment painted and vegetable fibres decorate the ear. Height 94 cm
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A Papua New Guinea wooden canoe prow, carved with a human figure, the geometric ornamentation softened by curvilinear tendril-like designs, painted with earth pigments. Note; with some wood loss. Length 65 cm height 25 cm
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An Aboriginal bark painting, two crane and Barramundi by Fred Didjbarka Naroldol of Liverpool river, Arnhem Land. Natural pigment on eucalyptus bark. Height 107.5 cm. Width 76.5 cm
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An Aboriginal Lizard Bark Painting - Junawanga, natural pigment on eucalyptus bark. Height 64 cm Width 28.5 cm
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An Asmat large carved shield, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, the surface with curvilinear designs and incorporating elements of the human figure, painted in earth pigments. Height 153 cm. Width 62 cm
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An Aboriginal bark painting of a crocodile and a Stingray, natural pigment on eucalyptus bark, signature covered on verso. Height 64.5 cm width 28 cm
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A Papua New Guinea Shield Mask, the soft and very light wood painted with earth pigments and decorated with a male face carved in low relief. The head surmounted by two symetrical long beaked bird's heads, the surfaces painted with headless human ancestral figures. Height 80.8 cm Width 39 cm
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Audrey Napanangka Martin, 'Wild Bush coconut Dreaming', acrylic on linen, verso inscribed 'West north of Yuendumu'. Height 84.8 cm. Width 23.6 cm
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An Aboriginal Fish Bark Painting, natural pigment on eucalyptus bark. Signature illegible. Height 59.8 cm Width 31.5 cm
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A Navajo Ganado Trading Post Blanket Circa 1920, woven in wool with yellow accents and featuring red and black rectangles. Length 92 cmW.57.5 cm
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An Acoma Pueblo Native Pottery Three Colour Polychrome Geometric Olla (Vessel) Circa 1910 - 20, Height 18.4 cm
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