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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Tribal
- Aboriginal - Art (60)
- Aboriginal - Artefacts (196)
- African (57)
- American Indian (2)
- New Guinean (233)
- New Zealand Maori (31)
- S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific (152)
- Zother (117)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A large carved plaque, Kambot, Keram River, Papua New Guinea (early-mid twentieth century), carved hardwood, natural earth pigments and shells, 110 x 140 cm. Provenance: acquired from Ruth McNicoll | *** |  |
| *** | An early fish-tailed club, Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern Territory, (circa 1900), carved hardwood, 59.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, South Australia | *** |  |
| *** | An early club, South East Australia (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 69 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A hook figure (garra), Bahinemo People, Hunstein Mountains, Papua New Guinea, (mid twentieth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 95.2 cm high. Garra figures of the Bahinemo people represented ancestral spirits which were essential in… | *** |  |
| *** | A Hook Figure (yipwon), Upper Karawari River, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved wood, 19.5 cm. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A Collection of Boar Tusk Adornments, Vanuatu (early-mid twentieth century), boar tusk, rattan and trade beads, various sizes (7). Provenance: Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, circa 1970 | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Fiji wood Priest's oil dish circular with dentate border around the gently convex top, supported by two columns on a ring base. 25 cm a very similar priest's oil dish from the Peabody Museum of Salem, Salem Massachusetts (E 10.441) is illustrated… | *** |  |
| *** | Djawida Nadjongorle, (circa 1943 - 2008) Australian, crocodile, natural earth pigments on bark, 183 cm high, 82 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A Fijian lotus club (Gugu), 86 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A nail-headed club, Queensland (nineteenth century), carved hardwood and hob-nails, 70.7 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A rare fishing boomerang, possibly South Australia, carved hardwood, 59.1 cm high. For two related examples see Philip Jones, boomerang;, Behind an Australian Icon, Ten speed Press, California, 1997, pp. 52-53, where he describes the illustrated examples… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine coolamon (piti), Central Australia (circa 1900), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 43.3 x 19.3 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | An early club, South East Australia (nineteenth century), carved hardwood and binding, 55.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | Two early beehive ended clubs, South East Australia (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 64 cm; 60.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | An early engraved boomerang, South East Australia (early nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 51.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A house post, Sepik River Region (early twentieth century), natural earth pigments on carved wood, 146.7 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | An early wunda shield and boomerang, Western Australia (nineteenth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 60.5 cm; 55.5 cm (2). Provenance: Private Collection, Victoria | *** |  |
| *** | A boomerang-club (lil-lil), New South Wales (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 63 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A Food Hook, Kanganaman Village, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved hardwood, 45 cm high. Provenance: John Pasquarelli, Papua New Guinea. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A Maori abalone inlaid eel club, late 19th century | *** |  |
| *** | A fine and early boomerang, Darling River, South West Queensland, 19th century, carved hardwood, reverse decorated with fine incised linear motif, 111 cm long. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom (acquired at auction 1960s), thence by descent | *** |  |
| *** | A rare double figural club, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, 19th century, carved wood and remains of piped clay, 75 cm long, Note carved by the grandfather of Michel Makon. Provenance: Jennifer West Collection | *** |  |
| *** | An Aboriginal dance board, Papunya (N.T.) central deserts, 20th century, carved softwood and painted finish, reverse decorated with painted carved snakes, 59 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A carved bowl, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea (mid-late twentieth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 55 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A carved Maori panel with paua shell inlay, monogrammed on the back 'T.W.' circa 1900, 28 x 143 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large boomerang, South West Queensland (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 93.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | Three fine ceremonial clubs, Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern Territory, (circa 1930), carved ironwood and natural earth pigments, 50.5 cm; 54 cm; 45.5 cm (3). Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A rare club, South East Australia (early nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 71 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A Maori club (taiaha), New Zealand (nineteenth century), carved hardwood and paua shell, 147.2 cm long. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A child's parrying shield, South East Australia (nineteenth century), natural earth pigments on carved hardwood, 43.2 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A ceremonial paddle, Ra'ivav' Island, Austral Island group (formally Hervey Islands) Polynesia, 19th century 95 cm long. Provenance: Purchased from an estate auction in Lewes Sussex | *** |  |
| *** | A Fighting club, north West Arnhem Land 136 cm high, 9 cm wide, 2 cm deep. Provenance: Sotheby's Sydney 20th October, 2008 Lot 261 | *** |  |
| *** | Fijian totokia war club, 19th century. 84 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A canoe prow figurehead, coastal Sepik, New Guinea. Height 53 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine and rare Fiji Conch shell trumpet, comprising a natural shell pierced to provide a mouthpiece, an elaborate intricately woven coir extension to the smaller end. Length 53 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Robin Nganmira (1951-1991), Mimis dancing around a Kangaroo, natural earth pigments on bark, 169 cm high, 61 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A spearthrower (womera), South East Australia (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, resin and kangaroo gut, 66.8 cm high. Provenance: The Tom McCourt Collection. By descent. Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive boomerang, probably Broome, North Western Australia, (nineteenth century), carved wood and earth pigments, 67 cm high. For two related examples see, Philip Jones, boomerang; Behind an Australian Icon, Ten speed Press, California, 1997, p. 39… | *** |  |
| *** | A rare aboriginal ceremonial dance wand, Central Australia natural earth pigments, feathers and natural fibres 114 x 60 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Ancestor stool, natural pigments on carved wood, Papua New Guinea. 155 cm high. Provenance: Robert Ypes | *** |  |
| *** | An early war shield, North West Asmat Region, Papua, (early twentieth century), carved wood and natural pigments, 195.3 cm high. This finely carved and early Northwest Asmat war shield originates from the upper Unis River. The shield possesses intricate… | *** |  |
| *** | An incised Dayak trophy skull, Borneo, approximately 18 cm long and 15 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Bakongo female figure, Zaire wood with glass inlay eyes, 24 cm high. Provenance: Bert Garrebeek, Brussels old German collection | *** |  |
| *** | An early and fine New Britain Sago paddle, the central portion carved on either side with a stylized human head, each face with striated decoration, traces of lime infilling, the finial in the form of a stylized bird | *** |  |
| *** | A rare spearthrower (womera), coastal New South Wales (nineteenth century), carved wood, 68.7 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private Collection, Melbourne. For related examples from the same region see;. Carol Cooper, et al.,… | *** |  |
| *** | A neckrest (kali hahapo), Tonga, Polynesia (late nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 51.2 x 13.5 x 12.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A Fijian club, 101 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A coolamon (piti), Northern Australia (circa 1930), carved wood and earth pigments, 78.5 cm long. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A Ceremonial Sword, Toba Batak, North Sumatra, Indonesia, (circa 1900), carved wood, steel, bronze and pigment, 63.2 cm long. Provenance: Private Collection, Medan. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the early 1970s | *** |  |
| *** | An Asmat ancestor skull, Irian Jaya. 17 cm long and 18 cm, with stand | *** |  |
| *** | NANDABITTA, GROOTE EYLANDE (1911-1981). Figures, rays and mythical spirits, circa 1960. Natural earth pigments on bark, 71 x 43 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Ekoi head dress, cross river, Nigeria antelope skin over wood. Height 65 cm. Provenance: mark Lissauer, old German collection cf. Sotheby's Paris June 2010, lot 66 | *** |  |
| *** | A Bukyi (Boki) head, cross river, Nigeria wood with attach. Holes for headdress. Height 24 cm. Provenance: mark Lissauer, old German collection cf. Barbier-Mueller collection | *** |  |
| *** | An Aboriginal shield, late 19th century, South East Australian origin, 87 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A spearthrower (womera), South East Australia (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 75.2 cm high. Provenance: The Tom McCourt Collection. By descent. Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A large Sumba carved wood totem figure - Sulawesi 182 cm high. Provenance: Artist Michael Johnson collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A headhunted skull Dayak People. 15 cm high and 18 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A Standing Figure, Massim, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, (circa 1900), carved wood and natural earth pigments, 36 cm high. Provenance: Muriel Larner, Cairns. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, 1970. Exhibited: Art of Massim Region of Papua… | *** |  |
| *** | A Carved Head, Aitchen, North East Malekula, Vanuatu, (early twentieth century), carved wood, boar's tusk, pandanus, spider's web and beaded seeds, 47 cm high. Provenance: Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s. Exhibited: Oceanic and… | *** |  |
| *** | A nail-headed club, South East Australia, (nineteenth century), carved hardwood and imbedded iron, 63 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | An early boomerang club, South Western Queensland, 19th century, carved hardwood, 102 cm long. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom (acquired at auction 1960s), t hence by descent | *** |  |
| *** | A transitional axe, Efate Island, Vanuatu, late 19th century, carved wood with English iron head, a fine example of an Efate Island knob, 88 cm high. Provenance: Jennifer West Collection | *** |  |
| *** | Lumi war shield, carved wood, 102 x 67 cm, Papua New Guinea | *** |  |
| *** | Important group aboriginal tribal artifacts collected by Thomas Phillip Gourlay at Mt Eba on Bon Bon Station South Australia located near the junction of Queensland & the Northern Territory. Early 20th century. Shields (3), boomerangs (8), snake, sword… | *** |  |
| *** | A model funerary canoe, Santa Isabel, Guadalcanal or Nggela Island, Melanesia (circa 1900), inlaid pearl shell and resin on carved wood, 99 cm long. For two closely related examples see, Kevin Conru, Solomon Islands Art, Musumeci Spa, Italy, 2008, pp.… | *** |  |
| *** | A large and impressive splashboard (Lagim), Trobriand Islands, mid 20th century carved wood This large and impressive splashboard, Lagim, from a kula canoe of the Trobriand Islands is unusual for its magnificence and size. The splashboard had both… | *** |  |
| *** | Two incised spearthrowers (woomera), Western Australia (nineteenth century), carved wood, resin and kangaroo sinew, 64 cm; 66.7 cm high (2). Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual Early Shield: North Queensland (early 20th century) natural earth pigments on carved hardwood. 82 cm long. Provenance: Private Collection, Cairns | *** |  |
| *** | A large Dogon ganging door 190 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Standing Male Figure, Baule, Ivory Coast, West Africa, (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 39.7 cm high. Provenance: Christie's, London 1976. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott | *** |  |
| *** | An early Dayak shield, Kenyah, or Kayan people, Borneo, 124 x 38 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Makonde helmet mask, Mozambique wood and human hair. Height 20 cm. Provenance: mark Lissauer, old German collection | *** |  |
| *** | A Guro female figure, ivory Coast wood. Height 22 cm. Provenance: collectors gallery, Melbourne Morton Diamondstein, L. A | *** |  |
| *** | A Dogon kneeling female figure, Mali wood. Height 38.5 cm. Provenance: mark Lissauer, old German collection cf. Sotheby's Paris, June 2010, lot 53 | *** |  |
| *** | A fine early Papuan Gulf fibre mask, comprising a stylized human face with raised ridges delineating the features and with traces of pigment remaining, 36 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Harry Tjutjuna (born 1930), Kunakaku Mana Kuliningi (2007), synthetic polymer paint on linen, 122 x 122 cm. Provenance: Ernabella Artists, South Australia (HT311-07), Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, Private Collection, New South Wales | *** |  |
| *** | A painted Sepik male figure. 130 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A headhunted skull, Marind-Anim People, Tomerau Village, Merauke, Irian Jaya. 14 cm high, 21 cm wide. 29 cm high including stand | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of ancestor figures, Mumuye, South East Nigeria, West Africa, (twentieth century), carved wood and pigment, 82 cm; 97.7 cm (2). Provenance: Galleries Primitif, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in 1974 | *** |  |
| *** | Sepik river shield, carved and painted wood, 185 x 64 cm, 185 x 64 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Artist Unknown, Untitled (Central Australian shield) (1970), carved beanwood and natural earth pigments, 66.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, South Australia | *** |  |
| *** | A large pectoral ornament (tema), Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands, (early twentieth century), tridacna shell, tortoise shell and natural fibre, 18 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A Betel Nut Mortar, Mendam Village, Murik Lakes, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved wood, 10.3 cm high. Provenance: John Pasquarelli, Papua New Guinea. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A Helmet, Eastern Bontoc, Ifugao, North Luzon, Philippines (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 11.5 cm high (19.5 cm diameter). Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A Maori taiaha spear, 19th century | *** |  |
| *** | A taiaha wood fighting staff, Maori, East Coast, mid 19th century | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Tongan Islands club, 19th century | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of five neck rests, including Fiji, Melanesia | *** |  |
| *** | Wangarra spirit figure, natural earth pigments on cottonwood 173 cm high. Provenance: Palya Art 1733, Maningrida Arts and Culture | *** |  |
| *** | Birds and Creatures, natural earth pigments on bark, Amagula, Nambadjigadja 51 x 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of West African metal figures | *** |  |
| *** | A carved club, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu,19th century, carved wood, 73 cm long, Note carved by the grandfather of Michel Makon. Provenance: Jennifer West Collection | *** |  |
| *** | A double sided club, Vanuatu, 19th century, carved wood with remains of piped clay, 78 cm long, Note carved by the grandfather of Michel Makon. Provenance: Jennifer West Collection | *** |  |
| *** | An incised South Western Queensland boomerang, 104 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | Namiyal Bopirri (Australian, b. 1929), Oysters and Olive python, Earth pigment on canvas, 145 x 124 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A malekula figure, Tonan Island, Vanuatu (mid-late twentieth century), boars tusks, dogs teeth, mud, web, straw and cane, 94 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |