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Auction House:
Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** A Solomon Islands chief's staff ***
*** Rifle stock club, Fijian origin, late 19th century. 94 cm ***
*** A west African carved and pigmented male Ere Ibeji figure, 20th century, 30 cm high. Provenance: Christies London 1976, lot 103 ***
*** Four finely carved nephrite Maori ear pendants ***
*** A Pacific Islands wooden model of an outrigger canoe ***
*** Painted mask, New Guinea, 63 x 19 cm. Provenance: Collected 1946 ***
*** A painted boomerang ***
*** A rare Maori flax bag (kete muka) 22 x 30 cm finely woven in flax fibre and with darkened fibre forming lateral bands ***
*** A Batak tortoise shell comb, Sumatra elaborate pierced carving representing heraldic devices inspired by Dutch East India Company coins, fine old patina 18 cm long ***
*** Silver covered beaker with chased figures Bali 20th century. 10 cm high ***
*** A Boomerang, Darling river region, late 19th century, 68 cm. Provenance: Private Collection South Australia ***
*** Indonesian carved antler and wood batak container, 27 cm high ***
*** A large Sepik carved wood figure. 69 cm high ***
*** Three carved and painted wood birds, New Guinea, 66 cm to 49 cm ***
*** Aboriginal Club: Northern Territory Arnhamland. Wood & painted ochre. Mid 20th century. 85 cm ***
*** An over-modeled bone dagger, Sepik, New Guinea, 33 cm ***
*** Artist Unknown, Groote Eylandt Hunters, Fish & Animals, Circa 1960 natural earth pigments on bark 81 x 46 cm ***
*** Carved stone God figure, Marquesas Islands French Polynesia, 20th century. 27 cm high, 15 cm wide, 11.5 cm deep ***
*** One mask, Umboi, New Guinea, 60 cm high ***
*** Large shield, north West Western Australia, carved hardwood. 91 cm. Provenance: Ex-Holt collection ***
*** Two Clubs, Malekula, Vanuatu, (early-mid twentieth century), carved hardwood, 79 cm; 79 cm long (2). Provenance: Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, circa 1970 ***
*** Four Ceremonial Masks, Indonesia (twentieth century), carved wood and pigments, 22 cm; 20 cm; 21 cm; 23 cm high (4) ***
*** A pair of finely carved and painted Sulawesi panels, Indonesian, early 20th century 106m high, 32 cm wide ***
*** A Sepik carved wood mask, with painted decoration. 68 cm high ***
*** Dick Nguleingulei Murramurra Two Barramundi, circa 1977 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 32 x 62 cm ***
*** A Southern Queensland boomerang 62 cm long ***
*** A gilded copper Balinese Kris Hilt. Bali, Indonesia, height 13.5 cm, including stand 20.5 cm. The hilt is in the form of the Hindu deity Bayu,the God of the Winds, the father of Bhimaand the spiritual father of Lord Hanuman. Bayuis holding a mirror in his… ***
*** A carved and painted canoe splashboard from a sea-going canoe, Trobriand Islands 71 cm high, 56 cm wide ***
*** A Dart Quiver (tolor), Kenyah Dayak, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, (circa 1900), carved wood and rattan, 41 cm long. Provenance: Sulawesi Arts, Bali. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott ***
*** A Dart Quiver (tolor), Sempet Village, Dayak Bahau, Indonesia, (early-mid twentieth century), carved wood and rattan, 35.3 cm long ***
*** A Mask, Dirum Village, Belu, West Timor, (nineteenth century), carved wood, 20.1 cm high. Provenance: Special Timor Primitive, Bali. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1980s ***
*** Bluey Ilkirr Western Arnhem land two Mimih spirits, bark painting 44 x 23 cm ***
*** Western Arnhem land kangaroo, circa 1970, bark painting 65 x 33.5 cm ***
*** A boomerang club with incised linear decoration on front and patterned motif on reverse, West Australian origin, 66 cm. Provenance: Collection of The Late Geoffrey Maxwell Worthington ***
*** A Boomerang, Western New South Wales origin, late 19th century, 71.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection South Australia ***
*** A club, Austral Islands, Polynesia (mid twentieth century), carved hardwood, 108.5 cm ***
*** A New Guinea polychrome decorated vase with two apertures 12 cm high ***
*** David Malangi (1927-1999), Untitled (Catfish) (1972), natural earth pigment on eucalyptus bark, 70 x 32 cm. Provenance: The Alex & Annette Hood Collection, NSW ***
*** Three large Papua New Guinea Sepik River carved face masks. 86 cm (largest height) ***
*** Three Papua New Guinea Sepik River carved figures. 92 cm (largest height) ***
*** Two Papua New Guinea masks, carved timber shell, feather & fibre, mid to late 20th century. 89 & 90 cm. ***
*** Figure and Kunmanggour (Creator snake) c1965 natural earth pigments on bark Nongah, Bobyin 63 x 21.5 cm ***
*** A spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea (mid twentieth century), carved hardwood, 39 cm long ***
*** A framed South East Asian textile Sarawak (Borneo), 170.7 x 40 cm (without frame) ***
*** Bullroarer (Upura) ***
*** Bullroarer (Upura) ***
*** Bullroarer (Upura) ***
*** A Sepik Gabel mask, 70 cm ***
*** An Aboriginal hollow log coffin, Arnhem Land origin. 118 cm ***
*** Curly Bardagadapu (Attributed) (circa 1924-1987), Untitled (Moon Man & Crocodiles) (circa 1970), natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 58.5 x 40 cm. Provenance: The Alex & Annette Hood Collection, NSW ***
*** Two Whales Teeth, Probably Fiji (circa 1900), whales tooth, 18 cm; 11 cm long ***
*** A Ceremonial Priests Spoon, Bontoc, Philippines, (late nineteenth century), carved wood, 30.5 cm long. Provenance: Thorpe Gallery, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott ***
*** Six Rice Spoons, Toraja Highlands, Sulawesi, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood, 13.2 cm; 14. 5 cm; 12.4 cm;, 14.5 cm; 15.1 cm; 15.3 cm long (6) ***
*** A Mask, Mollo Village, North Timor, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood with hair, 21 cm high ***
*** Tabua, Fijian chieftains whales tooth pendant (no coir), 19th century patina. 13 cm ***
*** A pair of Indonesian paktong squatting male and female figures, Circa 1900, 8.5 cm high ***
*** A Melanesian war club, New Caledonia, 19th century, carved wood, 87 cm long ***
*** Rare Sepik wand, 65 cm high ***
*** A Coolamon, Ernabella Station (Pukatja) South Australia, circa 1920s, purchased from the Coulthard family by the current vendor, 75.5 cm ***
*** A large Sepik figure, Papua New Guinea, 131 cm ***
*** Shields: two West Australian aboriginal shields with carved decoration, c1970s. 75 cm & 104 cm ***
*** Club (Waddy): East Australian origin, late 19th century. 64 cm ***
*** A stone cut boomerang, with good Patina ***
*** A Kuba cloth men's ceremonial skirt, 59 x 442 cm ***
*** A Covered Ceramic Vase, Ifugao, North Luzon, Philippines, (circa 1900), earthenware, bambo, rattan and wood, 20 cm high. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1970s ***
*** Three Kris Handles, Bali, Indonesia, (mid twentieth century), carved hardwood, 11.5 cm; 10.5 cm; 9 cm long (3) ***
*** A Dart Quiver (tolor), Kenyah Dayak, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, (early-mid twentieth century), carved wood and rattan, 33.5 cm long. Provenance: Surmani Art, Bali. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott ***
*** A collection of five Papua New Guinea Sepik River carved masks and a food hook. 74 cm (largest height) ***
*** A Medicine Horn, Toba Batak, North Sumatra, Indonesia, (mid twentieth century), carved wood and horn, 28.5 cm long ***
*** A shield, Queensland rainforest mission station origin, 20th century. 78 cm. ***
*** Narritjin Maymuru (1922-1982): Untitled (Possum Dreaming), natural earth pigments on bark. 68 x 36 cm ***
*** A Bird Mask, Nepal (nineteenth century), carved wood and pigment, 21 cm high. Provenance: Shakya, Bali. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott ***
*** Two west African carved and pigmented Ere Ibeji femail figures, 20th century, the tallest 27.5 cm high (2) ***
*** Two west African carved and pigmented Ere Ibeji figures, 20th century, the tallest 29.5 cm high (2) ***
*** A Sepik figure, 129 cm high ***
*** ARTIST UNKNOWN, CIRCA 1970. Water creature. Natural earth pigments on bark, 58 x 25 cm. Provenance: Maniingrida Arts and Crafts, label to verso ***
*** An early throwing club, East Australian, 75 cm long ***
*** Bruce Wardungku Maningridda, rainbow spirit consuming creation ancestor, circa 1970, bark painting 40 cm ***
*** A Massim brown ebony mortar and pestle well-carved with a pair of adorned squatting figures supporting the cup, good patina 16.5 cm high (mortar) ***
*** Five African tribal masks ***
*** A Pair of ibejis, Yoruba, Nigeria ***
*** An earthenware head, Papua New Guinea (mid-late twentieth century), earthenware, 13 cm high ***
*** An Aboriginal fishing hook, south eastern Australian origin, 19th century. 8 cm total ***
*** Rugby Union Badges, wonderful collection, noted Nswru 1925, Queensland Rugby Union 1934, All Blacks (12), British lions (10), Australia (5), Springboks (11), France (7), Ireland (7), Argentina (3), Fiji (2), Japan, Tonga, Wales (2), Scotland (5), England,… ***
*** A pair of New Guinean stone garden markers ***
*** A Covered Bowl, Batad Village, Ifugao, Philippines, (mid twentieth century), carved hardwood, 13.6 cm high, 29.5 cm long. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the early 1970s ***
*** A Mask, Kandangan Village, Modang Dayak, Indonesia, (mid twentieth century), carved wood and pigment, 35.5 cm high. Provenance: Bulan Art, Bail. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in 1977 ***
*** A south pacific carved volcanic stone effigy mounted. 21 cm high, 9 cm wide, 9 cm deep ***
*** Aboriginal Headress, Mornington Island, 20th century, hair, emu feather, twine and natural earth pigments, 57 cm high ***
*** Two Papua New Guinean masks, 48 cm high (largest) ***
*** A Sepik River food hook and mask, 94 cm high (food hook) ***
*** Fine African Fon ceremonial axe with wrought iron blade and copper over wood handle, circa early 20th century., 30 cm length ***
*** An Aboriginal fish trap, woven fibre, early 20th century. 66 cm ***
*** A large Papua New Guinean clay 'Sero' style cooking pot, middle Sepik River origin, 55 cm high, 42 cm diameter ***
*** A large painted Sepik figure, 75 cm high ***
*** Collection of tribal wood carvings including Maori patu, mask & wood carving, Islander model canoe; New Guinea & Islander carvings, etc. (15 items) ***