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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 dance mask from central Java, 21 cm Perspex case ***
*** A Sepik gable mask, 12 cm ***
*** A shield, Queensland (mid-twentieth century), pigments on carved wood. 67 cm high ***
*** Mithili Wanambi (circa 1923-1981), Untitled (1970s), natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. 26 x 53 cm ***
*** Jack Wherra carved boab nut plus carved nut & stone wanjina, Western Australia, 20th century. Wanjina 19.5 cm. ***
*** A small Javanese bronze image of a seated Ganesh holding attributes, 7 cm high ***
*** A Throwing Club, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, carved wood, 37 cm ***
*** A Kava bowl, Fiji, late 19th early 20th century, carved wood, 14.5 cm high, 33.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Fielden Collection, Melbourne. Collected by Eric Joshua Fielden, Fijian Rifles, 1913. Fielden later joined the A.I.F. (Artillery) and served on the… ***
*** Carved tribal figure, New Guinean, 61 cm high ***
*** A tortoiseshell mask, Sepik, New Guinea, 36 cm high ***
*** A large New Guinea n painted wood shell decorated and feather and grass embellished ceremonial mask .80 cm high ***
*** A Purse, Sumba, Indonesia, (early-mid twentieth century), carved wood, 10.7 cm high. Provenance: James R. Lawson. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 2000 ***
*** A Pig Mask, Bahau Dayak, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, (mid twentieth century), carved wood and pigment, 58 cm high. Provenance: Sukawesi Art, Bali. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott ***
*** Unknown Artist (Oenpelli): Untitled (Echidna) (circa 1990), natural earth pigments on bark. 77 x 29 cm ***
*** George Milpurrurru (1934-1998): Untitled (Fish), natural earth pigments on bark. 60 x 26 cm ***
*** A cassowary bone dagger, Sepik, 42 cm long ***
*** A post figure, Ambryn Island, Vanuatu, 75 cm high ***
*** An African metal mounted horseman from Mali ***
*** A rock carved West Australian boomerang with aged patina 54 cm long ***
*** A Sepik mask, 77 cm high ***
*** A carved wood hornbill, Maprik New Guinea, 45 cm high ***
*** An Aboriginal throwing club, Victorian, circa, 1900, 62 cm long ***
*** A ritual penis, Pentecost Island, Signed29 cm. Given to boys at the age of fourteen at circumcision ***
*** A Feasting bowl. Schouten Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood and pigment. 56 cm x 28 cm x 8.2 cm ***
*** A large New Guinea figure, 75 cm ***
*** A carved bird and stone carved spearthrower, Abelam, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved wood and natural pigments, 27.2 cm; 21.4 cm high (2). Provenance: Michael Hamson, United States of America. Private Collection, Sydney ***
*** Throwing club, Samoa. Double edged sword shaped club, serrated and terminating in a sharp tip. 66 cm ***
*** Two clubs, Trobriand Islands (circa 1900), carved hardwood. 56.5 cm & 67 cm long ***
*** FRAZER, James George: 'The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead. Vol. I: 'The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia', 495pp; Vol. II: 'The Belief Among the Polynesians', 447pp; Vol. III… ***
*** An Indonesian carved hard wood stand, 20th century, 14 cm high, 16.5 cm diameter ***
*** An Indonesian West Sumba ceremonial drum, 20th century, 71 cm high ***
*** A nephrite Maori hei tiki together with a nephrite Maori ear pendant, 20th century ***
*** A pair of African carved wood figures possibly Nigerian ***
*** A Papuan Gulf Gope board ***
*** A New Guinea black terracotta vase 18 cm high ***
*** A Massim staff, 140.5 cm length ***
*** A Pacific Islands totem, carved timber, early 20th century. 90 cm ***
*** An Abelam painted wicker mask, Maprik Hills New Guinea, 37 cm high ***
*** A pair of over-modeled bone dagger with faces and emu feathers, Sepik, New Guinea, 49 and 45 cm ***
*** Aboriginal tribal club and woomera, central deserts region, 20th century. Approximately 72 cm each. (2 items). ***
*** A Tiwi bark painting, circa 1960 32 by 54 cm ***
*** Two masks, Sepik, New Guinea. 57 and 62 cm high ***
*** One Dyak sword, Indonesia, 69 cm long ***
*** An Aboriginal boomerang, 19th century, South East Australian origin, in relic condition, 65 cm long ***
*** An Aboriginal club, South Australian origin, late 19th early 20th century, 109 cm long ***
*** A Kava bowl, Fiji, early 20th century, carved wood, 18 cm high, 38 cm diameter. Provenance: The Neil Robertson Collection, Collected by Vereker and Nina Ferrier Hamilton who visited Tonga and Fiji in 1905. Thence by descent. ***
*** An Png adze, 52.5 cm high ***
*** Three engraved Boab nuts, Kimberley region ***
*** A carved Sepik figure, 9 cm ***
*** A Sepik painted wood mask carving.124 cm long, 38 cm wide ***
*** A Georgian cut glass mallet shape decanter, circa 1810. 25 cm high ***
*** A Sepik figure, New Guinea, 49 cm ***
*** Artist unknown, Untitled (sea life) (circa 1980), natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark ***
*** A Bowl (dulong), Toraja Highlands, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood and rope, 17.3 cm high. Provenance: Dr Agus Sopacua, Makassar (Ujung Pandang). Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the early 1970s ***
*** A ceremonial boomerang, Central Australia (1930s), natural earth pigments on carved wood. 73 cm ***
*** A Monkey Mask, Kenyah Dayak, Central West Kalimantan, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood, 26.2 cm high. Provenance: Sulawesi Art, Bali. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott ***
*** An Icon of a Saint 41 x 28 cm, 41 x 28 cm, and an Indonesian carved figure 39 cm high, and a Chinese ivory pipe ***
*** Paddles: carved wood, Papua New Guinea origin, 20th century. 120 cm to 180 cm. ***
*** Aboriginal club, boomerang, carved stick & Islander bamboo flute (4 items). Largest 81 cm. ***
*** A bowl in the form of a turtle and a carved wooden pig, early 20th century, Massim, Eastern New Guinea. 42 and 20 cm long. Together with a carved wood pig ***
*** Two bone daggers, New Guinea. 32 and 23 cm high ***
*** A bowl, Highlands, New Guinea, 53 cm wide ***
*** A silvered alloy statue,probably Indonesian. 13.5 cm high ***
*** Aboriginal Artefacts: Two boomerangs, a club, pokerwork snake and a miniature didgeridoo, the 'longest 80 cm, ' ***
*** A Tortoise Shell Hair Comb, South Pacific (circa 1900), tortoise shell, 23.7 cm long. Provenance: LJ5538 Weekly Sale, Leonard Joels, Melbourne, 4 August 2011, lot 3024 ***
*** Savu, Indonesia, cotton selimut shoulder cloth, late-20th century, 90 x 185 cm ***
*** Flores, Indonesia, cotton sarong, mid-20th century, 61 x 135 cm ***
*** East Sumba, Indonesia, cotton ikat cloth, late-20th century, 108 x 245 cm ***
*** Roti Island, Indonesia, cotton ikat cloth, mid-20th century, 80 x 195 cm ***
*** Borneo, Indonesia, Dayak cotton cloth, late-20th century, 180 x 85 cm ***
*** A Indonesian walking stick, 98 cm length ***
*** A New Guinean staff, 206 cm high ***
*** Collection of World War I and World War II Allied forces badges, buttons and patches, collected by Fred McDonald (6th Batt. A.I.F.) who was an original Gallipoli lander on the 25th of April 1915, he was wounded and shipped to Malta and then on to England.… ***
*** A Sepik painted cane and grass mask decoration. 27 cm high ***
*** A Kana shell, New Guinea highlands, 50 cm wide ***
*** Various: Oceanic stone carving; rock crystal owl ornament, Dayak bone carving; silver bull with miniature swords. (4 items) ***
*** A Gugu war club Tonga. Flat form shaped club with intricate incised decoration on one side, 85 cm ***
*** A Carved Coconut Shell, Bali, Indonesia, (early-mid twentieth century), coconut shell, 11 cm high. Provenance: Kt Reten, Bali. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1980s ***
*** Two west African carved Ere Ibeji figures, 20th century, the tallest 31 cm high (2) ***
*** A pair of west African painted and carved Ere Ibeji figures, 20th century, 31 cm high (2) ***
*** An Indonesian carved ceremonial mask, mid 20th century, 38 cm high ***
*** A pair of Indonesian carved wooden male and female figures, 20th century, the tallest 55.5 cm (2) ***
*** A Balinese carved and painted spur case, 20th century, with steel spur, 21.5 cm high. Provenance: Kt Reten, Bali Antiques, Bali, 1980 ***
*** An Indonesian northern Sumatran female ancestor figure, possibly late 19th/20th century, 97 cm high ***
*** An Indonesian southern Sulawesi ceramic figure and a carved wooden animal, 23.5 cm high (2) ***
*** An Indonesian carved wood staff, 20th century, 194 cm high ***
*** A metal axe with wooden handle, Shona. Metal blade 38 cm long, wooden handle 47 cm long ***
*** Four Aboriginal woomera, north Western Australian ***
*** Three Decorative Balinese Paintings. Depicting the story of Bali. Unframed ***
*** An African bronze weight in the form of a stool Baule people, ivory Coast 8.5 cm long ***
*** A Trobriand Islands carved lime spatula. 35 cm long ***
*** Aboriginal shield West Australian origin circa 1940s (62 cm); & a club central deserts origin (58 cm) ***
*** Food hook: Papua New Guinea origin with painted decoration, 20th century. 125 cm. ***
*** A New Guinea green stone axe ***
*** A New Guinea painted wooden comb ***
*** A well patinated African Chief's stool ***