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Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** Norman Mangawila (1933-1991), Daygurrgurr Gupapuynu clan, bark and earth pigment, Remington Art & Craft label verso, No. 10BI 1083/3 56 x 32 cm ***
*** A fine African double sided face mask, carved wood, natural woven fibre, shell and beads, Lele tribe, Democratic Republic of Congo, with stand, 57 cm high ***
*** Oscar Namatjira painting on woomera (spear thrower) faded but still very attractive. Length 56 cm. Typical Namatjira family landscape. Also painted on reverse with beginnings of emu. Scarce. ***
*** A tribal mask, carved wood, Sepik River region, Papua New Guinea 46 cm high ***
*** A Samoan war club with lozenge-shaped head and finely carved with incised geometric patterns, highlighted with lime, late 19th/early 20th century, 65 cm long. ***
*** Porpianong bird totem, carved wood with paint and earth pigment, Senufo tribe, Ivory Coast, 90 cm high ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 20th century, 170 cm long ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell double strand necklace with gold clasp, 50 cm long ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace with triple strand and silver clasp, 52 cm long ***
*** A tribal statue, carved wood, West African, 91 cm high ***
*** Two Kuba copper currency rings, West African origin, 23 cm wide ***
*** A tribal chair of female form, carved wood, African origin, 103 cm high ***
*** Chi Wara headress carved wood, metal, fibre and hair Bamana tribe, Mali, 102 cm high ***
*** A cedar Chiffonier c1870; the base comprising of two doors with shield-shaped door fronts, surmounted by a three drawer section. Low back ***
*** Wunda shield, West Australia; plus hunting boomerang (with repair), WA. (2 items) ***
*** An Aboriginal throwing club, Queensland origin, late 19th century 69 cm long ***
*** New Zealand kauri gum carving of a Maori warrior, 19th century, 9 cm high ***
*** A Yoruba carved wooden funerary vessel, Nigeria, 19th/20th century, 37.5 cm high ***
*** A Marka African tribal mask, carved wood, Mali 51 cm high ***
*** Edward Salle (born c.1939, Madar people, Tabar Islands, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea), a finely painted wooden Malagan pole. Wood, shell fibre lime, natural red, black and yellow pigments, circa 1990s. 135 cm high. ***
*** A Canadian Inuit greenstone carving in the form of a walrus, signed and numbered to the base, 20th century, 12 cm long ***
*** A Dogon sculpture of a horse and rider, carved wood, Mali, West Africa, an impressive 175 cm high ***
*** A Dogon sculpture of a horse and rider, carved wood, Mali, West Africa, 130 cm high ***
*** Ci Wara antelope headdress, carved wood, leather, fur and fibre, Bamana tribe, Southern Mali, 130 cm high ***
*** African plank doll, carved wood and beads with iron hoop adornments, Ndamji tribe, Cameroon, 49 cm high ***
*** A Maori miniature canoe, carved wood and paua shell, New Zealand, 20th century, 101 cm long ***
*** Behinemo Garra hook, carved wood with earth pigment decoration, Hunstein mountains region, Papua New Guinea, 135 cm high ***
*** A tribal Dogon granary door, made of carved wood and metal, 54 cm long, 50 cm wide ***
*** African ivory tusk carved image c1900, tip end of elephant ivory tusk with image of African male carved to one side, the tusk is beautifully coloured in medium orange with evidence of natural usage to tip. 31 cm long in stunning condition ***
*** An ebonized wooden box, carved with Maori decorations and with inlaid paua shell eyes, late 19th century, 31 cm across ***
*** A carved statue of a crouching Maori warrior with taiaha and full Ta' moko, 20th century, 20.1 cm high ***
*** An African tribal mask, carved wood, copper and iron, 69 cm high ***
*** Taiaha Maori club, carved wood and paua shell, early to mid 20th century, appears to have been cleaned back at some stage, 157 cm long. ***
*** A fighting club, carved wood, Fijian origin, 19th/20th century, 99 cm long ***
*** A female figural food hook, carved wood with shell eyes and earrings and earth pigment decoration, Papua New Guinea, 73 cm high ***
*** A pectoral chest ornament, dog's tooth, shell, trade bead, fibre, ochre and blue paint, Ramu River, Papua New Guinea, a€‹48 cm high ***
*** Two dog tooth headdresses adorned with shells and fibre, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 56 cm and 41 cm wide ***
*** Two fofana back adornments, shell and fibre with blue and red painted finish, Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 35 cm and 34 cm high ***
*** A Maori patu, carved wood and paua shell, 20th century, 40 cm long ***
*** A tribal mask, carved wood, shell, beads, cloth and fibre, Kuba tribe, Central Africa, 39 cm high ***
*** A ram's head tribal headdress, carved wood with polychrome finish, Burkina Faso, West African, 45 cm high ***
*** Aboriginal painted sawfish snout, a highly endangered fish that lives in tropical waters, painted with traditional aboriginal decorations. ***
*** A paddle club, carved hardwood, Pacific islands, early to mid 20th century, 93 cm long ***
*** Maori face plaque, hand-finished moulded composite, stamped 'Auckland Museum', early to mid 20th century, 15.5 cm high ***
*** Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 176 cm long ***
*** A seated male figure, carved wood, shell, fibre and earth pigment, Papua New Guinea, on later wooden plinth, 122 cm high overall ***
*** A ceremonial mask with bird totem, carved hardwood, West African origin, 50 cm high ***
*** A female ancestral figure, carved wood, feather, fibre and shell with earth pigments, Mindimbit village, Sepik region, Papua New Guinea, a€‹125 cm high ***
*** A ceremonial dance mask, bone and woven cane, Papua New Guinea, 49 cm high ***
*** An African tribal vessel with figurative carving, ivory, 19th/20th century, 24 cm high ***
*** Three tribal masks, carved and painted wood, Papua New Guinea, the largest 42 cm high ***
*** A Maori miniature canoe, carved wood and paua shell, New Zealand, 20th century, 101 cm long ***
*** An early boomerang, central deserts, 19th century 57.5 cm long ***
*** An African carved ivory crocodile and snake ornament, early to mid 20th century, 52 cm long ***
*** Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 174 cm long ***
*** A tribal dagger, carved cassowary bone with inscription 'We Wekio'; together with a bamboo arrowhead, (2 items), collected by John Lean Pender, an Australian ex-pat living in New Guinea in the 1930s and 40s who returned to Australia in 1942 upon the… ***
*** A Dogon granary door, carved wood and metal, Mali, West Africa, 150 cm high, 74 cm wide ***
*** A fetish figure, carved wood with nails, horn hair, feathers and fibre, West African origin, 75 cm high ***
*** A ceremonial mask, carved wood with painted finish with fibre, Guro tribe, Ivory Coast, West Africa, 73 cm high ***
*** Three tribal masks, carved wood, shell, cane and feather with ochre decoration, Papua New Guinea, the largest 55 cm high ***
*** Two Australian walking sticks carved with native flora and fauna, most likely Aboriginal mission work, late 19th century, 94 cm and 87 cm high ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace 175 cm long ***
*** A mariner shell bead necklace, Tasmanian origin 155 cm long ***
*** A Tasmanian mariner shell bead necklace, 160 cm long ***
*** A Pende tribal mask, carved wood and fibre, Congo, African origin, 122 cm high ***
*** A Dogon ornately carved wooden chair, Mali, West Africa, 88 cm high ***
*** Ashanti seated figural sculpture, carved wood, Ghana, West Africa, 90 cm high ***
*** A tribal shield, engraved hippopotamus hide, South African origin, 53 cm wide ***
*** Aboriginal artist unknown, this my dreaming all them things, earth pigments on bark, remains of label verso (partially legible), cat. No. GG11. 26 x 60 cm ***
*** A spirit figure, carved wood with shell eyes and earth pigment decoration, Papua New Guinea, 129 cm high ***
*** Trobriand Island dance paddle nicely carved and hand painted, 74 x 28 cm, very good condition ***
*** Albert Namatjira (1902-59, Australia, Aboriginal): small boomerangs (2), mulga wood, 19 cm long, one decorated with kangaroo, other with lizard, endorsed 'Albert Namatjira' and 'Aboriginal Handicraft, Hermannsburg, Central Australia'. (2 items) ***
*** A didgeridoo with cross hatched painted design, wood and natural earth pigments, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory 115 cm long ***
*** Inuit carved whale tooth statue of a female fertility figure, 19th century, 9.5 cm high ***
*** Maori pendant, carved bone and paua shell, signed 'R.R.', late 19th early 20th century, 7 cm high ***
*** Poro mask, carved wood studded with brass and iron nails with painted finish, Dan-Guere tribe Ivory Coast, 26 cm high ***
*** Tabua Fijian chieftains' whale's tooth pendant, 19th century. Note: one end cut down at a later date most likely in the 19th century, 14 cm high ***
*** A tribal statue, carved wood, Papua New Guinea, 51 cm high ***
*** A pectoral chest ornament, dog's tooth, shell, tusk, fibre and ochre, lower Ramu River, Papua New Guinea, a€‹50 cm high ***
*** A tribal necklace, dog's tooth, shell and string binding, Papua New Guinea, 63 cm long ***
*** A gable mask, carved wood, shell, earth pigments and fibre, Papua New Guinea, 85 cm high ***
*** An Indonesian ceret bronze tea pot, 19th century, 25 cm high ***
*** A flute stopper, carved wood, feather, fibre, shell and earth pigments, Papua New Guinea, 139 cm high ***
*** Knobkerrie Zulu club, carved wood and woven metal, South African origin, late 19th century, 75 cm high ***
*** A male ancestral figure, carved wood, feather, fibre and shell with earth pigments, Mindimbit village, Sepik region, Papua New Guinea, 140 cm high ***
*** Mwai mask, carved wood, tusk, shell, hair and fibre with earth pigments, Korongo village, middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea, 92 cm high ***
*** A spirit mask, carved wood, feather and shell with earth pigments, Kandingai village, middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea, 68 cm high ***
*** Orator's stool, carved wood and shell with earth pigment decoration, Suap Meri village, Papua New Guinea ***
*** A ceremonial headdress, feather, woven cane, string and wood with earth pigment decoration, Papua New Guinea, 32 cm high ***
*** A ceremonial headdress, feather, woven cane and wood with earth pigment decoration, Papua New Guinea, 39 cm high ***
*** A Dogon granary door, carved wood and metal, Mali, West Africa, 102 cm high, 58 cm wide ***
*** A medicine horn with figural top, carved bone, horn, hair and fibre, African origin, with metal stand, 56 cm high ***
*** Nauru (Pleasant Island): map of the Pacific island c1921 hand drawn on cloth, framed and glazed, 50 x 40 cm VG condition ***
*** West African tribal mask, carved wood and fibre, early 20th century, 45 cm high ***
*** A figural staff, carved wood with earth pigments, Papua New Guinea, 87 cm high ***
*** A Gopi board, carved wood with natural earth pigments, Papua New Guinea, 71 cm high ***