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Auction House:
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** A large mounted ancestral mask, Tambanum village, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, in the form of a mwai mask used in Naven ceremony. Missing shells as per image, height 169 cm ***
*** A jabiru, Arnhem land, Northern Territory, crack to base, height 72 cm ***
*** A Vanuatu figure. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 138 cm ***
*** A splash board, Trobriand Islands, 57 cm ***
*** A canoe prow, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 81 cm ***
*** A New Ireland Malangan figure by Edward Sale A/F with pieces, 111 cm ***
*** A New Ireland Malangan figure, 109 cm ***
*** A New Ireland Malangan figure. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 83 cm ***
*** A collection of six artefacts, including four incised bamboo pipes, New Guinea, a carved Aboriginal lizard figure and a woomera. 10 - 57 cm (6) ***
*** Wosera Bapa mask, finely woven cane mask decorated with natural ochres. Worn during the initiation ceremony for young men. East Sepik Province,Papua New Guinea, height 42 cm ***
*** An ancestral mask, Japandai village, Sepik river PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 52 cm ***
*** A New Ireland Malangan figure with stand, 77 cm ***
*** An ancestral bust, deeply weathered, possibly a garamut finial, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, length 28 cm ***
*** A war shield, in oval form with symmetrical ochre painted design, Lai Valley, Southern Highlands,Papua New Guinea, 47 cm x 130 cm ***
*** Murik Lakes canoe prow, profusely carved with main strong browed bust and prominant nose. Provenance: ex: Chris Boylan collection. Lower Sepik river region,Papua New Guinea, 65 x 35 cm ***
*** Fiji kava bowl, with smooth patina mounted on multiple rounded leg supports. Fiji islands. Diameter 33 cm. Height 12 cm ***
*** A Toraja sword, plain blade with some pitting, handle carved with chicken motif (adjoining circles), hilt with bands of fine plaited fibre, original wooden scabbard with rattan binding. Early twentieth century or nineteenth century, Sulawesi, Indonesia.… ***
*** A large fern tree figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 237 cm ***
*** A Dayak brass hat ornament Borneo, Indonesia. Diameter 11.5 cm ***
*** A Dayak rice Cutter on stand. Borneo, Indonesia. Length 18 cm ***
*** A Malekula ceremonial figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 100 cm ***
*** A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (Catfish), West Arnhem Land, c.1960's. 67 x 25 cm ***
*** Two Arnhem Land bark paintings, c.1960's; 'Fish', north East Arnhem Land, and 'Clan designs', 'Pupajuwa' inscribed verso 49 x 23 cm, 37 x 16 cm (2) ***
*** Jumbo Dawalinjara 1940 - lizard Totems ochres on bark Northeast Arnhem Land, circa 1960's 65 x 22 cm ***
*** An Aboriginal carved wood head, Tiwi Island ***
*** An old Sepik mask and Sepik flute stopper, the flute stopper was collected in 1967 by Andrew Kugler, a petroleum engineer surveying in the Sepik basin, much of his collection was displayed at the Museum of Primitive Art in New York (later the Rockefeller… ***
*** A Kalimantan Dayak paddle Borneo, Indonesia. Length 105 cm ***
*** A didgeridoo, Ex Moriarty collection Northern Australian didgeridoo catalogue no; A429. Provenance: Stan Moriarty collection. 145 cm ***
*** A Baba mask, Abelam 59 cm x 47 cm ***
*** A wall plaque of modest form, with incised pattern painted in natural ochres. April river, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea. Length 122 cm ***
*** An Asmat Croix seed ceremonial Vest, finely woven and decorated with pieced croix seeds and tassels of Cassowary feathers. These were worn during important ceremonies like Mbis or canoe ceremonies. 55 x 39 cm ***
*** A pottery figure, Kwoma people, Waskuk Hills, upper Sepik region, Papua New Guinea, 28 x 17 x 17 cm ***
*** A Mindja figure, Kwomna people, Washuka Hills upper Sepik 137 cm ***
*** A group of Marind Anim Dema ornaments (Mayo cult), together with a large bag (about 5kg) of Marind Anim red Abrus seeds for repairing Dema Costumes. These were left over from the collections Todd Barlin made for major museums including a full Dema… ***
*** Two fine yam mask, 'Babamini, woven cane fibre decorated with natural earth pigments, Abelam people, Papua New Guinea, 37 & 34 cm ***
*** A finely woven basketry fish trap, unknown if Australian or New Guinea . 110 cm ***
*** A fine old ancestor figure, Keram River, New Guinea . Provenance: collected in 1967 by Peter Mann, Ex Alex Philips, Melbourne. 35 cm ***
*** Six masks from the lower Sepik, Papua New Guinea, carved timber with incised decoration, rattan woven edges & feathers, one with cowrie shell eyes Height 56 cm - 23 cm ***
*** A human hair wig, a fully decorated man's wig with a large central cassowary feather top knot. Also decorated with cuscus fur, scarab beetle carapaces, parrot and cassowary feathers. These wigs are worn by Big Men in ceremony, Wahgi Valley, Western… ***
*** Old canoe paddle finials, north Coast, Papua New Guinea (6) Lengths 32 to 39 cm ***
*** A pair of old boomerangs, Central Desert, Australia, length 35-46 cm ***
*** A Batak Magic staff with carved figures and horse hair head piece, Indonesia, patinated hardwood, male turbanned figure with headdress surmounting a series of seven animal figures and a female figure below. Provenance: The Hugh Gallagher collection,… ***
*** A Baule mask, ivory coast, Africa, on custom stand, height 32 cm ***
*** A New Guinea Highlands stone figure, Papua New Guinea ***
*** An Abelam ritual bird figure, Hornbill, Mapik Region, Papua New Guinea 78 x 39 cm ***
*** Bamileke stool, carved from a single piece of wood. Provenance: ex-Michael Green collection. Michael Green was a wealthy South African collector who moved to Tasmania after several decades of amassing an extensive collection of African Art, including… ***
*** A Papuan Gulf Gope board, Papua New Guinea, with incised design decorated with natural ochres ***
*** An incised wooden wall plaque featuring a figure with out stretched hands in high relief, Nias Islands, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 63 x 43 cm ***
*** A large softwood headdress, Abelam people, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, wonderful artwork with central face, surmounted by six hornbill figures in excellent condition, 108 x 45 cm ***
*** A Brag mask wood with enamel paint design. Lower Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea; A/F ***
*** A very old large communal Mona feast bowl. Ilalima village, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Jutta Malnic collection ***
*** A woven Abelam initiation headdress, concentric circles painted in red and white, Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea, on custom made metal stand, 41 x 42 cm ***
*** A hardwood woomera, Western Australia, with incised pattern to face, wooden notch peg fixed with spinifex resin, length 75 cm ***
*** A central Queensland boomerang with incised design decorated with pipe clay, both ends sharpened to points typical of the region, length 57 cm ***
*** A cape York boomerang and a painted Arnhem land boomerang (2), paintwork on the Arnhem land boomerang is worn from age and use, length 66 cm and 67 cm ***
*** A dance staff in the form of stylised Bonito, Solomon Islands, height 90 cm, width 9.5 cm ***
*** A Man's ceremonial Girdle, Kamano people, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, a traditional man's loin girdle, made of embossed and painted tapa, fibres; the front tapa strips are short, with a finer black skirt below; the back tapa strips are long;… ***
*** A very large yam mask, Abelam people, Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea, yam masks are not usually this big; no doubt made for a very important (large) yam at the yam lining ceremony. Red and white stripes make this exampe very dramatic, height 69 cm,… ***
*** A female ancestral figure, Kwoma people, Waskuk Region, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, height 112 cm, width 15 cm ***
*** An old Dan mask, Liberia, Africa. Provenance: Ex. Patricia Fenton collection, NSW, height 28 cm, width 13 cm ***
*** A 19th century dance Wand, Vanuatu. Provenance: Collected by John Paton (1824-1907), a missionary in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu), thence by descent to David Paton, height 64 cm, diameter 3.5 cm ***
*** A ceremonial dance mask, coastal Sepik / Ramu River Region, Papua New Guinea, used in village dancing. A large, old mask, well carved with subtle paint, 70 x 24 x 13 cm ***
*** A Dyak food bowl with double Aso dragon heads, Borneo, Indonesia, height 11 cm, length 51 cm ***
*** Three gope boards, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, height 89 cm to 112 cm, width 19 cm to 29.5 cm ***
*** A fine war shield, Simbai Region, Papua New Guinea, height 135 cm, width 41 cm ***
*** A Biwat shield, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 207 cm ***
*** Mimika ancestral board. Carved from mangrove wood and decorated with natural ochres, Timika region, West Papua ***
*** Wall plaque in the stylized form of a bird and decorated on one side with a design featuring two hornbills and a male ancestral figure brightly decorated with ochre. 113 cm ***
*** Aboriginal woomera of broad form with incised pattern and wooden peg affixed with kangaroo gut binding. Central Australia. 82 cm ***
*** Artist Unknown, Tiwi Islands, pukamani pole 2002, earth pigment on iron wood Painted Country Gallery catalogue No. PC13. Provenance: Original Dreamtime Art Gallery Alice Springs, NT, 2002. Rosemary Penrose collection. Height 135 cm ***
*** A splash board, Trobriand Islands, 55 cm ***
*** A fern fibre figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 136 cm ***
*** An April river canoe prow, extensively carved in traditional form, April river, upper Sepik river region PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 78 cm ***
*** A Malekula Island painted drum, Vanuatu, 205 cm ***
*** A Splash board, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 57 cm ***
*** Peter Minygululu 2003 Witiji ga RatjUK (olive python and Barramundi), ochre on bark 101 x 45 cm ***
*** Shirley Banalanydju 2006 Moitjwakangakal, ochre on bark 127 x 47.5 cm ***
*** A New Ireland Malangan figure by Edward Sale A/F with pieces for repair, 123 cm ***
*** A New Ireland Malangan figure A/F. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 96 cm ***
*** A fern tree figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, 179 cm ***
*** A New Ireland Malagnan figure, 85 cm ***
*** A Yipwon figure, in hardwood with extensively weathered appearance, exaggerated rib form around navel, in the Sepik region people believe the naval is the central element of bodily strength, Karawari river, East Sepik Province PNG. Provenance: The Dr… ***
*** A Malekula plaque, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 96 cm ***
*** Masawa Kula canoe lagim (splashboard). Collected Amphlette Islands, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Juttal Malnic collection. ***
*** An old finely carved Gope board, made from the blade of a hardwood paddle, collected early 1970s, Papuan Gulf, height 55 cm ***
*** Four Ambrym clubs, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. ***
*** An ancestral figure, on custom steel stand, signs of wear, collection # 748, Waskuk region, PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, height 35 cm ***
*** An ancestral figure, weathered appearance, portion of leg and genitalia missing, other slight damages as per image A/F, Yangaru region, East Sepik Province PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, height 83 cm ***
*** An ancestral figure of an Asmat warrior holding a Severed human head, decorated with tufts of cassowary feathers, mounted on wooden stand, Asmat region, West Papua. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, height 55 cm ***
*** A Dayak baby carrier, in classic form with carved ancestral motif to rear, minor chips to base, baby carriers or 'Ba' were used to carry infants, whose souls were believed might wander, and therefore render the baby susceptible to illness or disease, the… ***
*** A finial figure in the form of a male ancestor, with a hornbill bird perched on his back, Abelam people, Maprik region, East Sepik Province PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, 104 x 112 cm ***
*** A New Ireland Malangan figure, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. ***
*** Three small Bioma figures, Papuan Gulf Region, 40 to 58 cm ***
*** A Massim canoe Bailer, in anthropomorphic form, signs of use, Trobriand Islands PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 47 cm ***
*** A Massim canoe Bailer, in the form of a stylised face, signs of use, Trobriand Islands PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 39 cm ***
*** A pair of Massim canoe Bailers, signs of wear conducive with use, Trobriand Islands, PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 42 - 44 cm ***