| *** | A pair of fine masks, Ramu River coast, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, both well carved and painted with amazing colours for ceremony. Both male masks, with long curled noses. 35 x 11 x 1 cm, 31 x 10 x 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Asmat shield, West Papua, height 192 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two stone figures, Banks Island. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 75 cm & 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Four fine old woven and shell ornaments (Fofona), Bena Bena area, Eastern Highlands,Papua New Guinea; early 20th century. 40 x 32 cm, 36 x 27 cm, 28 x 26 cm, 42 x 36 cm (4) | *** |  |
| *** | Three canoe prow ornaments, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. | *** |  |
| *** | Five old Nassa shell and woven ornaments, including: three Lumi area (Poli) wealth objects, together with two nassa shell headbands from the Eastern Highlands. 31 x 29 cm, 28 x 22 cm, 37 x 16 cm, 39 x 13 cm, 51 x 11 cm (5) | *** |  |
| *** | A New Ireland Malangan figure A/F with parts, 186 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Malekula figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 190 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An important early bone harpoon, Asmat,Papua New Guinea. Provenance: Leo Fleischmann collection no. LF/I87 Fleischmann was the manager of gallery Primitif in Sydney from 1967 to 1993, and he had one of the finest collections of Oceanic clubs &… | *** |  |
| *** | A box of Oro Province ornaments, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. | *** |  |
| *** | A head hunter's arm band 'Tankil', together with a carved wooden buffalo container, comprising of two sets of boar tusks bound with rattan fibre and bone figure with buffalo hair, incised patterns of lizards and their motifs, Bontok people, Philippines,… | *** |  |
| *** | A large old food bowl, coastal Ramu, early 20th century; of elegant elongated oval form, and finely carved crocodile heads forming the handles and with ancient patina. 85 x 27 cm | *** |  |
| *** | George Djahgurrnga c.1918-1980s funerary Ceremonies ochres on bark West Arnhem Land, c.1960s George Merwulunlu Djahgurrnga was born in about 1918. A Kunwinjku speaker, he grew up in the bush and did not move to the Oenpelli mission, established in 1925.… | *** |  |
| *** | A New Ireland ceremonial disk, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 78 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | Wally Mandarrk 1915 -1987 fish and Frogs ochres on bark Central Arnhem Land, c.1970's Moiety: Dhuwa 96 x 38 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fighting shield, yellow and white circular and semi-circular motifs, 'Worrumbi', Lai Valley, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 139 x 38 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Garamut drum, profusely carved with traditional design on both sides, and a male figure at each terminus, mounted on a custom steel stand, Murik Lakes, lower Sepik river region Papua New Guinea, length 205 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Cook Islands carved sculpture of a fisherman God, in heavy dark wood, height 51 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An old Tapa cloth, Tep Tep area, Madang Province, 92 x 70 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A New Guinea war shield, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea. Length 124 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An old basket hook, huon Gulf. Ex- Daalders collection, early 20th century 30 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A ceremonial headdress, Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands Province, finely made from bark cloth and resin over a cane frame, decorated with croix seeds, shells, feathers and ochre painted. This type of headdress was unique to the Wahgi Valley clans. See… | *** |  |
| *** | Two old Mendi Valley Axes, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea ; together with another old Highlands axe on a custom stand. Provenance: Collected by Warwick Irvine in 1968 57 cm x 50 cm, 51 cm (2) | *** |  |
| *** | A Gope board, Papuan Gulf, finely carved and painted with red and white ochres. 151 x 31 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two fine dance wands, in the form of birds, Malaita Island, with ochre painted designs on both sides. 49 cm, 52 cm (2) | *** |  |
| *** | Two old Zoomorphic Neckrests, [2], Okapa District Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea . Provenance: Collected by Peter Hallinan (1938-2015) in the 1970's. Peter was a well-known and respected field collector of New Guinea Art. See attached photo… | *** |  |
| *** | Two finely woven Abelam Baba Tagwa masks, the Abelam and neighboring peoples of the Prince Alexander Mountains in the Sepik region of northeast New Guinea create several types of basketry masks. They include the type seen here, known in the Abelam… | *** |  |
| *** | An early & fine Massim Sorcerers staff finial, late 19th century, carved from hardwood the finial has two finely carved full squatting figures back to back, the legs and arms all covered with incised spiral designs and infill lime decoration, below the… | *** |  |
| *** | A giant Clamshell ring, 'Yua', a large YUA, with perfect circular centre, decorated with fine and carefully graded nassa shells, woven onto a fibre band. This YUA also has the cut designs on one edge, sometimes interpreted as the hornbill beak. These are… | *** |  |
| *** | A Central Australian woomera with incised pattern to face and spinifex resin handle. Provenance: From a UK collection. Height 70 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A New Guinea war shield, April river, Sepik region, Papua New Guinea, c.1950s, with vibrant design incised into face and decorated with natural earth pigments. Provenance: Carl Shipman collection Carl Shipman was an astute Australian collector of… | *** |  |
| *** | A massive Tami Island feast bowl, Papua New Guinea, with incised designs to both sides, decorated with pipe clay 93 x 42 x 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A wooden Anna Deo ancestor figure, Flores, Indonesia, with striking conical hat & deep dark patina. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 73 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A wooden rice loft door with stylised birds carved in high relief, Indonesia, on solid steel custom stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 166 x 43 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Six old shell wealth ornaments, Sepik area,Papua New Guinea; including old shell and teeth and trade bead ornaments. 12 - 45 cm (6) | *** |  |
| *** | A mid 20th century African ivory bead necklace; with hand carved clasp 36 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A fighting shield, Kamano tribe, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, this is a thick, but not heavy shield; with good pandanus and cane binding at the top, painted design of 'The Sun'. A fine, early shield, height 135 cm, width 55 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two dance masks, Rai coast, north coast, Papua New Guinea, both very fine and detailed in their workmanship. Both older masks (circa 1940s-50s) and used together in ceremony. Often such masks represent two Brothers, of myth and creation. Worn by two men,… | *** |  |
| *** | A painted coolamon, 72 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A giant clamshell ring, Yua, Prince Alexander Mountains, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, these shell rings are the most important wealth items among the Abelam and Arapesh, diameter 27 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Aboriginal bark painting, of three fish on a black background. Groote Eyland, Northern Territory, 23 x 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Thompson Ulingurri, attributed. Untitled, natural earth pigments on bark | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of eight shell and seeded ornaments, the main ornament being a large and fine bride price shell necklace from West New Britain with shell money dangles, plus various others. 40 cm (8) | *** |  |
| *** | An Asmat canoe prow, in the form of a male figure with two stylised ancestral creatures, weathered from use, Asmat region, West Papua. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 110 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An early South East Australian parrying shield. Length 62 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A ladle, Admiralty Islands, late 19th century; the intricately carved wood handle could be seen as an abstract human figure. Provenance: B. L. Hornshaw collection (1878-1937); Hornshaw was an avid collector of Pacific and Australian Aboriginal artefacts,… | *** |  |
| *** | A flute mask, elaborate carved design decorated with natural earth ochres, designed to be strapped to a flute during ceremony, on custom metal stand, Ramu river, East Sepik Province PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, height… | *** |  |
| *** | An old Massim lizard shaped bowl, early 20th century; finely carved in the form of an elongated lizard, the front of the bowl has two small lizards carved in high relief, pecked designs over most of the surface. Provenance: Alex Philips, Melbourne. 62 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A old hardwood club, Central Australia, of elongated tapering form, heavily incised with designs on most of the surface and old use patina. 81 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An exquisitely carved Garuda head, Indonesia, mid 20th century, shallow and deep carving, the mythological creature represents birth and heaven, height 28 cm, width 22 cm. Provenance: Old Sydney collection, purchased in KlungKun, Bali, circa 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A Bulul ancestral figure, the sitting male ancestor figure with an incised lizard to its back, Ifugao people, Northern Luzon Island Philippines, height 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An ancestral mask, Murik lake Region on stand. Lower Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Length 43 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fighting shield, red circular and semi-circular motifs, 'Worrumbi', Mendi Valley, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 112 x 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large and fine Asmat drum, Ocenep village, circa 1950s-60s. Ex Catholic Mission collection, Basim, coastal Asmat area. 122 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three old Geelvink Bay canoe ornaments, field collected in Wandaman Bay, north Coast West Papua, 1985; these finely carved canoe ornaments were from a large war canoe that is no longer made, they were kept as memories of the grandparents and great… | *** |  |
| *** | An ancestor figure, Central Asmat, sensitively carved by a master carver or wow ipitsj. Provenance: Todd Barlin purchased this figure from the Catholic priest at Basim village in the early 1980's. 46m | *** |  |
| *** | Two prehistoric stone bowls and club head, Mendi Valley Southern Highlands. Ex Stan Tyler collection, patrol officer 1960s 13 cm x 11 cm,. Diameter 13 cm & 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine large Santa Cruz Island dance club, late 19th century; called napa, in a classical shape of a canoe with fine painted black geometric designs and pierced lugs on the sides for fibre decorations. The napa dance is part of a series of ceremonies that… | *** |  |
| *** | Two old Angu (Kukukuku) war clubs, Morobe Province, early 20th century; one on a custom stand. The Angu people, also called Kukukuku, are a small and previously violent tribe, they are speaking a number of related languages and living mainly in the high,… | *** |  |
| *** | An old wood trumpet, Sepik River area, finely incised over entire surface the finial is carved with small crocodile head. 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Kia Kavo fighting club, Fiji, rich and warm patina, traces of pigment to neck, length 81 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Papuan Gulf bullroarer Purari Region, Papuan Gulf New Guinea. Height 66 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A mosquito dance mask, Turubu mountains, coastal Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 57 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A set of six finely carved betel nut crushers with bone mortars, Indonesia, all on custom steel stands. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 19-24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of Shiva, Indonesia, on custom stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 24.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A giant clamshell ring 'Yua', Yangoru area, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea, an important bride price wealth object, diameter 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A giant clamshell ring 'Yua', Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea, used as the most important part of bridge price by the Abelam & Boiken people, size & colour are important in quality, sometimes buried to protect from attacking enemies, diameter… | *** |  |
| *** | An adze handle, Massim Region, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 48 cm, width 19 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A giant clamshell ring, Yua, Prince Alexander mountains, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, used as wealth objects, important especially in buying a wife. Cut from clamshell using bamboo and sand. Diameter 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large old dance mask, Rai coast, Papua New Guinea, the mask is large and dramatic, with shell eyes, a strong nose, knobs around the forehead and surmounted by a crocodile figure on the forehead. This mask probably dates to 1940's or 1950's, height 65 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A stone chalice, Mendi valley, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, a rare and beautiful stone bowl of chalice-shape. Inside there is a double level of bowl - very rare. The red oches show it has been used for magic. These bowls were made by a previous… | *** |  |
| *** | A Timbuwarra figure, Papua New Guinea. 98 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Tiwi Islands, tall figure 1999, Carmelina Puantulura, circa 1957 - 2006, earth pigments, coconut husk and paperbark on ironwood. Height 159 cm. Provenance: Ancient Erth Indigenous Art Cairns, QLD, 1999. Rosemary Penrose collection other notes: Collections… | *** |  |
| *** | A New Ireland Malangan figure. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 124 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A small Amulet figure, Konkornba people, upper Volta River, Ghana; Ex. Dalton Somare gallery, Italy. 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Solomon Islands baton finely crafted with multiple shell inlay. Height 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fire dance mask Baining people New Britain with penis sheaf 135 x 85 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A carved and painted crocodile figure, north East Arnhem Land, circa 1970-1980; the crocodile is an important clan totem, and is often depicted in Arnhem Land bark paintings and less often in carvings such as this one. The finely pained ochre raark… | *** |  |
| *** | Two old Aboriginal bark paintings, Arnhem Land, circa 1960s; 'Totemic Creatures' and 'Bird' 41 x 24 cm, 37 x 20.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Yula Biri Rigomongor - the Barramundi feeding on Jati the frog ochres on bark West Arnhem Land Clan: Rembarrnga Location: Bulagadaru c.1985 77 x 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Keram river figure, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea on stand. Length 17 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two fine and large Marind Anim Drums, with original field collection labels: left in photo: Sangase village, right: Kumbe village, Moro River, Owner: Johanes Kaise. 'I made many trips to the Marind Anim between 1985-1999 both to visit friends and make… | *** |  |
| *** | A large ceremonial headdress, Abelam East sepik 104 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of beaded Armbands, Admiralty Islands 17 cm x 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Solomon Island dance Wand, north Malaita Island, in the form of a stylized hornbill bird, with painted clan designs on both sides. 34 x 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two old Sepik river spear Throwers, [2], one of the 'Bamboo type' with a finely carved wood ornament in the form of a stylized bird, the other made from a single piece of hard wood with fine incised designs on both sides and old patina. Provenance: Todd… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of carved African ivory tusks, purchased in Zimbabwe 1970 a carved procession of elephants and a crocodile, each on a timber stand 34 cm | *** |  |
| *** | War shield, wood with ochre design to face. A/F, Highlands region,Papua New Guinea, 120 x 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Sepik suspension hook, in the form of a human figure with arms hanging loosely and cowrie shell eyes, Latmul people, Sepik river, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: Galleries Primitive Woollahra, purchased 1960's, length 120 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Hunstein mountains cult hook, of impressive proportions with three sets of arching hook protrusions around a central lug. The Hunstein Ranges area was first entered by Australian Patrol officers in the mid 1960's. This piece would date from the… | *** |  |
| *** | A fighting shield, post-colonial period, Nembi Plateau, PNG | *** |  |
| *** | A fighting club, 'Alofolo, Malaita, Solomon Islands, height 94 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two well used pestles, Papua New Guinea and an ancestral figure, Indonesia (2), length 20-23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A New Guinea Highlands stone object in the form of an anteater, Papua New Guinea | *** |  |
| *** | A set of four early Dyak tuntuns, Borneo, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, height 55-81 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Aboriginal pottery vessel with Wanjina motifs, Kimberley Region, WA. Condition: a chip to the rim, height 37 cm, diameter 20 cm | *** |  |
