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Auction House:
Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
New Guinean
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*** A Superb Standing Male Figure, Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, (nineteenth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments (remnant), 30.5 cm high. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the… ***
*** An early mask, Boiken Region (East Sepik Provence), Papua New Guinea (circa 1900), carved wood and natural earth pigments, 25 x 14.7 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne ***
*** A Hooked Figure, Maprik Abelam, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 75 cm high. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** A Food Hook, Ammangabi, Karawari River, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved hardwood, 35.2 cm high. Provenance: John Pasquarelli, Papua New Guinea. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** A standing figure, Turama River, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, (early-mid twentieth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 146 cm high. Provenance: Bruce Seaman. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the late 1960s ***
*** Papua New Guinea Sepik river house post, carved wood, decorated with faces, 260 cm high ***
*** A Fine Mask, Karau Village, Murik Lakes, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved wood and pigments, 32.5 cm high. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** A Mask, Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, (early-mid twentieth century), carved wood and pigments, 46 cm high. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** A Food Hook, Kanganaman Village, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved hardwood, 42.3 cm high. Provenance: John Pasquarelli, Papua New Guinea. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** A male stone ancestor figure, Tolai People, New Britain (nineteenth century), carved stone, 33.3 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Brisbane ***
*** An early mask, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), cowrie shells, pearl shell, boar's tusks, bush string and resin on carved wood, 57 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney ***
*** A Mask, Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, (mid twentieth century), carved wood and natural pigments, 50.4 cm high. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** A Head Rest, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, (mid twentieth century), carved wood, natural earth pigments and fibres, 88 cm high. Provenance: Bruce Seaman. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the early 1960s ***
*** A fine Massim lime spatula, the handle in the form of a well-carved human figure and with good incised decoration, old patina 19 cm. (figure); 43 cm overall ***
*** Western Highlands shield, natural pigments and paint on bark shield, 147 x 57 cm, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: Hungry horse gallery, Paddington ***
*** A Yimam hook figure (Yipwon), Amancabi Village, Korewari River Region, Papua New Guinea (mid twentieth century), carved wood, 139 cm high. The Leahy family is an important name in the discovery and exploration of Papua New Guinea. Richard Leahy, son of… ***
*** A Mask, Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, (mid twentieth century), carved wood and natural earth pigments, 41.4 cm high. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** A fine Sepik wood suspension hook carved in the form of a human figure, of slender attenuated form, traces of pigment, with a good well used patina ***
*** A standing figure with bird, Abelam, Papua New Guinea (mid twentieth century), carved wood and natural pigments, 98 cm high. Provenance: Emile Storrer Gallery, Zurich. Private Collection, Sydney ***
*** A Food Hook, Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved hardwood, shells, resin and natural earth pigments, 44 cm high. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** A large carved plaque, Kambot, Keram River, Papua New Guinea (early-mid twentieth century), carved hardwood, natural earth pigments and shells, 110 x 140 cm. Provenance: acquired from Ruth McNicoll ***
*** A hook figure (garra), Bahinemo People, Hunstein Mountains, Papua New Guinea, (mid twentieth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 95.2 cm high. Garra figures of the Bahinemo people represented ancestral spirits which were essential in… ***
*** A Hook Figure (yipwon), Upper Karawari River, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved wood, 19.5 cm. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** A house post, Sepik River Region (early twentieth century), natural earth pigments on carved wood, 146.7 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney ***
*** A Food Hook, Kanganaman Village, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved hardwood, 45 cm high. Provenance: John Pasquarelli, Papua New Guinea. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** A carved bowl, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea (mid-late twentieth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 55 cm wide ***
*** A canoe prow figurehead, coastal Sepik, New Guinea. Height 53 cm ***
*** Ancestor stool, natural pigments on carved wood, Papua New Guinea. 155 cm high. Provenance: Robert Ypes ***
*** An early war shield, North West Asmat Region, Papua, (early twentieth century), carved wood and natural pigments, 195.3 cm high. This finely carved and early Northwest Asmat war shield originates from the upper Unis River. The shield possesses intricate… ***
*** An early and fine New Britain Sago paddle, the central portion carved on either side with a stylized human head, each face with striated decoration, traces of lime infilling, the finial in the form of a stylized bird ***
*** An Asmat ancestor skull, Irian Jaya. 17 cm long and 18 cm, with stand ***
*** A Standing Figure, Massim, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, (circa 1900), carved wood and natural earth pigments, 36 cm high. Provenance: Muriel Larner, Cairns. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, 1970. Exhibited: Art of Massim Region of Papua… ***
*** Lumi war shield, carved wood, 102 x 67 cm, Papua New Guinea ***
*** A large and impressive splashboard (Lagim), Trobriand Islands, mid 20th century carved wood This large and impressive splashboard, Lagim, from a kula canoe of the Trobriand Islands is unusual for its magnificence and size. The splashboard had both… ***
*** A fine early Papuan Gulf fibre mask, comprising a stylized human face with raised ridges delineating the features and with traces of pigment remaining, 36 cm. ***
*** A painted Sepik male figure. 130 cm high ***
*** A headhunted skull, Marind-Anim People, Tomerau Village, Merauke, Irian Jaya. 14 cm high, 21 cm wide. 29 cm high including stand ***
*** Sepik river shield, carved and painted wood, 185 x 64 cm, 185 x 64 cm ***
*** A Betel Nut Mortar, Mendam Village, Murik Lakes, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved wood, 10.3 cm high. Provenance: John Pasquarelli, Papua New Guinea. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** An Ancestor skull, Asmat People. 16 cm high, 28.5 cm including stand ***
*** Papua New Guinea Sepik river Orators stool, carved polychrome wood decorated with shells, raffia and human hair, 136 cm high ***
*** A Betel Nut Mortar, Watam Village, Lower Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, (early-mid twentieth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 11 cm high. Provenance: John Pasquarelli, Papua New Guinea. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the… ***
*** New Britain Baining dance mask, Baining New Guinea, mixed media including paint on hessian, 120 x 70 cm, 120 x 70 cm ***
*** A large New Guinea n shield 177 cm high, 28 cm wide, 5 cm deep ***
*** A Bainings mask, gazelle Peninsula, Papua New Guinea 76 cm high, 43 cm wide, 63 cm deep ***
*** A Massim Club, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 63 cm long. Provenance: Muriel Larner, Cairns. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, 1970. Exhibited: Art of Massim Region of… ***
*** Papua New Guinea Sepik river Garamut - Slit drum, polychrome carved wood decorated with raffia, 210 cm long ***
*** An Abelam woven fibre yam mask finely made with traces of pigment and a good patina 50 cm ***
*** A Papuan headdress ornament (kap kap) in the form of a circular dish-shaped shell plaque with a finely carved openwork turtle shell disc attached with fibre and with an old button of European manufacture securing it; an old native repair to the disc… ***
*** A group of five New Guinea Highlands breast ornaments (kina), each with red pigmentation over the shell and fibre neckpiece, some with cowrie shell and other embellishments 24 cm and 18.5 cm ***
*** An Asmat stone fertility figure, Labeled Kianjiam. 6 cm high ***
*** Papua New Guinea Sepik river hook finial, carved wood with a bird standing on top of a man, with shell eye decoration, 170 cm high ***
*** A Karewari wood Cult Figure (tunegatsir) Of classic form, the openwork curved body surmounted by a stylized human head 57 cm high ***
*** A Papua New Guinea Highlander's collection of personal accoutrement, tools, currency & relics 100 cm high, 68 cm wide ***
*** Huntstein Garra, upper Sepik, height 77 cm. From the Bahinemo people of Gahom village in the Huntstein Mountains Collected in 1975. ***
*** A Pair of Bougainville figures ***
*** A Fine Maprik Bride-Price (talipun) Mask With powerfully rendered features and painted decoration 26 cm ***
*** A Papuan Gulf ceremonial panel incised lime filled decoration on either side 69 cm or a Chimbu wood neck-rest in the form of a highly stylized quadruped 51.5 cm ***
*** New Ireland Malangan pole, carved wood and natural pigments, carved with figure to front and pelican to reverse. 72 cm high ***
*** A painted Sepik figural post. 149 cm high ***
*** A canoe prow ornament, Geelvink Bay, West Papua, (early-mid twentieth century), carved wood, 88.5 cm high. Provenance: Todd Barlin, Sydney. Private Collection, Sydney ***
*** A painted ceremonial bird, Abelam people, Maprik Hills, New Guinea, 112 x 56 cm ***
*** A Mendi shield Mendi Valley, New Guinea ***
*** A Papua New Guinea serpent carving, polychrome and wood on metal stand ***
*** Three figural lime spatulas, Papua New Guinea, circa 1900, carved timber, the longest 36.5 cm. Provenance: The Rev. Waterhouse Family Collection ***
*** Three stone clubs, New Guinea. 95, 105 and 106 cm long ***
*** Two Massim canoe prow ornaments (Munkuris of Maan) 43.5 x 52.5 cm, each of typical form with incised decoration and a variety of bird and other animal forms ***
*** A Sepik woven and painted mask with nose bone 60 cm high, 19 cm wide ***
*** An Early Trumpet, Chambri Lakes, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, (circa 1900), carved hardwood and cowrie shells, 43 cm long. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** A New Guinea highland shield, black painted decorated red, white decoration ***
*** Two New Guinean tribal masks, a New Guinean rope and shell decoration, an Indonesian carving and other items ***
*** A Sepik painted pottery figure on bulbous base. 50 cm high ***
*** Trobrian Island (Massim) seated figure, carved wood, 25 cm high ***
*** A stone Tapa Beater, New Guinea, height 28 cm. Footnote: Prehistoric stone mortars and tapa beaters such as this example that have been found in New Guinea are thought to be 3,000-5,000 years old ***
*** A striking Mendi black and red painted shield Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century ***
*** A Mendi war sheild New Guinea, Southern Highlands mid 20th century length 140 cm Provenance: Ex Paulian society Sydney cat No. 500 ***
*** A club, Papuan Gulf, New Guinea, length 93 cm ***
*** A Sepik carved wood panel. 70 cm long ***
*** A Food Hook, Yenischenmangua Village, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea (circa 1900), carved wood, 26 cm high. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s ***
*** Huntstein Garra, upper Sepik, height 56 cm. From the Bahinemo people of Gahom village in the Huntstein Mountains Collected in 1975. ***
*** Five items of New Guinea jewellery, comprising three pig's teeth necklaces, one with bamboo tube spacers; a clamshell circular pendant and a Massim kula trade conus shell disc with attachments. ***
*** A Sepik carved and painted basket hook finial on stand 83 cm high, 13 cm wide ***
*** A large painted wood Sepik basket hook, 111 cm ***
*** A collection of four various Sepik masks ***
*** Two Swords, Toraja, South Sulawesi Highlands, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood, steel, rope and rattan, 65.4 cm; 66.3 cm long (2). Provenance: Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1970s ***
*** A ceremonial dance paddle, Buka, Soloman Islands ***
*** A pair of good Mende payback dolls, Southern Highlands, New Guinea ***
*** A Massim ceremonial axe, Milne Bay Province, Eastern New Guinea. Height 60 cm ***
*** A Middle Sepik mask, woven rattan and pigment, 31 cm high, 50 cm wide, 24 cm deep ***
*** Enterprise coffee mill: cast iron shop counter coffee grinder by Landers Fray & Clark New Britain Conn. U.S.A. C1890s. Height 52 cm ***
*** A Sago jar, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Stoneware and natural earth pigments. Collected during World War I. 28.5 cm x 15 cm ***
*** A ceramic Sepik figure, New Guinea ***
*** A Wina post finial Papua New Guinea ***
*** A collection of six various New Guinea n carved wood shell and feather decorated flat masks. Approx. Range of lengths 36 cm to 50 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea Abelam painted carving, carved and painted polychrome wood mask, 51 x 17 cm, 51 x 17 cm ***
*** A Malagan Standing Figure, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, (late twentieth century), carved wood, shell and natural earth pigments, 91 cm high. Exhibited: The Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, Collectors Gallery, Melbourne, 1990… ***