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Auction House:
Young's Auctions (No longer trading)
Number of lots recorded:51
Lots with images:51
Prices available:51
Category:
New Guinean
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Ancestral figure, huon, Papua New Guinea, ornately carved double-sided wooden figure, remains of red, black and white ochre decoration ***
*** Gope board. Papuan Gulf region. Stylised face with deep carved features, red, white and black colouration, the border decorated with two bands of arrow head incising. Nose missing. ***
*** Gope board, Papuan Gulf region, stylised spirit face with deep incised markings, black and white colouring, triangular shape patterned border. Length 100 cm width 30 cm ***
*** Head rest. Huon, Papua New Guinea. Unusual figurative headrest with pipe clay highlights. Canoe prow profile under support. 16 cm ***
*** Two (2) sword clubs, East Papuan, Milne Bay area, one ebony with typical carved Massim decoration on both sides, the other has similar geometric carving on one side only and stylised bird handle. 88 and 104 cm ***
*** Canoe prow. New Ireland. Figural prow in carved form of a bird, remains of red, black and white colouration. 28 cm ***
*** Six (6) Papuan carved timber figures, graduated in size, all of stylised human forms, seated with elbows on knees, supporting the heads, the largest statue with a bowl on the head. Largest: 35 cm, smallest: 12 cm ***
*** Sepik food hook, in the form of ancestral being with kauri shell eyes, old patina length 123 cm ***
*** Dance ornament, New Ireland origin, of double phallic form. 19th century patina. 129 cm ***
*** Necklace, New Guinea, a single strand of dogs teeth each patterned with incised decoration, cotton string with coloured trade bead spacers. ***
*** Two (2) spears. Papua New Guinea, one adorned with fibre, feather and shell decoration, the other with a stylised barbed tip carved in the form of fish eating fish. 220 and 266 cm ***
*** Drum with lizard skin top. Huon Gulf, East Papuan, deeply incised and decorated with red and black colouring, fibre decoration attached to handles and finials ***
*** Food scoop. Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Flat scoop with figural carving and pipe clay handle. 57 cm ***
*** Group of three (3) Trobriand harpoon spears. Traditional carved hand-grips. Beautifully weighted and aged. 312, 322 and 331 cm ***
*** Dilly bag. New Guinea. Finely woven with bands of natural colour pigment, decorated with shells 43 cm ***
*** Trobriand carved timber table of a human figure riding a goat ***
*** Two (2) bone daggers. West Papuan region. Incised decoration on one. 30 and 36 cm ***
*** Canoe bailer. Eastern New Guinea. Deep bowl with internal handle. Carved ornamentation at one end. 39 cm ***
*** Two (2) New Guinea disc clubs. Both with woven fibre at the heads, one with a slightly carved tip. 87 and 108 cm ***
*** Short-handled ceremonial dance club. East Papuan. A broad flat pointed tip and incised decorated flat end. 71 and 85 cm ***
*** Carved timber mask, Sepik river, decorated with incised features and markings, protruding nose, coloured and dotted in earthy pigment, kauri shell decoration ***
*** Collection of 15 Papua New Guinea miniature masks and a bust ***
*** Papua New Guinea. Tortoise shell mask with painted decoration ***
*** Tall figurative totem. East Pauan. Four seated ancestral figures with traditional Massim carving. 101 cm ***
*** Three (3) New Guinea ebony spears. Undecorated. Original patina. 280, 285 and 287 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea head rest of circular form with square central pillar and four angled supports ***
*** Spear. New Ireland. Fine wooden shaft with obsidian volcanic glass tip, mounted in gum resin and carved with triangular design. Remains of colouration. 148 cm ***
*** Three (3) spears. Papua New Guinea. Bamboo shafts, wooden tips with woven fibre bindings. 216, 221 and 258 cm ***
*** Three (3) artefacts. Includes carved wooden adze handle (Milne Bay), timber axe head and New Guinea stone axe with wood and woven cane handle. ***
*** Five (5) stone tools. Three stone axe heads of New Guinea origin. Two arrow heads, one stone and one obsidian volcanic glass. ***
*** Sword club. East Papuan. Milne Bay. Broad convex blade carved at the tip with typical Trobriand swirling motif and defined handle. 63 cm ***
*** Purse. New Guinea. Shaped woven fibre pouch with shell decoration to the front. 11 cm ***
*** Tribal drum, Gulf of Papua, deep ribbed incised lines with red, white and black colouring, lizard skin and grass binding ***
*** Three (3) spears. Papua New Guinea. One plain, one with broad head and remains of colouration, the other with barbed tip. 218, 227 and 229 cm ***
*** Five (5) spear and arrow tips. Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands. ***
*** Five (5) spears. Pacific Islands and New Guinea . ***
*** Four (4) artefacts. Includes Milne Bay walking stick with carved crocodile motif, Tahitian wooden axe, carved crocodile figure with coloured decoration and a pair of Samoan paddles. ***
*** Lime spatula. Papua New Guinea. Flat square handle carved with totemic designs. 41 cm ***
*** Bow and arrows. Papua New Guinea. Bamboo bow (19th century) and 7 bamboo arrows with wooden tips. Bow length; 187 cm ***
*** Three (3) spears. Papua New Guinea. One with carved decoration and barbed tip, one plain, the last with serrated tip. 203, 211 and 212 cm ***
*** Two (2) New Guinea carved wooden food bowls. Huon Gulf bowl carved floral motif to underside. Milne Bay bowl with an incised decorated rim. 30 and 36 cm ***
*** Three (3) bows. Papua New Guinea. One with bound fibre hand-grip. No strings attached. 161, 182 and 185 cm ***
*** Two (2) sword clubs, East Papuan, one with a plain convex shaft, the other with an incised border, stars to the shaft and triangular tipped handle. 91 and 69 cm ***
*** Dilly bag. New Guinea. Two tone banded and patterned design. 0 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea. Stone disc club with fibre binding ***
*** Three (3) walking sticks, New Guinea and Pacific Islands, one Palm wood, one Milne Bay with carved handle (inscribed Kei Keia La) and one with carved figural handle. 82, 90 and 120 cm ***
*** Papua New Guinea. Painted mask. Large size, ornately painted in bold colours with dotted lines, carved bird in centre ***
*** Papua New Guinea. Painted mask with kauri shell eyes and tasselled fibre beard ***
*** Papua New Guinea mask. Painted finish with rising bird crest finial ***
*** Papua New Guinea mask. Kauri shell eyes with bands of wavy zig-zag motif ***
*** Papua New Guinea. Two bows ***