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Auction House:
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
New Guinean
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A ceremonial Initiation pot, used to serve yam soup to initiates, traditionally mixed with human flesh/bone gratings, Nukuma people, Washkuk Hills, upper Sepik river, 17 x 17 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestral mask. Ex Moriarty collection catalogue no; M2 with old label affixed no;416. Provenance: Stan Moriarty collection. 32 cm ***
*** A Tapa cloth, Humboldt Bay area, West Papua, collected at Nafri village, Humboldt Bay, 1986; the tapa cloths from lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay in N.W. Irian Jaya, are locally known as Maro Smo. 110 x 96 cm ***
*** A Gope board, in unusual diamond form with incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 69 cm ***
*** An Abelam wood mask, Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 72 cm ***
*** Two Talipun woven masks, Yangoru, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 44 x 33 cm ***
*** A Garra figure, Hunstein Mountains, Papua New Guinea 104 cm ***
*** A Garra figure, Hunstein Mountains, Papua New Guinea 106 cm ***
*** An old axe, Mendi Valley,Papua New Guinea,Highlands, 56 x 54 cm ***
*** An old axe, Mendi Valley,Papua New Guinea,Highlands, 54 x 48 cm ***
*** Two bone Daggers, Abelam people, East Sepik 40 cm ***
*** An old wooden platter, on purpose built stand, used to present cone shells (new mwali) to Kaileuna Chiefs at end of the communal cone fishing competiton Vinau, purchased from Chief Katubai on Kaileuna Island, Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea, mentioned… ***
*** A food plate, Boiken people, Prince Alexander Mountains, East Sepik. Engraved turtle to base. Diameter 47 cm ***
*** Five betel Mortars, Sepik-Ramu Region, Papua New Guinea. Length 20 cm ***
*** A finely carved and decorated wood trumpet, Sepik River; the finial depicting a important ancestor and with abstract designs lower down. 65.5 cm ***
*** A cult figure, collected early 1970s, Karawari river, middle Sepik, height 38 cm ***
*** An Asmat men's paddle, with woven fibre sleeve, adorned with white feathers, Asmat Region, West Papua, length 350 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestral figure, in squatting form, decorated with cowrie shells & human hair, middle Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, height 99 cm ***
*** A woven boar, of hand woven natural fibre string on a rattan cane framework made by women, Tambanum village, Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, length 58 cm ***
*** Ritual pottery figure, Washkuk, Nukuma, Upper Sepik 28 cm ***
*** Two Hornbill figures, Abelam 41 & 50 cm ***
*** House panel, Abelam (Maprik), Papua New Guinea, carved with a male figure & bird, 96 x 26 cm ***
*** A pair of tigers carved in hardwood and inlaid in ebony, with glass eyes and open snarling mouths, East new Britian, Papua New Guinea, teeth in bone, made for Chinese market, raised on attached stands carved with tropical leaves, height 25 cm, length 26 cm ***
*** A miniature Asmat Mimboro, Mimika Region, Southern West Papua, Indonesia. Provenance: Collected by New Zealand boat builder, David Wells in 1968, 31 x 9 cm ***
*** A Malagan Wanis funerary mask, featuring snake and Pilot fish clan motifs, Tabar Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: ex David Baker Collection, ex New Guinea gallery, Sydney, David Said collection, height 71 cm ***
*** A New Guinea plaque, made from the sago plath sections and decorated with ochres and cassowary feathers, Sepik Region, PNG, 140 x 110 cm ***
*** An early bark belt Papuan Gulf New Guinea late 19th/ early 20th century. Provenance: Kingswood school, Bath, UK ***
*** A Gope board and Bioma figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea (2), height 45 cm, height 52 cm ***
*** A palm wood mask, Kamano people, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, this is a most unusual mask & possibly part of the traditional 'Sorcery trap', made of flexible plants bent to form, then adorned with magic stones & carved fernwood forms like this one… ***
*** A very large yam mask, Wosera, Southern Abelam, Papua New Guinea, well woven with fine cane, painted in bright yellow & orange pigments, the details on this mask are superb, 75 x 32 cm ***
*** A large old & finely engraved ceremonial bark belt, Wahgi valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, deeply carved in triangular & linear abstract motifs, painted in red & yellow, height 13 cm, diameter 27 cm ***
*** A yam mask with wood and natural ochres. Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea ***
*** A Gope board, with incised design of an ethereal ancestral being, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 72 cm ***
*** Two old Highlands Drums one from the Western Highlands with fine incised geometric designs and an old patina, early 20th century, together with another old drum with fine designs and ochre painting on bottom. Provenance: Collected by Warwick Irvine in… ***
*** A suspension hook from the middle Sepik river Papua New Guinea with definite signs of use ***
*** Shell & mask, bride price, 'Talipoon', Yangoru. Height 42 cm ***
*** A profusely incised polychrome paddle, Sissano Lagoon, north coast Papua New Guinea, handle has been cut down for transport, length 74 cm ***
*** A Diminutive Massim stool comprising of two figures, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, height 32 cm ***
*** A Talipon (bride price) from the Yangoru Region, shell and woven painted mask. Height 35 cm ***
*** Two woven dance costumes/genital support Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, 32 cm each ***
*** Three woven yam masks Abelam people, Maprik Region, 25 to 58 cm ***
*** An Iatmul war shield, Chambri Lakes Region, Middle Sepik, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, height 160 cm, width 36 cm ***
*** A shield, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 147 cm x 47 cm ***
*** A Gope board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea some insect damage to top right edge ***
*** A Trobriand skirt Making board, used to impress traditional designs onto the grass used in the making of skirts, hardwood with deep patina, one side heavily incised, Trobriand Islands PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection,… ***
*** A wooden figure, Banks Island. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 97 cm ***
*** A Gope board, with incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 119 cm ***
*** A Gope board, with incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 142 cm ***
*** A Splash board, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 58 cm ***
*** A mask made on turtle shell, fine molded clay face with intricate painted designs, Sepik region Papua New Guinea, height 33 cm ***
*** Six shell and tusk wealth ornaments, two Lumi area nassa shell Poli ornaments; two bailer shell head ornaments, Southern Highlands; two double boars tusk and shell ornaments, Tufi area. 21 - 31 cm, 11 - 13 cm, 15 - 40 cm (6) ***
*** A Wuvulu Island bowl, in rectangular format with straight sides and elegant curved base. Mid-twentieth century. A/F, Wuvulu Island, East Sepik Province,Papua New Guinea, 29 cm x 49 cm ***
*** An Ambrym Island fern tree figure. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 114 cm ***
*** An Ambrym mask. 112 cm ***
*** An old canoe prow, incised with traditional designs on both sides and a figurative head at the apex, Sarmi region, West Papua. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 34 cm ***
*** An ancestral figure, with incised tribal markings on torso and face, grass skirt and mother of pearl eyes, lateral crack on rear of head and shoulder, mounted on custom metal stand, Highlands area PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu… ***
*** A large Massim canoe steering paddle, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 257 cm ***
*** A cult figure, of unusual form, series of stylised ribs centred around an exaggerated navel, collection # 127945, Karawari river, Sepik region PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 116 cm ***
*** A Sepik ancestor sculpture of wood, with open work base, polychrome pigments 84 cm ***
*** A Sepik sculpture of wood in the form of a stylised canoe prow 47 cm ***
*** Ancestral figure black water river Sepik Region 24 cm ***
*** A ritual Bride Price, woven face on green turbo shell, Talipoon, Arapesh, Prince Alexander mountains, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, height 41 cm ***
*** A ritual Bride Price, woven face on green turbo shell, Talipoon, Arapesh, Prince Alexander mountains, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, height 42 cm ***
*** A Kanipu mask, of rattan cane frame and coconut fibre, grass and feather construction, decorated with natural ochres, Papuan Gulf Region Papua New Guinea, height 80 cm [including tassels] ***
*** A Gope board, decorated with traditional ancestral figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 65 cm ***
*** A Gope board, decorated with incised and painted image of an ancestral figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 66 cm ***
*** A collection of bone Daggers and Spatulas, Papua New Guinea (4) 39 cm ***
*** Two child's Paddles, Ramu river, Papua New Guinea 118 cm ***
*** A Sepik river ancestral figure, Papua New Guinea 90 cm ***
*** A graduated set of four large food platters, one with cracks to handles on either side, with incised design to rims, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, length 56 - 76 cm ***
*** Five betel Mortars, Sepik-Ramu Region, Papua New Guinea. Length 24 cm ***
*** Six figurative paddle finials, lower Sepik river, Papua New Guinea. Length 32 cm ***
*** Five figurative paddle finials, lower Sepik river, Papua New Guinea. Length 41 cm ***
*** A ceremonial mask, 'Waken', collected in early 1970s, Yensinmungua village, middle Sepik, 41 x 31 cm ***
*** A Mina cult figure, heavily weathered, some damage to face as per image, phallic nose, Kwoma people, upper Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 96 cm ***
*** Three New Guinea artefacts, including an old food bowl; Ex Allen Christensen collection no.cc60720, a carved face Vao Island, Malekula and a finely incised Keram River bamboo lime container. 29 - 56 cm (3) ***
*** A New Ireland wedding hat, made from tapa cloth incorporating a pair of boar's tusks on woven binding, New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea, diameter 36 cm ***
*** A curved blade dagger, with a bone & dark hardwood sheath, Papua New Guinea, 19th/20th century. Length 41 cm ***
*** Small yam mask, Abelam 36 cm ***
*** A collection of New Guinea stone objects, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea ***
*** A large woven yam mask, old and well painted, Abelam people, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 51 x 50 cm ***
*** A woven yam mask, Abelam people, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, 40 x 32 cm ***
*** A Sepik river mask together with a woven pig 76 cm & 60 cm ***
*** A dog tooth pectoral, Murik lakes, lower Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 37 cm ***
*** A pair of New Guinea Highlands bicep ornaments (2), finely woven fibre and cane with wooden side strut, one with cloth binding, height 27 cm, height 29 cm ***
*** Three Buka Islands, woven platters 50 to 63 cm ***
*** A hair piece, Iamul people, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, worn as part of the elaborate costume used in the Naven ceremonies, height 44 cm, width 31 cm ***
*** Old bow of black palm and twelve fighting arrows, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, the bow is re-inforced with numerous tight cane bindings, with attached bow string of cane. 12 old arrows for fighting, some with bone tips, height 170 cm ***
*** Three painted bark panels, two from the Abelam Region and one from the Washkuk hills, East sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, all spirit paintings on sago bark, 'Pangal', used to adorn the inside of the spirit Houses, height 100 cm, width 30 cm ***
*** A Waskuk Pottery bust, Kwoma people, upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, height 22 cm, width 11.5 cm ***
*** A woven ancestral figure, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, height 107 cm, width 70 cm ***
*** A head hunters horn, Iatmul people, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea, heavily and beautifully carved. Collected 1970's. Traditionally carried by headhunters into battle, height 47 cm, diameter 10 cm ***
*** A large ancestral figure, Asmat Region, West Papua, height 208 cm ***
*** A Gope board, with incised design decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, length 111 cm ***
*** A dance Wand for ceremonial headdress and a yam figure decoration, Wosera, Southern Abelam, Papua New Guinea, 60 x 26 cm [headdress] ***
*** A box of Massim carvings, bowls and Miscellaneous Papua New Guinea ***