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A Batak medicine container, Indonesia, carved wood with ancestor figures, mythical beast, lizards, scrolls, hair and fibre, 104cm long, on a stand...

An Indonesian steel betel nut cutter, modelled as a mythical creature and inlaid wirework, with silver coloured metal handles, 20cm long, and anot...

A Dayak bamboo dart quiver, Borneo, with a carved hardwood fastener with a dragon head terminal fibre bound, with cover containing darts and gum, ...

A Batak medicine horn, Indonesia, carved mythical beast with four riders, the horn with a lizard and further figure, 58.5cm long, on a stand. (2)

Three Sepik clay pots, Papua New Guinea, modelled with beaked masks, two with white and black pigment, 18cm and 14.5cm high. (3)

A Kilenge carved wood oval bird bowl, Papua New Guinea, with fish and lime, 57.5cm long, a Tami carved wood bird bowl, with lime and fish supports...

A Tami Islands carved wood bowl, Huon Gulf, oval and as a bird, 55.5cm long, a Tami Islands similar shallow dish, 48.5cm long and a Massim circula...

A Tami Islands carved wood bowl, Huon Gulf, oval with bird head lifts, each with a fish, 45.5cm long, a Tami Islands oval bird dish, 40.5cm long, ...

Three Tami Island sago / taro spoons, Papua New Guinea, carved figures, masks, serpents and a bird head, the longest 66cm, a Nausung carved wood a...

Three Tami Island spoons, Papua New Guinea, carved masks and a bird, the longest 16cm, a Kilenge bailer with bird head handle, 43.5cm long, a Sepi...

A tapa cloth panel, with geometric designs, black and brown colouring, 73.5 x 46cm and another larger, both framed and glazed. (2) Provenance The ...

λ A Kilenge turtle shell armband, Papua New Guinea, cut in rings with fibre binding, two Tami Islands carved wood netting shuttles, one with lime...

A group of Kilenge shell money strands, Papua New Guinea, one with a tooth, and a small collection of seed, shell and tooth necklaces. (32) Proven...

A Sepik River ancestor figure, Papua New Guinea, wood, clay, fibre, shells and feathers, 63cm high, on a stand and the torso of an ancestor figure...

A Papua New Guinea plain lime spatula, 32cm long, a carved mortar, a carved pestle with mask handle, a carved coconut shell container, a stone bla...

An Asmat crocodile jaw bone dagger, Papua New Guinea, with cassowary feathers, shells and woven fibre, 50.5cm long. Provenance Collected by H.C. H...

A Solomon Islands barava fragment, carved shell with three standing figures, 8.5cm high, 12.5cm wide, on a stand. (2) These ornaments were rituall...

A Papua New Guinea gold lip shell, with a serrated end and applied worked shells, 20.5cm wide, and a shell carved bangle with a bird, 8.5cm diamet...

A Trobriand Islands lime spatula, Lobua Village, Kiriwina, Papua New Guinea, cassowary bone bound with fabric, trade beads and seeds, 26.5cm long ...

A New Caledonian prisoner carved cameo shell, depicting a women sleeping in a hammock with an open jaw snake above, the top pierced, 16cm high.

λ A Fiji whale tooth necklace, sisi, comprising twelve graduated teeth, all pierced at the base previously with sennit, the longest 10.5cm. CITES ...

λ A group of five Fiji whale's teeth tabua, all pierced at either end, one with remains of sennit, 16.5cm long, one inscribed 'NASOVA,' 16cm long...

λ A Fiji tabua, sperm whale tooth, with pierced suspension holes, honey coloured patination, 16.5cm long CITES A10 (non-transferable) licence no. ...

A Fijian tabua, sperm whale tooth, the ends drilled for suspension, 15.5cm long, with plaited sennit, late 19th / early 20th century.

A Fijian tabua, sperm whale tooth, with a drilled hole to the skirt end, the distal end carved a nodule, the surface with incised dot decoration, ...

λ A Torres Strait Islands turtle shell pendant, of fish hook form with incised chevrons and pierced for attachment, 7.7cm high. cf. Blau & Maaz. F...

λ A Solomon Islands fish hook, with a carved shell back and curved turtle shell hook, fish wire bound with beads and cloth, 6.2cm long.

A Walomo people canoe prow ornament, Papua New Guinea, carved with fish and birds, with remains of pigment, 57cm high, together with a smaller can...

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