Tribal Art & Antiquities

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Two Sumba ikat hinggi cloths Indonesia one with shields, horsemen, head racks, animals and birds, 274cm x 121cm, and beasts, figures and horseman ...

A Sumba tube skirt lau pahikung Indonesia with a band of a repeating mythical beasts, 126cm long, and two Sumba cloths, woven mythical reptilian b...

Six Sumba ikat hinggi cloths Indonesia depicting mythical beasts, horses, birds, skeletons, lizards, skulls and ancestors, 260cm x 120cm, 215cm x ...

A Sumba ikat hinggi cloth Indonesia depicting mythical winged beasts, dragons, crocodiles, horses and two figures by a pedestal, with woven border...

A Murik Lakes canoe prow Papua New Guinea modelled as a crocodile head, the side profile showing the teeth, whilst the top depicts the creation my...

A Sissano Lagoon canoe prow ornament Papua New Guinea with carved stylised fish, a figure and a bird head, 29cm long, on a stand. (2) ...[more]

A Korvar headrest Geelvink Bay, Irian Jaya with notched side supports and a central open scroll design, 15cm high, 18.7cm wide. Provenance Fernand...

A Massim lime spatula Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea with a carved and pierced seated figure, 35.5cm long. Provenance From the estate of Marg...

A Massim lime spatula Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea the handle with a standing figure under an arch with further pierced and scroll carved d...

A Papuan Gulf betel nut holder Papua New Guinea with a carved ancestor head finial above a four tier open cage, the stem with a horizontal relief ...

A Papua New Guinea headrest North Coast the carved rectangular base with a pair of arched supports and an inverted lizard with another on it's tai...

A Middle Sepik River war horn Papua New Guinea with a zoomorphic carved terminal and a relief tooth edged mouth-piece, 19th / 20th century, 63.5cm...

A Wosera Big Man seat Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea the domed base with five angled supports to the circular seat with a curved back having two c...

A Chimbu zoomorphic headrest Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea carved from one piece as a stylised animal, 19th / 20th century, 15.4cm high, 55....

An Iatmul large platter Blackwater River area, Papua New Guinea of shallow oblong form with a carved border of circles and the underside with styl...

A Korwar float or charm West Papua of open triangular form with a Korwar head and a serpent head finial, 16.4cm high, on a stand. (2) Provenance G...

A Sepik River amulet figure Papua New Guinea standing male ancestor with a reddish pigment and remains of natural fibre around the left arm, 14cm ...

A Papuan Gulf anthropomorphic headrest Era and Wapo Delta, Papua New Guinea carved from one piece with a stylised head having the remains of thick...

A Papua New Guinea bowl / cup Melanesia coconut shell with carved curvilinear decoration, 9.5cm high, 11.5cm diameter. Provenance Albert Hahl. .....

A Papua New Guinea police shield Melanesia cane and bamboo, painted a 5, with a curved and a ring handle, circa 1950, 50.5cm diameter. ...[more]

A Biwat mask Yuat River, Papua New Guinea with pierced eyes, nose and mouth, with remains of pigment, 20th century, 49.5cm high, on a stand. (2) P...

A Papua New Guinea shield Melanesia cane with a nut putty covering and with a wood handle and a pointed finial with a carved stylised head, 95.5cm...

A Highlands shield Papua New Guinea with ribbed outlines and a forked top, with a fibre handle, 130.5cm high, Provenance De Belfond Collection, Li...

A Nakanai shield Vitu Islands, New Britain, Papua New Guinea with carved decoration with pigment and paint, with an integral handle, 157.5cm long....

An Asmat shield Irian Jaya, Indonesia with relief carved abstract and pigment decoration, the sides with tied fibre, the back with a medial ridge ...

A Sepik River tambuan mask Papua New Guinea plant fibre with pigment decoration, 70cm high. Provenance Marisa Viaggi Bonisoli Collection, Turin, I...

A Middle Sepik adze Papua New Guinea wood, steel and rattan, the handle with a floret carved terminal and inscribed MATEW, above intricate binding...

An Iatmul zoomorphic headrest Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea with a block support to the curved top and a carved edge having remains of pigm...

A Middle Sepik River headrest Blackwater or Chambri Lake area, Papua New Guinea with an open support and curved top having carved ends of an ances...

A Papua New Guinea headrest Boiken / Arapesh area with a central and two angled supports with carved decoration including a double bodied figure, ...

An Abelam karahut ornament Papua New Guinea boar tusks, shells, cloth, woven fibre with pigment and feathers, modelled as a stylised figure, with ...

A Wosera standing female figure Papua New Guinea with a sloping back headdress and shallow crested back coiffure, with linear carving to the arms,...

A Massim canoe prow ornament Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea with pierced and carved decoration including a bird head and with pigment, 54cm l...

A Yuat River mask Yaul or Dimiri Villages, Lower Sepik region, Papua New Guinea low fired clay with traces of red and black pigment, early to mid ...

A Massim dance wand Papua New Guinea wood, with a central handle and two stylised carved and pierced paddles, one with a serpent cresting, 68.5cm ...

An Asmat cassowary bone dagger Irian Jaya, Indonesia with fibre, beads and feathers, 37cm long, and a Massim wave splitter ornament, with lime and...

A Tami Islands Sago scoop Papua New Guinea with carved head terminal above carved bands, 84cm long. Provenance Ex Dr Warnock Collection, Sydney. P...

A Boiken kundu drum Papua New Guinea with carved decoration, the waisted centre with a stylised face and a pierced nose and with an integral handl...

An Asmat spear Irian Jaya, Indonesia with a pointed and barbed tip to carved decoration including a flat panel pierced with stylised seated figure...

An Asmat ancestor group Irian Jaya, Indonesia with seated male and female and the third bending, with pigment, 98.5cm long. ...[more]

An Asmat male ancestor figure Irian Jaya, Indonesia standing and holding a snake, with remains of pigment, 20th century, 127.5cm high. ...[more]

A Vanuatu food platter Melanesia with a carved scalloped edge, one end pointed and pierced for suspension, on four oblong lug feet, 15.5cm high, 1...

An Asmat headrest Irian Jaya, Indonesia relief carved with two stylised ancestor figures having head terminals, with pigment, 77cm long. Provenanc...

An Abelam male ancestor figure Maprik River, Papua New Guinea with birds to the backs of the shoulder and the crest, with pigment decoration, 71cm...

A Murik Lakes headrest Sepik River, Papua New Guinea the top with ancestor head ends and with a circle and linear carved underside with a pierced ...

A Yuat River - Sepik River male ancestor figure Papua New Guinea standing with his hands placed on the abdomen with a long head having a conical c...

A Massim canoe prow tabuya Trobriand Island, Papua New Guinea with carved curvilinear bird head motifs and with the remains of white, red and blac...

A Bougainville Island spear Solomon Islands, Melanesia palmwood, fibre and bone, with barbed tips, woven two-tone fibre, carved figures and a tigh...

A Bougainville Island spear Solomon Islands, Melanesia palmwood, bone and fibre, with barbed tip and woven two-tone fibre, a tightly formed sphere...

A Bougainville Island spear Solomon Islands, Melanesia palmwood, fibre and bone, with a barbed tip, a band of two-tone woven fibre, carved heads a...

A Solomon Islands Barava fragment Melanesia giant clam shell tridacna giga, carved with a seated ancestor figure to the side and the torso of anot...

λA Solomon Islands kap kap pendant Melanesia shell with the remains of fibre attachment, 11.4cm diameter, two Solomon Islands shell and coconut sh...

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