the todd barlin collection (part one) monday 17 august...

The Todd Barlin Collection

(Part One)

Monday 17 August 2015

Directors James Bruce Warren Joel James Badgery Lee Stone

Contacts Jim Elmslie

Aboriginal & Oceanic Art Specialist

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Vicki Tsacalos

Aboriginal & Oceanic Art Assistant

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Email: [email protected]


(Part One)

Monday 17 August 2015, 6pm

On View Thursday 13 August 6pm – 8pm

Friday 14 August 10am – 4pm

Saturday 15 August 10am – 4pm

Sunday 16 August 10am – 4pm

Monday 17 August by appointment

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Front Cover: Lot 286

Title Page: Lot 83

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Over 30 years of collecting...

“The first time I saw Oceanic Art was at the Auckland Museum in 1985. I was overwhelmed by the beauty and magic of

the artworks from the Pacific Islands. When I arrived in Australia, a friend suggested that I should visit Papua New Guinea

and see the people and artists in person. This was advice that changed my life forever. That two month trip to the New

Guinea Highlands and the Sepik River was transformative. I was overwhelmed by the kindness and warmth of the people

and how happy and confident they were in their day to day lives.

That first trip to Papua New Guinea ignited my lifelong interest and interaction with Pacific People; their Art and their

Culture. Over the next 25 years I would make over 40 trips to Papua New Guinea, Indonesian West Papua, Vanuatu and

The Solomon Islands. I would stay in remote villages for days, weeks and even months at a time. It was a chance to get

to know people and let them get to know you. I lived as they did, ate what they had each day and also suffered

problems such as Malaria and Dengue Fever. This was a magical in a pre-digital era - before the internet, mobile phones

or TV exposed remote villages to the outside world. I often stayed for six to eight months a year travelling in remote areas

and for that time it was as if the rest of the world did not exist.

I was often lucky to be in the right place and time to witness the preparation for ceremonies and the making of artworks.

I was able to record some amazing traditional ceremonies. I spent many months living with several cultural groups

including: the Asmat, the Mimika, The Marind Anim on the South Coast of West Papua and around Lake Sentani, and

Geelvink Bay along the North Coast of West Papua. I was also fortunate to spend time in the Sepik River, Southern

Highlands and Enga Provinces of Papua New Guinea and also remote villages in Vanuatu and The Solomon Islands.

Collecting is a passion that needs intense motivation to make a great collection. Many of the artworks in my collection

were acquired in Australia from important historical collections, auctions and by trade or gift. I collected what I liked

visually, and what excited and expanded my imagination. I experience artworks in a physical way. The artworks that I

like most are inspired by images often made of dreams and are highly abstracted. I also find these qualities in nature;

natural formed wood and stone, shells and seed pods, and vines – these also are motifs used in New Guinea Art.

I have had the chance to work with many very dynamic people in the Pacific Arts and Culture Community. I provided

the field documentation and artworks for several important exhibitions: The Asmat & Mimika in 1996 and The Marind

Anim, 1999 both at The Museum of African and Oceanic Art in Paris which is now called The Musee du Quai Branly. As

well as the Monumental Sculptures of West Papua at the Sydney Olympic Arts Festival, 2000 at the Sydney College of the

Arts”

- Todd Barlin, July 2015

Lot 1

Three Old Shell Money Wealth

Items, Solomon Islands, Malaita

Island, 19th Century or very early

20th Century; a multi strand shell

money chest bandolier (torisusu),

together with a seven strand shell

money belt (Fo'o ába), and a very

fine shell money wealth item called

"Barafe" it has 5 loops coils of tiny

fine shell rings.

Provenance: Ex. BL Hornshaw

Collection.

68cm, 90cm, Dia. 25cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 2

Two Old Dogs Teeth Wealth

Ornaments, Ramu Area, a fine

head band with numerous dogs’

teeth and nassa shell trim, together

with a fine dogs teeth chest

ornament

46cm, 44cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 3

Eight Fine Old Barava and Bokolo

Pieces, Western Solomon Islands,

18th - early 19th Century; all on

custom made display stands.

Provenance: Ex. Tebbenham

Collection, Ex BL. Hornshaw

Collection.

9 x 7.5cm - 11 x 11cm (8)

$600-800

Lot 4

A Superb Ancient Barava, Western

Solomon Islands, 18th Century or

earlier; mostly complete with two

large and

impressive figures standing on

circular base. The shell is very thick

and with an ancient patina of the

oldest types of these objects have;

on a custom made display stand.


Collection, Ex. BL Hornshaw

Collection.

20 x 16cm

$1,500-2,000

Lot 5

Five Fine Old Kap Kap Ornaments,

Boiken Area, the finely carved

designs overlaid bailer shell.

9 - 11cm

$400-600

Lot 6

Seven Ancient Barava Ornaments,

19th Century or earlier; together

with two Kap Kap bases.


Collection.

4 - 12cm, 10 - 11cm (9)

$400-600

Lot 7

A Superb Arawe Pearl Shell Wealth

Object, New Britain, this beautiful

gold lipped shell has shell money

and dogs teeth decorations and

an old woven band. These were

used as a bride price payments

and traditional currency.

60cm

$300-500

Lot 8

Six Old Shell Wealth Ornaments,

Sepik Area, PNG; including old shell

and teeth and trade bead

ornaments.

12 - 45cm (6)

$300-500

Lot 9

Fourteen Early Shell Pendants

"Loanlasi", Malaita and Makira

Islands, Solomon Islands, 18th - early

19th Century; on custom made

display stands, five have incised

stylized frigate Bird designs, the

others with incised fish and abstract

designs, some are incised both

sides.

Provenance: The South Seas

Evangelical Mission Collection late

19th Century.

5 - 6.5 cm (14)

$600-800

Lot 10

Twenty Two Solomon Islands Body

Ornaments, Malaita and Makira

Islands, Eastern Solomon Islands,

19th Century; consisting of six

woven Orchid stem fibre ear

ornaments (fa'i' augwaroa), one

pair in their original bamboo

container, three pairs of flying fox

teeth and beaded ear ornaments

(ai'au), two on custom made

stands, four very early shell ear

ornaments (spool shaped and two

with teeth attachments), two pairs

of decorated cowrie shell hair

ornaments (buli) that were worn in

the hair of men on Malaita and two

shell rings with stylized bird heads at

top.

Provenance: Most from The South

Seas Evangelical Mission Collection

late 19th Century.

4 - 5cm; 21 - 23cm; 4 - 5cm; 5 -

6cm; 7 - 8cm (22)

$600-800

Lot 11

Ten Cut Spiral Conis Shells on

custom stands, Western Solomon

Island, 18th-19th Century; the

smallest and slimmest of the shell

valuables are hokata made from

conis shells. These were less

valuable and used in barter, marital

rituals, as small compensation

transfers and were given to chiefs

by men for the sexual services of

'ritually designated women'. They

were also used to decorate skull

shrines of important men.


Collection.

7 - 15cm

$400-600

Lot 12

Twenty One Pieces Cut Spiral Conis

Shells, Western Solomon Islands,

18th - early 19th Century; the

smallest and slimmest of the shell

are "hokata" made from onus shells.

These were less valuable and used

in barter, marital rituals, as small

compensation transfers and were

given to chiefs by men for the

sexual services of 'ritually

designated women'. They were also

used to decorate skull shrines of

important men.


Collection.

4 - 12cm (21)

$400-600

Lot 13

Five Ancient Barava Ornament

Pieces, Western Solomon Islands,

18th -19th Century; of the old figural

type, two on stands.


Collection.

8 - 22cm (5)

$400-600

Lot 14

Two Superb Dolphin Teeth

Necklaces, (barulifai'a), Lau

Lagoon Area, Malaita Island,

Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century;

together with a fine shell money

belt also from Malaita Island.


Evangelical Mission Collection.

44 x 5cm, 45 x 5cm, 63 x 10cm (3)

$800-1,200

Lot 15

Four Fine Old Shell Money

Armbands (abagwaro), Malaita

Island; together with a belt, Malaita

Island, Solomon Islands.



19th Century.

13 x 8cm, 15 x 8cm, 21 x 13cm; Belt:

54 x 6cm (5)

$400-600

Lot 16

Fourteen Kesa Shell Money,

Western Solomon Islands, 18th -

19th Century; "kesa" is a cylindrical

shell wealth that came in different

sizes and values. It is old, and is said

to have been made by the spirit

Pongo. People preserved kesa by

wrapping them in ivory palm leaves

and burying them in the ground, or

by storing them in caves for safety

from raids. They came in different

denominations, from kalusape, the

highest value, possessed by the

chiefs.


Collection.

(14)

$600-800

Lot 17

A Superb Pair of Shell Money

Armbands (abagwaro), Malaita

Island, early 20th Century; together

with a fine shell money belt, Malaita

Island, Eastern Solomon Islands.



19th Century.

21 x 12cm, 70 x 5cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 18

Four Old Woven and Shell

Armbands, Madang Area, North

Coast Papua New Guinea, Early

20th Century.

31 x 17cm, 22 x 19cm, 22 x 15cm, 22

x 19cm (4)

$300-500

Lot 19

Six Fine Old Beaded Armbands,

one pair from Admiralty Islands,

three from Eastern Highlands, a shell

and woven armband from Wosera,

Sepik.

16 x 11cm, 11 x 9cm, 15 x 11cm (6)

$400-600

Lot 20

Six Old Ornaments, Solomon

Islands, including: three ancient

whale tooth pendants, pierced at

top and with ancient patina,

together with a necklace of tiny

shell discs (barafe), Malaita, and a

pair of finely woven red fibre

armbands, Malaita.

9cm, 10cm, 11cm, 14cm, 18cm (6)

$400-600

Lot 21

Four Fine Old Woven and Shell

Ornaments (Fofona), Bena Bena

Area, Eastern Highlands, PNG; Early

20th Century.

40 x 32cm, 36 x 27cm, 28 x 26cm, 42

x 36cm (4)

$400-600

Lot 22

Two Fine Old Woven and Shell

Ornaments (Fofona), Bena Bena

Area, Eastern Highlands, PNG, Early

20th Century; together with a fine

old woven and shell armband,

Madang, and Lumi woven and

shell wealth object (Poli).

41 x 35cm, 35 x 31cm; 26 x 20cm,

32 x 18cm (4)

$400-600

Lot 23

Four Fine Old Woven and Shell

Ornaments, New Guinea, including:

two woven and shell bride price

chest ornaments (in the form of

faces), Avitip Area, Upper Sepik

River, together with an Abelam

yam mask, and an Abelam karahut

ornament.

49cm, 50cm, 26cm, 27cm (4)

$400-600

Lot 24

Five Old Nassa Shell and Woven

Ornaments, including: three Lumi

Area (Poli) wealth objects, together

with two nassa shell headbands

from the Eastern Highlands.

31 x 29cm, 28 x 22cm, 37 x 16cm, 39

x 13cm, 51 x 11cm (5)

$300-500

Lot 25

Seven Old Shell Wealth and Body

Ornaments, New Guinea.

11cm, 13cm, 17cm, 23cm, 37cm,

44cm, 58cm (7)

$200-300

Lot 26

Sixteen Ancient Shell Rings, Abelam

and Humboldt Bay Areas, together

with a round shell plug that came

out when making a large shell ring.

5 -14cm, 10cm (17)

$400-600

Lot 27

Fourteen Ancient Shell Ornaments,

Papuan Gulf, used as ear and nose

ornaments and as a currency.

6 - 9cm (14)

$400-600

Lot 28

Ten Shell and Beaded Kula

Ornaments, Massim People, Milne

Bay Province, PNG; the Kula

exchange or Kula ring, is a

ceremonial exchange system

conducted in the Milne Bay

Province. All Kula valuables are

non-use items traded purely for

purposes of enhancing one's social

status and prestige. Carefully

prescribed customs and traditions

surround the ceremonies that

accompany the exchanges which

establish strong, ideally lifelong

relationships between the

exchange parties.

Exhibited: Pacifica Navigation 2013

Casula Power House Gallery.

6 -12cm (10)

$400-600

Lot 29

Four Ancient Shell Adzes, two from

Wallace Island; these were used in

pre- European Contact times on

sand islands that had no source of

stones.

Provenance: Ex. Nicolai

Mitchoutchkine Collection.

6.5cm, 7.5cm, 12cm, 13cm (4)

$300-500

Lot 30

Two Fine Old Orchid Stem Fibre

Belts and Two Armbands, Late 19th

Century;

Provenance: Harper Collection

1932 Gifted to BL Hornshaw

Old Label reads "From the Harper

Collection 19.12.32

most likely from Bougainville Island"


Collection.

Belts: 36cm, Armbands: 11cm (4)

$200-300

Lot 31

Five Strands of Old Trade Beads,

Geelvink Bay, West Papua; these

beads were the main traditional

currency that the native people

used and received from Malay

traders for bird of paradise feathers

which were in great demand from

the royalty of South East Asia and

China. This trade between Malay

traders and Melanesian's had been

going on for centuries as evident in

the trade goods they left behind,

including: ancient glass beads,

bangles and earrings, Bronze Age

axes, kettle drums and ceramics.

30 - 58cm (5)

$300-400

Lot 32

A Collection of Ancient Glass

Earrings, Geelvink Bay Area, West

Papua; these glass earrings were

collected on the Waropen Coast

along the North Coast of West New

Guinea.

References for further reading:

Plumes from Paradise by Dr Pamela

Swaddling 1996

3 - 6.5 cm (35)

$600-800

Lot 33

A Collection of Nine Old Kina Pearl

Shell Pectoral Ornaments, Southern

Highlands and Papuan Gulf Areas,

PNG; gold lipped pearl shells were

highly valued among most of the

tribes on mainland New Guinea.

They were traded up from the

coast, when they reached the

Highlands their value was greatly

inflated due to the rarity and

distance.

16.5 - 22cm (9)

$300-500

Lot 34

A Collection of Eight Shell and

Seeded Ornaments, the main

ornament being a large and fine

bride price shell necklace from

West New Britain with shell money

dangles, plus various others.

40cm (8)

$200-300

Lot 35

A Collection of Eight Old Conis Shell

Bangles, Geelvink Bay Area; most

with incised designs and ancient

patina, these were used as a

traditional currency and were

widely traded along the North

Coast of West Papua.

5 - 9cm

$300-500

Lot 36

Four Old Marapai Charms in

original woven bags, Papuan Gulf

Area, PNG, late 19th Century; the

bags have the original botanical

attachments in little woven parcels.

In old times each man would have

possessed a group of Marapai

Charms like these, they were used

to protect oneself from malevolent

magic but also to help in hunting

prowess, weather and romance.

5 - 9cm (4)

$800-1,200

Lot 37

A Collection of New Guinea Body

Ornaments, together with a magic

stone from the Mendi Valley, which

was collected by Warwick Irvine in

1968.

7 - 40cm (8)

$200-300

Lot 38

A Fine Shell Money Belt, Solomon

Islands, 19th Century;

Provenance: Ex. Tost & Rohu

Collection: (attached original tag)

350cm

$600-800

Lot 39

A Collection of Six Artefacts,

including four incised bamboo

pipes, New Guinea, a carved

Aboriginal lizard figure and a

woomera.

10 - 57cm (6)

$200-300

Lot 40

A Fine and Early Kula Ornament,

Massim, Milne Bay Province, PNG;

comprised of a conis shell bangle

decorated with six egg shaped

cowrie shells and these have shell

money dangles terminating with

oval pieces pearl shell. This early

example had coloured trade

beads added to the reverse side at

a later date.

The Kula exchange or Kula ring, is a

ceremonial exchange system

conducted in the Milne Bay

Province. All Kula valuables are

non-use items traded purely for

purposes of enhancing one's social

status and prestige. Carefully

prescribed customs and traditions

surround the ceremonies that

accompany the exchanges which

establish strong, ideally lifelong

relationships between the

exchange parties

26cm

$200-300

Lot 41

A Beaded Ceremonial Apron,

Sereu, Ambai Island, Japen Island,

Geelvink Bay, West Papua,

Collected in 1985; the small glass

trade beads are woven with bush

fibre string, complex designs in

green, black, white and yellow

bead work.

54 x 49cm

$600-800

Lot 42

An Old Woven Polynesian Fan,

together with a finely woven

Rennell Island bag.

58 x 37cm, 30 x 28cm (2)

$200-300

Lot 43

A Pair of Abelam Hair Ornaments,

finely woven and ochre painted,

both on custom made stands.

49cm (2)

$200-300

Lot 44

A Fine Highlands Men's Ceremonial

Wig, beautifully woven and

decorated with feathers, on

custom made stand.

55cm

$300-400

Lot 45

Nine Fine Red Feather Money

Sticks, Santa Cruz Islands; feather

money is used in Santa Cruz as a

form of currency. The supply is

limited by the availability of the

feathers used and the man-hours

involved in its manufacture by a

few hereditary specialists. One man

locates the small scarlet

honeyeater birds (Myzomela

cardinalis) living in the rain forest,

and traps them using sticky

perches. He then plucks the

feathers from their heads, breasts

and backs and lets them go alive

so as to keep the population stable.

These were acquired from an

Australian Expat that lived in the

Solomon Islands for over 50 years.

35cm

$300-400

Lot 46

Three Old Massim Lime Containers,

an old lime coconut with incised

designs and wood stopper, a small

and very fine incised lime gourd

with pig tooth stopper, and a fine

incised lime gourd with pig tooth

stopper.

Provenance: Peter Hallinan

Collection No. H- 536.

8cm, 14cm, 10cm (3)

$200-300

Lot 47

A Old Schouten Islands Hair

Ornament, men along the Coastal

Sepik area and Schouten Islands

wore these hair pieces in the 19th

and early 20th Century, their hair

was pulled up through the

decorated basketry ornament. This

example has German New Guinea

era porcelain dogs' teeth as

decorations.

17cm

$200-300

Lot 48

Five New Guinea Body Ornaments,

including: a man's pig wealth tally

ornament, Mount Hagen;

a fine old Dani warrior's bailer shell

necklace, Baliem Valley; two nassa

shell and fibre ornaments, and a

fine multi strand seed belt, Sepik.

25 - 86cm (5)

$200-300

Lot 49

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 - 31cm, 11 - 13cm, 15 - 40cm (6)

$300-400

Lot 50

Two Old Beaded Ornaments,

Samoa, late 19th Century; both with

tiny glass trade beads from the

German colonial era of Samoa.

Often these tiny beads were used

on fine Samoan and Tongan hair

combs; one is an armlet and the

other a necklace with an orange

champa pacifica shell as the

pendant.

8cm, 33cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 51

A Bamboo Lime Container,

Solomon Islands, late 19th Century;

carved from two perfect fitting

pieces of bamboo, finely incised

with bands of designs and traces of

black infill, together with a part of a

another similar container (top only).


Collection.

19cm, 7.5cm (2)

$300-400

Lot 52

Two Cassowary Quill and Bone

Necklaces, New Guinea , 19th

Century; Old label reads "Native

Necklaces made from Quills & Shell

Money, from PL Collection 1910 "


Collection.

54cm (2)

$300-400

Lot 53

A Very Important Native Rat Tooth

Necklace, Old Label Reads

"Necklace made from Flying Fox

Teeth ( kapoul ) New Guinea

3.8.1925 "

"The type of teeth are rat, a highly

sought after food source in many

parts of New Guinea, once I

collected similar necklaces on the

Upper Brazza River I was told each

animal only has four of these incisor

teeth, a man over a lifetime may kill

and collect enough teeth to make

a necklace, the necklace is a

prestige items showing a man's

hunting prowess. This is the only very

long necklace I have seen and

would have taken hundreds of

these animals to make this 2 meter

long necklace of teeth" - Todd

Barlin


Collection.

L. 200cm

$300-400

Lot 54

Three Old Hair Combs, one from

Malaita Island, Solomon's, late 19th

Century, one Tufi Area Oro

Province, late 19th Century, and

one Mainland, New Guinea.

23cm, 23cm, 31cm

$400-600

Lot 55

A Sepik River Bridal Veil / Wealth

Object, this finely woven and shell

decorated piece was worn on the

head during bridal ceremonies and

is also an important form of

traditional shell wealth.

102cm

$600-800

Lot 56

Two Woven Hats, Mamberamo

River, West Papua, together with an

old and well used dance hat from

Bobrongko Village, Lake Sentani

60cm, 65cm (3)

$300-400

Lot 57

Various Strands Old Shell Money,

New Guinea, old label reads

"Diuarra Shell Money New Britain,

pres LRH 1910"


Collection.

$100-200

Lot 58

Various Strands of Tasmanian Shell

Necklaces, including a long

iridescent blue shell necklace and

two very small shell necklaces, plus

one other.

$200-300

Lot 59

Two Small Amulet Figures, Geelvink

Bay, these two genuine old and

used amulets were bought from old

men an Ansus Village, Japen Island

in 1985.

11.5cm, 19cm

$200-400

Lot 60

Twenty Six Old Nose Ornaments,

19th Century or earlier; Todd Barlin

spent more than 30 years saving

the best examples of nose

ornaments for his own personal

collection. These nose ornaments

are generations old and belonged

to people's ancestors. Nose

piercing was done all over

mainland New Guinea for

important initiation rites. These are

from Humboldt Bay and Lake

Sentani, Papuan Gulf, Oro Province

and Rossel Island, Milne Bay

Province.

Part of this ornament collection was

used for the Sydney University

Museum Exhibition "Adorned" 1999.

2 - 20.5cm (26)

$400-600

Lot 61

Five Nose Ornaments, on custom

stands, two old Asmat nose

ornaments, one from bailer shell

and one made from pig bone, Yow

Village, Central Asmat, one from

Santa Cruz Island and one from

Ontong, Java Island.

10 - 15cm (5)

$400-600

Lot 62

Three Sets of Pearl Shell Nose

Ornaments, Ramu Area, 19th

Century; in graduated sizes as they

were worn in a man's nose. These

type of old nose ornaments called

"Ondogo" are depicted on old

masks from the Ramu Area and

were worn by most men in pre-

contact times.

3 - 6cm (16)

$400-600

Lot 63

Three Ancient Fijian Tabua

Ornaments, all are carved to get

the fine shape that was desired by

chiefs. All have a deep ancient

patina and piercings for hanging

the Tabua, one has the original

fibre necklace attached.

Provenance: These Tabua were a

gift to Martin Edward Jull from

Prince Lifonie, a member of the

Tongan royal family in 1883. Martin

Edward Jull was travelling on the

ship HMS "The Sandfly".

13cm, 14cm, 16cm

$800-1,200

Lot 64

An Old Finely Woven Rattan Marind

Bowman's Armguard, together with

an intricately woven and bamboo

Armband worn by "big men/chiefly

men" Southern Highlands Province.

26cm, 24cm (2)

$200-300

Lot 65

Four Old Bone Lime Spatulas,

Abelam, one chiefly lime spatula

with superb shell wealth

decorations and incised designs,

one from Madang area with shell

and woven decoration, and two

bone lime spatulas with finely

carved parrot head finials.

30 - 38cm

$400-600

Lot 66

A Ritual Baton, Malaita Island,

Solomon Islands, the wood baton

with fine inlay shell work is almost in

perfect condition,

the neck has a band of small

braided sennit fibre. These were

called "Fou atoleleo" in Kwaio

Language, they were worn

hanging from the back of the neck

by a man who had killed another

person for a reward.


Collection.

42cm

$600-800

Lot 67

Five Old and Finely Incised

Coconut Bowls, Abelam Area and

Sepik Area, PNG.

12 - 16cm (5)

$400-600

Lot 68

Three Old and Finely Incised

Coconut Whistles, together with a

coconut spoon from the Markham

Valley, and a Sepik pigment dish in

the form of a dog.

8 - 25cm (5)

$400-600

Lot 69

Two Old Marind Anim Shell Conch

Horns, old and well used shell horns

with fibre decorations.

30cm, 34cm (2)

$200-300

Lot 70

Three Talipun Bride Price Wealth

Objects, the talipun is highly valued

and used in ceremonial exchange

as a bride price or as

compensation for inter-clan or tribal

warfare. The shell is the giant green

snail or marbled turban shell (Turbo

marmoratus). This is traded from the

islands to the mainland where in

itself it has currency. It is then

attached to a finely woven mask.

33cm, 43cm, 29cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 71

A Fine Old Massim Ghena Wealth

Spatula, 19th Century; in the

Louisiade Archipelago there are

crescent-shaped wealth spatula

made of wood and turtle shell and

their primary purpose is to display a

form of red shell money currency

known as "bagi". These wealth

objects were given to a widow

during elaborate funeral feasting

ceremonies and also used for other

traditional payments.

27.5 x 19cm

$1,500-2,000

Lot 72

A Fine Old Massim Ghena Ngaa

Wood Wealth Spatula, 19th Century;

in the Louisiade Archipelago there

are crescent-shaped wealth

spatula made of wood and their

primary purpose is to display a form

of red shell money currency known

as "bagi". These wealth objects

were given to a widow during

elaborate funeral feasting



43 x 30cm

$1,500-2,000

Lot 73

Two Old Lime Spatula's, one from

the Tufi Area, the other Massim;

both finely carved with intricate

designs and tracers of lime

decoration and old patina from

prolonged use chewing betel nut.

34cm, 31cm

$400-600

Lot 74

Two Bamboo Smoking Pipes,

Southern Highlands, PNG, both in

the form of an anteater, this

anthropomorphic association with

Anteaters goes back to Prehistoric

times as seen in ancient stone

pieces like the Ambun Stone at the

National Gallery of Australia.

31cm, 36cm

$300-500

Lot 75

An Important Early Bone Harpoon,

Asmat, PNG;

Provenance: Leo Fleischmann

Collection No. LF/I87; together with

a fine and early ritual dagger,

Asmat, the ritual daggers were kept

for use only for killing captured

enemies who were tied up in the

raiding parties canoe, at the

whirlpools in the river they were

killed with these special daggers,

this 19th Century example came

from Ajam Village circa 1970 and

was called "Eu Karowan "

36cm, 40cm (2)

$600-800

Lot 76

An Asmat Ritual Bone Dagger,

these were used to kill captured

enemies at the sight of whirlpools in

the river which is where powerful

spirits dwell.

30cm

$300-400

Lot 77

Two Old Abelam Bone Daggers,

19th Century; both are finely

carved and with deep use patina.

15cm, 16cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 78

A Large Early Stone Axe from the

Pacific Region, 19th Century or

Earlier; exact origin unknown, very

similar to Maori stone axes made of

a hard grey green stone.

26.5cm

$300-400

Lot 79

Three Old Massim Lime Spatula's, all

finely carved with traces of lime

infill; one in the form of a stylized

turtle with fine incised designs, one

in the form of a canoe design, Ex.

Crispin Howarth Collection, and a

fine Janus figure with two

crouching back to back figures.

29cm, 34cm, 32cm (3)

$600-800

Lot 80

A Ladle, Admiralty Islands, late 19th

Century; the intricately carved

wood handle could be seen as an

abstract human figure.


Collection.

33cm

$400-600

Lot 81

Two Old Carved and Incised

Sipping Bowls, used for drinking a

village brewed alcoholic drink.

These were collected at Fategomi

Village, Sorong Province, West

Papua; one belonged to a man

called Musu Asmuruf.

23cm, 25cm

$400-500

Lot 82

Two Old Geelvink Bay Lime

Containers, finely incised traditional

scroll like designs, collected at

Wandaman Bay, West Papua, 1986.

6cm

$200-300

Lot 83

A Fine Old Hair Comb, Fly Fiver

Area, New Guinea, early 20th

Century; finely carved from

hardwood in the form of the head

of an ancestor with good

expression, the comb has incised

designs on both sides.

42 x 11cm

$6,000-8,000

Lot 84

An Early Massim Chief's Lime

Gourd, with a finely incised pigs tusk

stopper; together with an old

and elegant Oro Province lime

gourd with three panels of incised

geometric designs and woven

stopper.

Chief's Gourd: 22cm (2)

$200-400

Lot 85

A Neckrest, Rennell Island, Solomon

Islands; of classical form and

original sennit binding.

Provenance: South Seas

Evangelical Mission (active late

19th - early 20th Century)

38 x 14cm

$400-600

Lot 86

Three Old Shell Spoons, Ramu River

Area, one with its original woven

cover, these spoons were used

ceremonially to feed initiates during

their seclusion period.

15 -18cm (3)

$300-400

Lot 87

A Fine Old Kankaney Coffin Lock,

Northern Philippines, The Kankaney

are an ethnic division of the Igorots,

an indigenous people of the

Cordillera region, in the Philippine

Island of Luzan. This figure would

have to fit into a square hole on a

coffin to guard and protect the

deceased.

Provenance: Ex. Rudolf Kratochwill

Collection, Austria.

68cm

$400-600

Lot 88

Six Heavy Brass Dayak Ear

Ornaments, 9 -11cm

$200-300

Lot 89

An Important and early Ifugao

Shaman's Box, Ifugao people of

Northern Luzon, Philippines; an old

Northern Philippine Ifugao

ceremonial ritual box called a

Punamhan. This well carved box

with double Pigs heads finials and it

has broad horizontal striations

designs and an old crusty dark

patina from many applications of

libations during ceremonies. Animist

communities of the northern

Philippines create fine wooden

vessels for religious rites and for

celebratory feasts sponsored by

wealthy families. The lidded

receptacle in the shape of a

stylised two-headed pig once held

ingredients used by village priests in

rituals.



54 x 13.5cm

$400-600

Lot 90

A Pair of Ifugao Bulul Figures, Ifugao

people of Northern Luzon,

Philippines.



39cm, 40cm

$800-1,200

Lot 91

A Fine Old Ifugao Bulul Figure,

Ifugao people of Northern Luzon,

Philippines.



44cm

$600-800

Lot 92

An Old Timor Female Fertility

Ancestor Figure, East Timor ,

Indonesia; this curvaceous nude

female ancestor figure standing

with her hands resting together on

her swollen pregnant belly. Carved

from hardwood, with a patina of

age and use.

76cm

$400-600

Lot 93

An Ancestor Figure, Atoni or Tetum

People, West Timor, Indonesia;

ancestor figure [ai bahat] early 20th

century; In Timor, tattoos signal

identity and status. Their talismanic

qualities protect the living and the

soul after death. He is incised with

intricate designs found on a range

of Timor art, including tattoos and

textiles. The stylised aquatic and

reptilian creatures on the belly of

this sculpture are motifs associated

with fertility and the Timor nobility.

Provenance: Purchased from

Daeng Iskander in 1985, Iskander

was an important Art Dealer in Bali

who helped Barbier Mueller build

his Indonesian Art Collection which

is now in The Musee du Quai Branly

collection in Paris.

37cm

$400-600

Lot 94

An Old and Finely Carved Betel Nut

Accessory Box, Flores Island,

Indonesia, 19th Century; the

hardwood box with finely incised

geometric and abstract designs

over the entire surface except for

the bottom and short legs.

Provenance: Purchased from

Daeng Iskander in 1985, Iskander

was an important Art Dealer in Bali

who helped Barbier Mueller build

his Indonesian Art Collection which

is now in The Musee du Quai Branly

collection in Paris

25.5 x 15cm

$200-300

Lot 95

A Small Amulet Figure, Konkornba

People, Upper Volta River, Ghana;

Ex. Dalton Somare Gallery, Italy.

25cm

$200-300

Lot 96

A Guardian Post Figure, West Nepal

Tribal People, 19th Century; the

figure has square holes in the back

where it was attached to a wall or

post. The face is very expressive

and there is an ancient patina

overall.

104 x 17cm

$400-600

Lot 97

Two Old Sling Shots, Burma, in the

form of a young man's ideal

woman of beautiful full proportions,

one has brass inlay decorations.

18cm, 22cm

$400-600

Lot 98

Six Old Kris Handles from Java and

Bali, 19th Century; "My collection of

Kris handles was started in 1985 and

I bought many of the first ones from

Daeng Iskander, an important Art

Dealer in Bali who helped Barbier

Mueller build his Indonesian Art

Collection which is now in The

Musee du Quai Branly collection in

Paris." - Todd Barlin

8 - 10cm

$600-800

Lot 99

Two Northwest Coast Carvings,

Canada, Haida; one finely carved

and painted miniature totem pole,

together with a Shaman's rattle

50cm, 24cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 100

Two Northwest Coast Carvings,

Canada, Haida; one intricately

carved miniature totem pole,

signed on back "Raymond Williams,

Vancouver Island" circa 1950s, and

on the bottom "this raven pole was

by master carver Raymond Williams

(Nootka)"; together with a larger

totem pole, finely carved and

painted,

61 x 46cm, 102 x 66cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 101

An Early Maori House Carved

Board, early 20th century, with fine

spiral designs and vertical indent

patterns, and original red colour.

Old Australian Collection.

134 x 29cm

$600-800

Lot 102

A Neckrest, Tonga, 19th Century;

this classic neckrest of the type

called Kali Hahapo, its elegant form

carved out of a single piece of

hardwood. Many people describe

the form as "soft and beautiful like a

woman's hips". The bottom of the

neckrest shows evidence of

extensive coral rasping to finish the

fine form like most all of the earliest

examples show. (minor chips from

long use but no restorations).



51 x 13.5cm

$1,000-1,500

Lot 103

A Shark Tooth Knife, Gilbert Islands,

Micronesia, an old early 20th

Century knife with all the original

teeth intact.


Collection.

34.5cm

$300-400

Lot 104

A Bowl, Wuvulu (Matty Island),

Papua New Guinea, the people of

Wuvulu in Manus Province are a

Para Polynesian Group of people.

Their elegant bowls are known for

their unique and sophisticated

hourglass shape, this bowl has old

patina with encrustations.

36cm

$400-600

Lot 105

A Mangia Island Adze, Cook

Islands, 19th century; finely carved

on custom made stand.

68cm

$400-600

Lot 106

A Fishing Tackle Box, Tokelau

(Micronesia), Late 19th Century;

finely carved and with pearl shell

inlay design on all four sides.


Collection.

19 x 25cm

$400-600

Lot 107

Two Large Fijian Tapa Cloths and A

Large Tongan Tapa Cloth, various

sizes.

(3)

$200-400

Lot 108

A Fine Old Tapa Wallace or Fortuna

Island, French Polynesia,



176 x 47cm

$200-400

Lot 109

A Superb Early Admiralty Islands

Food Bowl, 19th Century; of

classical circular form, four stubby

feet on bottom, the rim with a band

fine incised triangular designs.

Dia. 32cm

$400-600

Lot 110

A Superb Old Polynesian Kava

Bowl, Tonga, 19th Century; in the

form of a traditional stylized turtle

with four legs and ancient patina

from extensive use.

Provenance: Ex. Francis Edgar

Williams Collection.

Dia. 52cm, Ht.19cm

$400-600

Lot 111

A Fine Old Polynesian Kava Bowl,

Tonga, Early 20th Century; in the

form of a traditional stylized turtle

with four legs and old patina from

extensive use.



Dia. 53cm, Ht. 17.5cm

$400-600

Lot 112

A Large Old Food Bowl, Coastal

Ramu, early 20th Century; of

elegant elongated oval form, and

finely carved crocodile heads

forming the handles and with

ancient patina.

85 x 27cm

$300-400

Lot 113

A Fine Tami Island Bowl, in the form

of a bird, this fine old and well used

bowl is of oval form, the back and

sides forming the wings and tail of

the bird. The well carved bird head

finial has a fish or animal in its beak.



58 x 23cm

$200-300

Lot 114

An Old Massim Lizard Shaped Bowl,

early 20th Century; finely carved in

the form of an elongated lizard ,

the front of the bowl has two small

lizards carved in high relief, pecked

designs over most of the surface.

Provenance: Alex Philips,

Melbourne.

62cm

$400-600

Lot 115

A Bowl in Horseshoe Crab Form,

Huon Gulf, carved from hardwood

with fine anatomical detail.

Provenance: Ex. Alex Philips

Collection, Melbourne.

42 x 127cm

$300-500

Lot 116

Two Fine Old Pottery Vessels, Giriwa

People, Ramu Area, these rare old

pots are in near perfect condition,

they are of elongated bullet shape

with bands of incised designs near

the neck and opening.

35cm each (2)

$300-400

Lot 117

Two Old Boiken Plates, Coastal

Sepik Area, both of these plates are

very old, they have deep incised

spirit faces decorations and the

one on the right has a double flying

fox in high relief. Collected on

Kairuru Islands in the early 1980's.

43cm each (2)

$400-600

Lot 118

Two Old Boiken Plates, Coastal

Sepik Area, both of these plates are

very old, they have deep incised

designs and old patination.

Collected on Kairuru Islands in the

early 1980's.

41cm, 52cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 119

A Pair Of Feather and Red Wool

Shoes, Central Australia.

26 x 15cm

$400-600

Lot 120

A Fine Old Wunda Shield, West

Australia, late 19th/early 20th

Century.

Provenance: Ex. Lord Alistair

McAlpine Collection.

66 x 16cm

$800-1,200

Lot 121

A Fine Queensland Rainforest Shield

and Sword Club, early 20th Century.

Provenance: Robert White

Collection.

Shield: 87.5 x 19cm; Club: 92cm (2)

$1,500-2,500

Lot 122

Three Old Hunting Boomerangs,

19th/early 20th Century; with

incised designs.



66cm, 67cm, 71cm (3)

$600-800

Lot 123

Two Old Boomerangs, both with

Incised designs, one has a spirit

figure on both sides.



43cm, 56cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 124

A Fine Lagrange Bay Shield,

Western Australia, 19th Century;

with fine deep incised vertical

striations on the front, the reverse

with fine interlocking abstract

designs, traces of red ochre and

ancient patina.



79 x 12cm

$1,500-2,500

Lot 125

An Aboriginal Shield, Western

Australia, early 20th Century; finely

carved with Zig Zag Striations on

the front and concentric squares

incised on the back of the shield,

traces of red ochre.



65 x 12cm

$600-800

Lot 126

A Wunda Shield, Ashburton,

Western Australia, 19th Century; a

fine and early Wunda shield with

classical deep incised Zig Zag

designs on the front, the back

showing the great age of this shield

with incised vertical striations

bisected with horizontal striations,

traces of ochre painting and

ancient patina. Written on back

"Ashburton No. 14"



66 x 16cm

$1,500-2,500

Lot 127

Three Early South East Australian

Boomerangs, 19th Century; finely

stone carved and in good

condition.



45cm, 52cm, 65cm

$400-600

Lot 128

Two Early Central Desert Hunting

Boomerangs, both with fine linear

striations, traces of ochre, used and

old patina.



67cm, 74cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 129

Two Early Central Desert Hunting

Boomerangs, both with fine linear

striations, traces of ochre, use and

old patina.



42cm, 46cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 130

Two Old Boomerangs, one an early

stone carved hunting boomerang,

Western Australia, and one an early

highly curved returning

boomerang, made from

hardwood, Southeast Australia,

early 20th Century.



44cm, 46cm

$400-600

Lot 131

Three Old Hair Pins, Western

Australia, early 20th Century; finely

incised on both sides; two with

interlocking diamond designs and

the other with incised concentric

squares.



24cm, 27cm, 29cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 132

A Large Old Australian Aboriginal

Coolamon Bowl, Central Australia;

finely incised on both sides with

linear striations, the outside painted

with traditional Central Desert clan

designs.

69 x 26cm

$200-300

Lot 133

A Finely Carved and Painted Shield,

Central Australia, the front with fine

Central Australian Designs in white

ochre.

68 x 22.5cm

$400-600

Lot 134

A Old Hardwood Club, Central

Australia, of elongated tapering

form, heavily incised with designs

on most of the

surface and old use patina.

81cm

$200-400

Lot 135

A Bean Wood Shield, Central

Australia, together with a finely

carved and ochred coolamon

bowl; the shield with faint painted

designs (Emu and foliage)

Provenance: This shield was given

as a thank you to Dr Bertram

Welton in the 1940s when he

worked with Aboriginal people in

Central Australia.

59cm, 57cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 136

A Carved and Painted Crocodile

Figure, North East Arnhem Land,

Circa 1970-1980; the crocodile is an

important clan totem, and is often

depicted in Arnhem Land bark

paintings and less often in carvings

such as this one. The finely pained

ochre raark designs appear on

sides and face of this carving.

131cm

$400-600

Lot 137

A Shield, Lagrange Bay, Western

Australia, both sides are finely

carved and ochre painted.

75 x 14.5cm

$600-800

Lot 138

Two Aboriginal Bark Paintings by

Jack Madagarlgari, Oenpelli,

Western Arnhem Land, circa 1970's;

one depicts a Jabiru, the other of

an Emu.

52 x 19cm, 47 x 21cm

$400-600

Lot 139

Two Old Aboriginal Bark Paintings,

Arnhem Land, circa 1960s; "Totemic

Creatures" and "Bird"

41 x 24cm, 37 x 20.5cm

$400-600

Lot 140

Dick Nguleingulei Murramurra

(1920-1988)

Kukuken

Ochres on Bark

Language group: Gunwinggu

Clan: Nabularldja

Old label affixed verso, Kukuken ;

the Fresh Water Crocodile, which is

a totem of the Dhuwa Moiety and

is also called "my mother's

dreaming "by the artist. At the

bottom of the Maningrida Arts

Label it says: Certification that this is

the work of Dick Nguleingulei & was

painted at Gunmarinbang in

March 1981.

137 x 48cm

$400-600

Lot 141

Bark Painting, Unknown Tiwi Artist,

Melville or Bathurst Island, Northern

Territory, c.1980;

"Pukamani Funeral Armbands and

Clan Designs"

77 x 45cm

$200-300

Lot 142

Yula Biri

Rigomongor - The Barramundi

feeding on Jati the Frog

Ochres on Bark

West Arnhem Land

Clan: Rembarrnga

Location: Bulagadaru

c.1985

77 x 35cm

$200-300

Lot 143

George Djahgurrnga

c.1918-1980s

Funerary Ceremonies

Ochres on Bark

West Arnhem Land, c.1960s

George Merwulunlu Djahgurrnga

was born in about 1918. A

Kunwinjku speaker, he grew up in

the bush and did not move to the

Oenpelli mission, established in

1925. Schooled in bark painting by

his father, Djahgurrnga painted in a

simple style derived from rock art

and ritual body painting. He did not

marry and lived and worked on his

own at Guborlemguborlem, on a

remote outstation isolated from

contact with Europeans. According

to Dorothy Bennett, he lived in a

pandanus hut by a billabong and

used to fish with an old butterfly

net. Very much a loner, he was

interested in painting spirit figures

and animals.

62 x 36cm

$300-400

Lot 144

Wally Mandarrk

1915 -1987

Kukuken: The Fresh Water Crocodile

Ochres on Bark

Moiety: Dhuwa

Central Arnhem Land, circa 1970

Old label affixed verso reads:

"Mandarrk 45 years old, Dagbon

from upper Liverpool River"

65 x 26cm

$300-400

Lot 145

Daisy Mamybunharrawuy

b.1950 -

Sacred Hollow Log Ceremony

Ochres on Bark

Central Arnhem Land, circa 1980

Provenance: Clive Evatt Collection;

Bonham's, Sydney, November 2013,

Lot 247

81 x 41cm

$400-600

Lot 146

A Bark Painting, Artist Unknown

(Fish), West Arnhem Land, circa

1950-1960.

54 x 22cm

$200-400

Lot 147


(Catfish), West Arnhem Land,

c.1960's.

67 x 25cm

$200-400

Lot 148

Two Arnhem Land Bark Paintings,

c.1960's; "Fish", North East Arnhem

Land, and "Clan Designs",

"Pupajuwa" inscribed verso

49 x 23cm, 37 x 16cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 149

Jumbo Dawalinjara

1940 -

Lizard Totems

Ochres on Bark

Northeast Arnhem Land, circa

1960's

65 x 22cm

$300-400

Lot 150

Mick Kubarkku

c.1924-2008

Emu

Ochres on Bark

Maningrida Area, Central Arnhem

Land c.1960's

Subsection Balang

Clan: Kulmarru

Moiety: Dhuwa

Language: Eastern Kininjku

Inscribed verso Mick Gubaru (old

spelling of artists name)

74 x 32cm

$400-600

Lot 151

Mick Kubarkku

c.1924-2008

Catfish

Ochres on Bark

Maningrida Area, Central Arnhem

Land c.1960's

Subsection Balang

Clan: Kulmarru

Moiety: Dhuwa

Language: Eastern Kininjku

Old Label Affixed Verso Reads"

Gubargu Marion Ceremony (Secret

& Sacred) Catfish Dreaming"

58 x 32cm

$400-600

Lot 153

Gary Djorlam

1950 -

Male and Female Mimi Spirits

Ochres on Bark

Kunwinjku artist from Gunbalanya

(Oenpelli), Western Arnhem Land,

circa 1980's

47 x 15cm (2)

$200-300

Lot 154

Mick Magani

1920-1984

Totemic Animals

Ochres on Bark

Clan: Mildjingi

Area: Gatji Creek, Central Arnhem

Land

artist information affixed verso

64 x 23cm

$200-300

Lot 155

Yuwurnyuwurn Marruwarr

1928-1978

Mimi Spirit and Kangaroo

Ochres on Bark

Western Arnhem Land.

Yuwurnyuwurn Marruwarr was born

in about 1928 at a remote camp

near the Liverpool River. A

Kunwinjku speaker, he belonged to

the Marrirn clan and Kamarrang

subsection. After the death of his

mother in the late 1950s,

Yuwurnyuwurn went to live at

Oenpelli where he worked on the

cattle station and painted in his

spare time. When the outstation

movement gained momentum in

the early 1970s the artist settled for

a time at Marrkolidjban, the home

of his clan, the Marrirn, but

eventually he had to return to

Oenpelli, when his wife became ill.

The artist worked for a while at the

Literature centre, drawing

illustrations of birds, fish and animals

for school readers, but then

devoted all of his time to painting

on bark in the X-ray style until his

relatively early death in 1978. His

work was represented in the

Kunwinjku Bim exhibition held at the

National Gallery of Victoria, 1984.

43 x 34cm

$400-600

Lot 156


(Two Kangaroos), Western Arnhem

Land, circa 1960s.

67 x 35cm

$300-400

Lot 157

Andrew Munakali

1940-1988

Nagloyd the Rainbow Serpent

Ochres on Bark

Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land

Label affixed verso.

90 x 33cm

$300-500

Lot 158

A Rare Double Sided Painting on

Wood by Sambo Ashley Mindiliwoi,

Western Arnhem Land, c.1970's;

depicting two Mimi spirits on one

side and one Mimi spirit on the

other side with fine cross hatch

Rarrk designs.

44 x 27cm

$300-400

Lot 159

Bilinyarra Nabegeyo

(c.1920-early 1990s)

Mimi Spirit

Ochres on Bark

Western Arnhem Land, circa 1960s.

Bilinyarra (Biliyeyhkga) Nabegeyo

was born in about 1920. He was a

Kunwinjku speaker, belonging to

the Djalama clan and the Yirritja

moiety whose country was

Mandilbareng. Renowned as a

bark painter, Nabegeyo

remembered the 1948 expedition

on which Mountford collected

numerous paintings at Oenpelli. He

belonged to a family of painters,

having taught his sons Bruce and

Mukguddu to paint. He died in the

early 1990s. The artist's work was

represented in Dreamings: The Art

of Aboriginal Australia, The Asia

Society Galleries, New York, 1988

and is represented in most of the

Australian public collections.

36 x 21cm

$400-600

Lot 160

Wally Mandarrk

1915 -1987

Fish and Frogs

Ochres on Bark

Central Arnhem Land, c.1970's

Moiety: Dhuwa

96 x 38cm

$300-400

Lot 161


(Bandicoot), Western Arnhem Land,

c.1950s-60s.

Provenance: Palm Springs Museum

Collection, California.

52 x 31cm

$300-400

Lot 162

David Milaybuma

(1938-1983)

Noworan: Rock Python

Ochres on Bark

Language: Eastern Kun Winijku

Dated certificate verso

Maningrada Arts, March 1982

Painted: Maningrada Region,

Central Arnhem Land

in near perfect condition

Provenance: Collected by Dr

George Voricek in 1982 while

working at Maningrada.

This artist is in most of the Public art

Gallery and Museum Collections in

Australia.

81 x 35cm

$300-400

Lot 163

Ray Munyal

(1935 - 1995)

Hunting Story

Ochres on Bark

dated certificate Maningrada Arts

& Crafts verso, 1982

Language Group: Djinang

Clan: Ngrasaning

Painted Maningrada Region,

central Arnhem Land

in near perfect condition

Original Label Reads:

“The man & the woman at the right

of the painting are hunting for

goanna and gathering yams. At

the bottom centre is a fire where

men are seen singing and dancing,

the aftermath of a successful hunt.

Portions of kangaroo having been

cut and ready for cooking. The

artist has depicted this scene at the

main camp site, seen above is a

bark shelter. "

Provenance: Collected by Dr

George Voricek in 1982 while

working at Maningrida

This artist is in most of the Public Art

Gallery & Museum Collections in

Australia.

98 x 51cm

$400-600

Lot 164

Brenda Brown

1970 -

Untitled

Synthetic Polymer on Linen

Warlayirta Artist, Western Australia,

1988

Provenance: Sotheby's Australia

1990s, private collection Sydney

Brenda Brown in an artist of artistic

precision and flare, painting

primarily artworks that reference

local mungari or bush foods

100 x 76cm

$200-300

Lot 165


(Fish), Western Arnhem Land, Circa

1960's.

78 x 30cm

$300-500

Lot 166

A Pair of Ceremonial Spears,

Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory,

collected 1960's; finely carved and

ochre painted designs.

128cm each

$300-400

Lot 167

Three Australian Aboriginal Woven

Baskets, including: a Queensland

bicornuate basket and two Central

Arnhem Land woven baskets.

43cm, 24cm, 33cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 168

An Old War Shield, Eastern

Highlands, PNG, this shield has soft

ochre painted designs over a

pecked designs.

Provenance: Collected by Jack

Hibbert who was a Missionary

living and working in New Guinea in

the 1960's.

156 x 60cm

$600-800

Lot 169

An Old War Shield, Simbai, Bismarck

Schrader Ranges, Madang

Province; finely carved from

hardwood with upraised designs

and ochre painted.




the 1960's.

108 x 54cm

$600-800

Lot 170




hardwood with upraised designs

and ochre painted.




the 1960's.

96 x 52cm

$600-800

Lot 171




hardwood with upraised cross

hatched designs.




the 1960's.

107 x 56cm

$600-800

Lot 172

An Old War Shield, Simbai,

Provenance: Allan D Christensen

Collection no CC60612

Collected by Philip Goldman, Allen

D. and Carmen M.

96 x 58cm

$800-1,200

Lot 173

A War Shield, Mendi Valley,

Southern Highlands Province, an

old and used shield carved from

hardwood with incised and painted

designs.

137 x 39cm

$600-800

Lot 174

An Archers Shield, Mendi Valley,

Southern Highlands Province, this

shield with the design of an

abstract human figure in red and

white ochres.

70 x 29cm

$600-800

Lot 175


Southern Highlands Province, mid-

20th Century; hardwood with

carved and ochre painted

decorations.

Exhibited: Oceanic Art Pacifica

2014 at Casula Power House

Gallery

*see photo attached far right

126 x 40cm

$600-800

Lot 176

A War Shield, Mount Hagen Area,

Highlands Province, this is an old

and well used shield with pecked

and painted designs, the back with

original wood cross handle grip.

Provenance: Collected by Ian

Downs (1915-2004); Downs was an

Australian colonial patrol officer,

that first went on patrol in the

Mount Hagen area in 1938, he later

became deputy administrator in

the 1950's.

139 x 62cm

$1,500-2,000

Lot 177

A War Shield, Merawaka Area,

Eastern Highlands Province, with

incised and painted designs the

central motif is a lizard.

136 x 51cm

$400-600

Lot 178

A House Board, April River, PNG,

Provenance: University Of NSW

Library Collection. This old house

panel was deacessioned from the

University Of NSW Library Collection

and was sold with a group of other

old New Guinea artefacts including

a superb stone carved Telefomin

shield that is now in the John Friede

Collection.

176 x 35cm

$500-700

Lot 179

A Shield, Iwam People, May River,

East Sepik Province, a finely carved

and painted shield comprised of

four panels of abstract designs with

infill ochre in red, yellow, white and

black.

Provenance: Collected by John

Simpson; Simpson was a geologist

working in New Guinea in the

1950's/1960's period, most of his

collection is now in the Museum of

Western Australia in Perth.

242 x 46cm

$2,000-3,000

Lot 180

A Shield, WHP, an old and well used

war shield, with original Cassowary

feather plume ornaments at top

and original handle with braided

rope, boldly pecked and painted

designs and traces of Rickets Blue

Soap Powder.

Old Label Reads: Wisimei Village,

Kerawagi District, Chimbu

Owner: Kosmas Maynei, made by

his father Aiyre, circa 1950.

160 x 63cm

$800-1,200

Lot 181

An Archers Shield, Wanamu Area,

Madang Province, this small shield is

convex on the front decorated with

ochre painted Zig Zag designs.

Provenance: Purchased at the

Madang Cultural Centre in 1986,

they often sold pieces that village

people brought in but they didn't

need for their collections.

69 x 27cm

$600-800

Lot 182


Southern Highlands Province, an

old and used shield carved from

hardwood with incised and painted

designs.

Provenance: Collected by Warwick

Irvine in 1968.

131 x 41cm

$600-800

Lot 183

A Shield Asmat, Causerinen Coast,

West Papua, a rare type of shield

with figurative motifs on the front,

collected by Todd Barlin in Basim

Village, 1986, "The local catholic

priest had it in his home and said it

had been carved by one of the

most important Master Carvers or

"wow ipitsj" from Pirien Village and

that he was deceased at that

time." - Todd Barlin

192 x 41cm

$600-800

Lot 184

An Early War Shield, Asmat, Central

Asmat, West Papua,

Provenance: Ex. Raymond Charles

Williams Collection. This very early

Asmat Shield, was obtained by

Raymond Charles Williams who was

in the Royal Australian Engineers

Corp and stationed on Thursday

Island in the Torres Strait during

WWII. He brought this shield back

with him when he returned, how

the shield got to the Torres Strait is

unknown, but there was regular

trade between the mainland of

New Guinea and the Torres Strait.

During WWII the Australian Army

sent Donald Thomson, the famous

anthropologist that had worked in

Arnhem Land, to the South Coast of

West Papua to scout for Japanese

Soldiers, who brought artefacts

back from the Asmat which are

now in the National Museum of

Victoria, Melbourne.

186 x 39cm

$600-800

Lot 185

An Old War Shield, Lumi Area,

Torricelli Mountains, West Sepik,

PNG, 19th Century; Shield

Collection No. M-940.

Provenance: Ex. Stanley Moriarty

Collection.

82 x 59cm

$800-1,200

Lot 186

A War Shield, Western Highlands

Province, PNG; with unusual

pecked deigns mainly in the form

of four pointed stars over the entire

face of the shield. (a small crack

repair).

136 x 44cm

$600-800

Lot 187

An Old War Shield, Ialibu Area,

Southern Highlands, PNG; old and

well used shield with a fine ochre

painted designs in the form of a

face.

149 x 52cm

$600-800

Lot 188

A Rare and Old Bark Shield, Enga

Province, PNG; called "yenda

konabi"


Irvine, 1968.

Reference: A similar shield is in "The

Shields of Oceania" Crawford

House Publishing, 2005, Page 127.

116 x 42cm

$800-1,200

Lot 189

A Wicker Shield, Solomon Islands,

19th Century; finely woven with

intricate clan designs.

Provenance: Ex. Tost & Rohu

Collection: (attached original tag)

84 x 22cm

$600-800

Lot 190

A Fine Old Papuan Gulf Drum, finely

carved with two large ancestor

faces on the fishtail part of the

drum, and deeply incised designs

on the bands near the handle, dark

patina overall.

86.5cm

$600-800

Lot 191

An Ancient Papuan Gulf Drum,

finely carved in two large ancestor

faces on the fishtail part of the

drum, dark patina overall.

75cm

$600-800

Lot 192

An Ancient Papuan Gulf Drum,

finely carved with four ancestor

faces, two on the fishtail part of the

drum and two smaller faces on the

sides, dark patina overall, one end

has damage as seen in photo.

65cm

$600-800

Lot 193

Two Fine Old Asmat Drums, one

with finely carved human figure to

top of handle, collected at Basim

village from the Catholic priest; the

other with deeply incised designs,

collected from Digul River area

near Kepi.

104cm, 110cm (2)

$600-800

Lot 194

Two Fine and Large Marind Anim

Drums, with original field collection

labels. Sangase Village, Kumbe

Village, and Moro River, Owner:

Johanes Kaise.

"I made many trips to the Marind

Anim between 1985-1999 both to

visit friends and make collections

for major museums including a full

Dema Ceremony now held at The

Musee du Quai Branly in Paris and

another at the Linden Museum in

Stuttgart"

113cm, 118cm

$400-600

Lot 195

A Old and Well Used Asmat Drum,

collected at Jow Village in 1986

and belonged to an important

Asmat carver named Akai. The

handle consists of three beautifully

carved stylized hornbill birds heads,

the body of the drum with incised

designs and upraised ghost hands;

together with a fine old Mimika

drum with abstract designs that

represent an ancestor figure (like

Yamate Boards).

76cm, 55cm (2)

$600-800

Lot 196

A Chief's Drum, Massim Culture,

Milne Bay Province, an old and well

used drum with intricately carved

handle with abstract birds and

scroll like designs on the large

handle, also the body of the drum

has two upraised bird heads

connected by a line.

105cm

$400-600

Lot 197

A Stone Carved Drum, Asmat;

Collected by Todd Barlin in Pirien

Village, 1986.

56cm

$400-600

Lot 198

Two Old Coastal Sepik Drums, the

larger drum with masked ancestor

faces on handle and the other

drum with two stylized bird heads.

Both show the real artistic ability of

the old time Sepik carvers.

72cm, 46cm

$400-600

Lot 199

Two Fine 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.


Irvine in 1968.

57.5cm, 57cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 200

A Large and Fine Asmat Drum,

Ocenep Village, circa 1950s-60s. Ex

Catholic Mission Collection, Basim,

Coastal Asmat Area.

122cm

$400-600

Lot 201

A Rare Old Drum, Boiken Area, with

deeply incised spirit faces and

designs, old patination.

37cm

$200-300

Lot 202

Two Fine and Large Marind Anim

Drums, with original field collection

labels; One from Slo Village, Upper

Bian River, Marind Anim, Made by

Gabriel Kaise who died in the

1960's, and one from Kumbe

Village, Kumbe River Marind Anim,

the owner of this drum was Alfius

Mahuse.

"I made many trips to the Marind

Anim between 1985-1999 both to

visit friends and make collections

for major museums including a full

Dema Ceremony now held at The

Musee du Quai Branly in Paris and

another at the Linden Museum in

Stuttgart" - Todd Barlin

101cm each (2)

$400-600

Lot 203

A Large Old Dani Axe (Yakbiliak),

Baliem Valley, Dani, West Papua; a

fine heavy old working axe for

splitting trees and wood, the

speckled green stone of the

hardest type. Collected in the

Jiwika Area of the Baliem Valley in

the early 1980's.

77 x 37cm

$400-600

Lot 204

A Sacred Jet Stone Set Special

Made Nets and Shell Money Belt,

collected by Todd Barlin after the

funeral of the famous Warrior Kurelu

in 1988. Up to 20,000 Dani, Yali and

Lani People came to his funeral.

This sacred Je Stone bundle was

exchanged among the important

men who came to Kurelu's funeral

and exchange. It is a complete set

from Kurelu's funeral with the

original woven nets called "Su" that

the most important sacred stones

must be presented on. Only the

largest and most scared Wusu or Je

oak stones are used for important

men's funerals. When the stones are

laid out for exchange they have a

Cowrie Shell Belt "Jetalik” draped

over them. The field photos taken

by Todd Barlin during the mourning

period and stone exchanges that

went on for weeks after the funeral,

another Je Stone set purchased

that day are now in The Musee du

Quai Branly Collection in Paris

45 - 60cm

$600-800

Lot 205

An Ancestor Figure Asmat, Awok

Village, with custom made stand.

Field Collected by Todd Barlin in

Awok Village circa 1985; the left

shoulder crack visible in field photo

provided was professional repaired.

136cm

$800-1,200

Lot 206

A Canoe Prow Ornament, Humboldt

Bay, finely carved with stylized fish

and bird motifs.

49 x 38cm

$400-600

Lot 207

A Miniature Mbitoro, Mimika, this

carving though small in scale is a

very fine example of a miniature

Mbitoro Ceremonial Pole, it has the

same beauty as the much larger

scale Mbitroro Poles used in

initiation of young men. These small

Mbitoro were known to be made

early and have some examples in

the Tropen and Leiden Museum.

Famously Andre Breton had one on

his desk that was later sold to Hotel

Drouot's, April 14th, 2003.

32 x 14cm

$300-400

Lot 208

A Tapa Painting Humboldt Bay,

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.

103 x 69cm

$400-600

Lot 209

An Old Tapa Cloth, Tep Tep Area,

Madang Province, 92 x 70cm

$200-400

Lot 210

Two Old Tapa Cloths, Tep Tep Area,

Madang Province, 63 x 50cm, 43 x

45cm

$200-400

Lot 211

A Tapa Cloth, Humboldt Bay Area,

West Papua, collected at Mafiri

Village Humboldt bay 1986; the


Humboldt Bay in N.W. Irian Jaya,

are locally known as Maro Smo.

106 x 91cm

$200-400

Lot 212

A Tapa Cloth, Humboldt Bay Area,

West Papua, collected at Nafri

Village, Humboldt Bay, 1986; the


Humboldt Bay in N.W. Irian Jaya,

are locally known as Maro Smo.

110 x 96cm

$200-400

Lot 213

A Tapa Cloth, Lake Sentani Area,

West Papua, collected at Asei

Village, Lake Sentani 1986; fish and

fou motifs.

66 x 78cm

$200-400

Lot 214


West Papua, collected at Asei

Village Lake Sentani, 1986; turtle

motif, the tapa cloths from Lake

Sentani and Humboldt Bay in N.W.

Irian Jaya, are locally known as

Maro Smo.

86 x 55cm

$200-400

Lot 215


West Papua, Sago Grub Motif,

collected at Asei Village Lake

Sentani, 1986; the tapa cloths from

Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay in

N.W. Irian Jaya, are locally known

as Maro Smo.

82 x 84cm

$200-400

Lot 216

Two Old Geelvink Bay Fishing

Floats, finely incised with scroll

designs.

20cm, 25cm (2)

$200-400

Lot 217

Two Old Geelvink Bay Canoe

Ornaments, field collected in

Wandaman Bay, North Coast West

Papua, 1985.

79cm, 159cm

$400-600

Lot 218

Four Old Geelvink Bay Canoe



Papua, 1985.

86 - 166cm (4)

$400-600

Lot 219

Two Old Geelvink Bay Canoe



Papua, 1985.

90cm each (2)

$400-600

Lot 220

Three Old Geelvink Bay Canoe



Papua, 1985.

78cm, 76cm, 76cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 221

An Omu Figure, Northwest Asmat,

Weo Village, Jerep River NW Asmat;

Collected by Todd Barlin.

"I made many trips to the Asmat

during the years 1985-1999 staying

several months each trip. This was

at a time when the area was mostly

closed to foreigners. I made

collections of artworks for many

public major museum collections

around the world." - Todd Barlin

Published & Exhibited: Oceanic Art

Pacifica 2014 at Casula Power

House Gallery Page 93.

200cm

$400-600

Lot 222

An Omu Figure, Weo Village, Jerep

River NW Asmat; Collected by Todd

Barlin.









Published & Exhibited: Oceanic Art

Pacifica 2014 at Casula Power

House Gallery Page 93.

207cm

$400-600

Lot 223

An Omu Figure, North West Asmat,

Irogo Village, Jerep River NW

Asmat; Collected by Todd Barlin; an

unusual form with both female and

male genitalia.









258cm

$400-600

Lot 224

An Ancestor Figure, Central Asmat,

sensitively carved by a master

caver or wow ipitsj, Todd Barlin

purchased this figure from the

Catholic Priest at Basim village in

the early 1980's. The penis is missing

as often the case with older figures,

sometimes they were removed as

not to offend the some people's

sensitivities.

83cm

$400-600

Lot 225

A Yamate Ancestor Board, Eastern

Mimika Area, Kekwa Village, South

Coast West Papua; this finely

carved and painted ancestor

board. Collected by Todd Barlin on

his first trip to the Mimika area in the

1980's.

180 x 20cm

$400-600

Lot 226

An Ancestor Figure, Central Asmat,

sensitively carved by a master

carver or wow ipitsj.

Provenance: Todd Barlin purchased

this figure from the Catholic priest

at Basim Village in the early 1980's.

46m

$400-600

Lot 227

A Rare Ancestor Figure, Wakde

Island, Sarmi Area, West Papua;

collected by Todd Barlin "This

unusual old and figure I found on a

field collecting trip to Wakde Island

off the coast of Sarmi district in

1986. It was broken with only one

arm intact, it shows obvious age

and wear." - Todd Barlin

39cm

$400-600

Lot 228

Two Old and Used Canoe Prow

Ornaments, Humboldt Bay Area,

West Papua; both on custom

stands, one is in the form of a Bird

and the other with a bird finial and

multiple stylized fish. Collected by

Todd Barlin.

"I Collected these at Depapre

Village in 1986. When I saw all the

canoes had these old Canoe

Ornaments and I asked to buy

some, the reaction was quite funny

they simply said "Of course not, we

need them for our Canoes for their

safety", meaning they still had great

importance in their culture. A few

people had old ones that were left

from relatives and these they were

willing to sell." - Todd Barlin

27cm, 47cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 229

An Old and Used Canoe Prow

Ornament, Humboldt Bay area,

West Papua; on a custom stand,

finely carved in the form of a bird

and stylized fish.

"I collected these in 1986. When I

saw all the canoes had these old

Canoe Ornaments and I asked to

buy some, the reaction was quite

funny they simply said "Of course

not , we need them for our Canoes

for their safety", meaning they still

had great importance in their

culture. A few people had old ones

that were left from relatives and

these they were willing to sell." -

Todd Barlin

52cm

$400-600

Lot 230

An Asmat Croix Seed Ceremonial

Vest, finely woven and decorated

with pieced croix seeds and tassels

of Cassowary feathers. These were

worn during important ceremonies

like Mbis or Canoe ceremonies.

55 x 39cm

$100-200

Lot 231

An Asmat Jipae Dance Costume,

Pupis Village, Wasar River, NW

Asmat Area; collected by Todd

Barlin.

"These costumes were used in a

1989 Jipae Ceremony that I

attended. I made many trips to the

Asmat during the years 1985-1999

staying several months each trip.

This was at a time when the area

was mostly closed to foreigners. I

made collections of artworks for

many public major museum

collections around the world." -

Todd Barlin

Exhibited: Monumental Sculptures

of West Papua in 2000, University of

Sydney College of Fine Arts, Part of

the Sydney Olympics Arts Festival

Exhibited and Published: Oceanic

Arts Pacifica 2014 Pages 18-19

Casula Power House Museum.

180cm

$600-800

Lot 232



Asmat Area; Collected by Todd

Barlin.











Todd Barlin







Casula Power House Museum

180cm

$600-800

Lot 233



Asmat Area; Collected by Todd

Barlin











Todd Barlin







Casula Power House Museum.

180cm

$600-800

Lot 234

Two Marind Anim Dema

Ornaments, in the form of sea birds,

these bird figures were used for a

Dema called Tetale. These fine

ornaments were used in the early

1990's in a Mayo Cult Dema

Ceremony in Okaba District. These

were left over from the collections

Todd Barlin made for major

museums including a full Dema

Ceremony now held at The Musee

du Quai Branly in Paris and another

at the Linden Museum in Stuttgart.

Note: This lot is not on display see

illustrations page 38

32cm

$400-600

Lot 235

An Important Marind Anim Stork

Dema Figure, Imo Cult, Used in

Dema Ceremony early 1990s; these









107 x 60cm

$600-800

Lot 236

A Group of Marind Anim Dema

Ornaments (Mayo Cult), these were

left over from the collections Todd

Barlin made for major museums

including a full Dema Ceremony

now held at The Musee du Quai

Branly in Paris and another at the

Linden Museum in Stuttgart.



$200-400

Lot 237


Ornaments (Imo Cult), these were

left over from the collections Todd





Linden Museum in Stuttgart.



$200-400

Lot 238


Ornaments (Mayo Cult), together

with a large bag (about 5kg) of

Marind Anim red Abrus seeds for

repairing Dema Costumes. These









$200-400

Lot 239


Ornaments (Imo Cult), including a

bird Dema figure. These were left

over from the collections Todd





Linden Museum in Stuttgart



$200-400

Lot 240

A Fine Marind Anim Stork Dema

Figure, this well documented Mayo

Stork Dema Figure was the one

piece Todd Barlin kept for himself

from the collections made for major







106 x 63cm

$600-800

Lot 241

A Jipae Dance Costume, Sawa

Village, Northwest Asmat Area, this

finely woven costume was used in

a 1988 Jipae Ceremony, this

particular costume represented a

recently deceased child named

Verak.

$300-500

Lot 242

An Early Samoan Club and Spear,

late 19th - early 20th Century; both

finely carved from hard wood, the

club with incised lime filled designs.

Provenance: Ex. George Cann

Collection.

94cm, 105cm (2)

$600-800

Lot 243

Three Old War Clubs, Vanuatu


Collection.

64cm, 76cm, 77cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 244

Four Old Fijian Throwing Clubs (ula),

19th Century; one with extensive

vertical notches along shaft.

Provenance: Ex. Robert Henry

Pulleine Collection.

35cm, 41cm, 42cm, 45cm (4)

$400-600

Lot 245

Three Old Solomon Island's Clubs,

19th Century; these are the three

main types of clubs made and

used on Malaita Island. One a

"Subi" Type. One a very early Dia

Type Club with incised decoration

on hand grip. One Alafolo type.




75cm, 96cm, 92cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 246

Two Old Rennell Island Clubs and

an old Ambrym Island Club, 81cm,

92cm, 79cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 247

Two Fine Fijian Pole Clubs, 19th

Century; Both with fine incised

designs on lower section of the

clubs, the butts of both clubs are

concave, one pierced for fibre

strap and retaining an old

collection number 58:297, both with

fine old reddish brown patina

overall.

Provenance: Ex. Robert Henry

Pulleine Collection.

102cm, 105.5cm (2)

$600-800

Lot 248

An Ancient Stone Axe, Southern

Highlands, New Guinea, 19th

Century; ancient glossy patina and

original hard green stone.

Collected by Todd Barlin.

"In 1985 I walked with medical

patrol from Lake Kopiago in the

Southern Highlands to the Hewa

People (they are between the

Southern Highlands and East Sepik

Province) It took three days of up

and down mountains and on the

third late afternoon we ran into our

first group of Hewa People, to say

the least they were surprised to see

me & the three other unknown

Papuan New Guineans. They had

not seen any outsiders for 10-15

years. They did not wear western

clothes and still lived in the very tall

tree houses, mostly untouched and

unnoticed by the outside world. I

asked about material culture and

they seemed only to have

beautifully made arrows and this

Axe was also offered for trade. See

the attached field photos of my trip

to Hewa. The men I met that first

day, every man and boy was

carrying a bow and arrows" - Todd

Barlin

55 x 50cm

$300-400

Lot 249

A Superb Large Vanuatu Club, 19th

Century, Malekula Island; this very

old club was made for a large

warrior, it is a third bigger than other

examples of this type of club, it is

made from a heavy hard wood

and has a fine old reddish brown

patina.


Collection

139cm

$600-800

Lot 250

A Fine Large Santa Cruz Island

Dance Club, late 19th Century;

called Napa, in a classical shape of

a canoe with fine painted black

geometric designs and pierced lugs

on the sides for fibre decorations.

The Napa dance is part of a series

of ceremonies that take place at

feasts to celebrate the different

stages of maturation of children. In

some islands this involves many

children simultaneously, resulting in

large gatherings. In the dance, two

lines of men perform intricate steps

whilst striking each other's clubs.

Provenance: Chris and Anna

Thorpe, Sydney

111cm

$600-800

Lot 251

A Fine Old Parrying Club, San

Christobal Island, Easter Solomon

Islands, late 19th Century; made

from hardwood and has a deep

old patina overall. A small figure at

the butt of the club. This type of San

Christobal Parrying Club (Qauata)

had a very distinctive sickle shape

and was especially well adapted to

parrying spears. They were also

used in ceremonial dances.


Collection.

122cm

$600-800

Lot 252

A Bird Head Shaped Club, New

Caledonia, of fine elongated

beaked form, made from

hardwood.


Collection

77 x 46cm

$800-1,200

Lot 253

A Fine Early Vanuatu Club, Efate

Island, 19th Century; made from

hardwood with old patina and

original fibre sling.


Collection.

80cm

$400-600

Lot 254

A Malaita Island Supe Club, Eastern

Solomon Islands, 19th Century; of

classic diamond shape striking

section, tapering handle and fibre

grip.




77.5cm

$600-800

Lot 255

Two Old Mendi Valley Axes,

Southern Highlands, Papua New

Guinea; together with another old

Highlands axe on a custom stand.

Provenance: Collected By Warwick

Irvine in 1968.

57cm x 50cm, 51cm (2)

$300-400

Lot 256

An Fine and Early Massim Wealth

Axe, Late 19th Century; finely

carved with stylized bird heads on

the top and handle, the axe has its

original green stone intact, old use

patina.

Provenance: Ex. Friede Collection.

61cm

$600-800

Lot 257

An old Food Stirrer, Huon Gulf, with

a finely carved stylized human

figure, together with a Sepik River

food stirrer with fine old ancestor

figure finial.

81cm, 65cm (2)

$600-800

Lot 258

A Fine Early Vanuatu Nalot

Pounder, late 19th or early 20th

Century; probably Vao Island, with

two stylized triangular shaped

heads on the finial and old use

patina.

Provenance: Alex Philips,

Melbourne

64cm

$400-600

Lot 259

A Club, Malekula Island, this club is

carved from hardwood with an

ancestors face on

either side of the striking section.



98cm

$800-1,200

Lot 260

Forty Eight Arrows and An Ancient

Wood Bow, these arrows are of the

highest quality; collected by Todd

Barlin.


























Barlin

(48)

$400-600

Lot 261

Forty Eight Arrows and An Ancient

Wood Bow, these arrows are of the

highest quality; collected by Todd

Barlin.


























Barlin

(48)

$400-600

Lot 262

Four Hardwood Spears, 19th

Century; collected in 1968 in the

Mendi Valley by Warwick Irvine.

Note: One with bone tip, the trident

spear has been cut down for

shipping but can be rejoined.

215 - 290cm

$200-300

Lot 263

Two Old Angu (Kukukuku) War

Clubs, Morobe Province, early 20th

Century; one on a custom stand.

The Angu people, also called

Kukukuku, are a small and

previously violent tribe, they are

speaking a number of related

languages and living mainly in the

high, mountainous region of south-

western Morobe Province. Even

though they are a short people,

often less than 5 foot, they were

once feared for their violent raids

on more peaceful villages living in

lower valleys. These are two of their

main type of clubs, the sickle

shapes to attack people hiding

behind their war shields and the

round headed type used to hit

people on the head. Both of these

clubs have remnants of fine ochre

painting from when the clubs were

used for dance ceremonies

60cm, 71cm

$400-600

Lot 264

Two Old Alafolo Clubs, Malaita

Island, Solomon Islands, both of

these genuine old clubs were

collected by Todd Barlin in the

Kwaio Area of Central Malaita in

the early 1980's. Kwaio People are

the last fully traditional people by

choice living in the isolated

mountain areas.

"I was invited to visit and went with

Kwaio people and it was a most

interesting trip due to the many

prohibitions for their traditional

culture." - Todd Barlin


Evangelical Mission Collection Early

20th Century

101cm, 118cm

$600-800

Lot 265

A Fine Old Mount Hagen Axe,

together with a fine old hafted

Massim adze, with incised stylised

birds on handle and finial.

68 x 76cm, 78 x 52cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 266

Two Fine Old Ramu River Area

Paddles, with a finely incised

stylized ancestor figure on both

sides of the blade and full ancestor

figure finial to top of paddle.

Exhibited: Pacific Navigation

Exhibition 2013 at Casula

Powerhouse Gallery.

217cm, 248cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 267

Two Old Mimika Paddles, Mimika

Area, South Coast West Papua;

finely incised with classical abstract

Mimika designs that represent

ancestor figures like on Yamate

boards.



Powerhouse Gallery

203cm, 204cm

$400-600

Lot 268

Two Fine Old Paddles, Humboldt

Bay, finely incised designs including

stylized fish on both sides of the

paddle blade.



Powerhouse Gallery.

185cm, 205cm (2)

$600-800

Lot 269

Three Old Canoe Paddles, Lake

Sentani, finely incised traditional

designs including stylised fish on

both sides of the paddle blade



Powerhouse Gallery.

158cm, 164cm, 165cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 270


Sentani, finely incised designs

including stylized fish on both sides

of the paddle blade.


Exhibition 2103 at Casual

Powerhouse Gallery.

165cm, 171cm, 174cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 271


Sentani, finely incised traditional

designs including stylized fish on

both sides of the paddle blade.



Powerhouse Gallery.

170cm, 145cm, 171cm (3)

$400-600

Lot 272

An Old Wood Trumpet, Sepik River

Area, finely incised over entire

surface the finial is carved with

small crocodile head.

40cm

$300-500

Lot 273

Two Sepik River Figures, both are

sculptural fragments; left is off a

neckrest and right is

off a paddle.

18cm, 24cm (2)

$300-500

Lot 274

A Finely Carved and Decorated

Wood Trumpet, Sepik River; the finial

depicting an important ancestor

and with abstract designs lower

down.

65.5cm

$300-500

Lot 275

A Solomon Island Dance Wand,

North Malaita Island, in the form of

a stylized hornbill bird, with painted

clan designs on

both sides.

34 x 21cm

$200-300

Lot 276

A Fine Bougainville Female

Ancestor Figure, in the naturalistic

form of a beautiful young woman,

circa 1930's -1940's.

52cm

$400-600

Lot 277

A Chalkstone or Coral Head,

Manning Strait, Solomon Islands; this

finely carved head with incised

designs consisting of concentric

circles and chevrons on the face

that probably represented facial

tattooing. This head is very similar to

one in the collection of the

Australian Museum collected

before 1921, and currently on

display in the Museums "Pacific

Spirits" exhibition. This piece was

acquired from an Australian Expat

that lived in the Solomon Islands for

over 50 years.

27 x 22cm

$1,500-2,500

Lot 278

A Carved Club, Middle Sepik River

Area, finely carved from hardwood

with a face at the top which has a

lizard or crocodile touching the

chin, lower down is a second

smaller face and traditional Sepik

designs over the entire front. The

reverse has remnants of an old

label.

127cm

$300-400

Lot 279

A Neckrest Papuan Gulf, in the form

of a dog, finely carved with incised

designs and ochre decorations.

79 x 19cm

$400-600

Lot 280

An Iatmul Middle Sepik Mwai Mask,

finely carved of classic form, inlaid

shell work and pig tusks traces of

ochre painted designs, the nose of

the mask ending with a small

crouching bird figure. Purchased in

New Zealand, 1985.

78.5cm

$300-400

Lot 281

A Female Ancestor Figure, Middle

Sepik, a sensitively carved figure

made from hardwood, cowrie shell

eyes and traces of original ochre

painted designs on face and body.

66 x 26cm

$300-400

Lot 282

A Papuan Gulf, Kakame Figure,

these figures are carved from the

roots of the mangrove tree, and

represent powerful spirits that dwell

in the bush in isolated swamps or at

the ends of small rivers. Kakame are

highly revered clan totems.

85 x 62cm

$300-500

Lot 283

A Gope Board, Papuan Gulf, well

carved and with ochre infill designs.

113 x 20cm

$300-500

Lot 284

A Resin Cast Solomon Islands

Figure, this is a resin copy of the

famous Solomon Islands figure on

display at

the Auckland Museum. The

museum used to sell resin replicas

of original pieces in their

collections. It is made in the 1970's

and are now collector's items in

their own category of museum

reproductions.

65cm

$300-400

Lot 285

An Early Asmat Female Ancestor

Figure, Ocenep Village, circa

1950's-1960's; Ex Catholic Mission

Collection, Basim Village, Coastal

Asmat.

55cm

$400-600

Lot 286

A Fine and Early New Ireland

Tatanua Mask, early 20th Century;

the face is finely carved and

painted, with ear ornaments intact.

Provenance: Sotheby's Australia,

November 28th 1993, illustrated in

catalogue lot 42.

30 x 37cm

$8,000-12,000

Lot 287

A Ceremonial Bat Figure, Middle

Sepik, this finely carved hard wood

bat figure has incised circular

designs on its wings, the eyes have

small Nassa shell inlays and traces

of ochre, on a custom made stand.

Provenance: Senta Taft Hendry

(1924-2014); Field collected by

Senta Taft Hendry in the 1960's

Exhibited: Oceanic Arts Pacifica,

Casula Powerhouse Gallery 2014

91cm x 34cm

$2,000-3,000

Lot 288

A Karawari Figure Fragment (head

only), Yimar People, Upper

Karawari River.

Provenance: Ex. Barry Hoare

Collection

39cm

$400-600

Lot 289

A Dance Mask, Ramu River Area,

finely carved and painted with red

ochre and Rickets Blue (soap

bleach) the nose showing the multi-

layered nose ornaments called

"Ondogo ". When this mask was

used ceremonially, it would have

been just the face of an elaborate

costume that covered the entire

body of the dancer during the

ceremony. These ceremonies are

very important to the well-being of

the entire community, they insure

safety from malevolent spirits, insure

that the crops will grow and that

people's behaviour will be guided

by their ancestors.

52cm

$600-800

Lot 290

A Gope Board, Papuan Gulf, finely

carved and painted with red and

white ochres.

151 x 31cm

$400-600

Lot 291

A Dance Mask, Ramu River or

Coastal Sepik Area, finely carved

and painted with the red ochre,

the round eyes are made from cut

pearl shell. When this mask was

used ceremonially, it would have

been just the face of an elaborate

costume that covered the entire

body of the dancer during the

ceremony. These ceremonies are

very important to the well-being of

the entire community, they insure

safety from malevolent spirits, insure

that the crops will grow and that

people's behaviour will be guided

by their ancestors.

37cm

$600-800

Lot 292

A Basketry and Clay Flute Mask,

Yuat River, the strong and finely

woven rattan base of this large

mask is covered by clay wand shell

wealth objects imbedded as

decorations, the three dimensional

face is made from a coconut and

has traces of ochre paint.

93 x 31cm

$400-600

Lot 293

An Old Middle Sepik Basket Hook,

this old and well used basket hook

is finely carved with two back to

back spirit faces and old patina.

Provenance: Collected in the 1960's

by Father Benedict from the

Catholic Mission in Angoram, Lower

Sepik, Paulian Mission Society

61cm x 26cm

$600-800

Lot 294

A Neckrest, Eastern Highlands

Province, in the form of as stylized

dog figure with head at either end,

pecked designs on heads and old

patina. Collected by Peter Hallinan

in the 1970's, Okapa District, Eastern

Highlands.

58cm

$400-600

Lot 295

An Abelam Digging Stick Finial, this

carving is the finial off a 2.5 meter

heavy Palm wood Yam Digging

Stick. Yams are the most important

food for the Abelam People and

integral to their ceremonies, the top

of the old digging sticks always had

the face of an ancestor that

helped ensure a bountiful crop.

86cm

$300-500

Lot 296

Two Karawari River Figure Heads

Fragments,

42cm, 52cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 297

A Fine Old Massim Ghena Wealth

Spatula, 19th Century; In the

Louisiade Archipelago there are

crescent-shaped Wealth Spatula

made of wood and turtle shell and

their primary purpose is to display a

form of red shell money currency

known as bagi. These wealth

objects were given to a widow

during elaborate funeral feasting



28 x 17cm

$1,500-2,000

Lot 298

A Net Weaving Shuttle and Two

Wood Needles, Lake Sentani, late

19th or early 20th Century; the

shuttle has Sentani designs Incised

on both sides, the top with two

lizards, both weaving needles

deeply incised with Fou design.

Shuttle: 46cm, Needles: 24cm each

(3)

$400-600

Lot 299

Two Fine Dance Wands, in the form

of Birds, Malaita Island, with ochre

painted designs on both sides.

49cm, 52cm (2)

$200-300

Lot 300

A Finely Woven Basketry Fish Trap,

unknown if Australian or New

Guinea.

110cm

$200-300

Lot 301

Three Old Bows and Spear, two very

old bows from the Southern

Highlands, together with an orchid

stem fibre covered bow from

Bougainville Island ( in near perfect

original condition), and a Mount

Hagen spear finial. Collected by

Todd Barlin

"Two Bows were collected In 1985 I

walked with medical patrol from

Lake Kopiago in the Southern

Highlands to the Hewa People

(they are between the Southern

Highlands & East Sepik Province) It

took three days of up and down

mountains and on the third late

afternoon we ran into our first group

of Hewa People, to say the least

they were surprised to see me and

the three other unknown Papuan

New Guineans. They had not seen

any outsiders for 10-15 years. They

did not wear western clothes & still

lived in the very tall tree houses,

mostly untouched & unnoticed by

the outside world. I asked about

material culture and they seemed

only to have beautifully made

arrows and this Axe was also

offered for trade. See the attached

field photos of my trip to Hewa. The

men I met that first day, every man

and boy were carrying a bow and

arrows." - Todd Barlin

90 - 172cm (4)

$200-300

Lot 302

A Garra Mask, Hunstien Mountains,

East Sepik Province, finely carved

and ochre painted designs, on

custom made stand.

83cm

$400-600

Lot 303

Four New Guinea Artefacts,

including an old food bowl, woven

pot ring; Ex Allen Christensen

Collection No.cc60720, a carved

face Vao Island, Malekula and a

finely incised Keram River bamboo

lime container.

29 - 56cm (4)

$200-300

Lot 304

A Fine Old Ancestor Figure, Keram

River, New Guinea.

Provenance: collected in 1967 by

Peter Mann, Ex Alex Philips,

Melbourne.

35cm

$400-600

Lot 305

Two Fine Old Abelam Bird Carvings,

one a long beaked bird with fine

ochre painted designs on a custom

stand, the other made from

bamboo and ochre painted

decorations, used to present betel

nut during important ceremonies.

55cm, 70cm

$400-600

Lot 306

A Yina Figure, Kwoma People,

Waskuk Area, Upper Sepik, this very

expressive Yina has all the attributes

of good Kwoma Sculpture, looking

at the side view the nose is

suspended from the forehead,

much of the original ochre painted

designs intact.

101cm

$800-1,000

Lot 307

Two Finely Woven Abelam Baba

Tagwa Masks,

38cm, 45cm (2)

$400-600

Lot 308

A Fine Fishing Basket, Nissan Island,

Nissan is a small Island close to

Bougainville and culturally related

to the Western Solomon Islands

cultures.

49cm

$200-300

Lot 309

A Bird Shaped Dance Wand, North

Malaita Island, Eastern Solomon

Islands, beautifully carved and

painted on both sides.

53cm

$300-400

Lot 310

Two Sepik River Ancestor Figures,

both of good form with traces of

ochre and feather decorations.

36cm, 46cm (2)

$300-500

Lot 311

Six Cassowary Bone Daggers,

including: four from the Abelam

area, one which is a very fine and

old dagger with a spirit face, two

are from the Asmat area with

woven tops and cassowary and

seeded ornamentation.

34 - 38cm (6)

$600-800

Lot 312

Four Miscellaneous Wood Artefacts,

28 - 48cm

$200-300

Reference

Noted Collections

B.L Hornshaw (1878-1937); Hornshaw was an avid collector of

Pacific and Australian Aboriginal artefacts, he received many

of his pieces from people who lived and worked in the Pacific

in the late 19th Century.

Tebbenham; Tebbenham was on the Navy Ship the HSM

Mohawk 1898 on a punitive expedition to the Western Solomon

Islands due to head hunting raids on the neighbouring Islands.

George Cann (1890s-1965); Cann was known as the snake

man of La Perouse, entertaining crowds when he worked at La

Perouse from 1920 until the 1960s. He was a legendary collector

of snakes from areas around Australia and the Pacific Islands,

In his yard, he created large pits that were used to house his

snake collection. He was the curator of reptiles at the Taronga

Park Zoo for 20 years, and died of a stroke in 1965.

Nicolai Mitchoutchkine; Mitchoutchkine had a large Oceanic

Art Collection that toured Europe, the USA and Japan In the

1980's, he made two publications; "Ethnography & Art of

Oceania", The Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 1989.

Robert Henry Pulleine (1869-1935); physician and naturalist,

born in New Zealand, spent his childhood in Fiji, the family

moved to Adelaide in 1881. In the South Australian Museum he

developed his interest in natural science, he taught at the

Adelaide collegiate school before entering the University of

Adelaide in 1892, completing his medical training at the

University of Sydney Medical School (M.B, Ch.M, 1898) and

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

From 1900 Pulleine worked at the Queensland mining town of

Gympie, he took his family to Gottingen, Germany in 1905 to

study diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. After further

study in Britain, he returned in 1907 to Adelaide to become a

highly respected consultant in the diseases. Pulliene's practice

supported his interests, particularly collecting trips to Tasmania

and Central Australia. His valuable collection of books,

Aboriginal artefacts and paintings were housed in a twenty-

two room house in Nertheby, SA.

Pulleine published many medical and scientific pamphlets and

articles overseas and in Australia. He died of pneumonia in

1935. His extensive library and ethnographic collection were

auctioned, part of his collection had been exhibited at the

South Australian Centennial Exhibition in 1936 and the South

Australian Museum bought some of the Australian ethnologia.

A large collection of Pulliene’s Aboriginal ethnographic

material had been sold to Scandinavia in the 1920s.

Tost & Rohu; From 1872 to the 1930's, Jane Tost and her

daughter Ada, who was married to Naturalist and artefact

collector Henry Rohu, founded Tost & Rohu, a fancy work

Depot and taxidermy studio. It was during the late nineteenth

century that the company focused on selling furs and

Ethnographic material. From the 1890's the company claimed

to stock the largest collection of Pacific Islander and Australian

material in the country.

Stanley Moriarty (1906-1978); Moriarty was an avid collector of

New Guinea art in the 1950'-1960s. He made several field

collecting trips to the Highlands of New Guinea and his fine

collection was partially gifted, and sold to, The Art Gallery of

NSW. Some of these pieces were first displayed in the seminal

exhibition 'Melanesian Art', curated by Tony Tuckson in 1966;

other works acquired by Moriarty were exhibited in 'Aboriginal

and Melanesian Art' at the AGNSW in 1973.

Warwick Irvine; Irvine was sent to Mendi to build the first

government school there and start teaching in the late 1960s

Allan D. Christensen; Christensen founded The Christensen

Fund as a private foundation in California in 1957. Allen, who

was a civil and mining engineer, served as president of the

Utah Mining and Construction Company for many years. He

was an enthusiastic and eclectic traveller and art collector

with wide intellectual interests.

Beginning in the early 1970s, The Christensen Fund added to its

various mostly San Francisco Bay Area-based charitable and

educational activities the acquisition of fine arts and

ethnographic artefacts. Its first art collection was a group of

Pomo Indian baskets that are now at Harvard University's

Peabody Museum. From 1972 to 1999 the fund was a private

operating foundation, its operations being the collection and

loan of as many as 35,000 pieces of what it then called "Non-

Western Art" to major museums for their study and exhibition in

Australia, Europe and the United States.

Francis Edgar Williams (1893-1953); Williams was the assistant

government anthropologist in Papua in 1922-24 and a keen

collector of Ethnography.

Lord Alistair McAlpine (1942-2014); a British businessman,

politician and author who was an advisor to Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher, he was a lifetime collector in many fields

including Aboriginal art. He was an early collector of the

American painter Mark Rothko and could easily see the

sophisticated aesthetics of Aboriginal art and artefacts.

Peter Hallinan Peter Hallinan had one of the finest Oceanic Art

collections ever assembled in Australia. He made numerous

field collecting trips to many remote areas in Papua New

Guinea, some of his collection was sold by Sotheby's London,

December 7, 1992.

Leo Fleishmann; Fleischmann was the manager of Gallery

Primitif in Sydney from 1967 to 1993, and he had one of the

finest collections of Oceanic Clubs and Ethnographic in the

world, later sold by Sotheby's Australia December 4, 1994

Ceremonial Arts

Tapa Cloths Early accounts of the local people making and wearing decorated tapa cloth are sketchy, but it seems that married women wore tapa

skirts which were decorated with designs. An early photograph by the ethnographer Paul Wirtz in 1926 shows a large painted tapa cloth displayed next to

the grave of a young woman.

There is evidence to suggest that the manufacture of painted tapa cloths during this period was stimulated by European interest in collecting them. In 1929

Jacques Viot, the French surrealist author and art dealer made a trip to the area and collected a number of tapa cloths that were later exhibited in Paris.

These works of art had a great impact on the Paris art scene at that time. Many early 20th Century artists such as Picasso and Joan Miro were influenced by

these tapa paintings.

During the WWII and through the 1950s it seems that the practice of making decorated tapa cloth had largely died out. It was in again in the 1970's that

European interest brought about a new revival of Tapa painting. This encouragement was essential to the continuity of the art from and its progression as a

unique contemporary art style.

Many of the design elements in these contemporary Tapa Cloths are very old traditional designs, but these also have been changed and added by

individual artistic creativity. One of the main Lake Sentani motifs Fouw, an interlocking spiral design which is said to represent eternity and is associated with

power of Chief's. The Fouw design is commonly used on many types of carved objects from the Lake Sentani area, including canoes, paddles, bowls and

other items. Other common motifs are animals, birds and fish that are plentiful in their natural environment. There is also depictions powerful mythological

spirits that inhabit the bush and the ocean.

The best tapa cloth painters of the 1970's and 1980's era are now deceased. (Lot 208 – 216)

Omu Figures Omu is the name of the type of spirit figure and the ceremony that it belongs. The Omu ceremony only happens in a few small villages in

the remote NW Asmat Area. (Lot 221, 222, 223)

Jipae Dance Costumes Jipae costumes represent the recently deceased in the village, they represent both men and/or women and all have a

personal name. The ceremony helps the spirits of the deceased pass over to the otherworld. (Lot 231, 232, 233, 241)

Bulul Figures 'Bulul' are guardians of rice granaries, and are very important in Ifugao society, where rice is the staple crop. The Ifugao believe that 'bululs'

are responsible for plentiful harvests of rice, and that the deities can also miraculously increase the amount of rice available.

Making 'Bulul' sculptures is a long and complex process, these figures are traditionally made in pairs - one male and one female. Upon completion of the

carving, the 'Bulul' figures are installed in a rice granary. A number of ceremonies accompany the placement, including putting blood on the figures. The

lumpy coating on this figure is evidence of these rituals. (Lot 90, 91)

Baba Tagwa Masks the Abelam and neighbouring peoples of the Prince Alexander Mountains in the Sepik region of northeast New Guinea create

several types of basketry masks. They include the type seen here, known in the Abelam language as baba tagwa, which is worn over the head like a

helmet, as well as the yam masks used to decorate the gigantic long yams grown and exchanged competitively by Abelam men. Among the Abelam,

baba tagwa masks are associated with the male initiation cycle, in which they are worn by men clad in shaggy costumes made from strips of leaves.

During certain ceremonies, these imposing masked figures serve as guards. Brandishing lengths of bamboo or other weapons, the baba tagwa drive off

women, children, and uninitiated men, who are not permitted to witness the secret initiation rites. (Lot 307)

Yina Figures Yina is the first of the yam harvest ceremonies. The basic iconographic feature is a highly stylized representation of the human head. The

head is greatly enlarged with a prominent nose, disembodied and with a long pointed shaft. The most striking feature of the face is the nose, a common

Sepik symbol of the phallus.

Though strong symbols of maleness permeate the sculptural form, the Yina can be designated either male or female. Yina represent spirits known as

sikilawos, which have great power and are responsible for the continuing fertility of the yam gardens.

Older Yina's are hidden in garden huts, away from the village. They have acquired power over time and through use. New carvings are required from time

to time; power is not inherent, but develops in the process of carving and painting. Yina is one of three distinct ceremonies held annually in the villages of

the Kwoma, Nukuma and Mayo speakers of the Upper Sepik River (Lot 306)

Canoe Prow Ornaments these finely carved canoe ornaments were from a large war canoe that is no longer made, they were kept as memories of

the grandparents and great grandparents that once made them. They are also used as a bride price wealth object for exchanges. (Lots 217, 218, 219, 220)

Glass Earrings traditionally called "dimbo" in the local Waropen language, they were an important type of traditional wealth used for bride price

payments, other types of compensation payments and for goods, especially bird of paradise skins that Malay traders came to obtain by trading glass and

metal objects. It is thought that this trade went over 2000 - 3000 years, in an archaeological dig in Lake Sentani they found "Dong Song" Bronze age axe

heads, kettle drums and ancient glass ornaments.

Some of these glass earrings are of great antiquity and are certainly based on the glass tear drop shaped ornaments from the "Dong Song” bronze age

culture of Vietnam (1000 BC to 1 BC).

In the late 19th century people from Eastern Indonesia, brought forge and bellows technology to this area of New Guinea, this gave them a rudimentary

metal working technique and also glass melting technology, which allowed them to make their own glass earrings from old bottles that were also highly

valued trade items. (Lot 32)

Barava and Bokolo The most complex clam shell objects were Barava, ornate openwork plaques created in the western Solomon Islands. The designs

on some Barava are geometric, but many include stylized human figures interspersed with forms that resemble faces, shown with spiral eyes and grinning

mouths filled with minute teeth. Barava appear to have been associated with burial places and were reportedly used to adorn structures housing the skulls

of prominent men, slain enemies or placed on graves. In the past, some Barava formed part of vovoso, powerful charms carried in war canoes during head

hunting expeditions to protect the crew and ensure success. (Lot 3, 4, 6, 13)

Illustrated Lots

Due to the fragile nature of these ceremonial dance costumes this illustrated lots have not been unpacked for display

Lot 234 Lot 235 Lot 236

Lot 237 Lot 238

Lot 239 Lot 240

*See field photos of these lots being worn for the dance ceremony

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inside front cover).

Symbols

Occasionally a symbol is printed next to a lot number,

indicating a special clause regarding the sale of that lot – you

may come across the following at our auctions:

+ GST on HAMMER, meaning this lot has GST included

within the hammer price

§ Artist copyright resale royalty, meaning that this lot

is subject to an artist’s resale royalty in addition to the

hammer price and the buyer’s premium.

During the Auction

Theodore Bruce offers all clients four options to bid at our

auctions. However you decide to bid, you will need to provide

us with your contact details when you register.

Bidding in the Room

Experience the excitement and fun of bidding at a live

auction. To bid in person, make sure you arrive with enough

time to register for a bidding number, and if you haven’t

purchased with Theodore Bruce Auctions before you will need

to bring along some photo identification such as a driver’s

licence or passport.

Telephone Bidding

If you can’t attend in person, a member of our staff will call you

during the auction and bid individually with you over the

telephone, relaying each bid, what is happening in the room,

and will bid on your behalf as per your instructions. Please note

that telephone bids must be submitted at least 24 hours before

the auction and that on occasion telephone bids will be

limited if the auction is offsite. To organise a telephone bid,

please refer to the telephone bidding form on our website or at

the viewing.

We make every effort to call you at the appropriate point in

the auction, but if we cannot get through you will not be able

to bid. If you have changed your mind and wish to cancel your

bid, please contact us as soon as possible.

Absentee Bids

For an absentee bid you tell us the maximum amount you wish

to bid on a lot. The Auctioneer will then bid on your behalf,

and will try to win the item for you as cheaply as possible,

subject to any reserve on an item and other bids. Please note

absentee bids must be received no later than 24 hours before

the auction. To organise an absentee bid, please refer to the

absentee bidding form on our website or at the viewing.

Online Bidding

Theodore Bruce Auctions offers a live online bidding service via

our website. You can watch the auction, listen to the

Auctioneer and bid in real time.

To organise online bidding just follow the links from our on-line

catalogue. Lots purchased via the online bidding service are

subject to an additional 3% commission charged on the

hammer price.

After the Auction

Your Final Invoice

If you are successful you will receive your invoice by e-mail; you

pay the hammer price of your lots, plus the buyer’s premium on

each lot, together with any additional applicable charges

such as the Artist Resale Royalty or internet bidding charge.

Payments must be made in full within two working days of the

auction. Cheques are accepted, but we reserve the right to

wait for funds to clear before goods are released. We also

accept Eftpos, direct deposit or credit card (there is a 1.5%

merchant fee for Visa and MasterCard and a 3.5% merchant

fee for American Express). Please note that credit card

transactions will not be accepted over the telephone.

Shipping

We can assist with the arrangement of shipping for an

additional charge. Please note that your purchases must be

paid in full before shipping or postage will be arranged.

Storage

All items must be paid for and collected within the collection

times advertised for each individual auction.

If items are not collected within this time-frame, Theodore

Bruce Auctions reserves the right to charge removal and

storage fees.

AUSTRALIA‘S OLDEST AUCTION HOUSE

OUR TEAM HAS OVER 200 YEARS COMBINED EXPERIENCE IN THE ARTS & AUCTION INDUSTRY.

Fine Art, Antique & Modern Furniture, Asian Art, Decorative Arts,

Fashion & Textiles, Jewellery, Taxidermy, Wine

Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, Commercial & Industrial

Confidential Valuations

James Bruce

Managing Director

Specialist Art & Antiques

Auctioneer & Valuer

[email protected]

Alex Rosales

Military Specialist

[email protected]

James Elmslie

Aboriginal and Oceanic Arts Specialist

[email protected]

James Nicholls

Classic & Collector Car Specialist

[email protected]

Christine Johnston

Decorative Arts Specialist

[email protected]

Adelaide Office:

46 First Street,

Brompton SA 5007

T: 08 8340 7551

E. [email protected]

James Badgery

Director

Onsite Sales & Single Vendor Collections

Auctioneer & Valuer

[email protected]

Lee Stone

Director

Wine Specialist

[email protected]

Sally Hardy

Fine Art Specialist

[email protected]

Casi Prischl

Jewellery Specialist

[email protected]

Vicki Tsacalos

Asian Art Specialist

Aboriginal & Oceanic Art Assistant

[email protected]

Sydney Office:

6 Ralph St,

Alexandria NSW 2015

T: 02 8212 4100

E. [email protected]

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Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

6 Ralph St, Alexandria NSW 2015

T (02) 8212 4100

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www.theodorebruce.com.au


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