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Melanesia: New Guinea

An old Sawos gable figure
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Title: An old Sawos gable figure
Item Code: t4523
Description: An old Sawos gable figure (ceremonial house finial).
A male spirit figure surmounted by totemic bird figure, with profuse and elaborate carved decoration overall.
The main figure with shell nose ornament in pierced septum and ear ornaments attached with twine.
Remnant pigment decoration; weathered patina.
Superb sculpture.
Origin: Sawos people, Middle Sepik, New Guinea
Dimensions: Height: 155 cm
Price: AUD $12,000.00 USD $10,200.00 EUR €8,160.00
Status: Available
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A rare Prince Alexander Mountains woven dance mask
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Title: A rare Prince Alexander Mountains woven dance mask
Item Code: t4819
Description: A rare Prince Alexander Mountains woven and over modelled dance mask, used during important garden fertility ceremonies.
Extremely fragile.
Origin: Prince Alexander Mountains, Sepik, New Guinea
Dimensions: Height: 100 cm / Diameter: 55 cm
Price: AUD $5,000.00 USD $4,250.00 EUR €3,400.00
Status: Available
A magnificent old Kwoma mindja figure
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Title: A magnificent old Kwoma mindja figure
Item Code: t4712
Description: A magnificent old Kwoma mindja figure.
An exceptional, large-scale example, with superbly carved details and remnant pigment.
Accompanied by a custom steel display stand.
Origin: Kwoma people, Sanchi River, Upper Sepik, New Guinea
Dimensions: Height: 183 cm
Price: AUD $12,000.00 USD $10,200.00 EUR €8,160.00
Status: Available
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An old and impressive Kwoma mindja figure
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Title: An old and impressive Kwoma mindja figure
Item Code: t3244
Description: An old and impressive Kwoma mindja figure with pigmented decoration.
Small section of loss top right.
Accompanied by a steel display stand.
Origin: Kwoma people, Middle Sepik, New Guinea
Dimensions: Height: 174 cm
Price: AUD $14,000.00 USD $11,900.00 EUR €9,520.00
Status: Available
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An old Kwoma nogwi figure
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Title: An old Kwoma nogwi figure
Item Code: t3159
Description: An old Kwoma nogwi figure.
Incised decoration; cowrie shell eyes; remnant pigments.
The nogwi ritual, associated with the yam harvest ceremony, is the most secret of the Kwoma rituals. Participation is restricted to the most senior men.
Accompanied by a steel display stand.
Origin: Kwoma people, Tongwunjamb village, Washkuk Hills, Middle Sepik, New Guinea
Dimensions: Height: 151 cm
Price: AUD $18,500.00 USD $15,725.00 EUR €12,580.00
Status: Available
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Asia

A large and rare Naga wooden house panel
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Title: A large and rare Naga wooden house panel
Item Code: t3500
Description: A large and rare Naga wooden house panel carved with a mithun head in very high relief.
Origin: Konyak people, Nagaland, northeastern India.
Dimensions: Height: 201 cm / Width: 63 cm / Depth: 19 cm
Price: AUD $12,000.00 USD $10,200.00 EUR €8,160.00
Status: Available
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Melanesia: Irian Jaya

An old and large Lake Sentani male figure
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Title: An old and large Lake Sentani male figure
Item Code: t2652
Description: An old and large Lake Sentani male figure.
A beautifully balanced sculpture, the face, arms and torso decorated with carved designs; the feet are not delineated and the sculpture is not free-standing.
Accompanied by a custom steel display mount.
Origin: Lake Sentani, Irian Jaya.
Dimensions: Height: 148 cm
Price: AUD $16,000.00 USD $13,600.00 EUR €10,880.00
Status: Available
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Tribal Art

An extremely rare type of Dogon ceremonial lidded drinking vessel
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Title: An extremely rare type of Dogon ceremonial lidded drinking vessel
Item Code: t5656
Description: An extremely rare type of Dogon ceremonial lidded drinking vessel, used in the funeral rites of a Hogon (chief).
The iconography on the vessel relates to aspects of Dogon cosmology. The wood used was taken from particular trees at what were believed to be auspicious times, and the carving was undertaken by a master carver.
Origin: Mali
Dimensions: Height: 118 cm / Diameter: 50 cm
Price: AUD $25,000.00 USD $21,250.00 EUR €17,000.00
Status: Available
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A rare Koulango dance mask
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Title: A rare Koulango dance mask
Item Code: t1776
Description: A rare Koulango dance mask.
Stylized horned ancestor face.
Wood and pigments with old native tin repairs.
cf A. & A. Guenneguez, Art de la Cote-d'Ivoire et de ses voisins: catalogue des objets extraits de la Collection Guenneguez, p 188.
Origin: Koulango people, Ivory Coast / Ghana, circa first quarter of the 20th century
Dimensions: Height: 156 cm
Price: AUD $14,000.00 USD $11,900.00 EUR €9,520.00
Status: Available
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An old Toma fetish figure
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Title: An old Toma fetish figure
Item Code: t4256
Description: An old Toma fetish figure.
The fearsome countenance with metal teeth, cloth mouth and shell eyes; the chest with incised scarification; the body and head with various metal, shell, and animal hide adornment.
Thickly encrusted residual fetish materials overall.
Origin: Toma people, Guinea / Liberia, circa early 20th century
Dimensions: Height: 106 cm
Price: AUD $25,000.00 USD $21,250.00 EUR €17,000.00
Status: Available
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