NEW GUINEA and PAPUA continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1693 |
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 HIGHLANDS: Mount Hagen ceremonial axe with wooden shaft and two stone heads (one encased in rattan binding; the other now loose), used
to amputate fingers of miscreants or to inflict self-harm. Size XXXxXXX. Acquired 1962. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1694 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Goroka fighting club with wooden shaft through a circular stone head carved with seven points, the shaft with natural
linear splitting. A nasty weapon. Size L1010mm; head diameter 100mm. Acquired 1959. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1695 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Kundiawa/Chimbu disc club with simple wooden handle inserted through the circular head of light volcanic stone, notches
indicating lots of use. Size L840xW110 (of blade). Acquired 1958 from a native who claimed it was up to 300 years old & that his grandfather had taken it from the Kukukuku cannibals. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1696 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Mingende double-headed stone axe with blades attached with fibre binding to the wooden handle, one head has been repaired.
Size L480xW650xD50mm. Acquired 1984. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1697 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Mendi weapon with simple wooden handle with minor decorative carving, cassowary (?) bone blade secured with woven binding.
Size L680xW440xD25mm. Acquired 1960. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1698 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Southern Highlands weapon of two pieces of wood, the handle with minor natural split, the second piece shaped to a killing
point, natural earth red & white pigments & rattan binding that may not be original. Size L710xW330xD30mm. Acquired 1960. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1699 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Western Highlands killing weapon with simple but shaped wooden handle with finely incised wooden arm with natural pigment &
point fashioned from cassowary bone & sharpened to a point, rattan bindings. Size L710xW420xD30mm. Acquired 1974. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1700 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Western Highlands (Nondugal) axe with simple shaped wooden handle & stone head secured with crude rattan binding. Size
L530xW500xD50mm. Acquired 1962. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1701 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Southern Highlands (Koge/Chimbu) ceremonial single-head stone axe with shaped wooden handle & woven binding. Size
L510xW530xD40mm. Acquired 1962. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1702 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Southern Highlands (Mendi) elaborately carved stone head, in the shape of a pineapple, from a war club, minor damage from
use. Size H120xW100mm. Acquired 1961. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$125.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1703 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Ceremonial two-headed stone axe with a tapering wooden handle & the heads secured by decorative binding that encases one
head, the other is free. Size L670xW740xD30mm. Acquired 1962, at the Mount Hagen Show. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1704 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Stone heads of different styles of fighting clubs from Mount Hagen (said to be "burned clay"), Chimbu or Minj; plus Chimbu
throwing stone in a string-bag. (4 items) (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1705 |
|
 HIGHLANDS: Eastern Highlands (Chimbu) two fearsome multi-pronged fighting spears, both carved from singles pieces of wood. Length
2150mm or 2870mm. Would inflict horrifying injuries. Acquired 1972. (2) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1706 |
|
 HUMBOLDT BAY: Male ancestor figure, probably first half of 20th century, wood with black and red painted decoration, H380mm mounted on
perspex plinth. [Provenance: JFG Umlauff (Hamburg gallery): sold by Ketterer (Munich) in 1978. Its companion female figure, was sold by Kunstauktionhaus Zemanek (Munster) in 2018 for €3780 (= A$6170). [The property of another vendor] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$2,000.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1707 |
|
 IRIAN JAYA: Dani People (Asmat) woven cord adorned with small shells supporting a large piece of 'black pearl shell' awarded for
hunting exploits. Size H110xW180mm. Acquired 1958. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1708 |
|
 IRIAN JAYA: Border region ceremonial drum carved from a single piece of wood with 'secret sound holes' below the drum-head & supported
by a figure of a seated man, leather skin secured with woven leather binding, excellent resonance. Size H555xDiameter180mm. Very rare: our vendor says this is the only example of this style of drum he ever saw. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1709 |
|
 IRIAN JAYA: Dani People two women's pendants for warding-off evil spirits, one with an ammonite fossil, and a necklace of tiny
axeheads; also Sepik two-seed child's necklace to wear at an initiation ceremony. (4 items) (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$120
SOLD for AU$90.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1710 |
|
 IRIAN JAYA: Dani People (Asmat) woman's coming-of-age (first menstruation) collar of tribal woven fabric adorned with white feathers &
cross-sections of small shells. Size H480xW400xD25mm. Acquired 1958. A brilliant piece of extravagant indigenous haute couture. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1711 |
|
 IRIAN JAYA: Asmat People timber-cutting axe with shaped & incised wooden handle with white pigment surmounted by a greenstone head
with a small spirit-figure at the pommel, size L1050xW230(at the blade)xD90mm. Acquired 1958. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1712 |
|
 IRIAN JAYA: (Tagime Village) axe with shaft of ornately carved wood & greenstone head inset without binding, head & hand decoration to
the pommel. Size L660xW235xD75mm. Acquired 1972. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
