NEW GUINEA and PAPUA continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1733 |
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 NEW BRITAIN: Gazelle Peninsula two beaten copper panels depicting indigenous symbolism 1) male figure; and 2) fertilitiy motifs; size
H420xW250, both affixed to slightly larger boards. Created at the Keravat Agricultural College. Acquired 1979.
(2) (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1734 |
|
 SEPIK: East Sepik (Maprik) pair of light wooden paddles shaped like spear-heads with other incised decoration, one with a small piece
missing from the pommel-end. Size both L1190. Acquired 1972. (2 items) (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1735 |
|
 SEPIK: Western Sepik slit-drum (garamut) carved from a single piece of wood with incised decoration & a pig head at each end, with the
accompanying carved timber pedestal and decorated beating-stick (mi ras or ga hei), very fine with robust resonance. Size L1410xW290xH730mm. Acquired 1950s. Superior to the example - without pedestal or beating stick - illustrated in 'Oceanic Art' at
pp247-8. [The garamut was used for inter-village & more distant communication; to announce meetings; to issue warnings; and for male initiations. Kept in the men's ritual house, the garamut is central to the welfare & culture of the village] (3
items) (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1736 |
|
 SEPIK: Ramu River hollow hourglass drum (kundu) carved from a single piece of wood with a central handle & leather-skin, decorated
with black & white pigment representing the "beaks of albatrosses", excellent resonance. Size H530xDiameter150mm. Acquired 1959. [The albatross is not endemic to PNG. The reference is probably to frigate birds, once thought to be albatrosses] (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1737 |
|
 SEPIK: Lower Sepik standing male figure 'Protector of Gardens/Punisher of the Lawless' carved from a single piece of wood with small
cowries for eyes & cowrie necklace, separate woven textile head-piece fringed with dog teeth, rough spear that we expect is not original. Size H970xW410xD410mm. Acquired 1958. One of the highlights of the collection. There is nothing even remotely
like this piece for the Sepik Region in 'Oceanic Art'. (3 items) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1738 |
|
 SEPIK: Middle Sepik crocodile headrest or pillow (puk puk) carved from a single piece of wood & decoratively incised. Size
L720xH130xW115mm. Acquired 1964. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1739 |
|
 SEPIK: Lower Sepik (Wewak) large communal foodbowl carved from a single piece of wood in the shape of a crocodile with incised scales
& shell eyes. Size L1080xW330xH170mm; the internal bowl measures 420x230mm. Acquired 1970. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1740 |
|
 SEPIK: Ramu River axe/adze for hollowing out canoes, shaped wooden handle, rough-hewn stone blade & rattan binding (possibly partly
replaced). Size L610xW380xD40mm. Acquired 1958. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1741 |
|
 SEPIK: Small adze with shaped wooden handle with natural splitting & stone head secured with woven binding, used for harvesting sago
(extracted from the pith of several varieties of palm) or hollowing-out small canoes. Size L280xW175xD40mm. Acquired 1960. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1742 |
|
 SEPIK: Sago axe with wooden handle and blunt-pointed stone head secured by a woven binding. Size L650xW310xD35mm. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1743 |
|
 SEPIK: Large earthenware vessel apparently a pot for storing food, protruding pig-face decoration with highlights of natural pigments.
Size H350xDiameter350mm; opening 180mm across. Acquired 1960. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1744 |
|
 SEPIK: East Sepik (Wewak) large earthenware vessel apparently a sago pot crafted as a single piece with base, four masks on the
exterior & extensive 'pitted' decorative highlights. Size H280xDiameter390mm. Acquired 1960. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1745 |
|
 SEPIK: East Sepik (Ambunti) earthenware food storage pot with dual ceremonial masks to the outside & extensive 'pitted' decorative
highlights. Size H290xDiameter170mm. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1746 |
|
 SEPIK: East Sepik (Ambunti) head man's stool apparently carved from a single piece of wood, incised rims with white pigment
highlights. Size H350xDiameter380mm. Acquired 1952. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1747 |
|
 SEPIK: East Sepik (Kambot People/Keram River) large wooden story board from the front of a meeting house for men only crafted from
buttress root & elaborately decorated with a manned war canoe, animals including crocodile & large cats (?), and five decapitated heads. Size H1200x760xD25mm. Acquired 1958. [Story boards are important pieces that, in the absence of written language,
provided tribes with cultural memory] (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1748 |
|
 SEPIK: East Sepik (Kambot People/Keram River) wooden story board from the front of a meeting house for men only, crafted from buttress
root & decorated with a war canoe with two paddlers & a passenger, a large lizard at upper-right & fish at base, rattan hanging loop at the top, endorsed on reverse "Simon Novep, Kambot...1963". Size H720x290xD30mm. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1749 |
|
 SEPIK: East Sepik (Torembi) circular earthenware food bowl decorated with four equi-distant cassowary heads, shaped rim with natural
pigments. Size H90xDiameter310. Acquired 1975. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1750 |
|
 SEPIK: Large sago ladle with decorative open-worked & incised wooden handle with half-coconut bowl, for use at the annual Sago
Festival. Size L710mm & cup diameter 130mm. Acquired 1950. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1751 |
|
 SEPIK: East Sepik (Maprik) ceremonial blackwood (ebony?) paddle for taking bride by canoe to her groom, elaborately carved with three
spirit figures, L1170mm, acquired 1972; and wooden 'broadsword' with carved handle & rattan ornamentation, borer damage on one side, believed to be more than 100 years old, L1230mm, acquired 1970. (2 items) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
| 1752 |
|
 SEPIK: Earthenware vessel for carrying water, quite utilitarian but with two noses on the sides (not carrying handles). Size
H210xDiameter 170mm. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM |
