Mossgreen Auctions, Fine Early Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, Sydney, 29 Aug 2010

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Lot No.		Hammer	Price incl. Premium
1	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Important Tiwi Figure, Melville or Bathurst Island Circa 1950's Natural pigments on hardwood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
2	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Superb Early Club New South Wales 19th Century Carved wood	***	***
3	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Superb Early Club, New South Wales 19th Century Carved wood	***	***
4	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Central Australia Carved and Painted Snake Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
5	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Superb and Early Dilly Bag Northern Territory 19th Century Woven fibre Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
6	Roughsey, Dick (Goobalatheldin) An Early and Important Work Natural earth pigments on bark, 150 x 65 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
7	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Tiwi Painted Bird Melville or Bathurst Island Circa 1950's Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
8	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Early Club with Disk Like Head New South Wales 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
9	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Superb Early Club with Elaborate Carving Victoria 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
10	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Small Rainforest Shield Northeastern Queensland Circa 1900 Carved wood, 54 x 23 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
11	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Exceptional Early Woomera Victoria 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
12	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Fine Early Bicornal Basket Northeastern Queensland 19th Century Woven fibre Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
13	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Early Rainforest Shield Northeastern Queensland 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
14	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Early Wunda Shield Western Australia Circa 1900 or Earlier Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
15	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Rare Parrying Shield Western Victoria 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
16	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Ceremonial Dilly Bag Arnhem Land Early 20th Century Woven fibre Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
17	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Rainforest Sword Club Northeastern Queensland 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
18	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Superb Rainforest Sword Club Northeastern Queensland 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
19	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Rare Early Shield Western Queensland Old Collection Number on Reverse 19th Century Carved wood, 68 x 24.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
20	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Superb Early Leangle Victoria 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
21	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Early Leangle Victoria 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
22	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Superb Engraved Boomerang Queensland 19th Century Carved wood, length 76 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
23	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Early Clubs Victoria 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
24	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Early Clubs Victoria, 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
25	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Early Clubs Southeastern Australia 19th Century Carved wood, lengths 52 cm; 68.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
26	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Painted Tiwi Bark Container Melville or Bathurst Island Circa 1960 Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
27	Artist Unknown, An Early Hafted Stone Axe with Woven Wrap on Handle Circa 1900 Carved wood and stone Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
28	Tjampitjinpa, Kaapa Mbitjana Wild Orange Body Painting 1971 1971 Acrylic on board, with Stuart Art Centre number SAC3 on reverse, 35.5 x 22.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance View Sales History	***	***
29	Tjampitjinpa, Kaapa Mbitjana Budgerigar Dreaming (Version 8) 1972 Synthetic polymer paint and natural earth pigments on composition board, 37 x 31 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
30	Tjampitjinpa, Kaapa Mbitjana Budgerigar Dreaming (Version 4) 1972 Synthetic polymer paint and natural earth pigments on composition board, 37 x 31 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
31	Tjampitjinpa, Kaapa Mbitjana Woman's Story 1973 Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 28.5 x 28.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
32	Tjampitjinpa, Kaapa Mbitjana Goanna Story 1973 Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 80 x 60 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
33	Tjakamarra No 1, Anatjari Men's Dreaming Site 1972 41 x 35.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
34	Tjapangati, Timmy Payungka Men's Traveling Dreaming 1971 Synthetic polymer paint on square linoleum tile, 30 x 30 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
35	Artist Unknown, A Painted War Shield Southern Highlands, New Guinea Carved wood, 118 x 35 cm	***	***
36	Artist Unknown, An Under Arm Shield Mende, Southern Highlands, New Guinea Carved wood, 77 x 33.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
37	Artist Unknown, A Huntstein Garra Hunstein Mountains, New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
39	Artist Unknown, A Superb Malanngan Figure Northern New Ireland Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
40	Artist Unknown, A Tantanua Mask Northern New Ireland Early 20th Century Carved wood, 48 x 41 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
41	Artist Unknown, A Painted Stone Grade Figure Malekula Stone Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
42	Artist Unknown, A Superb Painted Stone Grade Figure Malekula, Vanuatu Stone Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
43	Artist Unknown, An Ancestor Board Era River, Papuan Gulf Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
44	Artist Unknown, An Ancestor Figure Kominimung People, Goam River, Middle Ramu River Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
45	Artist Unknown, A Superb Large Whalebone Lime Spatula Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Bone Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
46	Artist Unknown, A Micronesian Navigation Chart Marshall Islands, Micronesia Carved wood, 60 x 60 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
47	Namatjira, Ewald Untitled (Burnt Ghost Gum Hermansburg) Watercolour, 121 x 15.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
48	Tjampitjinpa, Kaapa Mbitjana Untitled Papunya Dated 13/12/75, 76 x 51 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
49	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Small Rainforest Shield Queensland Circa 1900 Carved wood, 51.5 x 14.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
50	Kngwarreye, Emily Kame Woman's Dreaming Awelye 1990 Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 122 x 92 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
51	Tjapaltjarri, Bill Whiskey Untitled Oil on canvas, 183 x 183 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***

Mossgreen Auctions, Fine Early Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, Sydney, 29 Aug 2010, No. of Lots: 320

An Important Tiwi Figure, Melville or Bathurst Island Circa 1950's

A Superb Early Club New South Wales 19th Century

A Superb Early Club, New South Wales 19th Century

Central Australia Carved and Painted Snake

A Superb and Early Dilly Bag Northern Territory 19th Century

An Early and Important Work

A Tiwi Painted Bird Melville or Bathurst Island Circa 1950's

An Early Club with Disk Like Head New South Wales 19th Century

A Superb Early Club with Elaborate Carving Victoria 19th Century

A Small Rainforest Shield Northeastern Queensland Circa 1900

An Exceptional Early Woomera Victoria 19th Century

A Fine Early Bicornal Basket Northeastern Queensland 19th Century

An Early Rainforest Shield Northeastern Queensland 19th Century

An Early Wunda Shield Western Australia Circa 1900 or Earlier

A Rare Parrying Shield Western Victoria 19th Century

A Ceremonial Dilly Bag Arnhem Land Early 20th Century

A Rainforest Sword Club Northeastern Queensland 19th Century

A Superb Rainforest Sword Club Northeastern Queensland 19th Century

A Rare Early Shield Western Queensland Old Collection Number on Reverse 19th Century

A Superb Early Leangle Victoria 19th Century

An Early Leangle Victoria 19th Century

A Superb Engraved Boomerang Queensland 19th Century

Two Early Clubs Victoria 19th Century

Two Early Clubs Victoria, 19th Century

Two Early Clubs Southeastern Australia 19th Century

A Painted Tiwi Bark Container Melville or Bathurst Island Circa 1960

An Early Hafted Stone Axe with Woven Wrap on Handle Circa 1900

Wild Orange Body Painting 1971 1971

Budgerigar Dreaming (Version 8) 1972

Budgerigar Dreaming (Version 4) 1972

Woman's Story 1973

Goanna Story 1973

Men's Dreaming Site 1972

Men's Traveling Dreaming 1971

A Painted War Shield Southern Highlands, New Guinea

An Under Arm Shield Mende, Southern Highlands, New Guinea

A Huntstein Garra Hunstein Mountains, New Guinea

A Superb Malanngan Figure Northern New Ireland

A Tantanua Mask Northern New Ireland Early 20th Century

A Painted Stone Grade Figure Malekula

A Superb Painted Stone Grade Figure Malekula, Vanuatu

An Ancestor Board Era River, Papuan Gulf Early 20th Century

An Ancestor Figure Kominimung People, Goam River, Middle Ramu River

A Superb Large Whalebone Lime Spatula Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

A Micronesian Navigation Chart Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Untitled (Burnt Ghost Gum Hermansburg)

Untitled Papunya

A Small Rainforest Shield Queensland Circa 1900

Woman's Dreaming Awelye 1990

Untitled

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