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

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Lot No.		Hammer	Price incl. Premium
102	Artist Unknown, An Engraved Shell Necklace Tal'e Bebe and a Shell Breast Ornament Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
103	Artist Unknown, A Pair of Turtleshell Combs Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
104	Artist Unknown, Kap Kap, New Hanover, Bismarck Archipeligo New Guinea Diameter 12 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
105	Artist Unknown, Three Tufi Headrests Collingwood Bay, Oro Province Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
106	Artist Unknown, Two Tufi Headrests Collingwood Bay, Oro Province Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
107	Artist Unknown, A Turtle Shell Spatula, Ghena Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Shell	***	***
108	Artist Unknown, Two Presentation Axes Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
109	Artist Unknown, Early Slit Drum Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, Early 20th Century Carved wood	***	***
110	Artist Unknown, Rare Double Headed Slit Drum Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, Circa 1900 Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
111	Artist Unknown, A Rare Slit Gong Drum Fragment with Three Heads Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
112	Artist Unknown, Large Painted Fern Grade Figure Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
113	Artist Unknown, Early Fighting Horn Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
114	Artist Unknown, Three Stone Headed War Clubs New Guinea Carved wood and stone Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
115	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Dilly Bag Northern Territory, Early 20th Century Woven fibre Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
116	Napanangka II, Walangkura Old Woman Dreaming 2002 Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 154 x 121 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
117	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Dilly Bag Northern Territory, Early 20th Century Woven fibre Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
118	Napanangka, Makinti Untitled Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 117 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
119	Nungurrayi, Elizabeth Nyumi Parwalla Acrylic on linen, 183 x 80 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
120	Djaykurrnga, George Merwulunulu Mimi Spirits Circa 1960's Natural earth pigments on bark, 64.5 x 27 cm	***	***
121	Tjapanangka, Pinta Pinta Tingari Cycle 1998 Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 92 x 92 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
122	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, [No Title Given] Natural earth pigments on bark, cane frame bound with bush string, 86 x 50 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
123	Tjapaltjarri, Clifford Possum Creation, Lightning Dreaming 1993 Acrylic on canvas, 69 x 49 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
124	Tjapaltjarri, Clifford Possum Sacred Mans Ceremony 1993 Acrylic on canvas, 65 x 99 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
125	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Rare & Early Shield Central Australia, Early 20th Century Carved wood, 62 x 15.5 cm	***	***
126	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Three Shell Necklaces Tasmania, Early 20th Century Trocus shells strung on machine twisted thread Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
127	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Engraved Boomerang Queensland, 1900 or Earlier Carved wood	***	***
128	Artist Unknown, A Flute Stopper Sepik, New Guinea Carved wood	***	***
129	Artist Unknown, A Rare Anggoram Peoples Mask, Kanduanum Village, Lower Sepik Region, New Guinea Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
130	Artist Unknown, A Carved Bird with Shell Inlay and Reticulated Wings Star Harbour, San Cristobal, Eastern Solomon Islands Carved wood, 58 x 51 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
131	Artist Unknown, A Collection of Eight Fish Hooks Huon Gulf, New Guinea Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
132	Artist Unknown, A Janus Mortar of Massive Proportion Lower Sepik, Early 20th Century Carved wood	***	***
133	Artist Unknown, A Group of Five Sepik Spears April River, Upper Sepik, New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
134	Artist Unknown, A Rare and Early Spear Polynesia, circa 1900 or Earlier Carved wood	***	***
135	Artist Unknown, A Rare Lime Spatula Admiralty Islands Carved wood	***	***
136	Artist Unknown, A Throwing Club Ula Fiji, 19th Century Carved wood	***	***
137	Artist Unknown, Malaangan Figure New Ireland, Circa 1940 Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
138	Artist Unknown, A Stone Figure Ambrym Island, Vanuatu Stone Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
139	Artist Unknown, A Masaawa Canoe Lagim (Splashboard) Carved wood, 52 x 46 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
140	Artist Unknown, A Post Figure Lake Sentani, West Irian Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
141	Artist Unknown, A Carving of Man and Shark with Shell Inlay Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
142	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, [No Title Given] Natural earth pigments on bark, 71.5 x 41 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
143	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Bark Paintings, Groot Island and Shark and Flying Fox Bark painting, 33.55 x 31 cm; 33 x 19.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
144	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Bark Paintings of Mimi Spirits Croker Island, Western Arnhem Land Circa 1960 Natural earth pigments on bark, 46.5 x 18 cm; 37 x 21.5 cm	***	***
145	Magani, Mick Mosquito Larvae Circa 1965 Natural pigments on bark, 96 x 31 cm	***	***
146	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Diver Duck Nest in Waterhole Circa 1960 Natural earth pigments on bark, 71 x 35.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
147	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Dilly Bag Woven fibre, 21 x 9 cm	***	***
148	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Painted Turtle, Eastern Arnhem Land Carved wood	***	***
149	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Wunda Shield, Western Australia Early 20th Century Carved wood	***	***
150	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Transitional Shield, South Australia Circa 1930 Carved wood, 65 x 15 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
151	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Queensland Shield and Coolamon Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***

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

An Engraved Shell Necklace Tal'e Bebe and a Shell Breast Ornament

A Pair of Turtleshell Combs

Kap Kap, New Hanover, Bismarck Archipeligo New Guinea

Three Tufi Headrests Collingwood Bay, Oro Province

Two Tufi Headrests Collingwood Bay, Oro Province

A Turtle Shell Spatula, Ghena Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

Two Presentation Axes

Early Slit Drum Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, Early 20th Century

Rare Double Headed Slit Drum Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, Circa 1900

A Rare Slit Gong Drum Fragment with Three Heads

Large Painted Fern Grade Figure

Early Fighting Horn

Three Stone Headed War Clubs New Guinea

A Dilly Bag Northern Territory, Early 20th Century

Old Woman Dreaming 2002

A Dilly Bag Northern Territory, Early 20th Century

Untitled

Parwalla

Mimi Spirits Circa 1960's

Tingari Cycle 1998

[No Title Given]

Creation, Lightning Dreaming 1993

Sacred Mans Ceremony 1993

A Rare & Early Shield Central Australia, Early 20th Century

Three Shell Necklaces Tasmania, Early 20th Century

An Engraved Boomerang Queensland, 1900 or Earlier

A Flute Stopper Sepik, New Guinea

A Rare Anggoram Peoples Mask, Kanduanum Village, Lower Sepik Region, New Guinea Early 20th Century

A Carved Bird with Shell Inlay and Reticulated Wings Star Harbour, San Cristobal, Eastern Solomon Islands

A Collection of Eight Fish Hooks Huon Gulf, New Guinea

A Janus Mortar of Massive Proportion Lower Sepik, Early 20th Century

A Group of Five Sepik Spears April River, Upper Sepik, New Guinea

A Rare and Early Spear Polynesia, circa 1900 or Earlier

A Rare Lime Spatula Admiralty Islands

A Throwing Club Ula Fiji, 19th Century

Malaangan Figure New Ireland, Circa 1940

A Stone Figure Ambrym Island, Vanuatu

A Masaawa Canoe Lagim (Splashboard)

A Post Figure Lake Sentani, West Irian

A Carving of Man and Shark with Shell Inlay Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century

[No Title Given]

Two Bark Paintings, Groot Island and Shark and Flying Fox

Two Bark Paintings of Mimi Spirits Croker Island, Western Arnhem Land Circa 1960

Mosquito Larvae Circa 1965

Diver Duck Nest in Waterhole Circa 1960

A Dilly Bag

A Painted Turtle, Eastern Arnhem Land

A Wunda Shield, Western Australia Early 20th Century

Transitional Shield, South Australia Circa 1930

A Queensland Shield and Coolamon

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