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

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Lot No.		Hammer	Price incl. Premium
152	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Small Rainforest Shield, North Eastern Queensland Circa 1900 Carved wood, 46.5 x 21.5 cm	***	***
153	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Wunda Shield, Western Australia Carved wood, 70 x 18 cm	***	***
154	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Early Transitional Shield, Queensland Early 20th Century Carved wood, 67 x 18 cm	***	***
155	Artist Unknown, A Basket Hook, Middle Sepik, New Guinea, Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
156	Artist Unknown, A Food Pounder, Banks Island, Vanuatu Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
157	Artist Unknown, A Barava Ornament Fragment, Western Solomons Clam shell, 24 x 24 cm	***	***
158	Artist Unknown, A Painted Dance Club, New Britain Early 20th Century Carved wood	***	***
159	Artist Unknown, A Simbai Shield, Highlands New Guinea Carved wood	***	***
160	Artist Unknown, A Highland Headrest Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
161	Artist Unknown, A Superb Tami Bowl Huon Gulf, Circa 1940 Carved wood, diameter 36 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
162	Artist Unknown, A Kap Kap and Ladle Kap Kap, New Ireland Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
163	Artist Unknown, A Group of Four Spears Sepik, New Guinea, Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
164	Artist Unknown, A Middle Sepik Shield, Shield from Manambo in the Ambunti Region of the Upper Sepik Carved wood, 142 x 31 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
165	Artist Unknown, A Figurative Lime Spatula, Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Circa 1900 Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
166	Artist Unknown, Two Lime Spatulas, Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Early 20th Century Carved wood, 18 x 16 cm	***	***
167	Artist Unknown, Three Lime Spatulas, Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Carved wood, 33 x 22 x 26.5 cm	***	***
168	Artist Unknown, A Maori Fish Hook, New Zealand 19th Century	***	***
169	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Ceremonial Morning Star Posts, Eastern Arnhem Land Circa Late 1950's Natural earth pigments feathers and string on carved soft wood, 132 cm; 101 cm high Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
170	Wiggan, Roy Two Ceremonial Bardi Objects Ilma Kimberley 80 x 58 cm; 68 x 41 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
171	Artist Unknown, [No Title Given] Watercolour	***	***
172	Jagamarra, Tommy [No Title Given] Acrylic on art board has number 761079 Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
173	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Painted Hooked Boomerang, Western Australia Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
174	Pareroultja, Otto [No Title Given] Watercolour, 36 x 25 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
175	Nganjmira, Thompson Two Bark Paintings of Mimi Spirits Circa 1970 Natural earth pigments on bark, 42.5 x 18 cm; 33 x 16 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
176	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Djambuwal (The Thunder Man) and Fish, Eastern Arnhem Land Circa 1970 Natural earth pigments on bark, 69.5 x 29 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
177	Kubarrku, Mick [No Title Given] 61.5 x 21.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
178	Tjampitjinpa, Kaapa Mbitjana Untitled 1976 Watercolour, 35.5 x 45.7 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
179	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Tiwi Ceremonial Object, Melville or Bathurst Island Circa 1970's Carved wood	***	***
180	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Bicornal Basket Queensland, Circa 1900 Woven fibre, height 24.5 cm, width 31.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
181	Mardigan, Charlie Bark Painting, Port Keats Natural earth pigments on bark, 76 x 39 cm	***	***
182	Artist Unknown, A Canoe Prow Ornament, Coastal Sepik Early 20th Century Carved wood	***	***
183	Artist Unknown, A Club with Stylized Janus Head, Vanuatu Circa 1900 or Earlier Carved wood	***	***
184	Artist Unknown, A Large Club, Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Circa 1900 Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
185	Artist Unknown, An Early Stool, Middle Sepik, New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
186	Artist Unknown, A Maori Ceremonial Paddle, New Zealand Circa 1930 Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
187	Artist Unknown, A Huntstein Garra Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
188	Artist Unknown, A Nogwi Figure, (Nukuma) Washkuk Hills Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
189	Artist Unknown, A Yina Figure, (Kwoma) from Bangwis in the Washkuk Hills, Upper Sepik Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
190	Artist Unknown, A Kamangabbi Figure, East Sepik Province, New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
191	Artist Unknown, A Simbai Shield, Highlands New Guinea Carved wood, 100 x 56 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
192	Artist Unknown, S. Stuart - Te Pehi Chief of the Noatiroa Tribe 1906 Oil painting on canvas, 37 x 29 cm	***	***
193	Artist Unknown, A Nogwi Figure, Kwoma Washkuk Hills, New Guinea Carved wood	***	***
194	Artist Unknown, An Early Slit Drum, Lower Sepik, New Guinea Carved wood, 215 x 46 x 31 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
195	Rubuntja, Wenten Untitled, Central Australia Two Hermansburg watercolours, 54.5 x 37.5 cm; 54.5 x 38 cm	***	***
196	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Untitled, Central Australia Watercolours, 54.5 x 37.5 cm; 54.5 x 37.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
197	Artist Unknown, Untitled Watercolours Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
198	Rubuntja, Wenten Untitled Three Hermansburg watercolours, 27 x 18 cm, 28 x 19 cm; 28 x 18 cm	***	***
199	Djaykurrnga, George Merwulunulu Mimi Spirits Circa 1970 Natural earth pigments on bark, 63 x 24 cm	***	***
200	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Superb Early Club Victoria, 19th Century Carved wood	***	***
201	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Untitled, Central Australia Two Hermansburg watercolours, 37 x 27 cm; 37.5 x 27 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***

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

A Small Rainforest Shield, North Eastern Queensland Circa 1900

A Wunda Shield, Western Australia

An Early Transitional Shield, Queensland Early 20th Century

A Basket Hook, Middle Sepik, New Guinea, Early 20th Century

A Food Pounder, Banks Island, Vanuatu Early 20th Century

A Barava Ornament Fragment, Western Solomons

A Painted Dance Club, New Britain Early 20th Century

A Simbai Shield, Highlands New Guinea

A Highland Headrest

A Superb Tami Bowl Huon Gulf, Circa 1940

A Kap Kap and Ladle Kap Kap, New Ireland

A Group of Four Spears Sepik, New Guinea, Early 20th Century

A Middle Sepik Shield, Shield from Manambo in the Ambunti Region of the Upper Sepik

A Figurative Lime Spatula, Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Circa 1900

Two Lime Spatulas, Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Early 20th Century

Three Lime Spatulas, Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

A Maori Fish Hook, New Zealand 19th Century

Two Ceremonial Morning Star Posts, Eastern Arnhem Land Circa Late 1950's

Two Ceremonial Bardi Objects Ilma Kimberley

[No Title Given]

[No Title Given]

A Painted Hooked Boomerang, Western Australia Early 20th Century

[No Title Given]

Two Bark Paintings of Mimi Spirits Circa 1970

Djambuwal (The Thunder Man) and Fish, Eastern Arnhem Land Circa 1970

[No Title Given]

Untitled 1976

A Tiwi Ceremonial Object, Melville or Bathurst Island Circa 1970's

A Bicornal Basket Queensland, Circa 1900

Bark Painting, Port Keats

A Canoe Prow Ornament, Coastal Sepik Early 20th Century

A Club with Stylized Janus Head, Vanuatu Circa 1900 or Earlier

A Large Club, Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Circa 1900

An Early Stool, Middle Sepik, New Guinea

A Maori Ceremonial Paddle, New Zealand Circa 1930

A Huntstein Garra

A Nogwi Figure, (Nukuma) Washkuk Hills

A Yina Figure, (Kwoma) from Bangwis in the Washkuk Hills, Upper Sepik

A Kamangabbi Figure, East Sepik Province, New Guinea

A Simbai Shield, Highlands New Guinea

S. Stuart - Te Pehi Chief of the Noatiroa Tribe 1906

A Nogwi Figure, Kwoma Washkuk Hills, New Guinea

An Early Slit Drum, Lower Sepik, New Guinea

Untitled, Central Australia

Untitled, Central Australia

Untitled

Untitled

Mimi Spirits Circa 1970

A Superb Early Club Victoria, 19th Century

Untitled, Central Australia

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