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

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Lot No.		Hammer	Price incl. Premium
202	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Early Nailheaded Throwing Club Queensland, Circa 1900 Carved wood	***	***
203	Karadada, Lily Wandjina Kimberley Natural earth pigments on bark, 68.5 x 30 cm	***	***
204	Artist Unknown, Strehlow Photo Album Photographs, 55.5 x 37 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
205	Artist Unknown, [No Title Given] Two paintings on wooden panels Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
206	Tetnjan, Dick Kangaroo and Hunter Oempelli, Western Arnhem Land Natural earth pigments on bark, 76 x 49 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
207	Karadada, Lily Wandjina Natural earth pigments on bark, 91 x 51 cm	***	***
208	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Figure and Snakes Western Arnhem Land Natural earth pigments on bark, 116 x 50 cm	***	***
209	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Kangaroo Western Arnhem Land Natural earth pigments on bark, 77 x 46 cm	***	***
210	Artist Unknown, A War Shield Middle Sepik, New Guinea Carved wood, 136 x 27 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
211	Artist Unknown, A Mindja Board Kwoma Washkuk Hills, New Guinea Carved wood, 165 x 31 cm	***	***
212	Artist Unknown, A Tami Bowl with Faces Huon Gulf Eastern, New Guinea Carved wood, 89 x 40 cm	***	***
213	Artist Unknown, Rima Rumono Omni bark cloth, 100 x 60 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
214	Artist Unknown, A Kamanggabi Figure Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
215	Artist Unknown, A Pair of Turtle Shell Combs Massim, Early 20th Century Shell Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
216	Artist Unknown, A Massim Figure and Another Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
217	Artist Unknown, A Coco De Mer Bowl 27 x 26 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
218	Nongah, Bobyin Kumanggur, Port Keats, Circa 1970 Natural earth pigments on bark, 18.5 x 51 cm	***	***
219	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Hunter and Buffalo, Eastern Arnhem Land Natural earth pigments on bark, 46 x 30 cm	***	***
220	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Didgeridoos, Central Arnhem Land Carved wood, lengths 138 cm, 132 cm	***	***
221	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Four Carved Baobab Nuts, Kimberley, Western Australia Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
222	Marika, Mathaman The Djankawa People, Yirakala, Eastern Arnhemland Circa 1957 Natural earth pigments on bark, 69 x 23.5 cm	***	***
223	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Eastern Arnhem Land, Circa 1960 Natural earth pigments on bark, 22 x 54 cm	***	***
224	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Group of Three Aboriginal Artefacts Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
225	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Group of Three Boomerangs Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
226	Artist Unknown, A Lime Spatula Collingwood Bay, Early 20th Century Carved wood	***	***
227	Artist Unknown, A Large and Rare Lime Spatula Collingwood Bay, Early 20th Century Carved wood	***	***
228	Artist Unknown, Eastern New Guinea, Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
229	Artist Unknown, Three Turtle Shell Spatulas Ghena Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Shell Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
230	Artist Unknown, Eight Turtle Shell Lime Spatulas Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
231	Artist Unknown, Three Lime Spatulas Collingwood Bay, Oro Province, Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
232	Artist Unknown, Three Lime Spatulas Collingwood Bay, Oro Province, Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
233	Artist Unknown, A Superb Lime Spatula Collingwood Bay, Oro Province Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
234	Artist Unknown, Two Lime Spatulas Massim, Southeastern New Guinea, Circa 1900 Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
235	Artist Unknown, Three Lime Spatulas, Collingwood Bay, Oro Province Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
236	Artist Unknown, Three Lime Spatulas Eastern New Guinea, Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
237	Artist Unknown, Four Turtle Shell Spatulas Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
238	Artist Unknown, Three Lime Spatulas, Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
239	Artist Unknown, Two Turtle Shell Spatulas Massim, Eastern New Guinea Lime Spatula Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
240	Artist Unknown, Three Lime Spatulas Eastern New Guinea, Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
241	Artist Unknown, Two Headbands Nanemo, Oro Province, Eastern New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
242	Artist Unknown, A Pair of Nasa Shell Armbands Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century Shell, 20 x 10 cm; 19 x 10 cm	***	***
243	Artist Unknown, A Pair of Nasa Shell Armbands Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century Shell, 20 x 11 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
244	Artist Unknown, An Elaborate Woven Bag Middle Sepik, New Guinea, Early 20th Century Woven fibre, 57 x 34 cm	***	***
245	Artist Unknown, A Superb Stone Torso Malekula Island, Vanuatu Carved stone	***	***
246	Artist Unknown, A Stone Mask Malekula, Vanuatu Carved stone Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
247	Artist Unknown, A Stone Figure Malekula Island, Vanuatu Carved stone	***	***
248	Artist Unknown, Six Wooden Sago Ladles Ghule, Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Early 20th Century Carved wood, longest 172 cm shortest 110 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
249	Artist Unknown, Ten Turtleshell Fish Net Dividers Massim, Southestern New Guinea Carved wood, longest 20.5 cm, shortest 10 cm	***	***
250	Artist Unknown, A Ceremonial Bowl, Vanuatu Carved wood	***	***
251	Artist Unknown, Three Wave-Splitter Finials Munkuris Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Finial Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***

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

An Early Nailheaded Throwing Club Queensland, Circa 1900

Wandjina Kimberley

Strehlow Photo Album

[No Title Given]

Kangaroo and Hunter Oempelli, Western Arnhem Land

Wandjina

Figure and Snakes Western Arnhem Land

Kangaroo Western Arnhem Land

A War Shield Middle Sepik, New Guinea

A Mindja Board Kwoma Washkuk Hills, New Guinea

A Tami Bowl with Faces Huon Gulf Eastern, New Guinea

Rima Rumono

A Kamanggabi Figure

A Pair of Turtle Shell Combs Massim, Early 20th Century

A Massim Figure and Another

A Coco De Mer Bowl

Kumanggur, Port Keats, Circa 1970

Hunter and Buffalo, Eastern Arnhem Land

Two Didgeridoos, Central Arnhem Land

Four Carved Baobab Nuts, Kimberley, Western Australia

The Djankawa People, Yirakala, Eastern Arnhemland Circa 1957

Eastern Arnhem Land, Circa 1960

A Group of Three Aboriginal Artefacts

A Group of Three Boomerangs

A Lime Spatula Collingwood Bay, Early 20th Century

A Large and Rare Lime Spatula Collingwood Bay, Early 20th Century

Eastern New Guinea, Early 20th Century

Three Turtle Shell Spatulas Ghena Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

Eight Turtle Shell Lime Spatulas Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

Three Lime Spatulas Collingwood Bay, Oro Province, Early 20th Century

Three Lime Spatulas Collingwood Bay, Oro Province, Early 20th Century

A Superb Lime Spatula Collingwood Bay, Oro Province

Two Lime Spatulas Massim, Southeastern New Guinea, Circa 1900

Three Lime Spatulas, Collingwood Bay, Oro Province Early 20th Century

Three Lime Spatulas Eastern New Guinea, Early 20th Century

Four Turtle Shell Spatulas Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

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

Two Turtle Shell Spatulas Massim, Eastern New Guinea Lime Spatula

Three Lime Spatulas Eastern New Guinea, Early 20th Century

Two Headbands Nanemo, Oro Province, Eastern New Guinea

A Pair of Nasa Shell Armbands Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century

A Pair of Nasa Shell Armbands Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century

An Elaborate Woven Bag Middle Sepik, New Guinea, Early 20th Century

A Superb Stone Torso Malekula Island, Vanuatu

A Stone Mask Malekula, Vanuatu

A Stone Figure Malekula Island, Vanuatu

Six Wooden Sago Ladles Ghule, Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Early 20th Century

Ten Turtleshell Fish Net Dividers Massim, Southestern New Guinea

A Ceremonial Bowl, Vanuatu

Three Wave-Splitter Finials Munkuris Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Finial

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