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

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Lot No.		Hammer	Price incl. Premium
252	Artist Unknown, Four Tufi Headrests, Collingwood Bay, Oro Province Early 20th Century Carved wood, longest 19 cm	***	***
253	Artist Unknown, Four Kap Kap's Shell Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
254	Artist Unknown, Three Shell Ornaments Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century Shell Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
255	Artist Unknown, Three Canoe Splashboards Lagim Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
256	Artist Unknown, A Pair of Canoe Splashboards Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
257	Artist Unknown, An Engraved Kina Shell and Two Shell and Fiber Necklaces, Oro Province, New Guinea Carved shell Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
258	Artist Unknown, Two Wooden Bowls Huon Gulf, New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
259	Artist Unknown, Two Wooden Clubs New Guinea Left - Oro Province Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
260	Artist Unknown, A Group of Five Artefacts New Guinea, Early 20th Century Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
261	Artist Unknown, Four Stone Headed War Clubs New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
262	Artist Unknown, A Kula Boars Tusk Seed and Shell Necklace and a Kula Shell and Seed Necklace Massim, Southeastern New Guinea	***	***
263	Artist Unknown, Two Kula Necklaces Seed and Shell Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
264	Artist Unknown, Two Shell Armbands Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century Carved shell, 22 x 12 cm	***	***
265	Artist Unknown, Two Items of Kula Jewelry Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
266	Artist Unknown, Two Turtle Shell Spatulas Ghenas Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
267	Artist Unknown, Two Turtle Shell Spatulas Ghenas Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
268	Artist Unknown, A Group of Six Mortars and Six Pestles Oro Province, Eastern New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
269	Artist Unknown, A Group of Five Mortars and Five Pestles Massim Oro Province, Eastern New Guinea Carved wood	***	***
270	Artist Unknown, A Group of Three Carver's Adzes Legogu Massim, Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
271	Artist Unknown, Two Mortars and a Pestle Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
272	Artist Unknown, A Group of Four Tufi Headrests Oro Province, New Guinea Carved wood	***	***
273	Artist Unknown, A Group of Three Abelam Hair Ornaments Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
274	Artist Unknown, A Group of Four Headbands Nanemo Oro Province, Eastern New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
275	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Group of Three Early Clubs Throwing Club Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
276	Artist Unknown, Two Large Sago Ladles Ghule Massim, Early 20th Century Carved wood, 241 x 220 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
277	Artist Unknown, Two Upper Sepik Paddles Wogumas Sepik, New Guinea Carved wood, 191 x 283 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
278	Artist Unknown, Two Turtle Shell Lime Spatulas with Attached Beads and Shells and a Turtle Shell Comb With Attached Beads and Shell Disc Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
279	Artist Unknown, Two Collingwood Bay Lime Spatulas Oro Province, Eastern New Guinea Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
280	Artist Unknown, A Group of Five Pieces of Kula Jewellery Massim, Southeastern New Guinea	***	***
281	Artist Unknown, Two Nasa Shell Armbands Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century Shell Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
282	Artist Unknown, A Dance Paddle Massim, Southeastern New Guinea Carved wood	***	***
283	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Four Early Boomerangs Southeastern Australia, 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
284	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Engraved Boomerangs Queensland, 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
285	Nganjmira, Robin Mimis Dancing Around Kangaroo Natural pigments on bark, 169 x 61 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
286	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, [No Title Given] Natural pigments on bark, 183 x 82 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
287	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, [No Title Given] Natural pigments on bark, 160 x 57 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
288	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Baskets Queensland, Early 20th Century Woven fibre, heights 31 cm; 30 cm	***	***
289	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Three Early Aboriginal Items Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
290	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Four Throwing Clubs Queensland, 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
291	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Group of Three Painted Miniature Ceremonial Poles Tiwi, Melville or Bahurst Island Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
292	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Boomerangs Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
293	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Early Wunda Shield Western Australia, Circa 1900 or Earlier Carved wood	***	***
294	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Woomeras Western Australia, 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
295	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Group of Three Throwing Clubs Queensland, 19th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
296	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, Two Hooked Boomerangs Western Australia, Early 20th Century Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
297	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Engraved Pearl Shell with Human Hair Jakoli Kimberley, Early 20th Century Shell	***	***
298	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Engraved Pearl Shell Jakoli Kimberley, Northwestern Australia Shell	***	***
299	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, An Engraved Pearl Shell Jakoli Kimberley, Northwestern Australia Shell	***	***
300	Artist Unknown, Two Hafted Stone Axes Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
301	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Stone Knife and a Human Hair Belt Central Australia Carved wood Search for Matching Provenance	***	***

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

Four Tufi Headrests, Collingwood Bay, Oro Province Early 20th Century

Four Kap Kap's

Three Shell Ornaments Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century

Three Canoe Splashboards Lagim Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

A Pair of Canoe Splashboards Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

An Engraved Kina Shell and Two Shell and Fiber Necklaces, Oro Province, New Guinea

Two Wooden Bowls Huon Gulf, New Guinea

Two Wooden Clubs New Guinea Left - Oro Province

A Group of Five Artefacts New Guinea, Early 20th Century

Four Stone Headed War Clubs New Guinea

A Kula Boars Tusk Seed and Shell Necklace and a Kula Shell and Seed Necklace Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

Two Kula Necklaces Seed and Shell Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

Two Shell Armbands Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century

Two Items of Kula Jewelry

Two Turtle Shell Spatulas Ghenas Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

Two Turtle Shell Spatulas Ghenas Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

A Group of Six Mortars and Six Pestles Oro Province, Eastern New Guinea

A Group of Five Mortars and Five Pestles Massim Oro Province, Eastern New Guinea

A Group of Three Carver's Adzes Legogu Massim, Early 20th Century

Two Mortars and a Pestle Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

A Group of Four Tufi Headrests Oro Province, New Guinea

A Group of Three Abelam Hair Ornaments

A Group of Four Headbands Nanemo Oro Province, Eastern New Guinea

A Group of Three Early Clubs Throwing Club

Two Large Sago Ladles Ghule Massim, Early 20th Century

Two Upper Sepik Paddles Wogumas Sepik, New Guinea

Two Turtle Shell Lime Spatulas with Attached Beads and Shells and a Turtle Shell Comb With Attached Beads and Shell Disc

Two Collingwood Bay Lime Spatulas Oro Province, Eastern New Guinea

A Group of Five Pieces of Kula Jewellery Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

Two Nasa Shell Armbands Solomon Islands, Early 20th Century

A Dance Paddle Massim, Southeastern New Guinea

Four Early Boomerangs Southeastern Australia, 19th Century

Two Engraved Boomerangs Queensland, 19th Century

Mimis Dancing Around Kangaroo

[No Title Given]

[No Title Given]

Two Baskets Queensland, Early 20th Century

Three Early Aboriginal Items

Four Throwing Clubs Queensland, 19th Century

A Group of Three Painted Miniature Ceremonial Poles Tiwi, Melville or Bahurst Island

Two Boomerangs

An Early Wunda Shield Western Australia, Circa 1900 or Earlier

Two Woomeras Western Australia, 19th Century

A Group of Three Throwing Clubs Queensland, 19th Century

Two Hooked Boomerangs Western Australia, Early 20th Century

An Engraved Pearl Shell with Human Hair Jakoli Kimberley, Early 20th Century

An Engraved Pearl Shell Jakoli Kimberley, Northwestern Australia

An Engraved Pearl Shell Jakoli Kimberley, Northwestern Australia

Two Hafted Stone Axes

A Stone Knife and a Human Hair Belt Central Australia

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