Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers, Australian Aboriginal and Oceanic Art , Sydney, 12 Jun 2012

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Lot No.		Hammer	Price incl. Premium
151	Artist Unknown, Two Maprik Yam Markers Height 55 cm and height 61 cm	***	***
152	Artist Unknown, A Sepik River Food Hook Height 61 cm	***	***
153	Artist Unknown, Three Stone Adzes Baliem Valley West Papua Height 44 cm; height 55 cm; height 60 cm	***	***
154	Artist Unknown, Three Betelnut Mortars & Two Pestles, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea (5)	***	***
155	Artist Unknown, A Wooden Trophy Head, Blackwater River Region, Papua New Guinea Carved wood, height 22 cm	***	***
156	Artist Unknown, A Kamangawi Initiation Mask, Sepik Plains, Papua New Guinea Height 55 cm	***	***
157	Artist Unknown, Ancestral Mask, Maramba Village Sepik Village, Papua New Guinea Carved wood, length 112 cm	***	***
158	Artist Unknown, A Mwai Mask Carved wood, height 91 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
159	Artist Unknown, A Large House Post Timor Island Carved wood, height 178 cm	***	***
160	Aboriginal Artist Unknown, A Large Ancestor Totem Figure Carved wood, height 180 cm	***	***
161	Artist Unknown, An Abelam Ancestor Figure Carved wood, height 95 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
163	Artist Unknown, An Open Carving of Male and Female Figure, Papua New Guinea Carved wood, height 132 cm; Width 42 cm	***	***
164	Artist Unknown, An Old Traditional Keveke Mask Papuan Gulf Height 135 cm; width 40 cm	***	***
165	Artist Unknown, A Female Ancestor Figure 'Kakame' from the Papuan Gulf Height 100 cm; width 60 cm	***	***
166	Artist Unknown, An Authentic Old Yam Digging Stick Abelam - Wosera Area, Papua New Guinea Length 272 cm	***	***
167	Artist Unknown, An Asmat Paddle, West Papua Carved hardwood, length 240 cm	***	***
168	Artist Unknown, Two Bamboo Lime Containers & a Yam Mask (3) Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
169	Artist Unknown, An Asmat Canoe Prow West Papua Carved wood	***	***
170	Artist Unknown, A Sepik River Ancestral Hardwood Shield Finely Incised and Decorated with Natural Ochres And Cassowary Feathers Carved wood, height 163 cm	***	***
171	Artist Unknown, A Highlands Shield PNG with Striking Red Yellow & Black Design, Sennet Handle Carved wood, height 131 cm	***	***
172	Artist Unknown, A West Sepik Shield with Hornbill Figure Carved wood, height 122 cm	***	***
173	Artist Unknown, Asmat Shield West Papua Carved wood, height 140 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
174	Artist Unknown, A Southern Highlands Shield, Papua New Guinea Striking Polychrome Design with Central Spine Carved wood, height 125 cm	***	***
175	Artist Unknown, Western Highlands Shield Late 1980's / Early 1990's Metal, green, yellow, silver, black and red on a beaten 44 gallon drum, 170 x 76 cm	***	***
176	Artist Unknown, Phantom Shield, Banz Area, Mid Waghi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea Carved wood, height 141 cm	***	***
177	Artist Unknown, Fighting Shield Waghi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea Carved wood, height 154 cm	***	***
178	Williri, Glen Brogla Water Goanna and Water Python Acrylic on canvas, 64.5 x 41.5 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
179	Naparrula, Lorna Fencer Bush Potato Butcher's paper, 81 x 119 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
180	Naparrula, Lorna Fencer Bush Potato Butcher's paper, 81 x 119 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
181	Rook, Tanya Bush Banana Acrylic on canvas, 79.5 x 59 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
182	Miller, Lydia Manigiti Dreaming Acrylic on canvas, 92 x 122 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
183	Ludden, Nita Moses Bush Potato - Snake Bitting Emu Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 120 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
184	Ludden, Nita Moses Woman Collecting Bush Potato Acrylic on canvas, 122.7 x 77 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
185	Dixon, Teddy Bush Potato, Water Dreaming Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 100 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
186	Huddleston, Gertie My Country Acrylic on canvas, 85 x 143 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
187	Mung, Patrick Hills of Warmun Acrylic on canvas, 67 x 67 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
188	Naparrula, Lorna Fencer Bush Potato Acrylic on linen, 150 x 100 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
189	Naparrula, Lorna Fencer Bush Potato Acrylic on linen, 150 x 100 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
190	Tjampitjinpa, Jimmy Robertson Water Dreaming Acrylic on canvas, 130 x 89 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
191	Petyarre, Gloria Tamerre Bush Medicine Leaves 2007 Acrylic on canvas, 140 x 140 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
192	Blitner, Eddie Taita (Edward) Fire Dreaming Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 300 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
193	Daymirringu, David Malangi Long Neck Turtle and Water Pythons, Yathalmarra Waterhole Ochres on bark, 49 x 69 cm	***	***
194	Wainburranga, Paddy Fordham This Bark Painting Tells the Moon Man Story, with a Wide Cast of Ancestral Beings, Objects and Creatures Bark, 88 x 152 cm Search for Matching Provenance	***	***
195	Guymathala, Betty Bush Tucker Gathering, 2002 Acrylic on bark, 142 x 56 cm	***	***
196	Girirrkirirr, Peter Ngalyindi2006 Ochre on bark, 142 x 68 cm	***	***
197	Banalanydju, Shirley Moitjwakangakal 2006 Ochre on bark, 127 x 47.5 cm	***	***
198	Moduk, Jimmy Mewal Honey Rock2006 Ochre on bark, 89.5 x 51 cm	***	***
199	Moduk, Jimmy Sugarbag Story 2011 Ochre on bark, 103 x 47 cm	***	***
200	Moduk, Jimmy Djanda 2005 (Goanna) Ochre on bark, 84 x 34.5 cm	***	***
201	Bopori, Linda Namiyal Rinytjangu 2005 (Yams) Ochre on bark, 89.5 x 55 cm	***	***

Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers, Australian Aboriginal and Oceanic Art , Sydney, 12 Jun 2012, No. of Lots: 218

Two Maprik Yam Markers

A Sepik River Food Hook

Three Stone Adzes Baliem Valley West Papua

Three Betelnut Mortars & Two Pestles, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea (5)

A Wooden Trophy Head, Blackwater River Region, Papua New Guinea

A Kamangawi Initiation Mask, Sepik Plains, Papua New Guinea

Ancestral Mask, Maramba Village Sepik Village, Papua New Guinea

A Mwai Mask

A Large House Post Timor Island

A Large Ancestor Totem Figure

An Abelam Ancestor Figure

An Open Carving of Male and Female Figure, Papua New Guinea

An Old Traditional Keveke Mask Papuan Gulf

A Female Ancestor Figure 'Kakame' from the Papuan Gulf

An Authentic Old Yam Digging Stick Abelam - Wosera Area, Papua New Guinea

An Asmat Paddle, West Papua

Two Bamboo Lime Containers & a Yam Mask (3)

An Asmat Canoe Prow West Papua

A Sepik River Ancestral Hardwood Shield Finely Incised and Decorated with Natural Ochres And Cassowary Feathers

A Highlands Shield PNG with Striking Red Yellow & Black Design, Sennet Handle

A West Sepik Shield with Hornbill Figure

Asmat Shield West Papua

A Southern Highlands Shield, Papua New Guinea Striking Polychrome Design with Central Spine

Western Highlands Shield Late 1980's / Early 1990's

Phantom Shield, Banz Area, Mid Waghi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Fighting Shield Waghi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Brogla Water Goanna and Water Python

Bush Potato

Bush Potato

Bush Banana

Manigiti Dreaming

Bush Potato - Snake Bitting Emu

Woman Collecting Bush Potato

Bush Potato, Water Dreaming

My Country

Hills of Warmun

Bush Potato

Bush Potato

Water Dreaming

Bush Medicine Leaves 2007

Fire Dreaming

Long Neck Turtle and Water Pythons, Yathalmarra Waterhole

This Bark Painting Tells the Moon Man Story, with a Wide Cast of Ancestral Beings, Objects and Creatures

Bush Tucker Gathering, 2002

Ngalyindi2006

Moitjwakangakal 2006

Mewal Honey Rock2006

Sugarbag Story 2011

Djanda 2005 (Goanna)

Rinytjangu 2005 (Yams)

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