1: Rare Gable mask from ceremonial house facade, Sawos people, Papua New Guinea. Sago palm petioles, black palm wood and cane frame, woven natural fibre, cassowary feathers (Casuarius), plant fibre tassels…

2: Fine Ceremonial Dancing Paddle, Santa Cruz, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood. Designed as an abstract composition representing elements of the bonito fish, the frigate bird…

3: Fine early Santa Cruz Feast Bowl, Solomon Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood. Approx 63 x 21cm. PROVENANCEL Ex Eric Coote Collection, New South Wales.

4: Rennel Islands Inlaid Staff, Solomon Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood with shell inlay. Finely carved in ebonised timber with delicate shell inlay, this staff is a fine early 20th.C example of a Rennel Island staff…

5: Figurative Ceremonial Buka / Bougainville Island Paddle, Solomon Islands. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments. Likely used as a dance wand, the paddle charateristically displays a domineering...

6: Presentation Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant Necklace (Tabua) Fiji islands. Carved sperm whale tooth and coconut fibre. Large polished sperm whale tooth drilled at either end with attached braided fibre neck lanyard…

7: Tanoa Kava Bowl, Samoa / Fiji islands. Carved and engraved hardwood. Kava is drunk both casually and ceremonially. Regular bowls, such as the present example, have six legs, while large ceremonial bowls have…

8: Fine Large Kiribati Islands Shark-tooth Ceremonial Sword, Micronesia. Palm-wood, palm leaf, shark teeth and fibre. Approx L114cm. PROVENANCE John Magers Collection, Sydney.

9: Rare early Pounder, LAKE SENTANI, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood. Approx L54.5cm. PROVENANCE Ex Eric Coote Collection, New South Wales.

10: Fine early Sawos Flute Stopper with Crocodile and Hornbill bird, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood with shell eyes. Finely carved with a crocodile raising from the flute insert to a bird’s head that…

11: Early Papuan Gulf Bullroarer Spirit Board, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. Era River Bullroarer Spirit Board with figure in white pigment. Approx L51.5cm. PROVENANCE John…

12: Ancestral figure, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. Approx L49cm. PROVENANCE Ex Eric Coote Collection, New South Wales.

13: Northwest Asmat War Shield, Possibly Brazza River, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. 20th century large Asmat shield with geomtric pattern in orange, white and black pigments…

14: Early Large Bowl, Kamano people, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Carved hardwood. Approx L57 x 31cm. PROVENANCE Ex Eric Coote Collection, New South Wales.

15: Fine early Large Highlands Plate, Papua New Guinea. Carved hardwood. Approx L69 x 45cm. PROVENANCE Ex Stan Moriarty Collection, Sydney. John Magers Collection, Sydney.

16: Ritual Money (Talipun) Boiken Peoples, Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea. Woven plaited fiber, shell, clay, feathers and natural pigment. Talipun were used for bride price and other forms of traditional exchange…

17: Ritual Money (Talipun) Boiken Peoples, Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea. Woven plaited fiber, shell, clay, feathers and natural pigment. Talipun were used for bride price and other forms of traditional exchange…

18: Rare SULKA Stone Headed Club, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Carved hardwood, stone and woven natural fibre. Interesting stone headed club likely to be from the Sulka region of New Britain with a spike top…

19: A Collection of Three Tribal Stone Implements. Carved stone. Approx Lengths 8cm, 12.5cm, 12cm. PROVENANCE John Magers Collection, Sydney.

20: Fine early Tami Island Sago Pounder, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood. Finely carved facial design below the top knob of this Tami sago pounder. Approx L71cm…