69 cm. wideProvenanceJoris Visser, Brussels ...[more]

67 cm. highProvenanceReputedly collected in the early 1950s by a missionary of the Societas Verbi Divini (Society of the Divine Word) ...[more]

155.5 cm. highProvenanceLempertz, Brussels, 5 April 2017, lot 257 ...[more]

71 cm. highProvenanceStan Moriarty, Sydney ...[more]

146 cm. highProvenanceChris Boylan, Sydney ...[more]

The front of the shield retains several arrow heads from use in battle. The surface shows the typical design of finely incised lines. The white mo...

Douglas Newton, who collected the present lot in the field, records in Crocodile and Cassowary (p.34) that this hook was fastened inside the peak ...

Cf. Conru, K., (ed.), Sepik Ramu Art, Brussels, 2019, p.151115 cm. highProvenanceAlex Philips, Melbourne ...[more]

The power of these figures from the Yuat river, with their huge heads, hunched shoulders and flexed legs, has always impressed collectors and arti...

120 and 84 cm. highProvenanceMatthias L.J. Lemaire, Amsterdam, 1960s ...[more]

130 cm. long, framedProvenanceJohn Giltsoff, Girona/Brussels ...[more]

86 cm. highProvenanceHerbert Baker, Los AngelesLiteratureEthnic Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker: Africa, Mediterranean, Ocea...

Cf. Newton, D., Crocodile and Cassowary, New York, 1971, p.191, fig.167, for a similar figure in the Metropolitan Museum collected by Father Heine...

Cf. Conru, K., (ed.), Sepik Ramu Art, Brussels, 2019, p.116, plate 46, for a similar figure collected by Fred Gerrits, probably from the village o...

Cf. Greub, S. et al., Art of Northwest New Guinea: From Geelvink Bay Humboldt Bay and Lake Sentani, New York, 1992, p.139, fig.20, for a photograp...

Cf. Le Fur, Y. et al., “la mort n'en saura rien”, Paris, 1999, p.51, fig.16, for a similar figure in the Museum am Rothenbaum, Hamburg (formerly t...

176.5 cm. highProvenanceChristie’s, New York, 16 November 1995, lot 17 ...[more]

87 cm. high ...[more]

46 cm. high

77 cm. highProvenancePierre Langlois (1927-2015), Lille, 1974 ...[more]

14 and 18 cm. longProvenanceGalerie Michel Cachoux, Paris, 1990 (for the Sumatra blade) ...[more]

70 cm. highProvenanceBaron von Freydenegg, SteiermarkKlaus Clausmeyer, DusseldorfGalerie Axel Vömel, Dusseldorf ...[more]

Cf. Newton, D. et al., The Art of the Pacific Islands, Washington D.C., 1979, p.333, fig.22.72 for a similar figure in the Bruce Seaman collection...

Cf. Kelm, H., Kunst vom Sepik, volume 1, Berlin, 1966, fig.45, for a similar crocodile collected between Ymas and Asangamut on the Yuat River and ...

75.5 cm. highProvenanceCollected in situ by Wayne Heathcote in the village of Gahom, 1963/64Douglas Newton, New YorkMarcia and John Friede, Rye, N...

77 cm. high

Prehistoric mortars and pestles have been discovered by present-day native populations when exposed by river bank erosion, during construction of ...

33 cm. longProvenanceCollected in the field by Captain Edgar Johnston when he conducted Australian Civil Aviation's first aerial survey of New Gui...

50 cm. high ...[more]

According to the former owner this head was found along with others during excavations to construct a road near Jayapura on the north coast of Wes...

105 cm. high ...[more]

169 to 187 cm. long

165 to 191 cm. long

50 cm. long ...[more]

7.5 to 15.5 cm. long

67 to 88.5 cm. long without ties ...[more]

27 cm. longProvenancePierre Langlois (1927-2015), Lille, 1972This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the E...

140 cm. high

155 cm. high

177 cm. high

197 cm. highProvenanceCollected in the field by Loed Van BusselThis lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the...

45 cm. highProvenanceCollected in the field by Loed van Bussel Gary Hendershott, Dallas ...[more]

47 cm. highProvenanceCollected in the field by Loed van Bussel Gary Hendershott, Dallas ...[more]

12 cm. longProvenancePierre Langlois (1927-2015), Lille ...[more]

59 cm. longThis lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We would like to inform you ...

7 to 15 cm. wideProvenancePierre Langlois (1927-2015), Lille, 1974 (for the largest one)This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence ...

Cf. Mead, S., Material Culture and Art in the Star Harbour Region, Eastern Solomon Islands, Royal Ontario Museum, Monograph 1, 1973, p.19, pl.4, a...

Cf. Guiart, J., Nouvelles Hebrides: Mondes et Cultures, Paris, 1965, p.10520 to 38 cm. longProvenanceAcquired by the owner in Vanuatu in 1984 ......

38.5 cm. longProvenanceCaptain Guenet, aboard Le RocinanteNicolai Michoutouchkine, Port VilaCountess Ingeborg de Beausacq, Marseille/New York ......

40.5 cm. longProvenanceCaptain Guenet, aboard Le RocinanteNicolai Michoutouchkine, Port VilaCountess Ingeborg de Beausacq, Marseille/New York ......

31.5 cm. longProvenanceC.G.Hughes, ShrewsburyHarry Beasley, no.4030, acquired from the above 29 March 1936Allan Frumkin, New York and ChicagoWhen ...

The figure, still part of a complete post within the custom house, aofa, in Nataghera, Santa Ana, can be seen in an early photograph reproduced in...

78.5 cm. long ...[more]

86.5 cm. highProvenanceB. Posthuma, LeeuwardenLempertz, Brussels, 12 June 2015, lot 139ExhibitionsOss, Gemeentelijk Museum Jan Cunen, 1993Eindhove...

Cf. Howarth, C. and Huffman, K., Kastom Art of Vanuatu, Canberra, 2013, pp.52/53This gable ornament would have adorned the extension of the horizo...

116 cm. highProvenanceMarshall Laird, Wellington. He travelled to Vanuatu several times in the 1950s. ...[more]

210 cm. highProvenanceSekou Keita, Amsterdam ...[more]

18 cm. highProvenanceCaptain Guenet, aboard Le RocinanteNicolai Michoutouchkine, Port Vila ...[more]

87 cm. longProvenanceCollected on the voyage of La Korrigane, 1935Christie’s, Amsterdam, 12 September 2002, lot 33The prow was purchased on Atchin...

27 cm. highProvenanceCaptain Guenet, aboard Le RocinanteNicolai Michoutouchkine, Port Vila ...[more]