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Session III - Kevin Trueman Oceanic Art Collection

Session III - Kevin Trueman Oceanic Art Collection

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362 Ergebnisse

Lime Vessel, Solomon Islands, formed from a hollow

2100 - Lime Vessel, Solomon Islands, formed from a hollowed coconut, 17cm x 16cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Dance Rattle, Solomon Islands, rattle of nut shell

2101 - Dance Rattle, Solomon Islands, rattle of nut shells tied with fibre to wooden stick, 22.5cm x 10cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

61 - 130 €

Comb Ornament, Southeast Solomons, Solomon Islands

2102 - Comb Ornament, Southeast Solomons, Solomon Islands, formed from individual sticks bound with plant fibre and consolidated with putty, the surface blackened and decorated with pearlshell, 38cm x 7cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Comb Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, formed fr

2103 - Comb Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, formed from individual sticks bound and patterned with vine-strip of red-stained coconut cuticle and yellow orchid, large type curved to the head, 22.5cm x 8.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Four Comb Ornaments, Malaita, Solomon Islands, thr

2104 - Four Comb Ornaments, Malaita, Solomon Islands, three made of separate wooden sticks bound and patterned with vine-strip of red-stained coconut cuticle and yellow orchid, one carved from a single piece of wood, 16cm x 3.5cm, 16.5cm x 4.5cm, 21cm x 6cm, and 22.5cm x 8cm, (4) Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Armband Ornament, Solomon Islands, plaited in dark

2105 - Armband Ornament, Solomon Islands, plaited in dark vine-strip and embroidered with design in yellow orchid-stem and red-stained coconut cuticle, 10.5cm x 6.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Three Ear Ornaments, Malaita, Solomon Islands, of

2106 - Three Ear Ornaments, Malaita, Solomon Islands, of rolled turtle-shell, 7cm x 3.5cm, (3) Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Twenty Shell Ring Arm Ornaments, Malaita, Solomon

2107 - Twenty Shell Ring Arm Ornaments, Malaita, Solomon Islands , fashioned from cross-sections of large trochus shells, the outer edges ground smooth to reveal a white finish, decorated with incised geometric patterns highlighted with black pigment, 7cm - 9cm, (20) Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Ear Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, carved tur

2108 - Ear Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, carved turtleshell in the form of a shark eating a fish, incised with simple geometric patterns, 11cm x 7.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Seven Nose Ornaments, Solomon Islands and Papua Ne

2109 - Seven Nose Ornaments, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, including shell nose pin, pointed tip both ends and bamboo flask covers, 11cm - 27.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Whale Tooth Pendant, Solomon Islands, features pai

2110 - Whale Tooth Pendant, Solomon Islands, features pairs of drilled holes for flat chest attachment, a design characteristic of the New Georgia islands, 18.5cm x 5.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Whale Tooth Pendant, Solomon Islands, featuring pa

2111 - Whale Tooth Pendant, Solomon Islands, featuring pairs of drilled holes for flat chest attachment, a design characteristic of the New Georgia islands, 20.5cm x 6cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Three Whale Tooth Pendants, Solomon Islands, featu

2112 - Three Whale Tooth Pendants, Solomon Islands, featuring pairs of drilled holes for flat chest attachment, a design characteristic of the New Georgia islands, 10.5cm to 13.5cm (3) Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Six Whale Tooth Pendants, Solomon Islands, featuri

2113 - Six Whale Tooth Pendants, Solomon Islands, featuring pairs of drilled holes for flat chest attachment, a design characteristic of the New Georgia islands, 7.5 to 15cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Neck Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, pig tusk

2114 - Neck Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, pig tusk on a money-bead necklace, 98cm x 10cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Neck Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, pig tusks

2115 - Neck Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, pig tusks on a money-beads necklace of four barava tridacna-shell plates, length 41cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Dafe Crescent Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands,

2116 - Dafe Crescent Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, in pearlshell shaped like a crescent moon with iridescent interior of the shell facing outwards, the background smooth frigate-bird of turtle-shell mounted in the centre secured by the two suspension cords, 18cm x 11cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Dafe Crescent Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands,

2117 - Dafe Crescent Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, in pearlshell shaped like a crescent moon with iridescent interior of the shell facing outwards, the background smooth frigate-bird of turtle-shell mounted in the centre secured by the two suspension cords, 17.5cm x 11cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Dafe Crescent Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands,

2118 - Dafe Crescent Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, in pearlshell shaped like a crescent moon with iridescent interior of the shell facing outwards, the background smooth frigate-bird of turtle-shell mounted in the centre secured by the two suspension cords, 20cm x 9cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Dafe Crescent Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands,

2119 - Dafe Crescent Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, in pearlshell shaped like a crescent moon with the iridescent interior of the shell facing outwards, the background smooth, frigate-bird of turtle-shell mounted in the centre secured by two suspension cords, the tips of the crescent carved as bird heads. 18cm x 16cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Dafe Crescent Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands,

2120 - Dafe Crescent Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, in carved pearlshell on necklace of six tridacna-shell plates, 33cm x 16.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Barava Crescent Ornament, Solomon Islands, carved

2121 - Barava Crescent Ornament, Solomon Islands, carved pearlshell in the form of a barava on necklace of eight barava pearlshell plates, 44cm x 14cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Currency Breast Ornament, Solomon Islands, in carv

2122 - Currency Breast Ornament, Solomon Islands, in carved tridacna-shell with turtle-shell backing, decorated below with money-beads and nut shells, 40cm x 15cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Currency Ornament, Buka, Solomon Islands, with fly

2123 - Currency Ornament, Buka, Solomon Islands, with flying fox teeth worked onto string and coloured with red pigment, used as a bride price, length 176cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Currency Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, of sm

2124 - Currency Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, of small shell rings bound with vine-strip to one side of a rattan strip wound into 6 coils, for the neck, 20cm x 18cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Islands Currency Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Island

2125 - Islands Currency Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, including lengths of shell money beads, currency made of red and white shell beads strung on vegetable fibre, 33cm x 7cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Currency Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, inclu

2126 - Currency Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, including lengths of shell money beads, currency made of white shell beads strung on vegetable fibre, 53cm x 4cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Currency Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, inclu

2127 - Currency Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, including lengths of shell money beads, currency made of red and black shell beads strung on vegetable fibre, length 170cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Currency Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, made

2128 - Currency Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, made of red safi money beads strung in a net-like arrangement, fringed along one edge with human incisor teeth, traditionally worn by men around the neck or across the chest as a bandolier, 140cm x 10cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

730 - 1.200 €

Waist Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, belt mad

2129 - Waist Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, belt made of a woven pattern of red, white and black money-beads strung on vegetable fibre, 130cm x 6.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Waist Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, belt mad

2130 - Waist Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, belt made of a woven pattern of red, white and black money-beads strung on vegetable fibre, 125cm x 5.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Necklace Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, consi

2131 - Necklace Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, consisting of five strings of red, white and black shell money-beads with clusters of human teeth, 105cm x 6cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Necklace Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, consi

2132 - Necklace Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, consisting of five strings of red shell money-beads with clusters of crocodile teeth, 99cm x 8cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Necklace Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, consi

2133 - Necklace Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, consisting of five strings of red shell money-beads with clusters of human teeth, 60cm x 6 cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Data Head Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, incl

2134 - Data Head Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, including five disks of pearl-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell on a plaited band, 100cm x 5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Three Necklaces, Malaita, Solomon Islands, consist

2135 - Three Necklaces, Malaita, Solomon Islands, consisting of strings of red and white shell beads with clusters of bat and dog teeth, lengths 29cm, 40cm, and 45cm, (3) Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Three Head Ornaments, Malaita, Solomon Islands, in

2136 - Three Head Ornaments, Malaita, Solomon Islands, including a strap of money-beads, usually white galia, red safi and black fulu, with the lower part strung as a net and fringed with dolphin teeth and nut shells, 64cm x 6cm, and 50cm x 8cm, (3) Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Head Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, in carved

2137 - Head Ornament, Malaita, Solomon Islands, in carved turtleshell with the lower part strung with money-beads as a net and fringed with shells, 38cm x 7cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Two Shell Disk Ornaments, Malaita, Solomon Islands

2138 - Two Shell Disk Ornaments, Malaita, Solomon Islands, of tridacna-shell, each decorated with an incised cross design highlighted with black pigment, traditionally worn around the neck, diameters 6cm and 7cm, (2) Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, forming a disk of

2139 - Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, forming a disk of tridacna-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, diameter 11.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, consisting of a di

2140 - Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, consisting of a disk of pearl-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, diameter 11cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, consisting of a di

2141 - Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, consisting of a disk of tridacna-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, central roundel includes design of human figures, diameter 9cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, consisting of a di

2142 - Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, consisting of a disk of tridacna-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, diameter 12.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of tridacna

2143 - Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of tridacna-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, for the head, diameter 12cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of tridacna

2144 - Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of tridacna-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, for the head, diameter 12cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of tridacna

2145 - Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of tridacna-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, for the head, diameter 13.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of pearl-sh

2146 - Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of pearl-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, for the head, diameter 14cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of tridacna

2147 - Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of tridacna-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, for the head, diameter 14.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

490 - 740 €

Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of tridacna

2148 - Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of tridacna-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, for the head, diameter, 15cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

490 - 740 €

Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of pearl-sh

2149 - Data Ornament, Solomon Islands, a disk of pearl-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, for the head, diameter 16.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Club, Malakula, Vanuatu, carved of wood, with flar

2150 - Club, Malakula, Vanuatu, carved of wood, with flaring circular head and multiple projecting bosses immediately below. Handle terminating in a domed end, 64cm x 7.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Club, Ambrym, Vanuatu, carved of wood, head is ova

2151 - Club, Ambrym, Vanuatu, carved of wood, head is oval in section with two protuberances on each flat surface, bulb and disc at butt, 97cm x 17cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

490 - 740 €

Club, Epi, Vanuatu, carved of wood with mushroom s

2152 - Club, Epi, Vanuatu, carved of wood with mushroom shaped tip and four protruding ribs at the neck, 114cm x 6cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Club, Efate, Vanuatu, carved of wood, club has car

2153 - Club, Efate, Vanuatu, carved of wood, club has carved protrusions at the neck and a mushroom shaped head, 98 x 7cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

490 - 740 €

Club, Efate, Vanuatu, carved from wood, the shaft

2154 - Club, Efate, Vanuatu, carved from wood, the shaft of circular cross-section, with an expanded head decorated with engraved chevron motifs, 102cm x 6cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved of wood with tri

2155 - Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved of wood with triangular shaped head with carved human faces and raised handle at end of shaft, 57cm x 6.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

730 - 1.200 €

Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved from pale brown

2156 - Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved from pale brown wood, with a phallic-shaped head, the under part decorated with engraved motifs, the shaft terminating in a raised handle, 67cm x 4cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved of wood with con

2157 - Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved of wood with conical mushroom shaped head with dentate edge and raised handle at end of shaft, 77cm x 10cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved of pale brown wo

2158 - Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved of pale brown wood with mushroom shaped head and raised handle at end of shaft, 73cm x 12cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved from pale brown

2159 - Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved from pale brown wood with mushroom shaped head, the under part decorated with engraved design, the shaft terminating in a raised handle, 70cm x 10cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved from pale brown

2160 - Kanak Club, New Caledonia, carved from pale brown wood, with a mushroom shaped head, the under part decorated with engraved motifs, the shaft terminating in a raised handle, 73cm x 9cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Daveniyaqona Bowl, Fiji Islands, carved of wood as

2161 - Daveniyaqona Bowl, Fiji Islands, carved of wood as a shallow figure with a head in high relief, extensions to the heels and a lug at the back of the head, 41cm x 19.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Kava Bowl, Fiji Islands, carved from a single piec

2162 - Kava Bowl, Fiji Islands, carved from a single piece of wood, of circular form, supported on four integral legs. A flat triangular lug projecting below the rim between two legs, pierced with two circular holes and retaining a plaited coconut-fibre suspension loop, 39cm x 13cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Two Pottery Water Vessels, Fiji Islands, made from

2163 - Two Pottery Water Vessels, Fiji Islands, made from qele clay, one with a looped handle, the outer surface coated with resin from the Dakua tree just after baking which produces the glossy glaze, 14cm x 12.5cm and 14cm x 9.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Slit Drum & Beater, Fiji Islands, carved from a so

2164 - Slit Drum & Beater, Fiji Islands, carved from a solid log of heavy brown wood, hollowed to form a trough of semi-elliptical cross-section, the base rising towards each end, 39cm x 9cm and 40.5cm x 6cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Fly Whisk, Fiji Islands, carved wood handle, and h

2165 - Fly Whisk, Fiji Islands, carved wood handle, and head has multiple plaited sections of coconut fibre, 61cm x 5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

61 - 130 €

Head Rest, Fiji Islands, carved from wood, the upp

2166 - Head Rest, Fiji Islands, carved from wood, the upper section gently curving upwards at each end, supported by two pairs of separately fashioned legs, secured to the upper section with plaited coir cord, 47cm x 13cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Tapa Beater, Tonga Islands, carved of wood, rectan

2167 - Tapa Beater, Tonga Islands, carved of wood, rectangular cross-section head with three widely grooved sides and one plain, tapering slightly towards circular cross-section handle which flares out slightly towards proximal end, 29cm x 6.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Food Pounder, Tonga Islands, carved of wood, conve

2168 - Food Pounder, Tonga Islands, carved of wood, convex circular base, long cylindrical handle terminating with a knob, 33cm x 13cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Dance Paddle, Tonga Islands, carved from wood, wit

2169 - Dance Paddle, Tonga Islands, carved from wood, with a thin, flat blade split in two places and decorated with two cut-out glyphs, the slender cylindrical shaft terminating in a rounded knob, 69cm x 16cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

980 - 1.400 €

I Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, Fiji Islands, carved

2170 - I Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, Fiji Islands, carved from wood, with a bulbous head featuring raised oval facets in relief, the proximal end encircled by a band of finely carved decoration, 41cm x 8.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

730 - 1.200 €

I Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, Fiji Islands, carved

2171 - I Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, Fiji Islands, carved of wood, the head has a row of elongated hexagons around the circumference, with smaller inset half hexagons above and below, the head ends in a smoothly finished dome, the handle is decorated with vertical zigzag lines, and terminating with a band of horizontal zigzag lines, 44cm x 10.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

490 - 740 €

Two Throwing Clubs, Fiji Islands, carved of wood,

2172 - Two Throwing Clubs, Fiji Islands, carved of wood, with round head. Lower part of shaft is finely decorated with carved designs, 40cm x 8cm and 39cm x 10.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Bowai Club, Fiji Islands, carved of wood, head of

2173 - Bowai Club, Fiji Islands, carved of wood, head of club is only slightly wider than base, roughly cylindrical in shape with banded, of carved design of zigzag stripes running vertically at base, 107.5cm x 5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Rootstock Club, Fiji Islands, carved of wood, root

2174 - Rootstock Club, Fiji Islands, carved of wood, root head of club is gnarled with multiple protrusions, handle is cylindrical in shape with banded, carved design of zigzag stripes running vertically at base, 111.5cm x 7.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

490 - 740 €

Totokia Club, Fiji Islands, made of wood with carv

2175 - Totokia Club, Fiji Islands, made of wood with carved head of pineapple shape, cylindrical with smooth undecorated grip, rounded at bottom, 83cm x 29cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

490 - 740 €

Two Gata Clubs, Fiji Islands, carved from wood, th

2176 - Two Gata Clubs, Fiji Islands, carved from wood, the cylindrical shafts with rounded, hemispherical bases, the heads flaring and widening into curved, forked ends, the upper sections decorated with carved linear motifs extending approximately one-quarter of the length, with coconut-fibre binding around the shafts, 90cm x 19cm and 90cm x 21cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Ceremonial Paddle, Austral Islands, made of wood w

2177 - Ceremonial Paddle, Austral Islands, made of wood with patterns carved over entire surface, cylindrical handle expanding into a small circular butt decorated with anthropomorphic heads, 123cm x 15cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

Toli Ancestor Figure, East New Britain Province, P

2178 - Toli Ancestor Figure, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, carved of stone in form of a human figure, 19cm x 15cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

730 - 1.200 €

Kap Kap Ornament, New Ireland, a disk of tridacna-

2179 - Kap Kap Ornament, New Ireland, a disk of tridacna-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by red glass bead at centre, diameter 8.5cm Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection, Honolulu, Hawaii, then Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Three Necklaces, Admiralty Islands, made of string

2180 - Three Necklaces, Admiralty Islands, made of strings of red, yellow, green and white glass beads with clusters of bat and dog teeth, length 32cm, 34cm and 42cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

61 - 130 €

Collection of Melanesian Necklaces, beads strung o

2181 - Collection of Melanesian Necklaces, beads strung on fibre, seeds and cowrie shells, length 23cm to 70cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

30 - 62 €

Spear Head, Admiralty Islands, head of obsidian, s

2182 - Spear Head, Admiralty Islands, head of obsidian, set in a wooden socket, covered with a smooth brown gum, ornamented with incised designs, 24.5cm x 6cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Tami Headrest, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, made o

2183 - Tami Headrest, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, made of wood, carved with one support in the shape of a kneeling human figure and depressions are filled in with white pigment, 16.5cm x 15cm Provenance: Fine Tribal Art Aboriginal Bark Paintings, Sotheby’s, Sydney. Lot No. 275, then Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Canoe Bailer, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carved

2184 - Canoe Bailer, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carved of a single piece of wood, long oval shape, and of decorative carving at the back nearest to the handle, 38cm x 10cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Tami Feast Bowl, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carv

2185 - Tami Feast Bowl, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carved of wood, ovoid form with typical fish and spirit figure carved figures, pointed ends, 63.5cm x 25.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Tami Feast Bowl, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carv

2186 - Tami Feast Bowl, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, carved of wood, ovoid form with typical fish and spirit figure carved figures, pointed ends, 79cm x 32.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Platter, Lake Sentani, Papua New Guinea, carved of

2187 - Platter, Lake Sentani, Papua New Guinea, carved of wood, one end featuring a long billed water bird head, he exterior carved with a traditional complex interlocking motif, he interior plain and displaying a rich, dark glossy patina, 56cm x 33cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

1.100 - 1.500 €

Headrest, Lake Sentani, Papua New Guinea, carved o

2188 - Headrest, Lake Sentani, Papua New Guinea, carved of wood, incised scroll design with bent bamboo legs lashed with vegetable fibre, 40cm x 14cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

180 - 310 €

Drum, Lake Sentani, Papua New Guinea, carved of wo

2189 - Drum, Lake Sentani, Papua New Guinea, carved of wood, hourglass-shaped with elaborate incised design, lizard skin kept in place with ring made of cane and cotton, 55cm x 15cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Massim Splashboard, Trobriand Islands, Papua New G

2190 - Massim Splashboard, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, carved of wood, decorated on front with carved curvilinear design and openwork, traces of white pigment, 104cm x 62cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Massim Splashboard, Trobriand Islands, Papua New G

2191 - Massim Splashboard, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, carved of wood, decorated on front with carved curvilinear design and openwork, traces of white pigment, 55cm x 53cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Two Massim Adzes, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Gui

2192 - Two Massim Adzes, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, haft of wood with decorative carving along one edge and at the end, steel blade lashed with rattan and fibre cord bindings, 40.5cm x 19cm and 30cm x 15cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Massim Dish, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea,

2193 - Massim Dish, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, carved of wood, oval with a rounded base, sloping sides and incised carving around the flat rim, infilled with lime, 28.5cm x 15cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Massim Necklace, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guin

2194 - Massim Necklace, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, made from two pig tusks held together with fibre ornamented with shells, cord strung with plaited glass beads, 40cm x 22cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

120 - 190 €

Two Massim Ornaments, Trobriand Islands, Papua New

2195 - Two Massim Ornaments, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, made of carved pig tusks, 11.5cm x 11cm (2) Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

30 - 62 €

Massim Drum, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea,

2196 - Massim Drum, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, made of wood, with a incised carving, the handle is carved with preying mantis, open at both ends, no membrane survives, 69cm x 13cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

240 - 370 €

Bahinemo Garra Mask, Huntsein Mountains, Papua New

2197 - Bahinemo Garra Mask, Huntsein Mountains, Papua New Guinea, of deeply carved concave form with hooked symmetrical projections and bulging eyes with a nicely adzed back, highlighted with ochres of reddish orange and white with black stripes across the eyes, 46.5cm x 11.5cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Ancestor Figure, Guam River, Papua New Guinea, in

2198 - Ancestor Figure, Guam River, Papua New Guinea, in the form of a standing male figure with oval shaped face and hooked projections on forehead and chin, deep set brow with oval shaped eyes, a small nose with pierced septum, incised designs on chest, abdomen and thighs, and traces of infilled ochre decoration and old patination, 134cm x 12cm Provenance: The Christensen Fund Collection CC60903 On loan and displayed at Queensland Art Gallery, 1978-1989, then Fine Tribal Art Aboriginal Bark Pai

Schätzung

980 - 1.400 €

Yipwon Figure, Karawari River, Papua New Guinea, c

2199 - Yipwon Figure, Karawari River, Papua New Guinea, carved wood of stylised human body in profile, flattish and standing on single curved leg terminating in a knob, body represented by curved, pointed projections many not survived, 114cm x 14cm Provenance: Collected by Kevin Trueman, Brisbane, Australia, 1960s, Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia

Schätzung

360 - 560 €

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