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The Mark Lissauer Collection
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8031
31 May 2015, 11:00am
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Saturday 23 May 10am-5pm
Sunday 24 May 10am-5pm
Wednesday 27 May 9am-8pm
Thursday 28 May 10am-4pm
Friday 29 May 10am-4pm
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
Lot 1794
A PAPUAN GULF BIOMA/AGIBA ANCESTOR FIGURE, with incised design and painted with natural earth pigments, slight damage at front right...
Sold for $420
Lot 1795
A SANTA ISABELA, SOLOMON ISLANDS DANCING SHIELD, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, a handle at back, 88 x 25cm
Sold for $1,200
Lot 1796
A FIJIAN ULA THROWING CLUB, bulbous head, handle has partial carved zig-zag motif 45cm long
Sold for $650
Lot 1797
A LARGE MIDDLE SEPIK MENS HOUSE GABLE MASK, TIMBUNKE VILLAGE, plaited rattan with bamboo frame visible at back, wooden ears & teeth,...
Sold for $850
Lot 1798
TWO BOOKS, LAKE SENTANI AND THE ART OF NORTHWEST NEW GUINEA
Unsold
Lot 1799
FOUR MELANESIAN OBJECTS, including Trobriand island finger drum, Solomon islands food vessel and two stone pounders. The drum 27.5 c...
Sold for $300
Lot 1800
A MAY RIVER CANOE PROW DECORATION, carved decoration of eyes and seagrass, 73.5cm long
Sold for $90
Lot 1801
A COLLECTION OF TRIBAL OBJECTS, including a pair of Highlands armbands, Solomon islands dance rattle, witchdoctors amulet bag, woode...
Sold for $150
Lot 1802
A RENNEL ISLAND CARVED WOODEN CLUB, 40.5 cm long
Sold for $2,400
Lot 1803
AN ADMITALTY ISLANDS OBSIDIAN DAGGER, carved wooden handle with old painting and zigzag motif, 25.5cm long
Sold for $400
Lot 1804
A GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS SHARK TOOTH KNIFE, set with two rows of sharkteeth, some missing, 50cm long
Sold for $800
Lot 1805
A SOLOMON ISLANDS DANCE STAFF, with crouching ancestor figure, both arms holding jaw, carved teeth, 54.5cm long
Sold for $900
Lot 1806
A COLLECTION OF NEW GUINEA AND VANUATU OBJECTS, including Murik Lakes coconut flute, Highlands pig jaw necklace, a pair of fibre arm...
Unsold
Lot 1807
A SOLOMON ISLANDS COMB, carved wood, with black tree resin & mother-of-pearl inlay one side 15.5cm long
Sold for $350
Lot 1808
A LAKE SENTANI TAPA PAINTING, WEST PAPUA, depicting two tribal mothers with a baby between them, framed 127 x 76cm
Sold for $200
Lot 1809
A WEST PAPUAN CASSOWARY QUILL NECKBAND, longest quill 30cm long
Sold for $200
Lot 1810
TWO MALAITA BATTLE CLUBS AND A STONE AXE, SOLOMON ISLANDS, the latter 53cm long
Sold for $500
Lot 1811
A LARGE PNG PIG FESTIVAL DANCE MASK, pigs head, edged with perforations for bilas decorations, carved teeth & tusks along snout, 45....
Sold for $100
Lot 1812
A COLLECTION OF SIX NEW GUINEA BODY ORNAMENTS AND A CASSOWARY BONE DAGGER, including cowrie shell armbands, a large bailer shell che...
Unsold
Lot 1813
A MAPRIK REGION MALE ANCESTOR FIGURE, remains painting, two stylised bird heads as headgear, over open eyes, deep grooves along snou...
Unsold
Lot 1814
A GROUP OF NEW GUINEA AND VANUATU OBJECTS, including lime container decoration, Malekula island initiation figure, painted tapa, dan...
Sold for $200
Lot 1815
A SUBSTITUTE ANCESTOR SKELETON HEAD, SEPIK REGION, 23cm high
Sold for $150
Lot 1816
A MORTLOCK ISLAND FISHING HOOK, carved wood, lashed with vegetable fibre, 27cm long
Sold for $1,200
Lot 1817
A MIDDLE SEPIK ANCESTOR FIGURE, PNG, with a flying fox on forehead, wings spread, loop nose, bird head above, 81cm high
Sold for $180
Lot 1818
FOUR BOOKS CONCERNING TRIBAL ART
Sold for $100
Lot 1819
FIVE BOOKS CONCERNING MELANESIAN ART, two books with text in german
Sold for $80
Lot 1820
FOUR BOOKS CONCERNING THE ART OF THE PAPUAN GULF
Sold for $80
Lot 1821
TWO VOLUME SET OF OCEANIC ART, by Anthony P.J. Meyer, in slip case
Sold for $100
Lot 1822
A PNG WEDDING PRESENT DISPLAY HOOK, SEPIK REGION, female figure in centre, a stylised totem bird at either end, 152cm high
Sold for $150
Lot 1823
A BAILER SHELL CHEST ORNAMENT AND A MURIK LAKES FIGURAL CEREMONIAL LADLE, PNG, the latter 66cm long
Sold for $100
Lot 1824
AN OLD MIDDLE SEPIK ANCESTOR MASK
Sold for $700
Lot 1825
FIVE NEW GUINEA OBJECTS, including ancestor head flute stopper, Tanbanum village ancestor head, highlands spirit mask and Murik Lake...
Sold for $450
Lot 1825A
TWO RATTAN BASKETS AND A FIGURAL TABLE
Unsold
Lot 1826
A COLLECTION OF NEW GUINEA BODY ORNAMENTS AND A SHELL MONEY DISC, including two shell necklaces, snake vertrebrae necklace, fibre be...
Sold for $100
Lot 1827
A SUBSTITUTE HEAD FOR A DECAYED CROCODILE TROPHY HEAD, SEPIK REGION, open mouth, showing teeth, 27.5cm high
Sold for $140
Lot 1828
A LARGE TONGAN/SAMOAN TAPA CLOTH, CIRCA 1900, including snakes, a picket fence, fish and diamond motif, some holes as visible, 438 x...
Sold for $100
Lot 1829
A BARK PAINTING BY DAVID MILABUNA, Arnhemland North Australia, depicting totem fish, 94 x 30cm
Unsold
Lot 1830
AN ABORIGINAL COOLAMON, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, wood with fluted carving to exterior, 48 x 19cm
Sold for $100
Lot 1831
FOUR AUSTRALIAN OBJECTS, including an Aboriginal waddy club, boomerang, West Australian woomera and an unframed barramundi painting....
Sold for $200
Lot 1832
A MAORI GREENSTONE TIKI, NEW ZEALAND, paua shell rings around central pupils, circa 1960, 8cm long
Sold for $1,100
Lot 1833
A MAORI NEPHRITE EARRING, new suspenion hole drilled by native owner, 8.5cm long
Sold for $350
Lot 1834
A MAORI CANOE MODEL, carved totem faces both sides, from a prow decoration, 71cm long
Unsold
Lot 1835
SIX BOOKS CONCERNING POLYNESIAN ART
Unsold
Lot 1836
FOUR BOOKS CONCERNING MAORI ART
Sold for $150
Lot 1837
ENFANT DU CAP DE DIEMEN & HOMME DU CAP DE DIEMEN, ALTAS DU VOYAGE A’ LA RECHERCHE DE LA PEROUSE, NO. 7, 33 x 47cm including frame
Unsold
Lot 1838
NO LOT
Unsold
Lot 1839
HAWAIIAN SCULPTURE, revised edition
Sold for $40
Lot 1840
AN ABORIGINAL LONKA LONKA, Kimberley region , engraved pearl shell with two spirit figures
Sold for $650
Lot 1841
A MARQUESAS ISLANDS CHIEFTAIN’S STAFF, extensive intricate geometric carvings, some minor chips, 124cm long
Sold for $1,700
Lot 1842
A COOK ISLANDS CEREMONIAL ADZE, MANGAIA ISLAND, handle carved in four square stems joint at top and bottom, carved with typical doub...
Sold for $2,400
Lot 1843
A TONGAN NECKREST, narrow arching legs with small feet under top ledge, legs lashed to top with vegetable fibre, 25 x 19cm
Sold for $2,000
Lot 1844
A 19TH CENTURY MAORI PATU ONEWA, basalt club with a ridged grip and circular hole for suspension, repaired, 43 cm long
Sold for $5,500
Lot 1845
A HAWAIIAN POI BOWL, with three native butterfly repairs, inside one side a root knot, 13.5 x 13.5cm
Unsold
Lot 1846
A LARGE PACIFIC EBONY CENTRE PIECE, 32 x 100 x 50cm
Sold for $400
Lot 1847
A PAIR OF AFRICAN FIGURES AND ONE OTHER, a Makonde tribe fire god figure and a pair of royal family figures. The fire god figure 57c...
Sold for $550
Lot 1848
AN UNUSUAL LARGE AFRICAN ANCESTOR HEAD, comprising of smaller ancestors
Sold for $240
Lot 1849
A COLLECTION OF AFRICAN OBJECTS, including Masai tribe calabash, Tanzanian woodcut print, Senufo tribe percussion instrument, Turkan...
Sold for $50
Lot 1850
A CONGOLESE INITIATION LOINCLOTH, with large sex organ, fibre cloth with beads, feathered edge to verso
Sold for $180
Lot 1851
A COLLECTION OF FOUR AFRICAN TRIBAL BODY ORNAMENTS, including Chamba tribe pendant, Nkole tribe sandals, Tuareg tribe padlock and si...
Sold for $50