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A Massim, Woodlark Island, New Guinea Hardwood Canoe Rudder, each side of the large flat leaf shaped blade carved with concentric bands of chevrons and scrolls and with a raised central ridge running half way down to the tapering cylindrical haft with conical handle, 198cm long, 30cm wide.
Guide Price: £800-1200
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A Simbai, Highlands, Papua New Guinea Large Wood Shield, of oblong form, carved with a stylised animal on a ground of chequering and bearing traces of kaolin type pigment, 113cm by 50cm.
Guide Price: £400-500
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A Papuan Gulf, New Guinea Kundu Wood Drum, of narrow tapering cylindrical form, with armadillo skin drum head, the beak shaped base carved with concentric tendrils, and with wicker handle, 89cm high.
Guide Price: £300-400
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An Asmat Axe, with greenstone blade pushed into the wood swollen ovoid head, with thick tapering cylindrical haft, 70cm; an Asmat Wood Sago Pounder, of axe form, with pegged wood head (2)
Guide Price: £100-200
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A Papua New Guinea Wood Sago Pounder, of axe form, the wood head bound to the haft with wicker; two Papua New Guinea Adze, each lacking its stone blade (3)
Guide Price: £100-150
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A Rare Dogon, Mali Wrought Iron Ritual Staff, the finial worked as a figure of a man with arms hanging before him, kneeling with rings attached to his feet, 40cm long; a Similar Larger Staff, the sheathed finial with four loops, one hung with a ring and tassel, 66cm long (2)**Ex Jacobs Collection, Amsterdam.
Guide Price: £250-300
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A Kran, Ivory Coast Wood Mask, of oval form, with cut-away hair, slit eyes, triangular block nose and projecting mouth with carved teeth, on a later metal display stand, 46cm high overall.
Guide Price: £150-200
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A Chokwe, Congo Wood Mask of a Woman, with stepped domed coiffure, domed oval face bearing kaolin pigment, with arched eyebrows, pierced slit eyes with heavy lids, flattened nose and large closed heart shaped mouth, 37cm.
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A New Ireland, Papua New Guinea Carved Chalk Kulap Bust Head, of a man with high domed forehead and flat square face with indented eyes and long fine nose, mounted on a later ebonised wood socle, 31cm high overall.
Guide Price: £220-280
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A Siassi Island, New Guinea Large Wood Bowl, of boat shape, the exterior carved with stylished sea creatures, 104cm by 42cm.
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