Pacific Island & Oceanian Antiques

This club is a fine example of an early collection from Victoria. A rather rare object.

Old Papua New Guinea Carved Crocodile Wooden Canoe Paddle Handle. …great collection piece / nice aged patina. We cannot fix a problem we do not know about. South America. New Guinea for over two years while collecting material for his books and records.

South America. He has also lived and worked in the jungles of. is an internationally renowned photojournalist and adventurer, with two major photographic books (New Guinea & Cannibal), plus covers and major spreads in a whole host of internationally prestigious magazines from Life International to The Geographic and Argosy.

Original knapped (not ground edge) heavy quartzite stone axe from western N.S.W collected in the 1950's. Measures 12.5 x 7.5 x 4cm. Great genuine example.

This large stone axe head was collected in Ravenshoe in Northern Queensland. These people who made this style of axe along with the large rainforest shields and sword clubs were often referred to as Negitos, They were a group of Aborignals that were smaller than, and in many ways different to all the other Aboriginal tribes in Australia.

Central Australian Mid Century Indigenous Coolamon.

He has also lived and worked in the jungles of. New Guinea, Africa and. is an internationally renowned photojournalist and adventurer, with two major photographic books (New Guinea & Cannibal), plus covers and major spreads in a whole host of internationally prestigious magazines from Life International to The Geographic and Argosy.

'NORANGGAU' CLAY POT WITH BIRD FACE, FROM THE SEPIK RIVER AREA OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

South America. He has also lived and worked in the jungles of. A blue-water yachtsman, he sailed his own 60ft yacht, the "Moana Vahine", from Hong Kong to Southern Turkey, down the South China Sea, across the Indian Ocean, and up the full length of the Red Sea, via Singapore, Panang, Sri lanki, The Maldive Islands, and French Djibouti.

Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Cassowary Dagger. South America. …beautiful collection piece. He has also lived and worked in the jungles of. New Guinea for over two years while collecting material for his books and records.

This is a vintage mask with hair of some sort, quite course.....has a stretchy material on the back of mask which covers the top of the head.....a healers mask perhaps.....in vgc.....

An originalHAND WOVEN & PAINTED Yam Ceremonyor "Babamini" mask. Some holes and general wear to the cane and p ainted colours. ORIGINAL OLD MASKS SUCH AS THIS will only become harder and harder to FIND.

Australian Indigenous Boomerang.

Old Papua New Guinea Karem River Carved Wooden Storyboard / Story Board Kambot Village. We cannot fix a problem we do not know about. is an internationally renowned photojournalist and adventurer, with two major photographic books (New Guinea & Cannibal), plus covers and major spreads in a whole host of internationally prestigious magazines from Life International to The Geographic and Argosy.

This coolamon is by Jack Wherra. Wherra was a significant Mowanjum Aboriginal from the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia. This coolamon is a very large example with incised decoration, and signs of usage.

A blue-water yachtsman, he sailed his own 60ft yacht, the "Moana Vahine", from Hong Kong to Southern Turkey, down the South China Sea, across the Indian Ocean, and up the full length of the Red Sea, via Singapore, Panang, Sri lanki, The Maldive Islands, and French Djibouti.

Axe head measures 70mm long x 47mm at widest point.Not sure of material it is made of.

New Guinea buka basket. Beautifully made basket in very good condition. I would estimate the basket is around 30 years old.

These were made in the 1960s and are superb miniature reproduction of the large shields used in Central Australia. These shields were displayed on a board hence there is no handles carved into the back of them.

A stunning carved hair piece or comb measuring 340mm x 135mm. This was brought back in the 1970's.

Very nice circular pig tooth. 80mm in diameter.

This is a stunning group of models of Aboriginal Queensland rainforest shields. These are from the 1960s and show in great detail the vibrant variations in form and design of these unique shields. Group are in remarkably good condition for their age.

Good big "Giligulgul" wood polishing stones are very rare. Giligulgul is petrified wood from ancient times and was used to polish wooden weapons to protect them and make waterproof. REF: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL STONE IMPLEMENTS.

This beautiful object is both an item wealth and marriage and used as money to trade between tribes. Collected 1960's by a patrol officer and is in perfect 'fine' condition. Stunning collector piece.

Papua New Guinea stone axe head. Approximately 25 x 17 cm in excellent condition. Photos form part of the description.