Humboldt Bay Fern Idol Field Collected 1988 Todd Barlin

Objects of this type are very rare. They seem to have been used in shrines to venerate ancestors or cultural heroes. The use of Fern Tree figures in west New Guinea is not well documented and only a f

A rare and very old carved wooden Humboldt Bay hand drum with painted designs and animal skin membrane over the drum frame. Humboldt Bay, West New Guinea/Irian Jaya - Field collected by Todd Barlin, e

A Rare Humboldt Bay Drum, West New Guinea, Filed collected by Todd Barlin, 1980’s

This is a very fine old Lake Sentani Bride trade axe celt. The stone axe head was carved from Serpentinite stone. Field collected by Todd Barlin, Sydney, Australia, C. 1979. Lake Sentani, Irian Jaya (

A Superb Lake Sentani paddle with classical raised carved designs and dry weathered surface. Provenance: Field collected by Todd Barlin, C. 1980's. The Paddle measures 63 inches long x 5.5 inches wide

A very fine and rare , and elaborately carved janus Garra initiation idol, painted with mineral pigments and featuring double hokks on either side. The Idol was apparently suspended from the rafters o

A Rare Old Double Hunstien Garra figure - Field collected by John C. Edler, C. 1988 in Papua New Guinea. This carved wooden mask like sculpture was kept within ceremonial houses among the Bahinemo peo

A very rare carved stone idol with exaggerated features and inset cavities filled with Gold. This stone idol was reportedly excavated by a Mr Raymond Burns near Tiwanaku , Bolivia in 1915. A letter fr

A dramatic carved wooden mask with stylized horns and elongated facial plane accented with hammered metal strips of aluminum. Toma people, Guinea and Liberia, west Africa. This wooden Angbai mask was

Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri (c.1935 - 1987) Coolamon natural earth pigments on carved beanwood Field collected at Papunya in the late 1970s, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art Auction, 29 June 1998, Melbourne, Lo

A Very fine old carved wooden Dan mask field collected in situ in 1948 by Rev. Adkins, C. 1948, Liberia/Ivory Coast. The mask is Possibly by Zlan - and was acquired from through the family by descent.

Acrylic on canvas; Provenance: 1989; Field collected, Mt Allen Station CAZ Galleries, Los Angeles; acquired in 1989; Richard Kelton Collection, Santa Monica

This is a rare Teke or Tsaye "kidumu" disc shaped mask with incised designs and various mineral pigments, well handled surface edges back of mask. This mask was Field collected around 1965 by Rev. Law

Lot 92 Lynn Davis American (b. 1944) Iceberg #3, Disko Bay, Greenland, 1988 (printed 1990) gelatin silver print signed and editioned 5/10 in ink verso (under frame) 38 1/2 x 30 inches frame dimensions

A very rare carved stone idol with exaggerated features and inset cavities filled with Gold. This stone idol was reportedly excavated by a Mr Raymond Burns near Tiwanaku , Bolivia in 1915. This stone

Lot 96 Lynn Davis American (b. 1944) Iceberg #22, Disko Bay, Greenland, 1988 (printed 1990) gelatin silver print signed and editioned 3/10 in ink verso (under frame) 38 1/2 x 30 inches frame dimension

Arthur Weeks (American, 1930-1988), "Summer Yellow Fields and Figures", 1986, oil on canvas, signed lower right, titled, dated, and signed on stretcher. Approx. h. 37.75", w. 47.75" (frame), h. 30.125

Erte (Russian/French, 1892-1990) 1988 "Lovers and Idol" Limited Edition Signed Sculpture Numbered 157/375 *STUNNING* W/Original Packaging - This goregous piece is a limited edition, signed sculpture b

DESCRIPTION: Large assemblage of Native American stone tools, pipes, and beads. Most labeled with associated field notes indicating where they were collected. Includes pipes, beads, points, scrapers,

Luigi Lucioni (1900 - 1988) Oil on Canvas, Signed, Measures (16 x 20 inches) w/frame ( 20 x 24 inches) Born in Malnate, Italy, in 1900, Luigi Lucioni became one of America's well-known landscape paint

Fern Isabel Kuns Coppedge (1883 - 1951) Oil on Board, Signed, Measures ( 4 x 6 inches ) w/frame ( 8 x 9 inches ) Fern Isabel Kuns was born in the tiny town of Cerro Gordo, nestled in the heart of cent

Luigi Lucioni (1900 - 1988) Watercolor on paper, Signed Lower Left, Measures (12 x 16 inches) w/frame (22.5 x 26.5 inches) Born in Malnate, Italy, in 1900, Luigi Lucioni became one of America's well-k

Titled "Walking Proud." Length of base 32 inches.

12'1" long, 9' wide CONDITION: Areas of wear, small hole in center of carpet.