A Malekula island grade ceremony figure Temes nevimbure, constructed of plant fibre and smoked spider webbing. Painted in orange and black pigment and embellished with pigs tusks, raised on a wooden stake. Length 1010
A malekula figure, Tonan Island, Vanuatu (mid-late twentieth century), boars tusks, dogs teeth, mud, web, straw and cane, 94 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
A finely painted old & used Grade figure, Dixon Reef area, Malekula Island, Vanuatu, I bought the figure from Leo Fleischmann in 1986, Leo said Senta went on a cruise ship to Vanuatu and came back with a whole cabin full of carvings she bought in remote…
Carved stone head. with some remnant of red, green & white pigment in the engraved lines, high Grade Ancestor figure from Malekula or a nearby island in Vanuatu, the stone is very hard, mostly ancestor figures are carved in fern stem, wood or coral. Late…
A Malakula ancestral figure with Outstretched arms and splayed feet, Vanuatu, fibre, ochre, pigs tusks and shells, mounted on steel stande. Some damage to one hand, height 78 cm
A carved female figure, Vanuatu. Carved from a single piece of soft wood. The figure has a heavy brow and an arrow shaped nose. Hands are resting at the stomach and the feet of the figure form a square base. Height 62 cm, width 13 cm, depth 15 cm
A Lendomboi village, the Nambas people from south Malekula Island, a spirit figure A/F painted in ochre tones 103 cm
Vanuatu guardian figure head with shell inset eyes, height 27 cm. Provenance: collection of Denis L. Dutton (1944 - 2010), then John F. Perry (1943-2021), thence to our vendor/collector who has exhibited this piece at the little dog gallery, Devonport, c…