- Tribal art. Oceania, a carved wood paddle
or spear, mid 20th c, 177cm l and a contemporary Woomera, 68cm l More Information Paddle - minor split to edge of panel, numerous small chips or scuffs. Woomera - chipped...
[more like this] - 19TH C. MICRONESIAN MORTLOCK ISLAND
WOOD AXE**Originally Listed At $1200**
Oceania, Micronesia, Mortlock Island, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A sturdy wooden axe used to harvest taro with a handle carved...
[more like this] - LATE 19TH C. MARQUESAS ISLANDS WOOD
& STONE ADZE**Originally Listed At $1500**
Oceania, French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hefty utilitarian tool known...
[more like this] - 19TH C. TAHITIAN SOCIETY ISLANDS WOOD
CYLINDRICAL DRUM**Originally Listed At $800**
Oceania, French Polynesia, Tahiti, Society Islands, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A lovely cylindrical drum, hand-carved...
[more like this] - HUGE 19TH C. FIJIAN WOOD YAQONA BOWL
(TANOA)**Originally Listed At $2000**
Polynesia, Fiji, ca. 19th century CE. An enormous wooden kava vessel carved in the form of a sea turtle. The deep circular bowl is supported...
[more like this] - 19TH C. TROBRIAND ISLANDS MASSIM WOOD
FEAST BOWL**Originally Listed At $450**
Oceania, Melanesia, Trobriand Islands, Massim peoples, ca. 19th century CE. An attractive, hand-carved wooden bowl of a dark-brown...
[more like this] - 20TH C. PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOOD PADDLE
W/ CROCODILEThis is an oversized item that may require special shipping. Please inquire for a quote before bidding.
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Upper Sepik River region, ca....
[more like this] - 19TH C. MAORI WOOD HOE KOWHAIWHAI MOTIFS,
ABSTRACT TIKI...**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, New Zealand, Maori culture, likely Te Arawa people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A superb wooden paddle known...
[more like this] - 19TH C MAORI WOOD TOKOTOKO LEADER ORATOR
STAFF W/ NACRE...**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with a mesmerizing "corkscrew"...
[more like this] - LATE 19TH C. MAORI WOOD KOTIATE CLUB
W/ PAUA INLAY**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine kotiate club, a traditional type of weapon, hand-carved...
[more like this] - 19TH C. MAORI WOOD TOKOTOKO ORATOR STAFF
W/ NACRE INLAY...Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with beautiful carvings across the surface and an inlay...
[more like this] - KANDIMBONG ANCESTOR FIGUREAncestor figure,
Kandimbong, large, with conical headdress and mask-like face. Simple, clean lines, yet very expressive.
Traditional Lower Sepik River figures, representing clan founders,...
[more like this] - LOWER SEPIK RIVER MASK, MURIKCarved
Wooden Mask with shell ornament around eyes, red and yellow pigments and design, fibrous tufts in eyes.
One identifying feature of Murik masks is their long trunk-like nose...
[more like this] - A Mali Bamana Carved Wood Figure carved
female standing with slightly bent knees long arms and protruding belly the outswept oval head with deeply cut small eyes beneath a tall forehead with plaited hair allover...
[more like this] - A Papua New Guinea Wosera Carved and
Painted Wood Men's House Post East Sepik Province elongated form intricately carved in human avian and reptilian form height 90 in. Provenance: Ex-Collection Memphis...
[more like this] - An Indonesian Asmat Carved and Painted
Wood Warrior Shield West Papua elongated oval form with figural upper portion the front relief carved with geometric design the reverse with handle height 79 3/4 in. ...
[more like this] - Two Papua New Guinea Carved and Painted
Wood Figural Groups East Sepik Province the first Wosera carved to the lower portion as a large head supported on a cylindrical neck the upper portion carved as a hornbill...
[more like this] - An Oceanic Carved and Painted Wood Men's
House Post Papua New Guinea East Sepik Province elongated form intricately carved in human avian and reptilian form height 90 in. Provenance: Ex-Collection Memphis Brooks...
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