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Oceanic & African Arts — Webb's

Auction House:Webb'sNumber of lots recorded:349
Sale Title:Oceanic & African ArtsLots with images:323
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:188
Date:26-Mar-2013
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Group of toki - adzes (4) Typical form, varying stone types. Length 13.5 cm. Width 5.5 cm; length 12.5 cm. Width 5 cm; length 14.5 cm. Width 5.5 cm; length 18 cm. Width 6 cm
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Group of toki - adzes (4), of orthodox form, of varying stone types. Length 25 cm. Width 4.6 cm; length 13 cm. Width 4.7 cm; length 12.4 cm. Width 4.9 cm; length 13.1 cm. Width 4.5 cm
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Toki - adzes (2) one complete toki and one fragment. Length 14.5 cm. Width 7 cm; length 11 cm. Width 6 cm
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Group of toki (3) and pounder group of three stone toki and one pounder. Greywacke. Length 25 cm. Width 4.6 cm; length 13 cm. Width 4.7 cm; length 12.4 cm. Width 4.9 cm.
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Group of toki - adzes (4), an assortment of toki with varying stone types. Length 11.5 cm. Width 6 cm; length 6.5 cm. Width 6.5 cm; length 11 cm. Width 6 cm; length 9 cm. Width 5 cm
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Group of adzes - adzes (4) good early examples of classic form. Length 19.8 cm. Width 7.2 cm; length 15.3 cm. Width 5.8 cm; length 14 cm. Width 5.8 cm; length 12 cm. Width 5.4 cm
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Group of toki - adzes (4) four toki of varying forms and stone types. Length 14 cm. Width 5.5 cm; length 10.5 cm. Width 7 cm; length 16 cm. Width 5.2 cm; length 16 cm. Width 6.4 cm
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Toki - adze toki of flattened rectangular form with angled cutting edge. Handwritten inscription in white: 'Kia Horie Earle from Ropata Weka Potami Kia Ora'. Length 10.5 cm. Width 4.5 cm.
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Group of toki - adzes (4) Typical form, varying stone types. Length 15 cm. Width 4.2 cm; length 13 cm. Width 5 cm; length 7 cm. Width 3 cm; length 7 cm. Width 3 cm.
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Group of toki - adzes (4), an assortment of toki of varying stone types. Length 12.5 cm. Width 5.4 cm; length 14.5 cm. Width 7 cm; length 6 cm. Width 4.7 cm; length 18.2 cm. Width 6 cm
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Group of Whao - Chisels (3) three finely shaped chisels made with various stone types. Length 7.5 cm. Width 3 cm; length 6.8 cm. Width 2.2 cm; length 9 cm. Width 2 cm
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Group of objects, including a small toki obsidian flake and shark's tooth. Length 4.5 cm. Width 3.5 cm; length 5.2 cm. Width 4.5 cm; length 3 cm. Width 3 cm-
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Group of stone objects (5) three adzes of classic form, scraper and finely fashioned spear head. Length 6 cm. Width 4 cm; length 7 cm. Width 7 cm; length 7.5 cm. Width 3.5 cm; length 110, width 4.5 cm; length 8.5 cm. Width 2.5 cm-
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Digging stick, a well-preserved gardening implement. Weathered patina. Length 91 cm. Width 6.5 cm.
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Digging stick fragment early, weathered wooden fragment from a ko - digging stick. Length 71 cm. Width 4 cm
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Ta mallet wooden with ovoid striking head and cylindrical handle. Early, weathered patina. Length 41 cm. Width 13.5 cm
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Ta - large mallet heavy, ovoid striking head and cylindrical handle. Early, weathered patina. Length 65 cm. Width 20 cm
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Carved pipe finely carved tobacco pipe. Extremely fine spiral h'h' and dog-tooth work throughout the entire bowl and neck. Single tiki face to front with tongue extended. The letters 'Wn' framed in a shield carved to back of bowl. Length 16 cm. Width 4 cm
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Fine carved pipe head carved Maori pipe, with humanistic faces to three sides. Double haehae and dog-tooth notching to surface. Rich, dark-brown patina. Length 4.8 cm. Width 4 cm.
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Finely carved box reminiscent of a Pouaka - carved box for storing tattooing tools., of hollowed form, squatting figure, arms resting to feet. Well-resolved naturalistic head, raised facial features and moku- to face with paua inset eyes. Lid with two figures back to back with hands holding large protruding tongue. All-over carving of triple haehae and dog-tooth notching. Mid-brown patina. Henry Lamb. Length 15.5 cm. Width 14 cm
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Cased huia bird male huia bird in good condition perched on a branch in a glass display. The huia is one of New Zealand 's best known extinct birds because of its bill shape, its sheer beauty, and special place in Maori culture and oral tradition. The bird was regarded by Maori as tapu (sacred), and the wearing of its skin or feathers was reserved for people of high status. The huia was a bird of deep metallic, bluish-black plumage with a greenish iridescence on the upper surface, especially around the…
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Folk art tiki by Hori Paraone Strongly carved tiki head with open mouth and long protruding tongue, large circular eyes over painted with red, white and black. Weathered patina to back, with evidence of attachment to a larger structure. Reference: Hori Paraone, the celebrated folk art carver of Kawakawa, Auckland was born at the turn of the 20th century and was tribally connected with Te Arawa. He was a highly regarded orator and expert in traditional Maori history and culture. Pataone began carving…
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Carved box lid finely carved box lid representing two figures. Haehae and dog-tooth notching decorate the bodies and surface of the box. Inlaid shell eyes, one missing. Old label attached to back: 'A.Kohn Jeweller 178 Queen Street Auckland'. Length 17 cm. Width 11.5 cm
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Historical photograph wooden-framed image of T W Ratana meeting a Japanese minister while visiting Japan for his world tour. Length 30 cm. Width 24 cm (image only)
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Framed Maori photographs oak picture frame containing three images. Height 27 cm. Width 70 cm (excluding frame); height 36.5 cm. Width 79.5 cm (including frame)
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Group of Folk items (3) early 20th-century carved folk items: waka, tiki and bowl. Length 40 cm. Width 4.5 cm; length 6.5 cm. Width 4.5 cm; length 13.5 cm. Width 5 cm
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Whalebone tiki large whalebone tiki of flattened triangular shape. Raised facial features with protruding tongue; hands meeting to the middle of chest and two legs in crouched position. Length 10.5 cm. Width 8.7 cm
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Wood block good example of traditional stone adzing. Length 11 cm. Width 18.5 cm
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Kauri mere spatula-form blade with flared handle, drilled hole for suspension with attached natural fibre. Mid-brown patina. Length 32 cm. Width 10.3 cm
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Maori bone staff flattened tapering blade with dog-tooth notching. Rectangular-shaped handle inlaid with two discs of paua. Length 44 cm. Width 2 cm.
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Group of early Maori postcards group of 107 early postcards mainly related to New Zealand. Various sizes
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Paua inlaid tray early New Zealand tray with paua base and wooden frame. Diameter 27.5 cm.
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Early New Zealand colonial stamped 9ct yellow-gold mounted kiwi beak brooch. Three mounts engraved with fauna decoration. Length 10.5 cm. Width 1.7 cm
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Gold bracelet with carved tiki early 15ct gold hinged band, makers mark, width D with a hei tiki inset on top. Tiki with head facing right, broad nose with wax-infilled eyes and arms resting gently on knees, circa 1880. Height 4 cm. Diameter 6.5 cm
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Chiefly shark-tooth pendants (2) rare ear adornments with red wax fixtures and fine patina. Length 4 cm. Width 3.6 cm.
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Early New Caledonia n sceptre head monumental nephrite sceptre head of irregular oval form; the base has two piercings. Fine, early patina. Length 21 cm. Width 24.5 cm
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Hawaiian poi pounder, a classic volcanic, lava-stone pounder of superb form. Traces of embedded material to base. 19th century. Height 15 cm. Depth 11.5 cm
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Calcite traditional pounder with rounded cross-section, bulbous body tapering to flared turret top. Mangaia, Cook Islands. Height 15.5 cm. Diameter 10.5 cm
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Hawaiian poi pounder, a stone pounder of superb form in high-pecked, greenish basalt. 19th century. Height 17.5 cm. Depth 11 cm
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Marquesan pounder large stone pounder with janus- head top with carved, raised features. Smoothed, grey stone surface. Length 19.6 cm. Width 13 cm
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Fine Tongan headrest, of elegant, abstract, arching form with small, wedge-shaped feet supporting the lower edge. Old sennit-bound native repair to one side. Length 37.2 cm. Width 13.5 cm. Height 17.5 cm
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Austral Island paddle paddle blade of leaf-shaped form with long cylindrical shaft. Intricately carved in low relief with an elaborate design of interlocking geometric patterns. This form of Ra'ivav'an paddle is thought to be symbolic rather than utilitarian; these objects were imbued with tribal authority, prestige, and rank of the owner. Carving to the top of the handle reveals abstracted human figures with protruding faces. Length 128.5 cm. Width 19 cm
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Rare Niue club Katoua of very rare form. Slender, flattened blade with raised medial ridge leading to a cylindrical shaft and tapering end. Rich, honey-brown patina. Length 150 cm. Width 5 cm
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Rare inlaid Fijian pole club fine bowai of classic form, inlaid throughout with prestigious ivory inlays. Certainly made for a high-ranking warrior or chief. Rich, mid-brown patina. Length 98 cm. Diameter 7 cm
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Taluma (fishing tackle box) Hollowed box and lid standing on four legs. Inlaid shell decoration. Highly polished, rich-brown patina. Length 18 cm. Width 19 cm
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Tackle box (fishing tackle box) Hollowed box and lid with protruding rectangular lugs on side for attachment. Rich, dark-brown patina. Height 16.5 cm. Width 23 cm
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Fine Tahitian fishing lure classic form, body of shell with attached bone barb. Line attached. Length 11.5 cm. Width 2 cm
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Large model canoe large model canoe lashed with natural-fibre bindings. Decorative elements to stern and bow. Variating light and dark wood. Polished patina. Length 1480, width 18 cm. Depth 18.5 cm
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Marquesan figure large standing figure with raised facial features. Carved decorations to body, arms resting on abdomen and legs slightly bent. Dark-brown, polished patina. Height 54.5 cm. Width 14 cm. Depth 11.5 cm
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Painted Pitcairn shells (2) painted pearl shells with floral motif. Pitcairn Islands. Length 13 cm. Width 12 cm
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Pitcairn flying fish finely carved, with custom base attached. Inscription on fin: 'Made by Jacob Warren' and 'From Pitcairn'. Length 30 cm. Width 16.6 cm
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Marquesan Breadfruit Tapa cloths (7) interesting selection of tapa in round and rectangular shapes with traditional designs. Diameter 38 cm; diameter 48 cm; diameter 48 cm; diameter 43.5 cm; length 49 cm. Height 50 cm; length 94 cm. Width 46 cm; length 120 cm. Height 40 cm.
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Superb Fijian kava bowl large hollowed bowl of elliptical form with pierced carrying lug. Length 51.5 cm. Width 63 cm. Depth 15 cm
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Tongan bowl kava bowl; hollowed leaf-shaped form resting on four cylindrical tapering legs. Rich, reddish-brown- patina. Length 36 cm. Width 46.5 cm. Depth 13 cm
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Fine Polynesian bowl, circular bowl with a shallow, hollowed dish. Sitting on three oval feet. Surface decorated with triangular carved decoration. Length 28 cm. Width 33 cm
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Samoan kava bowl classic form with 16 legs., a dry, light-brown patina. Diameter 30 cm-, height 9.8 cm
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Samoan kava bowl classic form with 23 legs., a dry, light-brown patina. Diameter 30.5 cm. Height 10.5 cm
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Fijian tabua - ceremonial whale tooth, a small but refined tooth with two pierced holes to end for attachment. Rich, creamy-golden patina. Rope binding attached. Tabuas are not worn but are presented at important ceremonies, including weddings, births and funerals. Tabua used to be the most effective way to give weight to an apology or atonement. Length 17 cm. Width 5.6 cm
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Fijian tabua - ceremonial whale tooth polished sperm whale tooth with two pierced holes to end for attachment. Rich creamy golden patina. Length 14 cm. Width 5.5 cm
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Fijian tabua - ceremonial whale tooth polished sperm whale tooth with two pierced holes to end for attachment incised cross decoration to base. Rich creamy golden patina. Length 14 cm. Width 5.5 cm
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Fijian tabua - ceremonial whale tooth polished sperm whale tooth with two pierced holes to end for attachment. Rich creamy golden patina. Missionary writing inscribed to one side 'VR2'. Length 11 cm. Width 4.5 cm
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Rare Fijian tabua large tooth-shaped clamshell tabua, with pierced holes to ends for suspension. One with loss- . Smooth well-worn patina. 'Tabua lasn lasn, Kdu (Musuni)' label attached., a tabua is a chiefly adornment. Length 15 cm. Width 7 cm
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Pair of Fijian tabua pierced holes to ends and with braided sennit-fibre cord attached. Polished patina. Length 15 cm. Width 5 cm; length 13.5 cm. Width 1.5 cm
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New Caledonian club, a domed, hooded top, soft, slightly raised handle end. Early, rich, brown patina. Length 76 cm. Width 10 cm
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Superb Fijian war club Sali, heavy yet superbly balanced, made from a single piece of vesi (ironwood). Cylindrical shaft leads into a blade incised with geometric carving to both sides. Raised spur to top. The spur on the outer edge designed to parry attackers' clubs away. The angled cutting edge designed to cut through and snap bones. Dark-brown patina. Length 107 cm. Width 29 cm
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Fijian war club Bowai of classic form with cylindrical shaft and carved decorations to end. Rich, mid-brown patina. Carved with missionary text: 'Ruveni'. Length 75 cm. Width 3.5 cm
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Chiefly Fijian rootstock club highly achieved vunikau bulibuli or dromu vonotabua with a classic rootstock head with seventeen prestigious shell inlays leading to long shaft with finely carved handle. Certainly the work of a master artist. Rich, deep, mid-brown patina. Length 90 cm. Width 8 cm
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Early Samoan club leaf-shaped blade with incised line; infilled decoration on surface. Two raised ridges to mid-section leading to a squared handle. Light-to-mid-brown patina. Length 83.5 cm. Width 12 cm
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New Caledonian Kanak club domed hooded top; tapering cylindrical shaft; fine incised decoration to top. Handle bound with original early cloth and fine sennit binding. Good overall condition. Length 76 cm. Diameter 9 cm
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Solomon Islands club good early example, with diamond-shaped head, and central, raised cross leading down to a hooked crescent-shaped butt. Blackened fibre binding on grip. Mid-brown patina. Malaita. Length 62.5 cm. Width 14 cm
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Fijian Priest/Chief staff rare form with long, cylindrical shaft and a deeply carved decoration to end. Rich, mid-brown patina. Length 107.5 cm. Width 2.6 cm
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New Caledonia n club, a great example in classic bird-head form with domed eyes, flared collar and slightly raised handle to end. Length 76 cm. Width 31 cm
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Fijian ula club iula tavatava, finely carved, close-combat or throwing-type club. Hardwood. Rich, brown patina. Length 38 cm. Width 11 cm
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New Caledonian bird-head club displaying a raised crest with a hooded medial ridge on the face, domed eyes and a raised disc at handle end. Mid-brown patina. Length 48 cm. Width 22 cm
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Fijian pole club large club of classic form referred to as bowai. Top half of club finely decorated with bands of zigzag and longitudinal patterns. Domed top. Pierced hole to end. Mid-brown patina. Length 123.5 cm. Diameter 6.5 cm
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Massim lime spatula finely carved lime spatula with seated figure to top, hands resting on chin. Height 23 cm. Width 2 cm
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Group of Massim lime Spatulas (3) three finely carved spatulas with various delicate designs. Traces of lime infill evident. Papua New Guinea. Length 42.3 cm; length 38.5 cm; length 33.5 cm
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Massim lime spatula fine, figural form, Massim lime spatula. Squatting figure in the classic knees-to-elbows pose. Ovoid head, pierced elongated nose, raised ears and small circular eyes. Height 30.6 cm. Width 4.2 cm
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Massim lime spatula, of traditional form with finely incised grooves to surface. Pierced hole to top. Length 4 cm. Width 3 cm
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Lime Spatulas (2) two finely carved spatulas with various delicate designs. Traces of lime infill evident. Papua New Guinea. Length 55 cm; length 45 cm
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Lime Spatulas (2) two finely carved spatulas with various delicate designs. Traces of lime infill evident. Papua New Guinea. Length 43 cm; length 40 cm
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Massim lime Spatulas (3) three finely carved spatulas with various delicate designs. Signs of good use evident. Papua New Guinea . Length 36.5 cm; length 33.7 cm; length 30.3 cm
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Group of Melanesian objects (3) two fine bracelets and one wooden spoon with pyrographic designs. Diameter 8 cm max; diameter 8 cm max; length 18 cm. Width 4.3 cm-
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Two Melanesian Bows coconut wood fibre. Slender bow with tapering ends, one with attached cane string. Dry, weathered patina. Length 195 cm. Width 3.5 cm
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Pair of spears coconut wood shafts with barbed heads and incised decoration to top. Dark, black-brown patina. Length 2,800, width 2.5 cm; length 2,430, width 2.5 cm
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Melanesian adze fine, dark-coloured- stone adze in flattened rectangular form. Length 11.5 cm. Width 6.5 cm
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Large Sepik canoe prow wooden carved prow with abstract crocodilian form to front extending to a raised, beaked, hooked spine ridge and a carved stylised bird form. Weathered grey patina. Similar example in the Basel Museum. Length 124 cm. Width 36 cm
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Canoe prow figure seated figure with long, elongated arms and legs. Weathered dry patina. Length 50 cm. Width 20 cm. Height 38 cm
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Greenstone worked slab flattened, worked nephrite stone of flattened ovoid form with a smooth finish. Papua New Guinea . Height 55 cm. Width 12 cm
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Pair of Hafted adzes carved wooden shafts with fossilised clam and stone heads; examples from Efate and Ambrym, Vanuatu. Length 58.5 cm. Width 13 cm; length 53 cm. Width 14.5 cm
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Pair of combs made from bamboo, with incised decoration to top, splayed teeth. Polished early patina. Malekula Island, Vanuatu. Length 26 cm. Width 7 cm; length 18.5 cm. Width 7 cm;
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Pair of combs triangular body with eight splayed teeth; fibre binding with encrusted patina. Gaua, Banks Islands, Vanuatu. Length 29.5 cm. Width 7.5 cm; length 27 cm. Width 8.5 cm
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Pair of adzes good early examples of classic form. Weathered clamshell. Vanuatu. Length 9 cm. Width 7 cm; length 25 cm. Width 9.5 cm
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Group of Combs (3) various forms, of wood, bamboo, fibre binding; incised decoration, with splayed teeth to end. Polished and dry patinas. Vanuatu. Length 31 cm. Width 5 cm; length 20 cm. Width 6 cm; width 2.4 cm. Width 8 cm
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Futuna Tapa Beater Beater of elongated, rectangular tapering form with deep, lineal grooves to sides. Rich, dark-brown patina. Futuna Islands. Length 31 cm. Width 3.5 cm
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Fijian Tapa cloth classic Fijian tapa with brown-and-black printed design. Length 187 cm. Width 125 cm
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Net sinker Lifou, pierced weathered stone, of flattened oval form. Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia . Length 19 cm. Width 12.8 cm
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New Caledonian adze fine nephrite adze. Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Length 11 cm. Width 8 cm
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Group of stone pounders (5) Papua New Guinea . Length 24.5 cm. Width 5 cm; length 28.5 cm. Width 6.8 cm; length 21.5 cm. Width 6.5 cm; length 25.5 cm. Width 5 cm; length 28 cm. Width 8 cm
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Group of adzes (3) good early examples of classic form. Weathered basalt. Vanuatu. Length 6.4 cm. Width 7.2 cm; length 6.4 cm. Width 7.3 cm; length 8.5 cm. Width 6 cm
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