Full details of each lot are displayed, except the lot number, estimate and price. You must be a subscriber to view lot numbers, estimates and prices.

Click here to view registration and subscription levels

Maori & Pacific Artefacts — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:171
Sale Title:Maori & Pacific ArtefactsLots with images:153
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:134
Date:19-Jun-2013
***
A carved Maori double barrel Shotgun, with ramrod. By James W Rosier. Stock carved all over in a rauponga pattern and haliotis (blackfoot paua) shell inlays to one side. Butt with heel and tow plates. Note: gun licensed required
***
***
***
A very good 19th century Maori fighting staff (taiaha), with deep stone carving to tongue and decoratively serrated eyes. Length 171 cm
***
***
N/A
***
A carved wooden Maori Gateway, with central tiki face with paua shell eyes (one chipped). Painted red, paint worn. H. 85 cm. Width 183 cm
***
***
N/A
***
A contact period Maori wooden paoi (fern root Beater). Length 37 cm
***
***
***
A large wooden carved tiki, with paua eyes. Length 55.5 cm
***
***
N/A
***
A late 18th or early 19th century stone carved Maori walking stick (tokotoko). Carver unknown. Known as the 'Finger of God.’
***
***
N/A
***
A rare taxidermy huia bird, displayed perched on a branch. Complete with tail feathers, one eye missing. height 22 cm. Length 42 cm
***
***
***
A very rare and important pre-European stone carved Maori stone God sinker (mahe) or Ballast stone with carved double tiki figures. Pre-European 17th/18th century of exceptional quality and superior to those in the British Museum. Some sinkers that are carved had a ceremonial function, they would have sat within the canoe to bring good luck for fishing. These fishing sinkers are extremely rare and their importance is shown by Te Papa putting one on their front cover of ‘Toi Ora: ancestral Maori treasure’…
***
***
***
An 18th century stone flax pounder (patu muka). Length 29 cm
***
***
***
An 18th century Maori stone pounder (patu muka), in good condition. Raised ridge butt end. Length 27 cm
***
***
***
A late 18th century Maori stone pounder (patu muka). Length 21 cm
***
***
***
A stone Tattooing pigment pot, hewn of rough stone with a smooth hollowed receptacle for tattooing pigment. Length 15.5 cm. Width 17 cm
***
***
***
A Maori stone fishing sinker (mahe), with stratified tonal variations in stone. Large hourglass hole and traces of tiki face to top. height 10 cm. Width 12.5 cm
***
***
***
An early 19th century Maori stone fishing sinker (mahe), with pierced hourglass suspension hole. On fibre rope. height 11 cm
***
***
***
A Maori stone sinker (mahe), with flattened ovoid with lashing groove around the long axis. Length 11 cm
***
***
***
A Maori stone sinker (mahe), with flattened ovoid form and lashing groove around the long axis. Length 10 cm
***
***
***
Four good 19th century stone adzes. Length 13.5 cm; length 11 cm; length 17 cm; length 13.5 cm
***
***
***
Four good 19th century stone adzes. Length 15 cm; length 11.5; length 7 cm; length 5 cm
***
***
***
A stone pendant, with grooves on both sides for hanging. together with two fragments of stone pendants
***
***
***
A rare stone spinning top (Potaka), of white, dense stone
***
***
***
A 20th century Maori stone canoe anchor. Large and heavy with hole for rope. D.28 cm
***
***
***
A late 18th century stone hand club (patu Onewa), of greywacke. Smooth patina with a ridges butt and hourglass hole. Also marked 4580. Length 30 cm
***
***
***
A beautifully made late 18th century patu onewa. Chipped blade
***
***
N/A
***
Four Maori stone adzes. Length (of largest) 13.5 cm
***
***
N/A
***
A large Maori stone Tanged adze (toki), of a light grey stone. Chips to cutting edge. Length 25 cm. Together with a broken stone onewa (club) in two parts. Provenance: Sold at Cordy’s 1969
***
***
N/A
***
Four Maori stone adzes (toki). Length (of largest) 14 cm
***
***
N/A
***
Six Maori stone adzes (toki). Length (of largest) 13.5 cm
***
***
N/A
***
A large Maori stone Tanged adze (toki). Length 21.5 cm. Together with four other Maori stone adzes. One has hole drilled through the top
***
***
N/A
***
A Maori stone fern root pounder (patu muka). Found in a creek new Matata in the 1930s. Length 24 cm
***
***
***
A small wooden Polynesian figure. Carved with hands clasped and very basic facial features. Provenance: from the Captain Tilly collection. Height 23.5 cm
***
***
N/A
***
A Solomon Islands shell money necklace. Made from Conus shells. Provenance: Collected by Captain Tilly, Captain of the Melanesian Mission ship 'The Southern cross.' Literature: an almost identical necklace pictured in Roger Neich and Fuli Pereira's 'Pacific jewellery and adornment,' David Bateman Ltd., 2004. Pg. 110
***
***
***
Captain Tilly’s tobacco jar, with domed lid and still containing tobacco. Together with a finely woven flax bag. Provenance: from the collection of Captain Tilly, Captain of the Melanesian Mission ship 'The Southern cross.’
***
***
***
An ivory handled whip. Broken off at bottom. Together with two Pacific Island spears, one with broken tip
***
***
***
Two Melanesian grass skirts. Provenance: from the collection of Thomas Capel Tilly, Royal naval officer, who came to the Pacific on the HM Cordelia, later becoming the Commander of the Melanesian Mission's ship the ' Southern cross.'. Length 55 cm. Width 70 cm
***
***
***
A Fijian I Ula Drisia throwing club thin handle with smooth patina and zig zag carved decoration to butt. Cavities in the head. Length 41 cm
***
***
***
A Fijian Sali (gunstock club). Smooth patina and coloured string binding (magimagi) to upper shaft. Stippled pattern to top of head. Length 98 cm
***
***
***
A Fijian Totokia (pineapple club). Coloured string binding (magimagi) to upper half of shaft and more to butt end. Some wood imperfections to lower shaft. Central spike broken off. Length 81 cm
***
***
N/A
***
A long Fijian spear, with spiked tip and twine wrapping. Length 238 cm
***
***
***
A long Fijian spear, with remnants of twine to top and carving at middle top. Length 252 cm
***
***
***
A long slender Fijian spear. Length 229 cm
***
***
***
A long slender Fijian spear. Length 217 cm
***
***
***
A long slender Fijian spear. Length 217.5 cm
***
***
***
A long slender Fijian spear. Length 220 cm
***
***
***
A small south Pacific Islands woven bag. Length 22 cm. Width 29 cm
***
***
N/A
***
An Indonesian/Filipino woven bag, with shells and coloured beads adorning it a pattern. Two shoulder straps with moveable top closure. height 37 cm. Width 31 cm
***
***
***
A walrus tusk. Highly polished on wooden stand. Length 35 cm
***
***
***
An impressive large Native American (?) wooden bowl, with open-mouthed wolf figures to sides and woven fibre decoration to sides. Length 65 cm. Height 22 cm
***
***
***
A wooden Songye Fetish figure, Zaire. Metal studs embedded in face. height 42 cm
***
***
***
A wooden Baule figure, on a wooden base. Ivory Coast. Height (including base) 55.5 cm
***
***
***
A wooden Mumuye figure, Nigeria. Tall and slender on base. H. 80.5 cm
***
***
***
A wooden Kwere musical instrument, Tanzania. Human figure to top, with stand. Height 68 cm
***
***
***
A Baule monkey headdress, ivory Coast. Woven frame topped with canvas and wooden monkey figure to top. Decorated with shells. Height 43 cm
***
***
***
A monkey mask, central/West Africa, with fibre hair/mane to edge and recessed eyes. height 30 cm
***
***
***
An Ethiopian headrest. Height 13 cm. Together with a Dan mask. height 24 cm
***
***
***
A Dan figure, with carving to head and chest. Liberia. On wooden base. height (including base) 26 cm
***
***
***
A Dogon/Bamana door Lock, with lightening bolt-shaped carving to top. height 41 cm. Width 48 cm
***
***
***
A Lega mask. Traces of missing fibre. height 23 cm
***
***
***
A Dan female figure on stand. Representation of a favourite spouse. vegetable fibre for hair. height (excluding stand) 38 cm
***
***
***
A Dan mask, with shell and fabric headdress. Animal hair to top. height 39 cm
***
***
***
A Yaure mask, ivory Coast. Carved top knot, some damage. Height (excluding stand) 31 cm
***
***
***
A large metal African mask, possibly Benin. Horned with another figure sitting on top. Complex patterning to face. Height 64 cm
***
***
***
A tall painted African Baule mask, with a buffalo figure resting on top of a horned human figure. Painted in red, green and white. height 65 cm
***
***
***
A Chokwe mask, Angola. Flax and bamboo hair with fibre headdress. height 28 cm
***
***
***
A 19th century African iron Songe axe, probably Ngongo tribe, Congo. It has a wooden handle sheathed in snakeskin. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Auckland, 2007. Previously purchased in in Belgium during the 1880 period by Meister Doctor Joachim H. Brouwers (great-great grandfather of the vendor). During the 1860s many African artefacts were turning up in Europe from European colonies in Africa e.g. Belgian Congo. A similar axe can be seen in Steven Phelps’ 'The James Hooper collection’, p. 405,…
***
***
***
A 19th century African iron Songe axe, probably Ngongo tribe, Congo. Wooden handle sheathed in copper. Four heads in the iron work. Provenance: Purchased from Dunbar Sloane Auckland, 2007. Previously purchased in in Belgium during the 1880 period by Meister Doctor Joachim H. Brouwers (great-great grandfather of the vendor). During the 1860s many African artefacts were turning up in Europe from European colonies in Africa e.g. Belgian Congo. A similar axe can be seen in Steven Phelps’ 'The James Hooper…
***
***
***
West African Mossi plank dance mask. Geometric shapes crafted on both sides of the mask, with round face, eyes, and mouth. Small male figure on top of the mask (needs securing). Provenance: Purchased from Dunbar Sloane Auckland, September 2010. Height 200 cm. Width 49 cm
***
***
***
A Baule mask, ivory Coast. Crescent shape to forehead. On stand. height (excluding stand) 31 cm
***
***
***
A carved wooden fly swatter, with metal wire decoration to neck of carved human figure at top. Length 63 cm. Together with a carved wooden vase. height 21 cm
***
***
***
A Papua New Guinean Sepik story board. Depicting figures fishing. Width 137 cm
***
***
N/A
***
A large Papua New Guinean mask, with face painted in bright earth tones and fibre attached around lower half. Height 77 cm
***
***
***
A Papua New Guinean mask, with shell eyes and fibre attaches to ears and septum. Height 40 cm
***
***