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Tribal Art: Maori, African and South Pacific — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:125
Sale Title:Tribal Art: Maori, African and South PacificLots with images:65
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:100
Date:28-Mar-2014
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A fine carved wooden Maori pipe. Carved face to patina, most likely carved by Tom Heberley, with faint markings of 'London' engraved. Many of Heberley's pipes ended up in Europe for the tourist market. The pipe comes with a carved wooden golden bear cradle. Length 129 cm
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A rare late 18th century greenstone pendant (koropepe). Tangowai transparent greenstone, two hourglass holes at top poll. Repair to head, comes with red case. Width 4.5 cm
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Contact period (1820s) greenstone pendant, brooch pin. The 9ct. gold bands and pin were added to the pendant later. Length 7.3 cm
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A late 19th century rare wooden judge's gavel. Carved by unknown Maori. Paua shell inset eyes on tiki face. Length 29 cm
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A good example of an early 19th century greenstone ear pendant (kuru). Hourglass hole with gold metal ring attached. Length 7.8 cm
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A beautiful 19th century greenstone mere. Kawaka greenstone with six grooves at poll. Chip to the blade which is well shaped, hourglass hole. Length 32 cm
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A late 19th century greenstone mere. Dark greenstone with three ridges at poll. Circular hourglass hole. Length 28.9 cm
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A superb early 19th century bone club (kotiate). bi-lobed shape with carved head to handle, hourglass hole. Length 31 cm
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A rare 19th century large kiwi feather bag (kete). Woven flax in superb condition. Length 39 cm. Width 37 cm. Depth 35 cm
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A 20th century greenstone hei tiki. Good quality greenstone, hour glass hole. Length 66 cm.
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A very rare and important pre-European Taranaki waka prow, probably made during Captain Cook's New Zealand voyages c. 1760-1790. The most important and historical Taonga treasure that Dunbar Sloane has ever been offered to auction. Named 'Te Tauihu Waka' and carved in the Te Ati AWA carving style from the hapu of Wi Hapi Pakau. This prow was exhibited at and on loan to, the Museum of Te Papa Tongarewa for the exhibition 'Mana Whenua' (Feb 1998-Feb 2003). However the prow was actually lodged with Te Papa on…
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A cabinet of eight carved Maori Art pieces by superb master carver Rangi Redman. Made in the 1970s of New Zealand kauri. The cabinet includes: Three wooden and bone fish hooks. One wooden and greenstone ceremonial adze -toki pou tangata. One war canoe -waka Taua. One carved head -koruru. One treasure box -waka huia. One wooden 'R' label. The cabinet is made entirely without metal fastenings, with carved Maori motifs around the edges and three small drawers at the bottom. Accompanied by certificate of…
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Early 19th century greenstone ear pendant (kuru). White-green colouring of Inanga. Hourglass hole. Length 8.3 cm
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Northland, possibly Ex Wagener Museum wooden carved Maori figure. Red stained figure with spiral carved thighs and buttocks and carved spiral to centre of back. Split to face and abdomen. Height 46 cm (excluding stand).
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A contact period wooden Maori carving. Red stained wooden carving. Figure standing with hands clasped to abdomen, paua shell inset eyes. Provenance: Ex-Wagener Museum. Length 63 cm
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Early 19th century wooden bird snare perch (mutu). Full figure carved on shaft section. Manaia type face features at the end of the perch. Lashed string remnants still attached to perch. Display stand included. Height 23 cm (excluding stand). Width 24 cm.
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A good quality Maori carved wooden walking stick (tokotoko). A manaia figure at top poll with paua shell inset eyes and Ngarara reptile figure at handle. Length 98 cm
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A late 19th century Maori stone sinker. Unfinished hole. Length 8 cm
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A 19th century Maori adze. Quadrangular, all over smooth polished stone, good cutting edge. Length 26.5 cm
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A rare collection from Fiordland (the lost Tribe) 18th century stone artefacts. Found in the late 1920s around lake Te Anau and the upper reaches of the Waiau river. These areas were known to have been used by the local ngati Mamoe tribe (renowned as the 'Lost Tribe of Fiordland'). During the 18th century They Were Engaged in a War with Ngai Tahu Led By Te Hau, and Eventually Defeated in a Battle at Dock Bay Across the Lake From the Te Anau Township. They Fled to the Murchison Mountains, Dusky Bay, Lake…
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A 19th century greenstone adze (toki). Good quality greenstone. Groove to right side. Length 7.7 cm
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Four 19th century stone adzes (toki). One Greywacke, pecked to blade edge. Length 11.4 cm. Three Argillite. Length 14.5 cm. Y17736, length 9 cm. Length 9.9 cm
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Two 19th century stone adzes (toki). One dark stone, possibly Argillite. Length 11.6 cm. Argillite. Length 16.5 cm
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Three 19th century stone adzes (toki). One. Length 13 cm. One dark stone. Length 14.8 cm. One Argillite. Length 9.8 cm
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Three 19th century stone adzes (toki). One. Length 11.6 cm. One Limestone. Length 7.8 cm. One has chip to top. Length 20.2 cm.
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A Maori wooden hand club (kotiate). Carved on both sides. Carved face to butt with square hole on handle. Length 35.1 cm
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A Maori canoe paddle (hoe). Dark brown paddle with rounded top. The long blade has 'Warihari' engraved on it. Length 133 cm
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A Maori canoe paddle (hoe). Dark brown paddle with drawings of a Maori chief to one side of the blade and tiki figure on the other side. Possibly from Northland region. Length 154 cm
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A Maori wooden Digging stick (Ketu). Paddle shaped, large knob at butt. Length 57.5 cm. Provenance: Ex-Wagener Museum
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A late 19th century Maori wooden Agricultural Implement. Knob at upper end and an oblique lashing facet with restraining ridge at lower end. Maybe a Ko missing the step. Length 101.7 cm
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A Maori wooden Agricultural tool. The end of the shaft flares to a superb flange. Length 180 cm. Provenance: Ex-Wagener Museum
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A Maori wooden weeding implement (ketu). Kink in grip shaft. Grip shaft finishes in a long knob. Length 79.3 cm. Provenance: Ex-Wagener Museum
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A Maori wooden fern root beater (patu aruhe) in good condition, dark polished wood. Length 35.5 cm. Provenance: Ex-Wagener Museum
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A Maori wooden fern root Beater (patu aruhe). Long split to beater. Length 30 cm. Provenance: Ex-Wagener Museum
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A Maori wooden canoe paddle (hoe). Slight kink at loom, with good flat round knob. Length 138.2 cm. Provenance: Ex-Wagener Museum
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A Maori wooden Digging stick (Ko). Length 205 cm
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A Maori wooden Digging stick (Ko). Length 189 cm
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A Maori wooden Digging stick (Ko). Length 181 cm
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A rare contact period very large Matai food bowl (kumete). Found at Ngaere, South Taranaki. Square projection to one side with projecting tiki figure to opposite side (head broken off). Hole to one side near base. Length 85.5 cm. Depth 25.5 cm
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An early 19th century Maori wooden fern root Beater (patu aruhe). From Dargaville region. Length 27.8 cm
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Two Maori stone pounders. Length 27.8 cm. Length 19.6 cm
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Four Maori stone adzes. One Greywacke. Length 25.5 cm. One adze preform. Length 16.2 cm. One all over polished. Length 17.3 cm. One broken end of an adze. Length 14.5 cm
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Two Maori stone sinkers and a broken adze. Two sinkers. Length 8.5 cm. Length 13 cm. One adze in three pieces. Length 26.5 cm
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A Maori feather bag (kete). Feathers include pheasant and Pukeko. Wool fringe with handles. Includes note about the history of kete. Length 18 cm. Width 8 cm
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A greenstone hei tiki. C. 1900s. Brought to New Zealand in the 1930s by George Richler, who was an Art historian working in New York. Length 7.2 cm
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A late 18th century bone fish hook. Point carved manaia figure on shaft of hook. Could possibly have been worn around the neck as a good luck charm when fishing. Length 5.5 cm
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A Maori stone fern root pounder (patu muka). Length 27 cm
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A feather cloak (kahu Huruhuru). Candlewick backing with blue. Wool thread border, weka and chicken feathers. Length 96 cm. Width 111 cm
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A 20th century greenstone hei tiki. White feathering in stone. Unusual face with red sealing wax eyes and mouth. Length 9 cm
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A Maori worked piece of greenstone. Length 8.3 cm
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A greenstone and 9ct. gold brooch. Stamped 'G. T. W. ' for G. T. White. Length 3.8 cm. Width 4.2 cm
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A gold mounted Maori dog's tooth ear ornament. Length 2.3 cm
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Two late 20th century bone Maori ornaments. One tiki with paua set eyes. Length 9.5 cm. One tiki hair comb. Length 14.5 cm
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A late 20th century Maori bone manaia pendant. Length 10.5 cm
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A late 20th century Maori bone lizard ornament. Length 10.5 cm
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A kauri wooden carved tray. Eight tiki figures carved with paua set eyes. Given as payment to a doctor around 1900 in Northland. Diameter 37 cm
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A greenstone platter/dish by Ross Johns. Ross Johns is a member of the Ngai Tahu tribe and the only artist selected by Ngai Tahu to have a piece of his artwork gifted to Te Papa. Width 38 cm. Height 5.5 cm
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A carved 303 B14 'Long Tom' rifle. Carving to stock and butt in c. 1950s Maniapoto style. Serial number W230819. Note: Needs a gun licence
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A greenstone replica of the America's cup (Te Ha O Aotearoa) Te Ha o Aotearoa. Made from Kahurangi pounamu/nephrite. A 7/8th scale replica of the America's cup trophy. The original pounamu boulder was excavated from Big Bay, south Westland and blessed by the Reverend Henderson of Nga Tahu and Kati Wae Wae. It is set on a wooden base of native swamp kauri timber recovered from the ancient buried forests near Huntly, Waikato region. It thereby constitutes two unique and natural treasures of New Zealand…
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An unusual Maori taiaha. C. 1880s, with anchor and rope motif carved on both sides Discovered in Fiji in the 1960s and brought to New Zealand by the vendor's grandfather. Most likely taken to Fiji by a Maori working on the American whaling ships out of Russell. Damaged and joined. Length 148 cm
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Two contact period adzes and one large contact period stone pounder. Stone adzes: lengths 11.5 cm; 13 cm. Stone pounder: length 27 cm
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A large 20th century stone mere. C. 1950s. Mottled grain. Length 45 cm
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A Superbly carved Maori God stick. in the style of Rangi Redman. Length 44 cm
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An unusual dark greenstone Marahikau figure in a Running pose. C. 1950s. Length 11 cm
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A large greenstone tiki of deep green colour. Red wax eyes. C. 1950s. Length 12.5 cm
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A very large 20th century wooden shark fish hook with Plaited cord. Length 39 cm. Width 27 cm
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An excellent 19th century greenstone mere with a three-ring carved butt. Light green colour. Comes with a carved waka huia box. Length 38 cm
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Two 20th century carved panels of Maui and Rangi. Wonderfully carved with paua shell inset eyes. Maui length 95 cm. Rangi length 75.5 cm
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Two Maori wooden paddle-shaped Weeders. One in good condition. Length 67 cm. One damaged: length 73 cm
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A Maori wooden fern root beater. Good condition. Length 57 cm
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A 20th century Maori carved wooden axe handle, with European 19th century steel axe head attached. Length 47 cm
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An impressive, very large and important whale bone hei tiki. Together with a nephrite kuru pendant from the Ngai Wai tribe which literally translates 'The People of the Water'. The Ngai Wai controlled the islands of the north-East Coast of the North Island, New Zealand, from Great Barrier Island northwards. The whale bone hei tiki is tilted to the left side. It has a large round face with heart-shaped mouth and large eye-sockets (one with nephrite inset), elongated arms with both hands set on thighs and…
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Three Airtu Ahwito (Caterpillar Fungus). Includes one very rare double-header (which is two reproductive stalks emerging from a single Caterpillar fungus). Considered sacred, used as an indelible dye in tattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixed with dog fat and soot, the remains of which was carefully preserved and handed down from father to Son. Collected by the vendor's father, Taupo 1950s. Two Caterpillar fungus. Length 18 cm. Length 19 cm. One double-header Caterpillar fungus. Length 15 cm
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Airtu Ahwito (Caterpillar Fungus). Includes one very rare double-header (which is two reproductive stalks emerging from a single Caterpillar fungus). Considered sacred, used as an indelible dye in tattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixed with dog fat and soot, the remains of which was carefully preserved and handed down from father to Son. Collected by the vendor's father, Taupo 1950s. Two Caterpillar fungus. Length 15 cm. Length 13 cm. One double-header Caterpillar fungus. Length 15 cm
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A rare hand-coloured lithograph 'Stranger's House (Houraki Pah)'. By Richard Aldworth Oliver, 1811-1889, 'A Series of Lithographic Drawings From Sketches in New Zealand '. London, Dickinson & Co. [1852]. This lithograph depicts a Maori whare with porch and doorway and a carved figure at the front end of the ridgepole. A man and a woman stand in the foreground with other figures engaged in tasks outside the whare and further towards the water. All are dressed in a mixture of traditional Maori cloaks and…
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A rare hand-coloured lithograph 'Monument to Te Whero's Daughter, at Raroera Pah'. By George F. Angas from 'Angas, George French 1822-1886: the New Zealanders Illustrated'. London, Thomas McLean, 1847. The lithograph depicts a very large and intricately carved wooden mausoluem in which an upright body could be placed. 34.5 cm x 23 cm
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A rare and hand-coloured lithograph 'L'Anse De L'Astrolabe (Nouvelle Zelande)'. By Louis A. Sainson from Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842 'Voyage De La Convette l'Astrolabe Execute Pendant Les Annees 1826, 1827, 1828 Et 1829, Atlas Historique', Paris, Tastu, 1833. The lithograph depicts a view from the shore of Astrolabe Bay, Nelson Region with French sailors on shore with personal effects. Two Maori canoes are in the water, the Astrolabe sits further out and Adele Island (named after…
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Two black and white prints from engravings by Richard Ralph and Benjamin John Frederick Miller. From an unknown publication, derived from engravings after Ralph and Miller in Hawkesworth, J., an Account of the Voyages… London, 1773. One depicts two carved chests. 21 cm x 15.5 cm. The other shows various adzes and other Maori tools. 22 cm x 18.5 cm
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The rare 'Mungo Park' trunk, in bullock hide with brass studs. The famous explorer Mungo Park was born in 1771 in Foulshiels-Selkirk, Scotland. He was a Scottish explorer of the African continent, a qualified surgeon and the first Westerner known to have travelled to the Niger river. in 1795 he was appointed by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the interior of parts of Africa wanting proof of the course of the river Niger and to look for the fabled city of Timbuktu. He was accompanied by 30…
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A Vanuatu pig club. Pre 1936. From the Island of Tongoa. A crude face is carved to butt. Dark wood. Length 45 cm
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A Vanuatu war club pre 1936. From the village Lumbukhuti on the Island of Tongoa. Length 109 cm
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A Vanuatu war spear. Reddish-brown hardwood, with barbed pointed end. Length 213 cm
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A Solomon Islands small bowl inlaid with shells. C. 1880, with small handles
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An Easter Island God figure. Carved with exaggerated features. Height 15.5 cm
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A Fijian Whalestooth necklace (tabua). Plaited vegetable fibre neck chain
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A south Pacific club, with transverse ridges and inlaid with limestone. Possibly a Tongan Apa Apai club or Samoan Uatongi club. Length 81 cm
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An Austral Islands ceremonial paddle. Carved in minute detail over the entire surface. Linking heads carved to top poll of paddle. Damage to blade and wear to top poll. Length 112.5 cm
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A Niue Island ceremonial hair cutting chair. C. 1950s. Height 97 cm
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A south Pacific axe. Good stone axe head. Length 48 cm
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A south Pacific carved coconut shell. Carved diamond patterns and lizard figures
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A small Niuean paddle. Together with a Niuean spear tip. Provenance: William Smith, the grandfather of the vendor, went to Niue in 1914 on behalf of the New Zealand Government to set up the education system. The items were brought back in 1920
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An Aboriginal wooden shield. Deep grooved lines forming a geometrical pattern to face. Length 70 cm
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Two Aboriginal boomerangs
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One Aboriginal spear head. Together with a Digging stick the spear head has a lashed barb to the pointed end. Length 64 cm. The digging stick is decorated with long grooved lines. Length 63 cm
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Two Pitcairn Island wooden chalices. Together with a flying fish ornament made by residents
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A Papua New Guinea pig killing apron. Length 80 cm
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A Papua New Guinea rare huli wig hat. Made with hair, worn during ceremonial dances
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A Papua new Guinea yam mask. Length 30 cm
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A New Guinea Kula cycle gift club. Massim art style, made of black palm wood. Length 72 cm
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A Papua New Guinea seated figure. Decorated with red ochre, sea shells, feathers, pig tusks and vegetable fibre skirt. Height 100 cm
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