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Oceanic and African Arts — Webb's

Auction House:Webb'sNumber of lots recorded:455
Sale Title:Oceanic and African ArtsLots with images:405
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:310
Date:17-Jun-2010
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Aboriginal Wunda shield, carved in softwood, of elongated ovoid form, the front decorated with deeply fluted zigzag design articulated into orthodox three section form and in-filled alternatively with bands of red and white natural earth pigments, the reverse offers incised longitudinal design with intersecting pointed border. Strong traces of red ochre overall, with detailed loop handle. 18th century. Length 71 cm. Width 16 cm.
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Aboriginal Bean Wood Shield, of deep elliptical form, with rebated handle on the back carved into body of shield. Front and back are decorated with broad parallel longitudinal grooves. A varied reddish-brown patina dominates a large painted (natural pigment) circle couched by four very faint latitudinal thickly painted lines on the shield's face.Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Height 71 cm Width 10.5 cm.
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Fine Aboriginal Shield, of flat elliptical form, with rebated handle on the back carved into body of shield. Decorated on the front with deep parallel grooves with a zigzag motif that articulate on black pigment lines approximately 10 cm apart, and on the reverse with repeating parallel red pigments and stone or ivory tooled incised vertical grooves; fine and varied deep reddish-brown patina. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Height 100 cm Width 10.5 cm.
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Fine Aboriginal shield, ovoid wooden body with parallel circular rainbow and pointillism motif on front section. Grooved back section with hollowed out hand grip. Traces of insect damage. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 60 cm. Width 18.5 cm.
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Aboriginal shield, stone tooled, surface undressed. Strong curvilinear form with integrated handle. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 64 cm. Width 13.5 cm.
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Fine Karajarri Aboriginal shield, front of eucalyptus wood shield covered with ochre and dot painted motif and back incised with interlocking key and herringbone patterns. Mount Vernon area. Australia. Length 96 cm. Width 11 cm.
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Aboriginal 'Swan neck' boomerang, wood, dyed with red ochre, flattened, lense-shaped in diameter, a beautifully curved handle with hook-shaped head and roundedendings. Fine longitudinal incisions fluting tightly through the surface complementing the overall form of the finely carved 'Swan neck'. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 78 cm. Width 5 cm.
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Two Aboriginal 'Swan neck' boomerangs, wood, dyed with red ochre, flattened, lense-shaped in diameter, a curved handle with hook-shaped head and rounded endings. Fine longitudinal incisions fluting tightly through the surface complementing the overall form of the finely carved 'Swan neck'. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 64 cm and length 62 cm.
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Two Aboriginal 'Swan neck' boomerangs, wood, dyed with red ochre, flattened, lense-shaped in diameter, a curved handle with hook-shaped head and rounded endings. Fine longitudinal incisions fluting tightly through the surface complementing the overall form of the finely carved 'Swan neck'. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 72 cm and 74 cm.
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Giant Coolamon - Aboriginal Vessel, extremely rare and large. Broad longitudinal incisions fluting through the internal and external surfaces. Natural ochre pigments accent entire object. Dark horizontal decoration line represented in internal body of vessel. Significant signs of old repair and damage. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 91 cm Width 22 cm.
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Coolamon - Aboriginal Vessel, orthodox form. Broad longitudinal incisions fluting through the internal and external surfaces. Natural ochre pigments accent entire object. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA, Length 54 cm Width 19.3 cm.
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Fine Aboriginal ceremonial boomerang, base of light red ochre with white and yellow linear parallel line pattern to front and back. Portion of blade slightly split. Provenance: Julius Carlebach gallery, New York, 1958. Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Width 72.4 cm.
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Fine Aboriginal ceremonial boomerang, base of ochre with strong linear parallel lines to front and back. Provenance: Julius Carlebach gallery, New York, 1958. Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Width 59.7 cm.
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Fine Aboriginal ceremonial boomerang, base of ochre with linear parallel dot pattern to front and back. Provenance: Julius Carlebach gallery, New York, 1958. Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Width 69 cm.
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Two fine Aboriginal boomerangs, one with incised linear pattern to back, traces of green pigmentation and painted motifs on both. Provenance: Julius Carlebach gallery, width 70 cm, width 59 cm.
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Three Fine Aboriginal Boomerangs, stone tooled, with two examples offering finely incised parallel marking which follow the form of the object.  Provenance: Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York,1958. Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. width 70 cm Width 580 Width 60 cm.
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Two Aboriginal boomerang, in traditional form, one with stone tooled surface the other depicting modern human forms at play. Width 57 cm width 54 cm.
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Two fine Aboriginal boomerangs, in traditional form. Deep aged patina. Provenence: Purchased by the current owner from Sotheby's, Australia. Width 55 cm. Width 58 cm.
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Two fine Aboriginal boomerangs, in traditional form. One in non symmetrical form. Aged patina. Evidence of red ochre. Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from Sotheby's, Australia. Width 56 cm. Width 71 cm.
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Fine Aboriginal boomerang, non symmetrical blade. Beautifully carved parallel lines following form of object. Red ochre evidenced. Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from Sotheby's, Australia. Width 67 cm.
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Fine Aboriginal boomerang, in orthodox form. Rich dark patina. Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from Sotheby's, Australia. Width 72 cm.
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Fine Aboriginal boomerang, in traditional non symmetrical form. Stone tooled. Strong, well defined parallel incisions follow form of blade. Traces of pigment. Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from Sotheby's, Australia. Width 72 cm.
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Two Aboriginal throwing clubs, one with bulbous head, light brown patina, the second with conical head, dark brown patina. Length 75 cm. Length 68 cm.
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Aboriginal throwing club, centre weighted terminating softly at each end. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 81.7 cm.
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Three Aboriginal nulla nulla - waddy clubs, linear incisions following form of club. Rich varied patina. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 59 cm length 62 cm length 69 cm.
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Three Aboriginal nulla nulla - waddy clubs, centre weighted throwing sticks terminating sharply at each end. Dark hardwood patina. 19th century. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 78 cm. Length 91.6 cm.
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Large Aboriginal woomera - spear thrower, Western Australia, wood, reddish brown patina, leaf-shaped flat springboard, the front entirely covered with linear grooved carving using zigzag motif. Handle with knob, leading tip wrapped in Museum cotton protecting affixed tooth (presumably wood.). Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 78 cm. Width 16 cm.
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Two Aboriginal Woomera - Spear Throwers, light-weighted wood, reddish brown patina, flat paddle-leaf shaped body with narrow handle, a tooth (presumably from a kangaroo) affixed by grass fibre, slightly damaged, small cracks, drilled holes. One with, and one missing anchor tooth. Black resin knobs. Early 20th century. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 55 cm Width 12.2 cm and Length 55 cm Width 9.3 cm.
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Three Aboriginal nulla nulla waddy clubs, carved in longitudinal lines. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 78 cm. Length 58 cm. Length 55 cm.
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Two Aboriginal Woomera - Spear Throwers, heavy weighted wood, reddish brown patina, flat narrow paddle-shaped body. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA, Length 60 cm Length 66 cm.
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Aboriginal woomera - spear thrower, narrow, leaf shaped flat springboard, the front entirely covered with linear grooved carving using zigzag and parallel motif, the back also stone tooled. Handle with resin knob, leading tip wrapped in Museum cotton protecting affixed tooth. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 64 cm. Width 6.6 cm.
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Aboriginal Woomera - Spear Thrower, dry brown patina, leaf-shaped flat springboard. The front sparsely covered with linear zigzag motif (steel tooled). Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 61 cm Width 7 cm.
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Aboriginal woomera - spear thrower, wood, reddish brown patina, leaf-shaped flat springboard, the front entirely covered with linear grooved carving using parallel and diagonal motif. Chip carved suggesting stone tooled. Handle with knob, leading tip wrapped in Museum cotton protecting affixed tooth. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art USA. Length 80 cm. Width 8 cm.
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Aboriginal Spear, long form hardwood spear with terminating oval formed tip. Rich dark patina with light parallel incision decorations at one end. Mid 19th century. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA, Length 233 cm.
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Two Aboriginal spears, long form hunting spears. Example one offering finely crafted double sided barbed head with signs of natural pigment decorations remaining (tiwi style). Example two utilises innovative steel blade with netted white line decorations. Cape York style. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 249 cm, length 277 cm.
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Two Aboriginal spears, long form hunting spears. Example one offering finely crafted single barbed head (possibly swan river style). second example utilises single side multiple barb technique (northern Australian style). Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 254 cm, length 285 cm.
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Rare Aboriginal Wooden Leangle Club, victoria was one of the first areas settled in Australia and for this reason the local indigenous population stopped using real Leangles by the late 19th century. Dark black/brown patina. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 77 cm.
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Two Aboriginal throwing clubs, straight form hardwood with longitudinal incisions. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 97 cm width 5 cm, length 91 cm width 5 cm.
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An Aboriginal hafted stone axe, the stone head hafted between two wooden shafts and affixed with human hair binding and resin. Traces of ochre decoration to the hafts and head. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 64 cm.
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Three Aboriginal Waddy Clubs. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 72 cm, Length 56 cm Length 58.2 cm.
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Two Aboriginal Spear Throwers, a Seedpod and a Woven Dilly Bag, a fine spear thrower with rich dark patina and resin mounted kangaroo tooth tip, together with a weathered spear thrower and a seed pot and woven dilly bag, Length 62 cm, Length 60 cm Length 55 cm, Length 35 cm.
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Aboriginal Flaked Flint spear Tip and stone adze, traces of gum resin and fibre to base. Together with an early stone adze. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Adze length 11.3 cm, width 5.5 cm, spear length 17 cm width 4 cm.
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Two Aboriginal Lizard Forms, incised pokerwork design. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 38 cm, Length 34 cm.
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Bundle of Fine Rope, Aboriginal, made from intertwined human hair. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA.
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Group of Three Aboriginal Waddy Clubs, one with incised lineal carving and resin to butt, one with pointed head and one with three barbs to the pointed head. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 65.5 cm, Length 67 cm, Length 71.3 cm.
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Two exceptional Aboriginal waddy clubs, one a fine example of ovoid form with carved linear decoration and plain uncarved handle, the other long club of ovoid form with incised dot and lineal decoration. Rich dark patina. Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from Sotheby's Australia. Length 103 cm. Length 127 cm.
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Three Aboriginal waddy clubs, one with incised lineal carving and resin to butt, one with pointed head and one with three barbs to the pointed head. Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from Sotheby's, Australia. Length 65.5 cm. Length 67 cm. Length 71.3 cm.
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Aboriginal painted didgeridoo, a fully decorated wooden didgeridoo. White, black, red and brown pigments with free and animal forms painted to mid-section. Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from Sotheby's Australia. Length 150 cm. Width 4.5 cm.
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Group of five Aboriginal spear heads, wood, sinew and gum. Old label attached. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 4.5 cm.
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Group of Four Aboriginal Spear Heads and a Sheath, of various regions. Old label attached. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 89 cm.
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Aboriginal Churinga, with incised circular grooving to top side with suspension hole. Traces of red ochre. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 19 cm Width 2.2 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with incised intertwined parallel motif on both surfaces with suspension hole. Traces of ochre. Old collection label attached. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 18.4 cm. Width 2 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with incised linear and circular designs to both surfaces. Okirra (large kangaroo) totem. Traces of ochre. Old Museum label attached. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 32.4 cm. Width 9 cm.
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Aboriginal Churinga, with incised inter-twining decoration to one side with suspension hole. Traces of ochre. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA, Length 19.2 cm Width 2.2 cm.
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Aboriginal Churinga, with an incised intertwined parallel motif on both surfaces with suspension hole. Traces of ochre. Old collection label attached. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 23.3 cm Width 2.6 cm.
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Rare and Important Aboriginal Stone Churinga, parallel circular and rainbow motifs. Ubnirringita (Witchetty) totem and on reverse okirra (large kangaroo) totem. Workings to end of blade suggest significant ritual use. Patina reflects considerable age. Small chip to top end. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 24.6 cm Width 7.2 cm.
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Aboriginal Turndun - bullroarer, large with incised linear circular designs to both surfaces. Traces of ochre. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 61 cm. Width 9 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with tightly carved stone tooled geometrical pattern formulating into well defined complex interlocking totem motif carved over earlier churinga design. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 61.5 cm. Width 8.5 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with tightly carved stone tooled geometrical pattern formulating into well defined complex interlocking totem motif carved over earlier churinga design. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 45 cm. Width 6 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with incised circular designs to both surfaces. Hourglass shaped hole. Traces of ochre. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 48 cm. Width 8.2 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with front carved with circular and parallel incised decoration. Back with parallel incised decoration. Traces of ochre. Hourglass shaped hole. Old collection labels attached. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 52 cm. Width 5.6 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, incised parallel circular and linear designs to front and back. Hourglass shaped hole. Traces of ochre. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 41 cm. Width 7 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with incised chevron design to front. Traces of ochre. Rich dark patina. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 37.5 cm. Width 4 cm.
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Aboriginal Churinga, circular totems linked throughout by three and five line linear incisions. Rich red ochre patina. Length 35.5 cm Width 5 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with incised circular and linear designs to front and back. Traces of ochre. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 34.2 cm. Width 4.5 cm.
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Aboriginal Turndun Bullroarer, chip carved surface, mid-brown patina, hourglass incision hole. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 41.2 cm Width 4 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with incised cross-hatched design to front. Traces of ochre.old collection label attached. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 37 cm. Width 4 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with incised interlocked circular motifs to top and circular motifs to back, with rich ochre patina. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 49.5 cm. Width 6 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with undulating parallel motifs to front and back. Rich ochre patina.Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 40.5 cm. Width 7.4 cm.
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Aboriginal Churinga, with circular motifs to front and back. Traces of ochre. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 52 cm Width 6.5 cm.
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Aboriginal Churinga, with incised circular and pointillism totems. Trace of ochre. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 27 cm Width 4 cm.
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Aboriginal Churinga, with interconnecting incised linear and circular patterns. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 24.5 cm Width 5.5 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with interconnecting incised linear and circular patterns with pointillism. Unchichera - frog totem. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 25.4 cm. Width 4.7 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with circular and zigzag totems incised front and back. Okirra totem, large kangaroo totem. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 28 cm. Width 4.4 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with interconnecting incised linear and circular patterns. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 29.6 cm. Width 4.5 cm.
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Aboriginal churinga, with incised chevron and linear designs to top. Square cut suspension hole. Dry brown patina. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 22.5 cm. Width 3.9 cm.
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Two Aboriginal singing churinga, cigar shaped, with delicately incised decoration. Light brown dry patina.Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 24 cm.
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Aboriginal Ceremonial Spear Head, obsidian blade tip affixed with gum. Ochre, dot patterning to tip and shaft. Old label attached. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA, Length 45 cm Width 2.5 cm.
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Two Aboriginal singing churinga, both cigar shaped with circular and zigzag motif and traces of ochre. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 22 cm.
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Aboriginal singing churinga, cigar shaped with circular and linear motifs. Traces of ochre. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 27 cm.
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Two Aboriginal Singing Churinga, cigar shaped with circular and linear motifs, one with poker work. Traces of ochre. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 40 cm, Length 29 cm.
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Aboriginal throwing club, large throwing stick terminating softly at each end. Dark coloured hardwood with varnished patina. Complex longitudinal and zigzag incisions fluting intermittently across entire surface. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 104 cm.
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Aboriginal throwing club, curved and slender throwing stick with fine fluting over the entiresurface. Longitudinal incised decoration. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 115.4 cm.
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Aboriginal throwing club, large centre weighted throwing stick terminating softly at each end. Dark hardwood patina with complex longitudinal incisions running from tips to the centre which is detailed with a lined intersecting cross motif. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 122 cm.
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Aboriginal throwing club, centre weighted throwing stick terminating softly at each end. Light coloured hardwood with soft patina. Fine longitudinal incisions fluting across majority of the surface except tips which employ latitudinal border incisions. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 108 cm.
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Aboriginal throwing club, terminating softly at each end. Dark coloured hardwood. Deep longitudinal incisions fluting intermittently at two variable. Lengths across majority of the surface. Repeated pattern is boxed by zigzag motif. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 109 cm.
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Aboriginal Throwing Club, dark coloured hardwood. Deep longitudinal incisions fluting intermittently at two variable Lengths across majority of the surface. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 64 cm.
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Two Aboriginal Woomera - Spear Throwers, rectangular handles lead to narrow tapering body. Traces of ochre. One point missing. North West Coast, Queensland. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 86 cm Width 6.2 cm, Length 84 cm Width 4.5 cm.
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Aboriginal woomera - spear thrower, reddish brown patina, leaf-shaped flat springboard, the front entirely covered with linear grooved carving using zigzag and parallel motif. Stone tooled. Leading tip wrapped in Museum cotton protecting affixed tooth. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 76 cm. Width 11 cm.
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Aboriginal woomera - spear thrower, with decoration of kangaroo, kookaburra and emu totems. Chocolate brown patina. Point missing. Provenance: Julius Carlebach gallery, New York, 1958. Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 51 cm. Width 9.2 cm.
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Aboriginal woomera - spear thrower, heavy weighted wood, reddish brown patina, flat paddle-shaped body decorated with zigzag motif. Red ochre apparent. Narrow handle highlights stone tooled surface. No point attached. Old label attached. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 41 cm.
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Aboriginal Woomera - Spear Thrower, wood, dark brown patina, leaf-shaped flat springboard. The front entirely covered with zigzag motif. Stone tooled. Reverse with six line zigzag pattern running down centre of blade. Serrated cutting edge evident. Edge deteriorating and missing tip. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 60 cm Width 10 cm.
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Aboriginal Woomera - Spear Thrower, narrow leaf shaped springboard. Handle and tip wrapped in Museum cotton. The inside surface with finely chipped finish.Old label attached. Smooth dry patina. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Length 81 cm Width 9 cm.
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Kathleen Petyarre, region: Utopia, Language group: Anmatyerre/Alyawarre Untitled. Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen. Provenance: Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, signed verso. 107 cm x 107 cm.
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Dick Ngulei-Ngulei Murrumurru, bark painting. Title inscribed and artist's name inscribed on typed document affixed verso. Provenance: Purchased by current owner from Sotheby's Australia, 89.5 cm x 39 cm.
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Ray James Tjangala, untitled, inscribed ray James Tjangala, Papunya Tula artists Pty Ltd verso. Accompanied by certificate of Authenticity. 61 cm x 122 cm.
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Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Emily Kame Kngwarreye (c1915-1996). Region: Utopia Language group: Eastern Anmatyerre. Of My Country (1993). Synthetic polymer paint on linen Signed verso. Provenance: Commissioned by Delmore Gallery in February 1993. Northern Territory Corporate collection, Melbourne. Sotheby's, Sydney, 28 - 29 July 2003, lot 370. Literature: Of My Country: Emily Kame Kngwarreye, The Applied Chemicals Collection, Bendigo Art Gallery, 1999, p. 13, colour illus. p. 9. Exhibited: Of My Country: Emily…
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Long Tom Tjapauangka, untitled. Acrylic on canvas. Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity. 122 cm x 152 cm
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Marquesas Island Double Tiki Form Stone Carved Fishing God, robustly resting against one another with arms coming to rest on thighs. Faces express orthodox form with tongues extended and eyes widened, all seeing. Decorative head adornment expressed with geometric carving to the side of each temple. Suspension hole in well balanced position, centering the sculpture. Basalt with earthened patina. Marquesas Islands.Provenance: Private New Zealand collection. Previously on long term loan to Auckland Museum…
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Rare Tongan Whalebone Chest Ornament, of symmetrical abstract form, fashioned from a single piece of fine marine ivory, from the roof of a whalebone jaw. Center line decorated with subtle linear relief, receding as the line falls through to the base of the lower plate. A relief border of a culminating zigzag motif extends around the entire form. Suspension holes incised at upper corners are hourglass in shape and show signs of wear. The patina is of a rich honey colour.Provenance: Private New Zealand…
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