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The Kenneth Webster Collection Of Tribal Art — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:226
Sale Title:The Kenneth Webster Collection Of Tribal ArtLots with images:60
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:198
Date:14-Sep-2010
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Three 19th century Maori Stone Adzes, all in good condition. Length 18 cm,. Length 13 cm, has a tiny chip. Length 10 cm
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Three 19th century Maori Stone Adzes, all in good condition. Length 11 cm,. Length 11 cm,. Length 9.5 cm
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Three 19th century Maori Stone Adzes, all in good condition. Length 10 cm,. Length 11 cm,. Length 7.5 cm
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Three 19th century Maori Stone Adzes, all in good condition. Length 9.5 cm,. Length 6.5 cm,. Length 9.5 cm
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Three 19th century Maori Stone Adzes. Length 18 cm,. Length 18 cm, with criss-cross pattern. Length 17 cm
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Four 19th century Maori Stone Adzes. Length 20 cm,. Length 16.5 cm,. Length 18.5 cm,. Length 23 cm
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Three 19th century Small Maori Stone Sinkers. Length 7 cm,. Length 5.5 cm,. Length 7.5 cm
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Three Large Maori Stone Sinkers. Length 10 cm,. Length 10 cm,. Length 5 cm
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19th century Large Maori Stone Pounder and Stone Sinker. Pounder, Length 29 cm,. Sinker, Length 12 cm
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Three 19th century Maori Stone Adzes. Length 9 cm,. Length 8.5 cm,. Length 8 cm, wear to honed edge
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A 19th century Maori Stone Adze, Wooden Taiaha and Pounder. Adze Length 11 cm,. Wooden taiaha, head only Length 27 cm. Wooden pounder with grooves Length 28 cm. Taiaha and pounder have no Y No
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Three 19th century Maori Stone Adzes Length 21 cm,. Length 18 cm,. Length 15 cm, damaged
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Three 19th century Maori Stone Adzes Length 8 cm, some damage. Length 7 cm, good edge but some damage on butt. Length 7 cm, some damage
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Two 19th century Maori Stone Adzes Length 9 cm, good edge, worn underside. Length 9 cm, river smooth
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Three 19th century Maori Stone Adzes Length 13 cm, hafted shaped adze. Length 4 cm, good edge but broken end. Length 3.5 cm, broken end, chip on edge
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18th and 19th century Maori Bone Items. Comprising: 7 small bone spear tips; 1 large bone spear tip; 1 well formed fish hook; 2 minor hooks; and a large chisel with groove on back. Y No. allocated
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18th and 19th century Maori Bone and Shell Items Comprising: 1 amulet; 1 chisel; 2 shell spare tips; 2 bone spare tips and a serrated bird's beak. Y No. allocated
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18th and 19th century Maori Bone and Shell Items, comprising: 5 shell spare tips, Y No. allocated; 2 bone spare tips; 4 shark's teeth and a disk with four holes - could be a sailors button
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Eleven 18th and 19th century Maori Bone Spare Tips Length 5 cm - 2.5 cm. Y No. allocated
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Seven 19th century Maori Shell Spare Tips Length 9 cm - 4 cm. Y No. allocated
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18th and 19th century Maori Bone Shell Items, comprising: 2 bone chisels; 3 bone needles; 2 bone pendants; 1 shell amulet and 3 bone amulets. Y No. allocated
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18th and 19th century Maori Bone Items Comprising; 2 bone toggles (Y numbered); 3 bone pendnants (Y numbered) and 3 bone pendants (not Y numbered)
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18th and 19th century Maori Bone Items, comprising: 4 jaw bone shanks; 1 worked bone and a bone spear tip. Y No. allocated
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Late 19th century Wooden Maori Hand Club (Wahaika). Beautifully carved with carved tiki figure on incurve. Length 34 cm. Y No. to be assessed
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Late 18th century Large Maori Obsidian Scraper Originally from Edward Armytage collection. Length 10 cm
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18th century Kauri Gum Ball. Kauri gum resin was burnt and the soot used for tattooing in the North Island. D. 7.5 cm. (Y No. not needed)
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19th century Maori pigeon or native bird trough. Wooden trough, weathered. Length 160 cm
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Maori Stone Assortment. Comprising: A smooth stone adze, Length 8 cm; sinker, Length 7 cm; round ball, D. 7 cm and small hand held pounder Length 9 cm. No Y No. assessed but came with the Estate of Barry Keene
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Maori 19th century Spinning Tops (Potaka) and Bone Item. One spinning top (Potaka) made of pumice, Height 4 cm,; one spinning top made of wood, Length 9 cm,; one worked bone, heat treated and cracked down spine, Length 6 cm
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Two Maori Tattooing Pigment Pots. Length 11.5 cm and Length 12 cm
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19th century Maori Greenstone Adze and Whalebone Piece With Fire Hole. Adze Length 7 cm,. Whalebone piece Length 6 cm
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Early Contact Period Greenstone Adze. Well formed, some imperfections. Length 13 cm
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Early 19th century Maori Greenstone Adze Unfinished, with cut grooves. Length 12.5 cm
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Two Early 19th century Maori Greenstone Pieces. One small chisel Length 4 cm,. One large greenstone distressed adze Length 15 cm
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Early Contact Period c.1800 Greenstone Adze, with grooves and hour glass hole. This could be worn around the neck as a pendant. Length 8 cm
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Contact Period Maori Stone Tattooing Pigment Pot. Width 16 cm
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Two Contact Period Maori Wooden Pounders c.1820s. Length 30 cm,. Length 36 cm
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Two Contact Period Maori Wooden Pounders c.1820s. Length 35 cm,. Length 37 cm
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Two Contact Period Maori Wooden Pounders c.1820s. Length 32 cm,. Length 29 cm
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Two Contact Period Maori Wooden Pounders c.1820s. Length 33 cm,. Length 28 cm
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Two Contact Period Maori Wooden Pounders c.1820s. Length 35 cm,. Length 36 cm
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Two Contact Period Maori Wooden Pounders c.1820s. Length 36 cm,. Length 32 cm
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Two Contact Period Maori Wooden Pounders c.1820s. Length 35 cm,. Length 30 cm
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Two Contact Period Maori Wooden Pounders c.1820s. Length 35 cm,. Length 31 cm
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Two Contact Period Maori Wooden Pounders c.1820s. L.32 cm,. Length 31 cm
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19th century Maori Greenstone Adze Edge (adze edge that has broken off). Length 4 cm
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19th century Maori Greenstone Adze. Smooth top, damaged underneath. Length 5.5 cm
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19th century Large Maori Stone Fishing Net Sinker. Hole unfinished. Height 17 cm
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Large Stone Boulder, with suggestions of an unfinished hole for a sinker or anchor. Length 31 cm
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A 20th century Stone Maori Canoe Anchor. Large and heavy with hole for rope. D. 28 cm
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A 20th century Large Wooden Maori Club. Spiral carving with tiki face, protruding tongue and paua shell eyes. Length 50 cm
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20th century Wooden Maori Dagger, with tiki face on butt. Length 52.5 cm
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20th century Maori Wooden Wall Plaque, in the form of a tiki. Height 28 cm
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Modern 20th century Stone Sculpture of Maori Face and Body. In the English artist Henry Moore style. Some scratch marks on the back. Height 22 cm
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A Pair of Folk Art Hand Painted Candle Stick Holders. Height 18 cm
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A 20th century Maori Carved Wooden Board of a Tiki Face. Height 29.5 cm, width 24 cm
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A 19th century Maori flax kete bag. Height 29 cm. Width 22 cm
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A Maori round flax kete bag. Width 29 cm
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A Giant Sperm Whale Tooth. Hole at tip and base, possibly for hanging. Length 20 cm
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A 20th century Maori Wooden Carved Statue. Height 20 cm
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A Modern Maori Woven Panel. Height 85 cm, width 56.5 cm
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A Modern Wooden Maori Hand Club. Length 36 cm
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A 19th century Stone Adze. Length 14 cm
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A 19th century Greenstone Adze. Good edge, worn underneath. Length 7.5 cm
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An Early 18th century Maori Stone Adze. Smooth top and underside with a nice sharp edge. Length 12 cm
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Painting - A. S. Paterson, Head of a Maori. Ink/watercolour on buff paper. 29.5 x 22 cm
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Maori Resin Replica of a Hand Club - Wahaika. Length 34 cm
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A 19th century Tongan Fly Whisk. Length 64 cm
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A 19th century Micronesia Matty Island Food Bowl. Length 47 cm, width 26 cm
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A 19th century Polynesian Coconut Grating Stool. Length 59 cm, width 22 cm
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A 19th century Easter Island carved wooden figure of Rapanui. Height 40 cm
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A 19th century Fijian Chief's headrest (Kali), with missionary script to base. Length 33 cm. Height 15 cm
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A 19th century Fijian elliptical bowl (Vakalofua), used for coconut oil. Length 36 cm. Width 22 cm
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A 19th century Fijian wood ceremonial dish. Length 26 cm
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A 19th century Cook Islands Stone Poi Pounder. Height 14 cm
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Two 19th century Golden Kauri Shells, Polynesian currency. Length 10 cm
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A Polynesian Coconut Shell Yaqona Cup. D. 9.5 cm
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A 9th century Polynesian Hand Club, Fiji. Length 46 cm
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A 19th century Samoan Kava Bowl with 12 legs and suspension lug. D. 39 cm, Height 15 cm
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An early 20th century Fijian kava bowl with six legs. Diameter 56 cm. Height 18 cm
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A 19th century Samoan War Club. Length 85 cm
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A 19th century Santa Cruz Dance Wand. Length 85 cm
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An 18th century Vanuatu Mace Club with plaited fibre shoulder hoist. Length 101 cm
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A 19th century Vanuatu Mace Club. Length 95 cm
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A 19th century New Britian Stone Headed Mace. Length 128 cm
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A 19th century Pacific Island Saw Bill Club. Length 74 cm
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A 19th century Fijian Club, fan shaped blade with triangle notching over body. Length 58 cm
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A Papua New Guinea Malagan Frieze from New Ireland. Used for story telling. Wooden and brightly decorated with birds and a central male head with sea snail operculae eyes. Originally from the collection of Harold Gallasch (Australian Minerals, Adelaide, S.A.). Collected in the early 1960s-1970s. Height 22 cm, width 130 cm
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A 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 properly. Height 200 cm. Width 49 cm
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An African Baule Mask from Ivory Coast. Long narrow face with buffalo horns and small tooting mouth, with half man half buffalo creature on top. Length 63 cm
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An African Dogon statue from Mali. Wooden carved male figure looking to the side, nice angular curve to body. Height 62 cm
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An African Gabon Mask. Small mouth and flat nose with small animal (monkey?) on forehead, residue of black, some nice patina. Height 27 cm, width 17 cm
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An African Baule Figure from Ivory Coast of a seated ancestral male twisting his beard. Wooden neatly carved with cross hatching rectangles on parts of body. Height 51 cm
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An African Baule Mask from Ivory Coast of a female. Heavy lidded eyes, detailed ears and finely carved hair. Some rubbing around the mask holes showing usage; nice patina in the right places. Length 25 cm
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An African Boy Statue. Red beaded eyes; wood has splits on face and stomach. Height 30 cm, width 9 cm
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An African Dan Mask from Liberia. Lidded eyes and an open mouth with some teeth intact. Dark brown colour with some patina. Metal hook on head, could have been for securing a hair piece. Height 24 cm, width 14 cm
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An African Baule Mask from Ivory Coast. Elaborate coiffure on top of elongated face, nice stylised hatching to sides of chin. Height 28 cm, width 12 cm
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An Chokwe Mask from Angola. Flax and bamboo hair with fibre headdress. Sharp nose and chin, jagged small mouth and angular eyebrows. Height 28 cm, width 17 cm
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An Malagan Mask from Papua New Guinea. Red pigment wash and charcoal drawings on wood with sea snail opercula eyes. Vegetable fibre and flax mohawk hair with cloth headdress. Originally from the collection of Harold Gallasch (Australian Minerals, Adelaide, S.A.). Collected in the early 1960s-1970s. Height 52 cm
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An African Fang Fetish from Gabon. A wooden funerary figure mounted on a basket - the baskets can contain the skull and bones of ancestors. This figure is used to assist in spiritual consultations and to ward off evil influences. Height 29 cm
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