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Oceanic & African Arts — Webb's

Auction House:Webb'sNumber of lots recorded:380
Sale Title:Oceanic & African ArtsLots with images:373
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:224
Date:11-Nov-2010
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Pair of Tibetan Earings, early set of turquois and silver earings. 19th to 20th century. Height 5.5 cm, width 3 cm
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Pair of Tibetan Prayer Book Covers, of rectangular form, entirely carved with geometric and floral designs. A rich, dark patina, circa 18th to 19th century. Length 21.5 cm
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Pair of Tibetan Prayer Book Covers, of large rectangular form covered entirely in carved geometric and floral designs. A rich, dark patina, circa 18th to 19th century. Length 30 cm
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Tibetan Drum Handle, tibetan hardwood drum handle in the form of a phurba (ritual Buddhist protective dagger) with three dharmapala faces on the top and a triangular tapering end. A deep, rich, reddish-black patina. 19th century. Length 43 cm, width 6 cm
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Pair Of Tibetan Butter Churn Handles, wooden handles covered in geometric carving and pierced circular holes. A brown encrusted patina. Height 20 cm
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Rare Nepalese Mask, wooden ancestral mask of cubist form with elongated flaring nose and pierced nostrals, flanked by two pierced ovoid eyes and a half moon shaped mouth. Traces of an attached hair moustash remain. A weathered rich dark patina. 18th-19th-century. Thakali people, Karnali Region, Western Nepal. Height 30 cm. Width 23.5 cm
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Large Toki, duff type 1a - dark black argillite with polished body and some flake scoring. The surface has been oblated by water or sand aclion. Length 32.5 cm, width 8.5 cm
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Fine toki, duff type 2a - black argillited with finely polished body and hammer dressed poll. A well formed example. Length 24.5 cm. Width 7.7 cm
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Large Toki, duff type 1a - basalt, doby polished with poll hammer dressed. Length 27.5 cm, width 7.9 cm
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Large toki, with fine pecking all over. Length 30.4 cm,W.6.6 cm
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Large toki, early form of South Island adze. Hammer pecked argillite of the gray veined type found in the northern Durville district. Length 26 cm. Width 7.5 cm
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Toki, duff type 4a - black argillite partially polished with signs of hammer pecked dressing. Lead blade/bevel chipped. Length 24 cm. Width 4.8 cm
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Toki, duff type 1b. Length 25.1 cm. Width 7 cm
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Toki, duff type 1C - light argillite. Large chip on bevel/lower body. Length 28 cm. Width 6 cm
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Large Toki, duff type 2. Length 23.8 cm, width 7 cm
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Large toki, of classic form. Length 26 cm, width 6 cm
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Large toki, of classic form. Length 23.5 cm, width 6 cm
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Toki, duff type 2c. Dark Argelite, cutting edge sharp with smooth bevel top and bottom. Length 16 cm. Width 6.6 cm
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Toki Pounamu, a superb adze. Pre European, classic period. Length 15 cm. Width 6 cm
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Toki Pounamu, dark green, top poll smooth, cutting edge sharp. Lashing grooves to either side of upper poll. Length 11.9 cm. Width 6.3 cm
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Toki -Pounamu, of quadrangular form terminating with fine steep bevel. Length 10.5 cm, width 4.8 cm
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Toki Pounamu, well formed parallel sides with top poll flaked and smooth all over. Length 11.5 cm, width 5.2 cm
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Toki Pounamu, a superb adze. Pre European, classic period. Length 6 cm. Width 4.5 cm
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Toki Pounamu, of flat rectangular form, with shaped cutting blade. Length 6.9 cm, width 2.9 cm
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Toki Pounamu, dark green, sides parallel and top poll smooth. Length 6 cm, width 3.5 cm
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Toki Pounamu, in a fine worked form with evidence of sawing on laterial edge. Length 7 cm, width 1 cm
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Large Toki Pounamu, flat rectangular form, chip to blade. Length 19 cm, width 10 cm
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Toki Pounamu fragment, l.7.2 cm, width 5.4 cm
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Two toki Pounamu, worked pounamu, polished surfaces, quadranglular cross sections. Length 9 cm. Width 5 cm. Length 9 cm. Width 5.4 cm
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Various assorted toki, including three pounamu. Max length 10 cm. Width 3.5 cm
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Six toki, one damage Kuru, two Fragmemts, of Pounamu and various material. Max length 6.5 cm. Width 2.5 cm
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Three toki, one Scraper, one Kuru and Musket flint, of Pounamu and various material. Max length 6.5 cm, width 2.5 cm
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Five toki, of Pounamu. Max length 9.5 cm. Width 5.5 cm
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Three toki, an assortment of stone adze fashioned from various examples of greywacke duff type 2b. Maximum length 23.5 cm. Width 7.5 cm
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Three toki, an assortment of stone adze fashioned from various examples of greywacke. Max length 16.2 cm. Width 5.5 cm
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Two toki, duff type 1c. Max length 25 cm. Width 5.3 cm
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Two toki, duff type 2b. Length 19.5 cm. Width 6.8 cm
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Four toki, of various materials. Max length 13.5 cm, width 8 cm
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Three toki, an assortment of stone adzes fashioned from various examples of greywacke. Max length 11.8 cm, width 4.5 cm
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Three toki, of Greywacke. Max length 15 cm, width 55 cm
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Six assorted toki, of argillite. Max length 13 cm. Width 5 cm
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Four toki, of argillite. Max length 13 cm, width 4 cm
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Two toki, of various types. Max length 21 cm, width 7 cm
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Three toki, various greywacke adzes including a fine hogback. Max length 20.5 cm. Width 4.5 cm
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Four toki, of Greywacke. Max l2.5 cm, width 6 cm
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Five Toki, of various types. Max length 17.5 cm. Width 6 cm
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Three toki, of various types. Max length 19 cm. Width 5.5 cm
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Two toki, duff type 1c. Max length 19.5 cm, W.4.4 cm
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Two toki, greywacke and Pounamu. Max length 12 cm, width 6.5 cm
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Various Assorted Toki, of argillite, greywacke and pounamu. Max length 13 cm, width 5 cm
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Four toki, bag lot of various stone adzes. Max length 16 cm. Width 5.5 cm
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Four toki, bag lot of various stone adzes. Max length 12 cm, width 5 cm
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Four toki, bag lot of various stone adzes. Max length 10 cm, width 4.5 cm
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Eight toki, bag lot of various stone adzes. Max length 10 cm. Width 6 cm
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Ten Worked Stones, assortement of argillite, basalt and greywacke. Max length 8 cm, width 4 cm
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Five toki, of various types. Max length 17.6 cm. Width 8.1 cm
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Two toki, duff type 2b. Max length 14 cm, width 4.5 cm
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Four toki, of various types. Duff type 2. Max length 16 cm. Width 5.5 cm
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Four toki, of various types. Max length 13 cm. Width 7 cm
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Toki, duff type 2b - dark argillite. Length 15.4 cm, width 2.9 cm
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Three toki, of various types. Max length 14 cm, width 3 cm
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Worked Toki Pounamu, showing evidence of sawing and snapping on the sides. Length 7.1 cm, width 1.4 cm
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Three toki, of various types. Max length 11.5 cm, width 5 cm
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Two Toki, duff type 1b and 2c. Max length 13 cm. Width 4.8 cm
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Toki, type 1B. Length 15 cm. Width 5 cm
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Toki, in triangular form with pecked butt terminating into a cutting edge. Of a dark grey greywacke. Early form. Length 14 cm. Width 7 cm
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Two toki, duff type 2b. Max length 12 cm, width 4.5 cm
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Two toki, duff type 2b - basalt. Length 10.9 cm, width 15.7 cm
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Three toki, of various types. Max length 14 cm, width 5.5 cm
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Four toki, of various types. Max length 12.5 cm, width 4 cm
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Two toki, two small adzes. Pre European, classic period. Max length 5 cm, width 3 cm
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Three toki and Patu fragment, of various forms. Max length 14 cm, width 16.4 cm
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Five Toki and Large Moa Gizzard Stone, of various forms. Max length 13.8 cm, width 5 cm
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Various assorted toki and Scraper, of various types. Max length 13 cm, width 8 cm
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Hoanga, sharpening stone and obsidean tool. Max length 12.3 cm, width 9 cm
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Obsidian Flake Tool, l.7.8 cm, width 9 cm
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Large Toki Pounamu, l.19.2 cm, width 9.3 cm
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Hei Pounamu, in a long straight form with hour glass styled incision, suggesting it has been steel tooled. Length 25.5 cm. Width 2.6 cm
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Fine Kuru Pounamu Ear Adornment, long fine ovoid form. Incisioned hour glass suspension hole for muka cord. Length 13 cm 1.8 cm
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Hei Pounamu, with long parallel lines and a rectangular cross section. Of a low lustre sheen. Length 14.8 cm, width 1.1 cm
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Hei Pounamu, with tapered rectangular cross section. Length 12.3 cm, width 1.1 cm
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Pounamu Kohei, an elongated semi translucent form and oval cross section. Length 9.8 cm, width 4.8 cm
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Hei Pounamu, slightly tapered, extending into a bevelled point. Incision counter sunk. Length 8.5 cm, width 1.4 cm
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Pounamu Kohei, an elongated semi translucent form and brood oval cross section. Length 7.9 cm, width 4.5 cm
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Pounamu Kohei, an elongated semi translucent form and brood oval cross section. Length 6.5 cm, width 5.2 cm
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Kuru Pounamu ear adornment, tongiwai with hour shaped incision. Length 72.4 cm. Width 1.2 cm
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Whao Pounomu, with fine concaved chisel edge. Length 7.9 cm, width .8 cm
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Fine Kuru Pounamu Ear Adornment, long fine flattened ovoid form. Incisioned hour glass suspension hole for muka cord. Length 8 cm
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Pounamu Kapeu -Pendant, attached to a finely engraved gold top. Length 4.9 cm, width 1.2 cm
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Kaka Poria Pounamu, a bird ring of early form, pierced suspension hole and bevelled leg hole. Highly translucent. Length 5 cm. Width 3 cm
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Toki Pounamu, a small rectangular form. Length 5.4 cm, width 1.2 cm
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Toki Pounamu and Hei, small chisel and large pendant. Length 9.7 cm. Width 2.2 cm and length 3 cm. Width 9 cm
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Hei Paraoa - Pendant, a well worn adornment with damaged hour glass suspension hole. Length 9.5 cm, width 1 cm
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Rare Hei Kuri - necklace, made up of sixty three incised Kuri teeth. Height 4.3 cm. Length 20 cm
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Two Cheifly Shark Tooth Pendants, aged patina with red wax fixtures. Length 4 cm, length 3.6 cm
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Bone Toggle, made form albatross bone with pierced hole to one side for muka attachment very fine early patina 18th to 19th century. Length 5.7 cm, width 1.5 cm
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Early Bone Flute - Rehu, made from albatross bone with decorative incised, cross-hatched design to surface. Very fine and aged patina. Height 7.4 cm, width 2.5 cm
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Fine Kuru Pounamu - ear adornment, of flattened ovoid form with pierced hour glass suspension hole for muka cord. Nephrite of inanga type. Length 5.8 cm. Width .9 cm
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Aurei - Cloak Pin, orthodox form fashioned from marine ivory with suspension hole worn away. Early soft patina. Length 10 cm, width .6 cm
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Aurei - Cloak Pin, of curved form fashioned from marine ivory with a pierced suspension hole for attachment. Fine soft patina. Length 8.6 cm, width .7 cm
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