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Discovery & Oceanic Artefacts — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:341
Sale Title:Discovery & Oceanic ArtefactsLots with images:205
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:188
Date:14-Jul-2011
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Solomon Islands necklace, Comprising ten strands with cut white, black and red currency discs L.35 cm
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Santa Cruz Island pendant ‘Tema’, with a crescent shaped mother of pearl shell held on cut red shell currency discs. The nacre shell pierced and with 7 cut white currency shell attachments holding a polished tridacna shell disc and small pierced shells W.53 cm
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Santa Cruz Island pendant 'Tema', gold lipped nacre shell cut in a crescent shape with attached overlaid frigate bird rendered in tortoise shell, held on a fibre cord with white and red cut currency discs and small tortoise shell beads W. 18 cm
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Pair of Solomon Islands clam shell leg adornment, straps comprised from numerous cut clam shell discs held on fibre cords, typically worn by warriors in battle D.17 cm
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Solomon Islands pig tusk pendant, pierced and with attached cord
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Rare Santa Cruz Abagusaro priests arm band, comprised of numerous white, red and black shell discs woven together on fibre attachments. Length 55 cm
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A rare carved stone protection figure, 19th century Vanuatu, interior Malekula Island, with painted pigment decoration H.22 cm The figure traditionally placed on the outskirts of the village in order to protect the inhabitants
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Vanuatu Ambryn Island ceremonial platter, 19th century, W.77 cm
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A fine and rare Vanuatu Malekula Island mask, Temes nevimbure, wood, vegetable paste, spider?s web and pigs tusks. The abstract human face with a broad open mouth with pig?s tusks issuing from the cheeks, painted in red, black and white mineral pigment with attached smoked, finely meshed spider?s web 230 x 17 cm A similar example illustrated in Oceanic Art by Anthony J.P. Meyer, p. 426
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A grade society mask Nambukie., Vanuatu, interior Malekula Island. The abstract human face with boars teeth issuing from the cheeks painted in red, black and white mineral pigment with attached smoked spider web. Mounted on a wooden stake H.102 cm
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A rare Vanuatu Malekula Island chief?s mask, The carved wooden mask with broad forehead above large almond shaped eyes, the nose with flared nostrils and painted in red, black and white mineral pigment 500 x 26 cm The mask historically placed on the exterior lintel of a chief?s hut. Sourced in the Solomon Islands in the 1950?s
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Rare Solomon Islands cannibal necklace, With a double headed bird token carved from nacre shell, pierced and with attached red shell currency discs
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A ceremonial food platter, 19th century, Vanuatu Ambrym Island W. 81 cm
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A rare Malekula Island over modeled skull, with vegetable matter, human skull, spider web and cowrie shells a similar smaller example sold in Art + object's Oceanic sale on March 3rd. An example also illustrated in Oceanic Art by Anthony J.P. Meyer, p. 425. Sourced in the Solomon Islands in the 1950's
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A Solomon Islands tridacna shell adze. Length 199 cm
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A 19th century Kali Hauhapo, Tongan headrest. Length 47 cm
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Souvenir walking stick incised Pitcarin Island, the hand carved in the form of a clenched fist L.93 cm
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An impressive Samoan Royal Marriage Tapa cloth, Early 19th century, the finely worked cloth incorporating a fusion of Tongan, Samoan and Fijian styles. The Tongan style of block patterning is overpainted with Samoan siapo dots and framed by a traditional Fijian Masi Kesa boarder W.6.5m. Length 8m Provenance: From the Berryman collection, Australia. Originally collected from the descendant of an early whaler
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A Solomon Islands fish hook, with turtle shell barb and pearl shell shank L.7 cm
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Santa Cruz Island pendant ‘Tema’, carved with a turtle rendered in Turtle shell, pierced and with attached cord with white and red shell currency discs
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An important Malekula island figure, Temes nevimbure, wood, bamboo, vegetable matter, spider web and pigs tusks. H.1,20 cm This rare figure painted in red ochre and white mineral pigment and embellished with finely meshed smoked spider’s web represents a very high grade male figure. It is displayed during certain festivities even after the death of the owner. Collected in 1940 by Mr Oscar Mevmanwho, a plantation owner on Malekula Island, then passed onto the present owner
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Papua New Guinea Sepik river nose ornament, pigs tusk and nacre shell with later piercing and attached cord with cut Solomon Islands currency discs. Sourced in the Solomon Islands
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Papua New Guinea Sepik River mask, with inset shell eyes and painted pigment decoration L.45 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sepik River mask, of elongated form with bulbous eyes and distended nose L.107 cm
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A large Papua New Guinea shield, of elliptical convex form painted with a cruciform design in white black and orange mineral pigment with a loop handle of cane attached to the reverse of the shield 156 cm x 58 cm
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A Papua New Guinea cargo cult shield, of elliptical convex form painted with an image of the Phantom and inscribed East Kham KuBoys with a loop handle of cane attached to the reverse of the shield 153 cm x 43 cm
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Papua New Guinea Ramu river mask, the oval facial plane accentuated by white and red pigment, with pierced disc eyes and tapering elongated nose above an open mouth with protruding tongue 52 cm x 43 cm Provenance: Previously in the collection of the photographer John Pettit
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Papua New Guinea Sepik figure, raised on an oval base with long slender arms and ridged extended tapering facial plane H.75 cm Provenance: Previously in the collection of the photographer John Pettit
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Three Papua New Guinea spears
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Papua New Guinea woven bag, inscribed “Homage to the King”
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Fijian Yaqona dish of elliptical shape. Length 32 cm
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Fijian Gata club, decoratively carved L.63 cm
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A large Fijian Tapa cloth section
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Samoan Kava bowl, raised on seven tapering legs, crack to the bowl D.36 cm
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A good Ashanti Stool, with curved rectangular seat supported on a pierced cylindrical column with four outer supports raised on a stepped rectangular base. Minor damage and with early staple repairs to the base. Width 42 cm, height 27 cm
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A West African Ivory coast Baule Monkey Figure, Gbekre, of anthropomorphic form the figure stands on an oval base with bent muscular legs, the torso arching forward with raised articulated spinal column. The arms with elbows against the torso with hands holding a hollowed offering vessel, the head with bulbous eyes and ridged nose. Prognathic jaw with sharp teeth, thick encrusted patina across the entire surface, particularly to the head section H.68 cm The Gbekre embodied the powerful and animal part of…
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A collection of five African spears, circa 1920
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A West African Dan face mask, hollowed oval form with pierced circular eyes framing a broad nose above an open mouth framed by blackened hessian embellished with cowrie shells H.49 cm
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A West African Dan mask, hollowed oval from with pierced eyes and wide open mouth framed by cotton and hessian embellished with cowrie shells H.34 cm
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A West African Ivory Coast mask, the flatted oval face with narrow slit eyes above a board nose and pieced oval mouth embellished with monkey fur framing the chin. H.300m W.22 cm
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A large African Blackwood Makonde carving, ‘tree of life’ with numerous conjoined and interconnected figures. Height 95 cm
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