| *** | Solomon Island feast bowl, large scale feast bowl, hollowed with a blackened patina, the carved decorative ends beautifully inlaid with shell. This type of bowl was used in memorial feasts for an important person, and would have contained taro pudding.… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine wooden Fijian headrest, of large rare form created from a single piece of hardwood. A curved top supported by the ovoid pillars and elegant diagonal cross structures. Rich brown patina. Sennit, wood. Length 56 cm D10 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A paddle club 'akau-ta, Tonga. The ' akau-ta was a symbol of rank as well as a weapon. This example differs in its shape, the handle in the form of a quatrefoil section and the head shaped like a paddle. Tongan clubs are renowned for their exquisitely… | *** |  |
| *** | A Peter Chatsworth attributed Tukutuku panel. Entitled 'Maunga. Tukutuku panels are an integral part of storytelling for Maori and were designed to hold the attention of the viewer as the story unfolded. They were designed to add aesthetic beauty to the… | *** |  |
| *** | Superb toki pounamu - adze finished adze with smooth edges evident on all sides. Pre-European kawakawa nephrite. Fracture evident to poll end. Length 30 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Hei tiki Pounamu, a fine example in an orthodox stance, with strongly ridged head tilting to the left, two pierced hour glass suspension holes for muka cord. Mouth and eyes are well defined as are elbows which extend arms to rest on legs. Muscular ribs… | *** |  |
| *** | Rare ceremonial Paoka feeding fork, fashioned from whale bone. Significant wear apparent. Handle depicting manaia form with mouth extended and terminating into forked tongue. Height 23 cm. Width 3.1 cm. Depth 2 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Taiaha, a fine example in orthodox form. Tongue beautifully carved with elaborate h'h' lines and dog tooth notching. 19th century. Length 140 cm. Width 5.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Patiti, deeply carved handle with early trade blade attached. Fine patina. Height 39 cm. Width 12 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Kete, robustly constructed muka bag with a substantial fringe, double paired twining, and separated warps in raised wave pattern. Note: possibly made as a tea cosy. Height 35 cm. Width 46 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Rare kete - Houhi, specific to the South Island. Openwork detailing with twisted muka handles. Height 35 cm. Width 45 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Patiti-axe with wooden handle, Maori Land Wars (1845-1872) steel trade axe head unstamped. Wooden handle with carving to the top of shaft with inset paua eyes base of the handle terminates with a manaia head. Round suspension hole. Length 34.2 cm. Width… | *** |  |
| *** | A Totokia club, Fiji. A tokotia or 'Pandadus head' club is used in combat. This club has been carved from a hardwood. With a long cylindrical shaft and a bulbous head with multi-layers of spikes and a pointed tip. Coloured with a deep red-brown finish.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Mahogany Early 19th century Grandfather Clock the arched and pillared Hood surmounted by a shaped pediment, enclosing a painted dial with English landscape scene and rose spandrels. Height 214 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Ceremonial Hoe - paddle, a wooden paddle with a carved bird form maniaia to top and mid section of shaft leading to a detailed fully carved blade with tiki figure and maniaia to top side and openwork scrolled carving to back. Dark brown patina. Length 132… | *** |  |
| *** | A Patu Paraoa, Whalebone spatula shape of a some weight, reduced grip, with a straight drilled suspension hole and a seven graduated grooves terminating at a circular knob at the grip end. Several nicks on one blade edge. Polished all over. Length 31.5 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine tokotoko, long cylindrical shaft, three distinctive manaia heads at top, bottom and middle, with strong facial features, inlaid paua shell eyes and spiral design to cheeks and forehead. Resolved triple haehae and dogtooth notching throughout the… | *** |  |
| *** | A waka hoe, Aotearoa. This paddle is carved from a dense hardwood. With a lanceolate blade, long slender shaft that terminates in a knob. Length 158 cm, width 15.2 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A painting by Abie Loy Kemare, Utopia, Northern Territory, acrylic on canvas. 124 x 127 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Bete mask the forward face shadowed with a large, domed forehead; two horns/tusks rest upon the finely carved nose; pierced eyes and rim; semi-circular-shaped mouth with a protruding tongue. Mid-brown, variated patina. Ivory Coast/Liberia. Length 26 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | The Last great mask - Sigi plank-like mask with made once every 60 years on the occasion of the 'Sigui' as a replacement for the previous, these great masks and represent the first ancestor who died in the form of a serpent (Lebe) the Dogon who follow the… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Kapkap breastplate, Santa Cruz Solomon Islands, Kapkaps were often worn by high status individuals due to their precious materiality. Made from a polished clam shell disc. With a central overlay in tortoise shell of a stylised frigate bird below… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Toki Totoweka Inanga, Museum registered. Very rare blood vein (variegated) nephrite adze with hammer pecked butt. Refined form suggests high status. Early form. Length 16.5 cm. Width 5.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Matau - fish hook wooden, full-bodied shank in 'U' shape made by training a branch or root. Short, barbed bone point lashed to end. Lashed snood and trace. Inscribed in white ink: 'Webster Coll 385'. Length 12 cm. Width 6.6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Massim lime spatula fine, figural form, Massim lime spatula. Squatting figure in the classic knees-to-elbows pose. Ovoid head, pierced elongated nose, raised ears and small circular eyes. Height 30.6 cm. Width 4.2 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pounamu heitiki, Aotearoa, head tilted to the left shoulder, hands on thighs, four incisions on each hand for fingers. Knees bent and feet together, with two diamond-shaped incisions for genitals. With red sealing wax around the circular eyes. With a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Kapkap breastplate, Santa Cruz Solomon Islands, Kapkaps were often worn by high status individuals due to its precious materality. A polished clam shell disc. With incised detailing and black pigment around the edges of the disc. With a central overlay… | *** |  |
| *** | An extremely rare Massim Soul boat, carved from single piece of dark hardwood offering remarkable patina in extremely fine condition. Used as a ceremonial vessel the orthodox scroll work and delicate proportions represent the work of a high ranking master… | *** |  |
| *** | Carved architectural element. Koruru' strong tiki figure with mouth open revealing a lizard with an inset shell eye, carved double haehae and dog tooth notching. Dry red-wash patina. Height 49.5 cm. Width 34.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Carved architectural element. Flattened rectangular board, deeply carved with a side facing taniwha with a large open mouth bearing teeth, protruding tongue and hand resting to tail. Red-wash patina. Height 86 cm. Width 28.2 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Nafana masquerade mask, Bedu, of triangular form with pierced circular mouth and eyes surmounted by a tall superstructure with two curved horns at the top; geometric decoration painted in black and white to surface. Height 1,36.5 cm. Width 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Folk art tiki by Hori Paraone Strongly carved tiki head with open mouth and long protruding tongue, large circular eyes over painted with red, white and black. Weathered patina to back, with evidence of attachment to a larger structure. Reference: Hori… | *** |  |
| *** | Taiaha - long staff, exceptional finely carved head offering very elaborate swept back forehead with recessed paua eyes. Strongly carved nose with upper lip offering dragon tooth notching (niho taniwha). Tongue is beautifully executed and terminates into… | *** |  |
| *** | Large matau-fishing hook, a fish hook of large proportions wooden shank fashioned from a native hardwood sapling. Offering a dual barb. Collection number inscribed in black and white ink and paint 'Web Coll 594'. 18th century. Length 20 cm. Width 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A superb early muka kete with fringe, superb early muka kete in frame. Kete decorated with natural and orange muka over a natural muka body to form an oscillating type design. Substantial fringe of died and natural muka, single pair twining, rolled muka… | *** |  |
| *** | A whalebone heitiki, Aotearoa, transitional heitiki in whalebone. With the emergence of the British curio trade in the 19th century amongst the middle and upper classes, Maori quickly adapted their skills into producing 'Authentic' pieces to satisfy the… | *** |  |
| *** | A superb Ramu river shield, a stone carved, of flat oval form, and pierced on either side, the front decorated with an abstract motif classic triangular-shaped face at the top between sets of stylised eye motifs. It is rare to find one with some… | *** |  |
| *** | Whalebone patu, extremely large example fashioned from whale bone flattened ovoid form tapering to handle with a pierced hole. Length 46 cm. Width 100 mm | *** |  |
| *** | Kahu huruhuru cloak, a very beautiful cloak, muka backing four vertical kiwi feather rows flanked by vertical rows of peacock feathers. Bottom border lined with peacock feathers to edge. Two small handles to the top. Length 80 cm. Width 75.4 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Superb wahaika, of classic form with a rounded blade; a masterfully carved manaia form sitting to the incurve, and another fine head carved to the butt of the weapon. Hole to base of handle for attachment. Soft, early patina. Length 34 cm. Width 11.1 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pa kahawai fishing hook, Aotearoa. A contact period pakahawai (trawling lure) with fine twisted muka rope and binding. Paua shell inlaid into the native timber body terminating in a robust whalebone hook barb on a custom walnut wooden stand., used for… | *** |  |
| *** | matau bronze - bronze shark hook, superior example with triple barb. Robust muka spiced into very heavy trace line. Bronze nails from the early whaling boats were traded heavily with Maori. A seafarers kinship also encouraged the exchange of rope… | *** |  |
| *** | Solomon Island comb, early comb with inlaid mother of pearl. Length 16 cm. Width 6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An early 19th century Patu Paraoa crafted from dense whale bone, possibly sperm whale, in spatula form with grip terminating as flared butt with double ridge. Muka tua attached. Provenance; Gisborne area, gifted to the vendor's ancestors during the 19th… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine early 19th century Tongan leaf shaped kava bowl, raised on four tapered legs with a double pierced suspension lug. On the underside, an affixed Union line label. Collected circa 1930. Length 70.7 cm. Width 54.3 cm. Height 18.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A hand-chiselled pou by master carver Mel Manu. Carved from a single piece of wood and stained a light brown. A rectangular form with high relief carving depicting a figure holding a patu with a smaller figure between their legs. Paua shell inlaid eyes.… | *** |  |
| *** | Carved architectural element-whakaw', an old carved timber lintel piece with three standing figures with hands in various positions on stomach. Raurau (spiral) design on one side. Mid-brown aged patina. 18th-19th century. Length 67 cm. Width 8.8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Exceptional Dogon mask, heavily abstracted form in Baboon totem. Hollowed dome-like form, the flat jaw supporting a broad mouth beneath a sloping facial plane comprised of three vertical ribs framing the inset pierced eyes, two holes at the cheeks for the… | *** |  |
| *** | Superb Iatmul figure stone carved with a small cylindrical neck and body. Arms resting to hips, teardrop shaped face with raised facial features, eyes inset with shell. Length 60 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A taiaha, Aotearoa. A superb taiaha of fine proportions. With an aggressively extended arero (tongue) and fine upoko (head), completely decorated with a series of double and triple haehae with dog-tooth notched spirals. The body extends to a bold flared… | *** |  |
| *** | Group of Solomon Island Statues (3) three humanistic statues of light-coloured wood with raised facial features with elongated, pierced ears. Shell inset eyes and blackened coiffures. Bodies decorated with various motifs. Tikopia. Length 67.5 cm. 18 cm;… | *** |  |
| *** | Chiefly Fijian rootstock club highly achieved vunikau bulibuli or dromu vonotabua with a classic rootstock head with seventeen prestigious shell inlays leading to long shaft with finely carved handle. Certainly the work of a master artist. Rich, deep,… | *** |  |
| *** | A hand-chiselled pou by master carver Mel Manu. Te Rangitane O Manawatu. The art of whakairo or Maori wood carving is no better represented than in this carving of a pou, intricately hand chiselled in the Manawatu-Whanganui style. Carved during 2002 and… | *** |  |
| *** | Chiefly tewhatewha, of superb and well-balanced form with a deeply carved detail to shaft, pierced hole to head with two bundles of attached hawk feathers. Deep, rich, dark brown, smokey patina. Length 134 cm. Width 16.6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Hinaki - eel trap. Hinaki (eel/fish trap) were used to catch koaro fish. Slim manuka stems and dressed muka (flax fibre) cord are woven to form it's body. This is a fine example of the torotika method of weaving; where the stems are arranged… | *** |  |
| *** | Hei tiki Pounamu, fine example in orthodox stance with head tilting to the right, drilled hour glass suspension hole for the muku cord. Extremely fine mouth and eyes with soft and worn relie, elbows extend to rest arms of thighs. Back also shows… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine Tewhatewha, orthodox form with 'Axe' head and shaft decorated with curved triple and double h'h' lines and very fine dog-tooth notching. 19th century. Length 1,15 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Bedu plank mask, ivory coast, 20th century. Used during new year fesitivites during dances to ward away sorcerers or bad spirits and usher in fertility and abundant harvests. This large and impressive mask is made from wood. The face of the mask is… | *** |  |
| *** | A pounamu mere by Glenn Survenor, Hokitika, carved from a green, black, and white speckled pounamu. The blade tapers down to the grip and terminates with graduating ribbing. With a pierced hold at the grip. On a metal stand. Mere length 47 cm, width 10 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A rare and fine bible in Te Reo. A rare, late 19th century Maori translation of the New Testament bible. According to Darlow and Moule, in 1884 at the request of the BFBS, W Maunsell undertook a fresh revision of the whole bible, adding chapter-headings.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Ruatangaeo pedestal adze, Mangaia, Cook Islands, early 20th century. The size and form of this ruatangaeo suggests that it May have been a ceramonial adze rather than a functional tool. This ruatangaeo has a pyramidical form. The lower section of the… | *** |  |
| *** | A hand-carved pare by master carver Mel Manu. Raised relief carved from a single piece of wood. This long pare depicts 5 manaia figures connected together like rolling waves. The manaia have paua shell inset eyes. The wood has a dark brown patina. Pare… | *** |  |
| *** | Kete, with woven geometric designs and made by a Mrs Hur' of lake Rotoiti, New Zealand. Height 28 cm. Width 38.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Patiti - axe with wooden handle, maori Land Wars (1845 -1872) steel trade axe. Blade stamped with John Reilly & Sons mark. Butt of handle terminates with three linage ridges. Suspension whole straight edged. Provenance: old collection number W682 and… | *** |  |
| *** | Pa kahawai-fishing lure, a contact period trolling lure with shell body paua shell 'Flashing' inlay to incurve with a backbone made for an old nail muka binding and line. Collection number inscribed in black ink. 'Web Coll 1274'. Length 10.5 cm. Width 1.8… | *** |  |
| *** | Patu paraoa-whalebone carver's mallet, a fine and rare master carver's mallet made of a whale jawbone. Beautifully balanced with concave strike surface. Soft shoulder lines narrow and terminate into masterfully carved and finely detailed manaia head.… | *** |  |
| *** | Finely carved hoe, fully carved for use by high ranking person. Orthodox leaf shaped blade offers two complex manaia decorated with rauponga and paua eyes. Mid brown patina. Height 149.3 cm. Width 12.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Mere pounamu, a well-proportioned and finely carved weapon with a good weight and elegant form; a quality piece of pounamu. The blade of deep-green nephrite leads to a butt end with five carved grooves and a pierced hole. Length 33.6 cm. Width 9.7 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Taiaha finely executed head with circular paua inlaid eyes, strongly carved nose and upper lip. Tongue beautifully executed and terminating in a sharp tip. Delicate blade, which is finely balanced. Rich, dark-brown patina. Length 164 cm. Width 5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A whalebone hair comb, Aotearoa, heru (whalebone comb). Early whalebone comb. Combs such as this were used predominantly to hold the top knot in place with whalebone being the most revered. Heru became generational taonga and were passed down families.… | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century mutu kaka, Maori bird Snare perch, made from a single piece of wood, unbalanced T-shaped with an upright section carved as a wheku with protruding jaw and a horizontal perch slightly curved terminating in another wheku. Native birds, such… | *** |  |
| *** | Mutu kaka - perch snare made from a single piece of wood, with strong figural carving to front upper portion and arching back. Paired notching to top of the arching back. Inlaid shell to eyes. Terminates with stylised manaia (Maori mythological creature)… | *** |  |
| *** | Hoe - paddle, a beautifully carved paddle with open kowhaiwhai designs to the handle and blade. Kowhaiwhai is a traditional Maori decoration that takes the form of abstract curved pattern work. Blackened old patina. Length 164 cm. Width 12.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Matau - copper shark hook, of incredible scale with triple barb. Tightly bound cord attached to a braided trace. Nails from early whaling boats were traded heavily with Maori., a seafarer's kinship also encouraged the exchange of rope knowledge which the… | *** |  |
| *** | Ray James Tjangala, untitled, inscribed ray James Tjangala, Papunya Tula artists Pty Ltd verso. Accompanied by certificate of Authenticity. 61 cm x 122 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A very fine New Caledonia n cane, extremely fine geometric engravings extended through body of bamboo cane. Figurative / ancestral depictions of fish are offered at one end of the piece. As a status signifier, the Kanak people attributed magical powers to… | *** |  |
| *** | A Vanuatu club, an early Pentecost Island club. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art (USA). Length 97 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A waka by master carver Wi Te Parihi Mou Paru, Wi Te Parihi Mou Paru, also known as bill Mou (1912-1974) carved this waka as a private commission in the 1960s. Bill Mou began his carving apprenticeship with Mr. Pine Taipa in 1925 and worked on the… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine wahaika, of classic form with a large rounded blade a masterfully carved manaia form sitting to the incurve and another finely carved head to the butt of the weapon both inlaid with paua shell (some loss) and a pierced hole to base of handle for… | *** |  |
| *** | A Peter Chatsworth attributed Tukutuku panel. Entitled 'My Marae. Tukutuku panels are an integral part of story telling for Maori and were designed to hold the attention of the viewer as the story unfolded. They were designed to add aesthetic beauty to… | *** |  |
| *** | Whalebone kotiate. Carved whalebone in a traditional form with a symmetrical blade, manaia head with open mouth and protruding tongue to handle end. Length 29.2 cm. Width 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 9th century Maori muka or flax cloak, the muka Kaupapa of double-pair twining with some shaping evident, decorated throughout with rolled hukahuka cords of muka (dyed), the bottom edge fringe of hukahuka tags | *** |  |
| *** | Prestigious Fijian Rootstock club, vunikau, of gigantic chiefly proportions made of traditional Vesi wood. Finely incised handle. Excellent patina reflects good age. 19th century. Length 111 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A superb Papua New Guinea war canoe prow, a rare and superb example of a large crocodile prow from a traditional war canoe, adorned with a deep, beautifully carved abstract crocodilian form. Wood, shell inlaid eyes. Sepik river region. Length 105 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | Korowai - cloak, double pair twining with two areas of tailored shaping. Crafted from dressed flax fibre (muka) and highlighted with orthodox double thrums of dyed black wool. 20th century. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of arts, USA. Length 1260 width… | *** |  |
| *** | Patu Onewa - stone short hand club, a fine stone club in orthodox form. Natural inclusion on one side of face. Base of handle delicately carved with three lineage ridge lines, late 19th century. Length 31 cm. Width 8.4 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Bedu mask, a plank-like mask of large proportions with a triangulated face with three pierced square holes in the middle a central column with two ears. Leading to a pair of large circular horns. Encrusted surface with white red and black painting. Some… | *** |  |
| *** | Kuba Divination figure, a finely executed carving of the African caiman or dwarf crocodile. Four small legs support the caiman's long rectangular body which extends into a tapering tail. Raised eyes and mouth baring teeth; classic kuba designs incised… | *** |  |
| *** | Fine Tongan headrest, of elegant, abstract, arching form with small, wedge-shaped feet supporting the lower edge. Old sennit-bound native repair to one side. Length 37.2 cm. Width 13.5 cm. Height 17.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Afikpo mask representing a geometric, stylised- head with mouth open; a single protruding horn to forehead and a blade-shaped crest to top with triangular and rectangular decoration inset with kaolin pigment. Igbo, Nigeria. Height 40 cm. Width 17.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Rare Yupik, Nunivak Island harpoon harpoon head fashioned from walrus ivory inset with copper metal points. Hosted by an ivory stem carved with seal flippers. Leather and sinew bindings with ivory knuckle complete the harpoon design. Wooden handle. Length… | *** |  |
| *** | Bone Kotiate, flat and broad with basic carving to the butt of the handle. Proceeds will be donated to the Christchurch earthquake relief effort. Height 31.5 cm. Width 14.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Pa kahawai-fishing lure, a fine early trolling lure with wooden body paua shell 'Flashing' inlay to incurve bone barb and muka binding and line. Collection number inscribed in black ink. 'Web Col 1539'. Length 10 cm. Width 1.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Huon Gulf bowl, of hollowed, oval form with thin rim, decorated with two panels of rectangular bands with arched ÈÇÿUÈÇÖ shapes, with stylised figures; arms wrapped to each end of bowl.height 10.5 cm. Width 30 cm | *** |  |
