| *** | A 19th century taiaha, Aotearoa, with a deeply carved arero with Pakati Haehae designs. The upoko features four intact paua shell eyes. With historical repairs to the blade end featuring old iron nails. Carved from a hardwood with a deep brown patina.… | *** |  |
| *** | Mask fragment, jaw fragment from a traditional costume, superbly constructed using cane, fibre, wood and tapa cloth, covered in red and white natural pigment. New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Height 21 cm. Width 8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A superfine Kahurangi pounamu hei tiki, meticulously carved with head tilted to the left, wide open paua inlaid eyes, flared nostrils, heart-shaped mouth with tongue out and hands clasped to thighs. Suspension hole with lanyard above the left eye. Deep… | *** |  |
| *** | A Tino Rangitira Neon sign, Led neon on perspex. The Tino Rangatiratanga flag is known as the national Maori flag. In 2009, the Tino Rangatiratanga flag was selected as the national Maori flag after a nationwide consultation. It was first revealed on… | *** |  |
| *** | Large river worn toki, found in the river beds of Nelson, this impressive toki offers an unorthodox kinked neck reminiscent of the early Eastern Polynesian and Hawaiian hafted adze. Appears to have been hammer pecked. Archaic period 14th ' 16th century,… | *** |  |
| *** | Carved architectural element, side facing manaia of flattened rectangular form, large carved mouth, large protruding tongue held by hand, inlaid shell eye, red-wash patina with traces of white paint to teeth. Length 47 cm. Width 26 cm. Diameter 6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Superb Fijian kava bowl large hollowed bowl of elliptical form with pierced carrying lug. Length 51.5 cm. Width 63 cm. Depth 15 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Peter Chatsworth attributed Tukutuku panel. Entitled 'My Turangawaewae. 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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. Length 12 cm. Width 1.7 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A New Zealand Hand Carved Dark Stained Folk Art Large Waka Huia, the oblong lid and conforming body with all-over robust carving (except for the slightly rounded belly of the base which is plain), with heads as protuberances to either end of the lid and… | *** |  |
| *** | Mambila Figure, of angular form, with bent legs and squat torso; strong arms, one touching chin beneath a large head with a concave, heart-shaped face. Encrusted, blackened patina with highlights of red ochre and kaolin. Height 24.5 cm, width 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Fine Waihaka, a finely carved wooden club with all-over, deep-relief linear h'h' carving to blade with dog-tooth notching. Strong manaia head to incurve with two inset paua eyes and pierced hole on handle for attachment. Light-brown patina. Length 41 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Ngbaka mask, Democratic Republic of Congo. The Ngbaka or Mbaka are a small ethnic group of roughly 300,000 people. This mask is captivating in both its artistry and presence. A short and rounded forehead leads into long and concave orbital plane with… | *** |  |
| *** | A patu aruhe, Aotearoa, patu aruhe (fernroot beater). Pounders in wood were used to process the aruhe (roots) of the Rauaruhe (bracken fern). The process included soaking in water then roasting, steaming or boiling the roots before finally pounding them… | *** |  |
| *** | An Aurei whalebone cloak pin, Aotearoa, chiefly Aurei (marine ivory cloak pin). Aurei were fashioned from whalebone, whale teeth, greenstone and shell; whale teeth were the most prised. The term Au stems from the old Polynesian for needle and Rei refers… | *** |  |
| *** | A No'oanga chiefly stool, Cook Islands, carved from a single piece of hardwood. With a curved rectangular seat on four legs, with four tear-drop shaped feet. A sennit cord lashingis tied between two of the legs for storing the piece when not in use. There… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Tongan comb, helu, used as a comb and also hair decoration. Coconut leaflet midribs, coir. 19th century. Height 27.8 cm. Width 5.8 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Kete Muka - flax bag, finely constructed muka bag with double pair twining, substantial fringe and separated warps in cross weaved patterns. Highly complex example in extremely good condition. Provenance: Zanesville Museum of Art, USA. Height 33 cm. Width… | *** |  |
| *** | Taiaha - long staff, early orthodox form. Double haehae detailing in forehead and lip. Eyes reliefed in wood. Mouth offers four teeth. Tongue is carved in open minimal style. Small strike blade terminates with soft angular tip. Rich brown patina.19th… | *** |  |
| *** | Pa kahawai - fishing lure. Large and fine example with wooden body; paua-shell flashing, inlay to in-curve; bone barb with muka binding and line. Length 11.6 cm. Width 1.8 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Beaded Cameroon figure, seated on a plinth with prominent buttocks and columnar torso, the rounded shoulders supporting a large spherical head, the whole covered in a chequered motif of light and dark-blue and red tubular beads; the face, eyes, nose,… | *** |  |
| *** | Makonde staff, long shaft supporting a large, finely carved head with lenticular mouth, straight nose and inlaid glass-bead eyes, flanked by large ears; rich, honey-brown patina. Height 96.5 cm. Width 7.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Hei tiki pounamu in orthodox stance with large head tilting to the right, with drilled hourglass-shaped suspension hole for muka cord and evidence of second suspension hole being undertaken on the reverse. Soft facial features with tongue extended; arms… | *** |  |
| *** | 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. 'Webster Coll.619.'. Length 10.5 cm. Width 1.8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A waka hoe, Aotearoa. This paddle is carved from a dense hardwood. With a lanceolate blade, long slender shaft that terminates in a cylindrical knob. Length 143 cm, width 12.4 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Peter Chatsworth attributed Tukutuku panel. Entitled 'Awa. 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 the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Maori Moa hunter period stone gouge of brownish stone, this adze shows flaking and some chipping to produce its shape, the front surface is concave and has a smooth texture. Reduction for shoulders and blade reduces to a blunt point. Collected from the… | *** |  |
| *** | A large 19th century ceremonial Tongan kava bowl, hardwood, raised on four tapered legs, with a V shaped unpierced lug. Diameter 74.1 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century New Caledonia n ceremonial pig club, the head with twin anthromorphic profiles of ancestral masks each with a serrated horn, mounted on stand. Length 62 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Culacula, Fijian paddle club, of spade form, with a raised traverse ridge and serrated edges at the base of the head on each side, the shaft terminating with a pommel. Intense dark brown glossy patina. Clubs were among the Fijian warriors' favoured… | *** |  |
| *** | Bamana headdress Chiawara. Rising from a rectangular base, a small long eared animal carrying an antelope on its back, with curved body, four protruding horns, circular and linear decoration overall. Mali. Height 50 cm. Width 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Lega mask, fine lega mask. An elongated oval face offers raised, pierced eyes, framed by arched brows, leading to a long nose with a small mouth below. Attached fibre beard, fine light brown patina with traces of kaolin. Height 13 cm. Width 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Carved architectural element, flattened rectangular form, large mouth, carved in a figure eight design, slightly protruding tongue, inlaid shell eyes, (one missing) highly decorated surface with varied triple and double haehae and fine notching. Red-wash… | *** |  |
| *** | Leitz (Canada) a bayonet mount camera lens, Leica Summicron M1:2/35 black finish lens with UV filter and hood, SN14269. | *** |  |
| *** | Carving tool, a rarely seen object with a harakeke handle bound with fine muka binding with attached toki pounamu blade. Length 7.8 cm. Width 3 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Carved walking stick, a superb example with rounded top above a finely carved chiefly figure holding a paua shell mere and enveloped in a cloak. h'h' dog tooth and lineal decoration to shaft. Length 90.5 cm. Width 4.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Whalebone bird spear, heavily barbed with base offering heavily abstracted mania face. Incised hole in hour glass shape. In Whaganui style, late 19th century. Length 26.8 cm. Width 1.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Carved architectural element, dominant tiki figure, heavily carved double haehae and dog tooth notching. Dry red washed patina with traces of white paint to teeth. Length 154 cm. Width 26 cm. Diameter 2.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Pa kahawai-fishing lure, a trolling lure with wooden body paua shell 'Flashing' inlay to incurve bone barb and muka binding and line Collection number inscribed in white paint. '47264' and two old labels. '230 Rawene' and 'Edward Armytage Collection'.… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 small traces of teaser remain. Collection number inscribed in white paint 'Web Coll 1484 N.Z. 29.C.' Contact… | *** |  |
| *** | Rare Maori figure, a rare standing figure with ovoid head and incised moko carving to forehead and cheeks. Raised facial features with a heart shaped mouth showing a protruding tongue robust body with bent arms resting on stomach and cylindrical slightly… | *** |  |
| *** | Early tewhatewha. Orthodox form with 'Axe' type head, stone tooled with a deep rich patina, a pierced hole for attachment of feathers and the shaft decorated with softly carved abstracted mania design. Length 126 cm. Width 16.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A waka hoe, Aotearoa. This paddle is carved from a dense hardwood with a dark brown patina. With a lanceolate blade with a dip in its form, a long slender shaft that terminates in a rounded knob. Length 172 cm, width 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine 19th century Melanesian oval shaped large deep bowl just below the rim the wooden bowl is simplistically two dimensionally carved decorated with three frigate bird type motifs with white lime painted notch and groove incised elements to emphasise… | *** |  |
| *** | Pa Kahawai - fishing lure, highly productive trolling lure used to harvest Kahawai. Unusually long and subtlely curved wooden shank, dark paua shell 'Flashing' inlay. Muka lashed bone hook. Length 11 cm. Width 2 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century Santa Cruz Islands ceremonial dance Wand in the shape of a canoe tapering to a knob at one end, the surfaces decorated with geometric patterns in black. Length 81.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Malangan figure, New Ireland. Malangan ceremonies are typically performed to honour the dead. This figure depicts a person with arms extended outwards and pointing fingers. Birds are often depicted with Malangan carvings. The figure has eyes made of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Yipwon figure, Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Sculpted from a single piece of timber, representing a yipwon spirit whose function was to help and protect men during hunting. Simplified shape of a body with a head, a leg and a foot, incorporating a series of… | *** |  |
| *** | Solomon Island adornment hand cut shell disc and trade beads necklace leading to a large central disc with gum decoration to edge. Malaita, Solomon Islands. Collected 1950. Length 21 cm. Width 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Group of toki. Four adzes of classic form. Length 18 cm. Width 6.7 cm. Length 17.8 cm. Width 6.5 cm. Length 13 cm. Width 5.2 cm. Length 13.4 cm. Width 6.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A rare group of Hawaiian Awls (7) carved bird bone, found in the ancient Hawaiian 'Kapo Cave' in Puna. Which is linked to the legend of Kopokohelele (Kapo of the flying vagina) the goddess Kapo, who sent her flying vagina to lure the demi-god Kamapua'a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Luba prestige staff, a triangulated projection with interlocking geometric design rising from the head of a female figure with arms resting on chest, scarification to stomach. Standing a top a handle blackened variated patina. Congo. Length 60.5 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Bowai club, Fiji, used for both parrying and attacking in combat. Carved from a dense hardwood and highly polished. This pole club has been shaped into a long cylindrical form with a faint flare at the end of the shaft with a rounded butt. At the handle… | *** |  |
| *** | Pa kahawai-fishing lure, light wooden body and reflective Paua inlay. Barbed iron with muka lashing. Length 12 cm. Width 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Pa kahawai-fishing lure, a fine early trolling lure with wooden body paua shell 'Flashing' inlay to incurve bone barb and muka binding. Collection number inscribed in white ink. 'Web Coll.512'. Length 8 cm. Width 1.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A korowai cloak, a transitional style cloak with double pair twining and crafted from dressed flax fibre (muka) highlighted with orthodox double thrums of dyed black muka (some loss). Length 1050. Width 109 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of 19th century Fijian dart tips, four dart heads, made of hardwood, two are male type and equipped with a projecting spike carved in the solid, which would fit into the end of a ree shaft and two are female type with an orifice cut into… | *** |  |
| *** | Taiaha well-carved head with circular paua inlaid eyes, strongly carved nose and upper lip. Tongue beautifully executed with soft carving. Blade is finely balanced. Rich, dark-brown patina. Length 165 cm. Width 5.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Fine toki pou tangata, of delicate form with cut and pierced attachment hole. This adze would have been used for ceremonial and adornment purposes. Length 7.2 cm. Width 3.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Large toki - adze superb and early form with smooth sides, small cutting face and pecked ridge and butt. Length 28.5 cm. Width 7 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Marquesan figure standing, pecked stone figure with raised, oversized facial features. Arms resting on torso with legs slightly bent. Height 17 cm-, width 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Carved architectural element. Superb standing tiki figure, heavily carved double haehae and dog tooth notching. Dry red washed patina. Height 72 cm. Width 27 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A large African elephant ivory tusk from the Belgian Congo c1930. All over carved with fourteen panels of ancestral figures, animals and symbols. Length from base to tip. 112 cm weight approximately 7.8kg | *** |  |
| *** | Fine Zulu spoon, an elongated, hollowed ladle with a twisted tubular mid-section; a pierced ovoid handle with inset face; three carved wooden chain links to end; light wood with blackened highlights. Height 34 cm. Width 8.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Navajo fetish bundle, hide pouch holding nine fetish sticks of wood, twine, feathers, trade beads and turquoise. Height 42 cm, width 8.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Taiaha - long staff, of early manufacture, with a finely carved head offering an elaborately swept-back forehead with raised circular recessed eyes. Strongly carved nose with upper lip offering dragon-tooth notching (niho taniwha), the tongue is… | *** |  |
| *** | Abelam ancestral figure, a large and impressive Abelam male spirit figure from a traditional men's house, decorated with ochre and mineral pigments. Abelam people, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea. Height 99.5 cm. Width 19.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th Cent. Fijian Kali head rest, the rectangular base with a serrated edge. Two plain columns support the oval sectioned head rest which has serated ends.the wood with good patination. Length 46 cm. Height 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Kukukuku kilt, very fine and well constructed kilt, with bone, seed and cuscus appendages. Height 22 cm. Width 19 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A carved wahaika. Carved from wood with a deep red/brown patina. A lobed blade. To the inside of the blade is a female figure. The butt of the wahaika has a manaia face with protruding tounge. A pierced hole at the butt with a cord. Length 39.1 cm, width… | *** |  |
| *** | Kaka Poria, a fine leg ring for pet Kaka. Fashioned in dark green pounamu. Height 3.5 cm. Width 3.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Pa kahawai - fishing lure, a trolling lure with a subtlely curved wooden shank, bright paua shell 'Flashing' inlay, lashed hook to end, muka trace line required repair. Length 11.7 cm. Width 1.9 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Pa Kahawai - fishing lure, light wooden body with paua shell reflective inlay. Barbed bone with six-ply muka lashings length 12.2 cm. Width 1.8 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. Length 13.8 cm. Width 2 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Group of patui-needles, five fine needles made from bone. Collection numbers inscribed in black ink. '47314 to 47319' Armytage Collection '435 to 439' Webster Collection. Length 9 cm. Largest size | *** |  |
| *** | Early waka kereru, a pigeon snaring water trough of classic large proportions. Rich weathered patina. Found in Pongahuru Valley bush Taumaranui in the late 19th century and passed to the current owner in 1972. Length 17.1 cm. Width 1.6 cm. Depth 1.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Solomon Islands club good early example, with diamond-shaped head, and central, raised cross leading down to a hooked crescent-shaped butt. Blackened fibre binding on grip. Mid-brown patina. Malaita. Length 62.5 cm. Width 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A kete, Aotearoa, fine feather kete (flax bag). Feather kete became a favourite acquisition for Collectors in the early Victorian curio trade owing to their beauty and utilitarian nature. This well used example is presented in a Museum grade frame to… | *** |  |
| *** | A split Tatara Tauihu canoe prow, Aotearoa, Tauihu sit on the front of canoes above the water line. This prow is carved with the artistic qualities of the northland region, circa 1960. The prow is intricately carved with open-work spiral motifs. The… | *** |  |
| *** | Whalebone kotiate. Flattened traditional form, with pierced holes to body and handle. Soft well used patina. Height 27.2 cm. Width 12.4 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Pa kahawai - fishing lure. Trolling lure with wooden body; paua-shell flashing, inlay to in-curve; bone barb with muka binding and line. Length 11.2 cm. Width 2.2 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A contact period tewhatewha the mid-brown wood polished, the staff tapering to a blunt point with a carved ridge nearer the point, the blade with an old wood split on top edge and a straight hole drilled at the bottom curved edge. Provenance; in one… | *** |  |
| *** | A Siapo, Samoa, made from the inner-bark of Hiapo (mulberry tree) and decorated with oodblock patterns with over hand died designs. 158 x 140 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Kahu Huruhuru cloak feather cloak made with candlewick string with attached pheasant feathers. Intertwined red wool border to top and sides with attached purple material handles a row of feathers to the bottom border. Length 82.5 cm. Width 86 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Hoe - paddle, of classic form with a rich brown patina. Length 159 cm. Width 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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. | *** |  |
| *** | Pa kahawai-fishing lure, classic form with wooden body and reflective paua inlay to incurve. Barbed bone point with muka lashing. Length 9 cm. Width 1.9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Toki pou tangata-a chiefly ceremonial adze, a highly refined example of an important nephrite adze with a conical formed suspension hole suggesting this adze would have been used for ceremonial and adornment purposes and indicative of the high status of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Phemba maternity figure, Democratic Republic of Congo. Yombe figures were often placed upon shrines to honour ancestral mothers. This figure is carved from wood and has a rich brown patina. The female figure is bare-breasted, she sits with her legs… | *** |  |
| *** | A pounamu toki, Northland, Aotearoa, shaped from pale green inanga greenstone with smaller darker inclusions. With highly polished surfaces. A quadrangular cross-section with straight sides tapering to the butt. With a faintly curved and blunt blade edge… | *** |  |
| *** | Sepik river crocodile spirit form, Papua New Guinea, carved from single piece of softwood. Strong detail and excellent pigment decorations remaining. Length 80 cm. Width 4 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Pa kahawai - fishing lure. Trolling lure with wooden body; paua-shell flashing, inlay to in-curve; bone barb with muka binding and line. Length 8.5 cm. Width 1.6 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Hei tiki. In orthodox form, the head tilting to the left one hand resting to chest the other on thigh. Pierced hole to top of head. Soft worn patina. Length 6 cm. Width 4 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Western Solomon Islands club, made of dense, heavy wood with an elegant teardrop-shaped flattened blade and raised medial ridge that extends into a tapering shaft terminating with a geometric pommel. Intense dark chocolate glossy patina. Decorated with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Baule Goli mask Kplekple, ivory coast, large circular and flat face with saw-toothed rim, highlighted with tubular eyes and rectangular mouth revealing teeth, crowned with two in-curved antelope horns forming an arc at the top. The mask, representing a… | *** |  |
