*** | Rare New Zealand whare cast iron coal range decorated with tiki figures in low relief. 52 x 37 cm | *** | |
*** | Huia claw pendant, with gold mount. Length 120 cm | *** | |
*** | 19th century taiaha with finely carved head with recessed paua shell eyes. Ate (tongue) with pakati notching terminating in a rounded tip. Length 137 cm | *** | |
*** | Pair of pou pou posts, red ochre painted and carved with side profile ancestral figures. Height 104 cm, width 29 cm. Provenance: Historically part of the fixtures at Queen Victoria school, Parnell. | *** | |
*** | Stone tanged toki (adze), of elongated, deep tapering quadrangular form, with a pale grey smooth patina, finely hammer-dressed reduced tang, Y15765, L. 26 cm. Provenance: Private Collection. Note: Under the Protected Objects Act 1975, only Registered… | *** | |
*** | A rare Vanuatu Malekula Island mask, Nambukie, the abstract human face with broad open mouth with boars tusks issuing from the cheeks, painted in red, black and white mineral pigment and with dot motifs indicating the masks use in initiation ceremonies,… | *** | |
*** | Patu onewa-stone hand club, the slender oval argillite blade reducing to the grip section, the handle with pieced hourglass suspension hole, terminating in a rounded butt with three curved lineage lines (chipped to the blade edge). Length 30.5 cm W.8 cm | *** | |
*** | A Maori tekoteko figure, early 20th century, carved as standing with knees flexed, with hands placed to abdomen and with cut haliotis-shell eyes, wearing a nephrite hei-tiki. H.48 cm | *** | |
*** | African luba carved ivory figure. Height 21 cm | *** | |
*** | A Vanuatu interior Malekula Island grade society mask, Nambukie, the abstract human face with broad mouth, with boar's tusks issuing from the cheeks, painted in red, black and white mineral pigment, with attached smoked spider web. Mounted on a bamboo… | *** | |
*** | New Zealand folk art carving, highly stylized Tekoteko figure, in black, height 79 cm. Provenance: John Perry collection | *** | |
*** | An early 19th century muka Kete Circa 1845 decoratively feathered with kereru (native pigeon) tui and Kiwi feathers Y registration pending 20 cm x 20 cm | *** | |
*** | Fijian Kiakavo ceremonial club together with an I Ula Drsia (throwing club), with lobbed head and tavatava (zigzag notched) grip section. Split to head and shaft section. Incised notching beneath the head. Provenance: Buried Village Collection | *** | |
*** | Patu R?kau, 19th century, wooden patu of medium brown colour, rounded base and short cylindrical handle, oval end knob carved with concentric grooves and ridges, suspension hole with old auction label attached dated 3rd June 1998, carving scratch marks on… | *** | |
*** | Pounamu cloak pin or pendant, a straight pounamu pendant of dark green colour and rounded form, slightly flattened with hourglass suspension hole, length 12.5 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Lawford. | *** | |
*** | Mahi K?hatu, worked stone, a symmetrical cylindrical [?] Maori fishing stone, round hole drilled through the length of the stone, all edges and surfaces worn smooth, length 13 cm approx. Provenance: Estate of John Lawford | *** | |
*** | Hei tiki pounamu, inanga variety with cut paua shell eyes | *** | |
*** | Manatunga (Maori for Keepsake) blanket, with a tukutuku panel design in red, black, yellow and white, original label attached | *** | |
*** | Hei tiki pounamu inanga variety with cut paua shell eyes | *** | |
*** | An early 19th century muka kete circa 1845 decoratively feathered with kereru feathers 14 cm x 19 cm | *** | |
*** | A rare Papua New Guinea cargo cult shield made from a 44 gallon oil drum. Painted with the face of the phantom and inscribed Phantom vs Evil, 178 x 85 cm | *** | |
*** | A good early Piupiu (waist garment) Kaupapa of natural and black and red dyed flax, framed in a glass display case. 106 x 93 cm | *** | |
*** | Pounamu Hei tiki, late 19th century, modeled with head slightly angled chin to left. Countersunk suspension hole and with hands to thighs, circa 1880 | *** | |
*** | A pre- European Maori stone sinker, with carved incipient head, Y16342. Provenance: Found on a beach in Tauranga in the 1920s. | *** | |
*** | A carved tribal sculpture, in the form of a chair, with man and child, 84 x 30 x 37 cm | *** | |
*** | Ngati Tarawhai tekoteko figure with painted and incised facial tattoo, three finger hands placed to abdomen, standing on a square section base. Height 90 cm | *** | |
*** | A Fijian carved shark hook with attached fibre snood. Length 25 cm | *** | |
*** | Polished grey-green stone toki (adze), of quadrangular tapering form, rounded sides and well-defined sharp blade, good patina, a ridge has been formed with a modern grinder to the front butt, Y14688, L. 21.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection. Note: Under… | *** | |
*** | A good pounamu Hei Tiki by Mike Higgs, Kawakawa variety. Modelled with titled head and one three fingered hand place to the abdomen the other to the thigh. Length 9 cm | *** | |
*** | A muka kete, double pair twining decorated with white Kereru feathers and red and green kaka feathers. Y registration 17509. Length 15 cm | *** | |
*** | Aboriginal Wunda shield carved in soft wood, flat elliptical form decorated with a zigzag design. Painted in red ochre and white pigment. The back undecorated and with loop handle. Length 860. Width 14 cm. Provenance: private collection America | *** | |
*** | Patu muka, round based stone pounder, with pitting marks, shaft smooth, handle and top covered with hammer dressing, the round top is worn but remains of three concentric oval grooves on the top remain, length 27 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Lawford. | *** | |
*** | A collection of various artefacts housed in a colonial cabinet including two Solomon Island fish hooks, Santa Cruz necklace, two Santa Cruz nose ornaments, one small New Zealand pounamu toki, black adze and white adze (Vanuatu) and a small shell ornament… | *** | |
*** | Pounamu hei tiki, translucent tangiwai (bowenite) presented in the conventional manner with hands placed to thighs. Two circular eyes with red sealing wax pierced at the forehead. Length 10 cm. | *** | |
*** | Samoan club, Fa'alaufa'i, medium brown heavy Samoan bilateral toothed club,. Length 105.5 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Lawford. | *** | |
*** | A Pa kahawai (trolling lure), with paua shell shank, bone hook and muka lashing. Length 10 cm. Registration number pending | *** | |
*** | Peter Sauerbier, aotearoa, bronze tiki figure, modelled holding standing holding a patu. Height 60 cm | *** | |
*** | Four muka kete with substantial fringes, width 30 cm approx. each (variable). Provenance: John Perry collection | *** | |
*** | An early 20th century Te Arawa region Koruru mask, with inset cut Haliotis-shell eyes, later decorative red painting 30 cm x 22 cm | *** | |
*** | Patu muka, stone flax fibre pounder, handgrip formed in the first 10 cm, rounded butt & base, length 24 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Lawford. | *** | |
*** | A 19th century bronze shark hook | *** | |
*** | A Papua New Guinea Western highlands war shield, pigment painted in red and white and with rattan binding, 60 cm x 54 cm | *** | |
*** | Solomon Islands Breastplate Pendant, with cut tortoise on clam shell, diameter 18 cm | *** | |
*** | Argillite toki (adze), of elongated rounded quadrangular form, with good smooth patina with some specks, prominent chin ridge before the curved polished blade area, large old conchoidal fracture to the front, some chipping to the blade, Y14064, L. 22 cm.… | *** | |
*** | Contemporary pounamu hei tiki, with tilted head and hands to thighs. Height 9.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Muka Kete robustly constructed with double pair twining and cross weaved pattern and substantial fringe. Y registration pending 23 cm x 23 cm | *** | |
*** | Mahi Kahatu, worked stone, a symmetrical irregular shaped [?] pounamu pendant, round hole drilled through the top, a small protrusion above the hole has four grooves, all edges polished and smooth. Possible portion of k?k' p?ria/bird leg ring. Length 4 cm… | *** | |
*** | Two Maori carving tools, each with whao pounamu (nephrite chisel) blades L.18 cm and 12.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Pa Kahawai and fishing lure, a trolling lure with subtly curved wooden shank and bone hook, paua shell inlay missing. Length 13 cm | *** | |
*** | A rare 1920s Santa Catalina Solomon island spider web fishing lure, on a spool line together with another web lure and a dried preserved needlefish head, the spider web is suspended on a line from a kite above the water, the web appears to the fish as an… | *** | |
*** | A pounamu and kawakawa kapeu, (ear pendant), together with a pounamu hei tiki | *** | |
*** | Solomon Islands Malaita Island Janus faced club, The upper section with raised nose and incised eyes with pigment decoration. Length 103 cm | *** | |
*** | Pounamu adze | *** | |
*** | A early 20th centuryNgati Tarawhai ebonised lidded box, the deeply carved lid with a weku head with cut Haliotis shell eyes, further weku heads to the side panels, the front and back panels carved with manaia figures. 21 cm x 11 cm | *** | |
*** | 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 | *** | |
*** | A carved pounamu figure of a Maori ancestral warrior holding a patu, together with a silver plated figure of a tuatara on a pounamu base. | *** | |
*** | Mahi Kohatu, five pounamu worked stones, three small thin shaped toki pounamu, possibly ornaments. Length 3 cm approx. Pounamu adze flake, roughly triangular shape,. Length 3.8 cm. Worked stone - roughly rectangular polished pounamu,. Length 6.8 cm.… | *** | |
*** | Carved hoe (paddle), of typical form with slender blade, Y16358 | *** | |
*** | Carved wood patu | *** | |
*** | Waka Kereru (pigeon trough), of rectangular shape. Length 62 cm | *** | |
*** | Five kete, whakairo (patterned), kiekie, pingao and harakeke, the largest width 41 cm, the smallest width 17 cm (toki holder). Provenance: John Perry collection | *** | |
*** | New Zealand folk art carving, on a Maori theme featuring a central Tekoteko figure atop a koruru face and a manaia head to the top section, with inset paua shell eyes, height 90.5 cm. Provenance: John Perry collection | *** | |
*** | Pa Kahawai (Fishing lure) with paua shell shank, iron hook with muka lashing and original muka line. Y13647. Length 13 cm | *** | |
*** | An early Taiaha with un-carved tongue and head. Length 160 cm Y6117 | *** | |
*** | Large light grey gabbro toki (adze), of tapering quadrangular shape with a steep bevel, Y08982, L. 28.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection. Note: Under the Protected Objects Act 1975, only Registered Collectors of Taonga T?turu can bid on this item. If… | *** | |
*** | Three stone small toki (adzes), all with good patina, one found at Cable Bay and another at Onapua Bay, Y13296, Y14306, Y14307, L. 7.5 cm, 8 cm and 7.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection. Note: Under the Protected Objects Act 1975, only Registered… | *** | |
*** | Pre-Eurpoean Argillite Toki or Adze of Quadrangular shape. Length 21 cm | *** | |
*** | Fijian Vunikau (root head) war club, with incised grip with sennit binding. Length 114 cm | *** | |
*** | Two small kete whakairo (patterned) and one kete houhere (lacebark), the largest width 19 cm. Provenance: John Perry collection | *** | |
*** | A Koropepe pounamu pendant, pierced to the head and body section L.5 cm W.4.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A large piece of polished kauri gum. Length 24 cm. Width 24 cm | *** | |
*** | Four fine woven kete, pingao and kiekie, accompanied by a handwritten note dating the kete to 1916, the largest 29 cm wide. Provenance: John Perry collection | *** | |
*** | Toki, adze [2x], small stone toki with flake scars over the entire surface, surface smooth & worn, 11 cm, adze / toki with flake scars over entire surface, blade section polished, vertical sides tapering to a straight truncated poll. Length 18.5 cm.… | *** | |
*** | New Zealand folk art coffee table, of rectangular shape. The top carved with tiki figures and manaia and wheku heads. 98 cm x 49 cm | *** | |
*** | Vanuatu Malekula Island flying fox figure with fern, vegetable matter and pigment | *** | |
*** | Santa Cruz Island whale's tooth pendant pierced with attached cord with cut shell currency discs and dogs teeth. Length 45 cm | *** | |
*** | Argillite toki, of narrow and shallow quadrangular form, good smooth patina, haft polish over still visible old flake scars, narrow butt, chipping to the blade, Y14065, L. 16 cm. Provenance: Private Collection. Note: Under the Protected Objects Act 1975,… | *** | |
*** | Pa Kahawai with wooden shank, paua shell inlay & iron hook Y10621. Length 9 cm | *** | |
*** | Kuru pounamu, Kawakawa pounamu pendant of large size and orthodox form with pierced suspension hole. Length 13.8 cm | *** | |
*** | Kaka Poira pounamu, bird leg ring with beveled leg hole and pierced suspension hole, highly translucent L.4 cm. W.3 cm | *** | |
*** | Whalebone Hei tiki, modeled with tilted head with one hand placed to the abdomen and the other to the thigh, circa 1920 | *** | |
*** | Patu aruhe (fern root pounder). Length 31 cm | *** | |
*** | A Samoan folk art figure carved crouching holding a bowl carved in the form of a turtle, raised on a circular base inscribed Apia, Samoa. Height 70 cm | *** | |
*** | Samoan club, wooden war club the shaft widening to the blade which tapers to a point and with a central ridge on the tapered end,. Length 134 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Lawford. | *** | |
*** | A pounamu pendant, of unusual avian form with pierced suspension hole W.3.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A small muka kete, decorated with kiwi and weka feathers 15 cm x 20 cm | *** | |
*** | A fine small Hawaiian Koa wood bowl with rich patina to the surface, traditional square patch and butterfly repairs, diameter 10 cm. Provenance: Formerly in a private Maui collection | *** | |
*** | Ketu, wooden digging implement, dark brown wood, oval handle, with single suspension hole, short rounded shaft and paddle shaped blade, length 45 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Lawford. | *** | |
*** | Ketu, early 19th century agricultural tool, carved wooden paddle shaped tool, used to loosen soil around plants, abrasions to point of the digging end, length 76 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Lawford. | *** | |
*** | Patu aruhe, wooden fern root pounder, with semi rounded body, tapered down to handle end with rounded butt, with burn & scorch marks, length 34.5 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Lawford. | *** | |
*** | Toki, adze, large toki with slightly curved, chipped blade edge, steep bevel with no marked chin, straight vertical sides, entire surface displays flake scars and hammer-dressing, part polished, length 28.4 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Lawford. | *** | |
*** | Fijian ula throwing club, I ula drisia type with ball head. The grip section with tavatava zig zag notching. Length 42 cm. Provenance: Collection of Keith St. Cartmail | *** | |
*** | Santa Cruz Island dance club, Napa, classical canoe shape with painted floral and geometric decoration and with coir- sinnet binding. Split to handle and centre section. Length 90 cm. Provenance: Collection of Keith St. Cartmail | *** | |
*** | Manatunga (Maori for Keepsake) blanket, decorated with a Poutama - Stairway to Heaven pattern in red and black, original label attached | *** | |
*** | Patu Muka, finely balanced stone pounder with oval sectioned body tapering to the handle section with well defined ridge at the butt. Length 27 cm | *** | |
*** | Kaka Poira pounamu, early bird leg ring of unusual avian form with beveled leg hole and pieced suspension hole. Length 3 cm W.2.8 cm | *** | |