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Auction House:
Dunbar Sloane Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** Papua New Guinean bridal veil (Ambusap), woven fibre and cowrie shells. 77 cm length ***
*** A Tokelau tackle box, 12 cm height ***
*** Vanuatu lobed club, 98 cm length ***
*** Solomon Islands Napa dance club, with fine painted decoration. Santa Cruz. 84 cm length ***
*** Yoruba Shango dance Wand from Nigeria, carved wood and pigments. Used to honor the Yoruba god of thunder, dance wands are carried by Shango priests and devotees during public worship activities and enshrined on the deity's altar. 36 cm height ***
*** Early 20th century Maori hoe (paddle) length 162 cm. ***
*** A Fijian I Ula Drisia throwing club thin handle with smooth patina and small row of cross-hatching pattern at butt. Some cavities in head. Length 40 cm. ***
*** A Fijian I Ula Drisia throwing club thin handle with smooth patina and decoration to butt. Length 40.5 cm. ***
*** Ramu River ceremonial ladder from Papua New Guinea, 167 cm length, collection of John Perkins ***
*** A large bone awl (needle), with sharp point and eyelet, 12 cm length ***
*** Patu aruhe (fern root beater), tapering form with rounded end, 16 cm length. ***
*** Seven small adze roughout fragments from the Pitcairn Islands (Basalt) ***
*** Two mahe (stone sinkers), course volcanic stone with lashings grooves, 12 cm, 9 cm length. ***
*** A Papua New Guinea Sepik River bowl with stand, coiled raku fired clay bowl with incised spirit faces painted with red, ochre, and kaolin pigment. Provenance; one Christian Fund collection; ex Sotherby's, 26 cm diameter ***
*** Small shell hei matau (fishhook), 2.5 cm length. ***
*** Patu muka (flax pounder), with overall pecked finish, 25 cm length ***
*** Two contact period Maori greenstone chisels. One has a worn/broken suspension hole. Length 7.5 cm, 6 cm ***
*** C. 1870's period Maori greenstone adze. Note underneath: 'H.N. Moseley. New Zealand Jade. Worked By Natives. Commencement of a Carving' H.N. Moseley was a naturalist aboard 'The Challenger' that sailed around the world in 1872-1876. Length 7.5 cm ***
*** Airtu Ahwito (Fungus). Considered sacred and used as an indelible dye in tattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixed with dog fat and soot. What ever remained after each use was carefully preserved and handed down from father to Son. Length 16 cm no Y number… ***
*** Airtu Ahwito. Considered sacred and used as an indelible dye in tattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixed with dog fat and soot. What ever remained after each use was carefully preserved and handed down from father to Son Note: it is missing the stick with… ***
*** Worked greenstone piece with hour glass hole, one side polished. Length 21 cm ***
*** An attractive and unusual Maori wooden club (patu Rahau) c. 1900. Made from burrwood (stripe ridge pattern). Length 37.5 cm ***
*** Six Maori pre-European moa hunter period shark tooth pendants. Length 2.5 cm ***
*** Kete houhere (lacebark bag), a rare kete woven entirely from lacebark, the fringed sides and the aho (weft) coloured purple. 17.5 x 20 cm. ***
*** Lega mask from Zaire with flax beard. Length 38 cm (including beard). ***
*** Pre-European toki (adze blade), rare hog back (apex up) example in fine grained greywacke, flaked all over except for the polished cutting area, 14.5 cm length ***
*** Argillite stone toki, Quadrangular form, 15 cm length ... ***
*** Toki (adze blade), Argillite, tapering quadrangular shape, polished finish, small chip to the blade, 12 cm length. ***
*** A Dan mask Libera, hollowed form with pointed chin below an open mouth. Circular pierced disc eyes and with piercings to the chin. Tightly woven coiffure, 20 x 13 cm ***
*** Dan mask Libera, with attached platted hair, 26 x 19 cm ***
*** Four Papua New Guinea Obsidian bladed knives, the handle of each made with wood and paranarium paste made from the crushed fruit of the Lilit (Putty nut) tree, graduated size from 30 cm (largest) to 20 cm (smallest) ***
*** Papua New Guinea Oro province tapa cloth (2) ***
*** An unusual spade form toki (greywacke), shoulders spaded and pecked, lower section polished with a sharp cutting edge. Some fritting to the blade. 9 cm length. ***
*** Limestone mahe ( sinker), ovoid shape with lashing groove around the circumference. Provenance: Portland Island. Field collection, 6.6 cm width. ***
*** Pounamu chisel, Inanga variety stone. 13 cm length. ***
*** Patu muka (pounder), rounded end tapering to the knob. Pecked course volcanic stone. 12 cm length. Y number pending ***
*** Papua New Guinean hafted adze and cassowary bird head dress, adze; wooden handle with lashing. Head dress; feathers and woven fibre with attached binding. Adze, 47 cm length; headdress, 45 cm length ***
*** 19th century Vanuatu war club, with tapering cylindrical shaft with cone shaped head and three projecting bulbous knobs and rope binding. Some damage evident with one knob missing, 79 cm length ***
*** A small Fijian Ula (throwing club), with spherical natural root ball head and smooth grip. 34 cm length ***
*** A contact period Maori wooden paoi (fern root Beater). Length 37 cm ***
*** A rare stone spinning top (Potaka), of white, dense stone ***
*** A long Fijian spear, with remnants of twine to top and carving at middle top. Length 252 cm ***
*** A Pre-European toki (argillite), thick quadrangular form with incipient hammer dressed tang, small amount of fritting to the cutting edge, 26 cm length. ***
*** A small ornamental hoe (paddle), displaying a carved wheku figure with inlaid paua eyes and hands clasped to belly, 47 cm length. ***
*** A Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the blade, carving to lower end of the handle with concentric bands to the top, 196 cm length ***
*** Trobriand Island elliptical wooden feast bowl, Provenance: Nigel Hillind Collection ***
*** Two Roughouts and two toki, argillite and volcanic stone. ***
*** Pounamu and serpentine pendants ***
*** Trobriand Island pigment pot and a Sepik River pigment pot ***
*** Two Fijian rain wood food bowls. Two Fijian rain wood food bowls, each inlaid with pearl shell decoration ***
*** A Solomon Island frigate bird, carved with a fish in its mouth, raised on a rectangular section base, extensively inlaid with cut shell decoration. 36 cm length ***
*** Late 18th/early 19th century Maori stone fishing sinker. Lovely hour glass stone drilled hole Found at St head, Helensville in 1946. Length 7 cm ***
*** 19th century or early 20th century Unfinished wooden taiaha, crudely shaped tongue and mask, length 145 cm ***
*** Four 18th century or earlier toki, of classic tapering form, L15 cm,14 cm, 14 cm,12 cm. ***
*** Four 18th century or earlier small toki, of classic tapering form, length 11 cm, 8 cm, 8 cm, 8 cm. ***
*** An ovoid stone net sinker, Porous volcanic stone with cruciform lashing grooves ***
*** Rare pair of 19th century Solomon Island chest shields with loops woven to shield and some carving on shield top. Shield 60 cm. Depth of loop 43 cm ***
*** A Pre-European toki (argillite). Tapering quadrangular form with flaked and hammer dressed poll section. Well defined edges and bevel with sharp cutting edge. Smooth and polished throughout. 16.5 cm. ***
*** A pre 20th century Maori green stone kuru (pendant) in the form of a whao (chisel). Bevelled edges. Length 4.5 cm ***
*** A pre 19th century Maori stone mahe (sinker). Relatively smooth knob with suspension hole. Some loss to one side. '202' in white ink to side. Width 10 cm ***
*** Two stone toki / adze, smooth finishes, 13 cm and 31 cm lengths ***
*** Fine Cook Island stool no oanga of fine proportions, rising from four legs, each with teardrop-shaped feet and a faceted edge beneath elegantly curved legs, supporting the arching rectangular seat., length 35.5, height 11 cm ***
*** Carved & painted kauri gum Maori bust of a male with full moko, 10 cm height ***
*** Eight fish hook Files, - ***
*** Three Pre-European toki, various stone, one tanged, 16 cm, 16 cm, 12.5 cm length. ***
*** Carved Maori wooden tiki figure, late 19th/early 20th century some damage to the nose. Length 51 cm ***
*** Melanesian carved wooden chief's seat. Length 70 cm x. Width 30 cm. Depth 25 cm ***
*** Two woven flax bags c. 1870, of very good quality, Melanesian Islands area ***
*** Patu muka of classic bulbous form with pecked surface ***
*** Vanuatu figure seated with arms resting to stomach, red and white painted decoration to face, height 84 cm ***
*** Large Papua New Guinea figure standing atop domed base with raised facial features, shell inset eyes and feather and fibre decoration, height 113 cm ***
*** Vanuatu spirit head constructed of cobweb fibre over modeled clay face with attached tusks with red, black and white pigment evident, height 61 cm ***
*** Toki - adze pre-contact period, greywacke, quadrangular form, length 16.5 cm. Provenance: Neil Darroch collection ***
*** African Luba figural stool, with a circular seat supported by female form (crack to seat) ***
*** Rare New Ireland Chalk figure on flattened carved oval base with raised standing figure with arms to head ***
*** Toki stone adze of quadrangular form with pitted tang, some chips to blade, length 26 cm ***
*** Silver plate Indonesian horse and carriage. Length 62 cm ***
*** Pre- European toki (stone adze), Argillite, quadrangular shape, small chips to the cutting edge, 16 cm length ***
*** Small bone tattoo chisel, 4.2 cm length ***
*** A rare moa hunter Silcrete knife, 9 cm length. ***
*** Toki (adze blade), tapering quadrangular shape, pecked and polished finish, small chips to the blade, 20 cm length ***
*** Songye tribe Bantu ethnic group ritual mounted mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, the miniature mounted mask mounted on woven cane and surrounded by cowrie shells, bone and gourds and miniature amulets, 34 cm diameter ***
*** Pre-European spade shouldered argillite toki, pecked to the upper section with polished blade. 13 cm length. ***
*** Two Papua New Guinean adze blades, teardrop shape with smooth surface. Carved from highly prized chloromelanite which was found in the Cycloop mountains. This extremely hard, veined, jade-like stone varies in colour according to the surrounding minerals… ***
*** Ngati tarawhai pou whakairo (carved figure), the small ebonised figure standing with arms behind his back with three fingered hands placed to the hips. With wheku face and cut paua shell eyes. Damaged to base. 18 cm height. ***
*** Two Maori stone pounders. Length 27.8 cm. Length 19.6 cm ***
*** A Niue Island ceremonial hair cutting chair. C. 1950s. Height 97 cm ***
*** An African ebony female statue Beating drum from the Congo. Split to hair. Provenance: Mildred Tice was a missionary from Pennsylvania in the Congo. She returned to the USA in 1935. Height 28 cm ***
*** Erenore Hetet kete made with copper wire and paua shell pieces, 35 x 36 cm ***
*** New Zealand Colonial 9ct greenstone mere pendant, 5 cm length ***
*** An early 20th tokotoko, carved with traditional rauponga design and inlaid with paua, height 87.5 ***
*** Pre-European toki (argillite), tapering quadrangular shape, well formed with even poll and sharp intact cutting edge. Smooth surface with minor pecking to the upper section. Discovered at Waitotara, 1941, length 19 cm ***
*** Large Papua New Guinea mask limewash decorations, inlaid kauri shells and boar tusk nose piercing, bird feather head fringing, 77 cm length ***
*** 18th century or earlier pounamu whakakaipiko (pendant) unusual form. Suspension hole May have been broken. Suggestion of tapering bladed end. Length 7 cm. Provenance: Purchased Dunbar Sloane Ltd, lot 63, December 1972. ***
*** Contact period Maori pa kahawai (trolling fish hook) wooden shank, paua shell laminate, inner serrated bone point. Lashed snood and line. Length 9.5 cm. ***
*** Early contact period Maori pa kahawai (trolling fish hook) metal shank, paua laminate and metal point. Lashed snood and line. One feather fibre in lashed snood point. Length 10 cm. ***