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Tribal

Lots 10081—10176 Found 14,467

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Edge ground stone axe. Mt Isa, Queensland. Diameter 10 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.
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A collection of five New Guinea objects, including West Papuan water calabash, Highlands dance rattle, Highlands oil gourd,…
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A fine carved wood ancestral figure, Nias Island, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on custom stand. Provenance: The Andrew…
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A bone tribal prayer cross, Leti Islands, Indonesia, with profuse incised design. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson…
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A carved bone devotional stand, Tanimbar Island group, Maluku, Tenggah Regency, Maluku Province, Indonesia, with profusely…
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A pair of silver & bone drop earrings, Flores, Indonesia, on custom steel stand. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson…
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A bronze frog surmounted by another frog, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 20 x 26 cm
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A profusely carved Balinese mirror stand, Indonesia. Provenance: The Andrew Korda & Susan Pearson collection, 20 x 15 cm
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A palm wood mask, Kamano people, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, this is a most unusual mask & possibly part of the…
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A very large yam mask, Wosera, Southern Abelam, Papua New Guinea, well woven with fine cane, painted in bright yellow & orange…
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A large old & finely engraved ceremonial bark belt, Wahgi valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, deeply carved in…
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Argillite toki (adze), of tapering quadrangular shape, with polished curved bevel with pronounced ridge, hammer-dressed butt,…
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A Maori pre-European stone toki (adze), tapered ovoid form, over-all finely pecked, some broad chipping, probably basalt.…
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Early contact period Maori barbed and serrated bone point, with hour glass hole down one end. Length 5 cm. Webster collection…
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Shell Headbands (3), early examples with attached shell, fibre, fur highlands, Papua New Guinea. Length 47 cm. Width 14 cm.…
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A folk art carved figure, carved from wood. Depicting a figure holding a mere. With pauashell inlay eyes, height 23.2 cm, width…
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A kauri gum figure of a kiwi, Hand-carved and painted, height 12.5 cm, width 13 cm, depth 6.5 cm
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A New Zealand folk art wood carved dish, depicting a figure wrapping their arms around a dish. The figure has paua shell inlay…
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A carved figure, Papua New Guinea, carved from a single piece of wood. With deeply carved stylised detailing. With natural…
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A late 19th century/early-20th century woven muka cushion cover banded with looped wavy woven designs and with entire framing…
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Two Maori pre-European stone toki (adze), length 158 & 14 cm
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A Papua New Guinea carved bone container, decorative band down the front, with the stopper in the form of a seated figure, wood…
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A Dayak Mandau (head hunters) sword, the hard wood hilt with carved pommel, woven rattan and hair tuft decoration, convex…
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Unknown, marine ivory Maori pendant, 9 cm length
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An African metal mounted horseman from Mali
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A rock carved West Australian boomerang with aged patina 54 cm long
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England Bangala (1925-2001), (pandanus skirt design), natural earth pigment on bark, signed 'England Bangala, gallery number…
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Australian Aboriginal hardwood woomera
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Tiger tooth necklace with decorative mount, possibly Balinese, c.1950s.
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Two 19th century New Hebrides Yam pudding knives one with a regularly serrated and leaf shaped handle, length 55.2 cm, the…
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Papua New Guinea tribal masks (5), tribal axes (2), and a carved walking stick, 20th century, the walking stick 89 cm high
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A pair of figural serving utensils, carved ivory, African origin, early 20th century, 26 cm high
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A kina shell necklace, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, shell with fibre cord, pendant 17.5 cm wide
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A Polynesian polished stone axe head, 16 cm long.
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A pigeon totem, carved wood and shell with natural earth pigments, Papua New Guinea origin, 36 cm high
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An early mask, woven fibre board, feather, shell and clay with earth pigment decoration, middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea, circa…
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An ancestral figure, fired clay with piped clay decoration, Aibom village, Chambri lakes, Papua New Guinea, circa 1960, 25 cm…
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Noukwi yam female figure, carved wood with painted finish, Washkuk hills, upper Sepik, Papua New Guinea, 95 cm high
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A tribal dance mask, carved wood, woven cane, fibre and shell with earth pigment and clay decoration, Papua New Guinea, 32 cm…
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Two fofana back adornments, shell and fibre with red painted finish, Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 44 cm and 27 cm high
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Four novelty pipes, carved timber American Indian, lion, Chinese figures and a Boer war example engraved Diyatalawa, Boer Camp,…
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An African mask with orange forehead and slit eyes, carved wood and natural earth pigments, Adouma tribe, Gabon, 28 cm high.…
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A tribal stool, carved wood, Zambezi Valley, Central African, 29 cm high 29 cm wide
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A tribal fetish sculpture, carved wood with nails, shell and fibre, Congo origin, 80 cm high
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A tribal mask, carved wood with polychrome finish, West African origin, 64 cm high
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A tribal storage vessel, of carved wood, hide, cane and shell decoration, West African origin, 49 cm high
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An African tribal bowl, carved wood with resin a metal repairs, Sudan origin, 40 cm diameter
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A tribal mask with bird totem, carved and painted wood, African origin, 78 cm high
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Zulu spear, hand forged steel and wood, South African origin, late 19th century, 202 cm high
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Two tribal masks, carved wood, shell, feather and earth pigments, Papua New Guinea, the larger 70 cm high
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A tribal mask and breast plate, carved wood, fibre, shell, boar tusk and natural earth pigments, Papua New Guinea origin, 20th…
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A tribal club, carved wood, New Britain origin, 121 cm long
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An ancestral medicine man, carved wood, Mali, African origin, 46 cm high
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Tribal weaving stick tops, carved wood and trade bead, Congo origin, both mounted on metal stands, the larger 31 cm high overall
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A contemporary greenstone mere of flattened spatula form, fashioned from deep green with paler mottled flecks pounamo, the butt…
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A wood carved Wahaika, contemporary decorated with a carved manaia figure, the butt end with a human face. Length 41.2 cm.
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A 19th century New Britain war club pointed shaft, butt flange, polished stained surface. Provenance; collected by a close…
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A 19th century Melanesian bow the medium brown wood of oval section, tapering to each point, the surfaces with good patination.…
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Two 19th century Melanesian Palmwood Bows tapering to each point, the flattened surface and curved sides black paste painted,…
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A 20th century Fijian small tapa cloth of an old traditional stencil pattern; a series of natural and black patterned and plain…
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A walking stick, Solomon Islands. A smooth black patina. A long cylindrical shaft with a widening upper section with white…
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A Pitcairn Island carved wood folk art flying fish, with open mouth, the wings stamped 'From Pitcairn Island / Made by Radley…
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A coconut grating stool, possibly Caroline Islands, Micronesia, lanceolate seat on three legs with coir binding, length 69 cm.…
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A massive hank of hand plaited coir rope. Provenance: The estate collection of Michael Higgs, (Tribal Artefacts, Polynesian…
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A Luba head rest Democratic Republic of Congo, 14 cm height
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Pitcairn Island flying fish by Burt Christian, length 32 cm
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A 20th century large greenstone pendant, similar to above. Length 13.5 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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A Fijian pole club (bowai), of long tapering form flaring at the distal end and with a cruciform carved detail to the butt.…
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Kee American Indian necklace, inset with mother-of-pearl on sterling silver. Total weight 65g.
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Aboriginal shell necklace. Shells painted with natural earth pigments on a plant fibre string.
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Coolamon: Large Coolamon used for carrying food when on walkabout, 64 x 21 cm. Western Australian origin
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An iron trade Tomahawk head. Length 11.8 cm. Width 8 cm, sold together with two shaped nail fish hooks and a larger shaped nail…
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A decorative pair of carved Maori bookends, the all-over carved backs each supported by an ancestral figure standing on a…
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A carved rectangular block of kauri gum, the surfaces featuring both Maori and European designs carved in low relief. Width 10…
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A 19th century small fine Samoan kava bowl, raised on six tapering legs and with a suspension lug, traces of Yaqona. Diam.26.8…
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A 19th century or earlier Maori carved whale bone heru (comb), extensively damaged. Registered Y20375.
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Two impressive polished kauri gum pieces, both with multiple sides, in bright crackled honey tones. 509gm. Lengths 15 cm and 18…
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A Solomon Islands walking stick, with multiple crocodile heads carved to the shaft. Length 92 cm
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New Guinea, Trobriand Island anthromorphic ebony wood staff, early 20th century, given the ornate nature of this staff it would…
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A carved African Dogon wooden panelled door, carved in high relief with stylised figures and bordered by serrated bands, the…
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An African carved ivory candlestick depicting all over deep relief African figures. Height 14 cm. Diameter 4.6 cm
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A group of five Australian Aboriginal boomerangs, Variously embellished, some with simple fluting or gouge marks, others…
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A Southern Highlands war shield (mendi), of wood in ovoid form, the anterior with abstract relief, pierced with fibre grip to…
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A fine West Sepik Bride Price, the shell embroided woven fibre with multiple cowrie shells attached to outer edge, Papua New…
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A rare Southern Highlands body ornament, the bird of paradise beak decorated with polychrome pigments pierced with woven cane…
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Two Highlands pearl shell body ornaments (kina), in classic crescent form, pierced terminals, one with threaded seed shell…
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Two various Papua New Guinea masks. Sepik area, carved, incised & ochre decorations. Losses to eyes. Length 88 cm
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Papua New Guinea Asmat carved board. Relief carved board with lime & ochre decoration. Length 149 cm
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Two Australian Aboriginal items. Hooked hunting boomerang (ribbed to one side); and twilled hair circular head-pad with grass…
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Two Vanuatu ancestor sculptures, of gourd and over-modelled natural fibres, earth encrusted, decorated with polychrome pigments…
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Three Central Australian hunting spears, the hard wood shafts bound with sinew, notched terminals, two with barbs attached, 221…
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Massim canoe prow, of wood, in classic slender section, Trobriand Islands, 96 x 70 cm
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An Ethnographic Massim Lime Spatula, of wood in classic slender section, the apex decorated with openwork geometric ancestor…
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Inuit carved stone walrus. Bone tusks, one repaired. Unsigned. Remnants of artists label. Purchased Vancouver 1967. Length 26 cm
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Three various Aboriginal bark paintings. Two oval works, One depicting snakes; other with label verso, 'Sacred Story'. Length…
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A Sepik basket hook, of wood in openwork form, remnant polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 101 x 28 cm