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Lots 2497—2592 Found 14,467

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A rare group of Hawaiian Awls (7) carved bird bone, found in the ancient Hawaiian 'Kapo Cave' in Puna. Which is linked to the…
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A Luba prestige staff, a triangulated projection with interlocking geometric design rising from the head of a female figure…
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Fine Fijian Kiakavo club of aberrant form with elongated neck and well carved spur to top, old Museum label attached, length…
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19th century pounamu hei tiki head inclined to left, left arm to thigh and right arm on chest with red wax inset eyes and hour…
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M?h?, stone spherical sinker, with elongated neck, beginnings of hole drilled part way through the neck, top of the sinker…
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A good 19th century Fijian tabua whale's tooth pendant of elliptical curved form with flat top, rich old dark patina with old…
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A Fijian war club (vunikau), rootstock club with carved protuberances to the top leading to a plain shaft. Length 113 cm
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A Bowai club, Fiji, used for both parrying and attacking in combat. Carved from a dense hardwood and highly polished. This pole…
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Charlie (Raponi) Wilson large carved whale bone hei tiki, with the head turned to the right, inlaid paua shell ring eyes with…
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Aboriginal shield. Convex form, painted decoration on both sides, lug cut handle on reverse
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Nokwi figure, Waskuk Region, Sepik river, Papua New Guinea. Height 97 cm
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Pa kahawai-fishing lure, light wooden body and reflective Paua inlay. Barbed iron with muka lashing. Length 12 cm. Width 9 cm
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Pa kahawai-fishing lure, a fine early trolling lure with wooden body paua shell 'Flashing' inlay to incurve bone barb and muka…
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A korowai cloak, a transitional style cloak with double pair twining and crafted from dressed flax fibre (muka) highlighted…
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A collection of 19th century Fijian dart tips, four dart heads, made of hardwood, two are male type and equipped with a…
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Early 20th century (half) of a Maori canoe again found drifting near mere mere after a huge flood (1950s). Length 296 cm.
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Taiaha well-carved head with circular paua inlaid eyes, strongly carved nose and upper lip. Tongue beautifully executed with…
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Fine toki pou tangata, of delicate form with cut and pierced attachment hole. This adze would have been used for ceremonial and…
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Large toki - adze superb and early form with smooth sides, small cutting face and pecked ridge and butt. Length 28.5 cm. Width…
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Marquesan figure standing, pecked stone figure with raised, oversized facial features. Arms resting on torso with legs slightly…
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Late 18th century greenstone pendant with excellent thong hole, good heavy weight. Length 14.5 cm
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An old Maori nephrite hei tiki, pale Auhunga variety pounamu, modelled with head tilted with chin to left shoulder, the…
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A large pounamu boulder, one side polished showing a dark green tone. River worn finish to sides. Weight approx. 55kgs.
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A late 19th century Maori carved tokotoko (orator's stick) attributed to Tene Waitere (1854-1931), with three figures carved to…
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Late 19th/20th century Maori walking staff the central shaft carved with full figure standing on the shoulders of other (head…
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A New Caledonian scalloped mushroom club, 62 cm length
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A Solomon Islands club, 105 cm length
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A Zulu Shield, leather and wood, South African, 19th century, 118 x 55 cm
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A highly decorative war shield, probably from Borneo, carved from a single slab of wood, of 'propeller' form with two blades…
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Carved architectural element. Superb standing tiki figure, heavily carved double haehae and dog tooth notching. Dry red washed…
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A good quality 19th century greenstone tiki with hourglass thong hole and red wax eyes
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Boomerang, Murray-Darling region, shallow curved shape, decorated with two lines of incised concentric oval patterns and a…
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Canoe prow. New Ireland. Figural prow in carved form of a bird, remains of red, black and white colouration. 28 cm
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A beautiful small contact period greenstone tiki, of good colour and condition. Length 6.2 cm. Width 4.2 cm
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Rangi Redman carved model war canoe 'waka taua', finely carved with stylised figures and scrolls with lineal and notch detail,…
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Wakahuia carved by Rangi Redman, elongated oval shape with side profile manaia to each end. The lid and body with extensive…
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Tiheru (canoe bailer), simple carved wood of minimalist form, the bowl with some chipping, 44 cm length
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Toki Poutangata by John Moore (Hafted ceremonial adze blade), made in the traditional style with a pounamu blade. Carved with a…
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A large and decorative Mendi war shield, Papua New Guinean, height 139 cm
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19th century pounamu pekapeka, polished tangiwai (bowenite) variety stone showing the grain. Recessed eyes. Provenance:…
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Pre-European toki pounamu, Kawakawa variety stone with pale mottled inclusions. Uneven poll, polished surface. Some scaring to…
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Pounamu hei tiki by Scott Parker (ngati Tama), a good 20th century example of the classic hei tiki type I style. Superbly…
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A late 19th century / early 20th century Maori green stone hei tiki. Red sealing wax to eyes, hands on thighs, machine made…
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19th century Maori pa kahawai (Trolling fish hook). Wooden shank, paua shell laminate and lashed bone barb. Provenance: Webster…
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A large African elephant ivory tusk from the Belgian Congo c1930. All over carved with fourteen panels of ancestral figures,…
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Shield, Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea Highlands
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Artist unknown, and Kimberleys. Wandjina rain spirit. Natural earth pigments on bark.79 x 43 cm
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An early spear, probably New Hebrides, Polynesia, (late nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 198.5 cm high. For two related…
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An African female figure, wooden, 28 cm high
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A Massim Club, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 63…
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A carved timber Fijian Sali club 94 cm long. Provenance: Caspian gallery, Sydney.
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Australian Aboriginal Wunda shield, Western Australian, of wide oval form, finely incised with grooved zig zag motifs to the…
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Papua New Guinea, Witu Islands dance mask, decorated in tones of red, white and black and accented with shells, with fabric…
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Australian Aboriginal woomera, Great Sandy Desert, of tapering leaf form, incised with straight and diagonal motifs, evidence…
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Australian Aboriginal wunda style parrying shield, Western Australia, of elongated oval form, incised with panels of line…
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Australian Aboriginal paddle club, Port Essington, Northern Territory, of long form, with one end painted and incised, the…
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Fine early Pineapple-Headed club, North-East Queensland, carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments (no custom stand)…
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Early bulbous headed club, Gippsland, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood. Club with bi-cornual head, probably from the…
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Important bulbous club, Lake Condah Aboriginal Mission, Victoria, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) Lake Condah…
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Important Lil Lil club, Lake Condah Aboriginal Mission, Victoria, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) Lake Condah…
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Important incised club, Lake Condah Aboriginal Mission, Victoria, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) Lake Condah…
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Early Tiwi throwing club, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood and…
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Fine early large nail-headed fighting club, North-East Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood with nails. The bulbous…
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Early large engraved boomerang, Western New South Wales / Southern Queensland, carved and engraved hardwood (no custom stand)…
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Tiwi throwing club, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural…
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Early large transitional engraved bulbous club, South East Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 69.5 x 6.5 cm.…
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Fine early boomerang club, south Lake Eyre, South Australia, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) of cylindrical…
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Fine pearl shell pendant, Kimberley Region, Western Australia, carved and engraved pearl shell, in-filled with red ochre (no…
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Fine Zulu spoon, an elongated, hollowed ladle with a twisted tubular mid-section; a pierced ovoid handle with inset face; three…
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Navajo fetish bundle, hide pouch holding nine fetish sticks of wood, twine, feathers, trade beads and turquoise. Height 42 cm,…
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Taiaha - long staff, of early manufacture, with a finely carved head offering an elaborately swept-back forehead with raised…
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Abelam ancestral figure, a large and impressive Abelam male spirit figure from a traditional men's house, decorated with ochre…
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A large ancestral figure, middle Sepik river, Papua New Guinea
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A 19th century taiaha, of overall slender proportions, red-brown timber, with small carved head and protruding tongue, ring eye…
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A stone mortar in the form, of a turtle, Southeast Asia or Melanesia, circa 1900 or earlier, 26 x 10 cm
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19th century greenstone mere with old hand drilled hourglass hole. Length 27 cm.
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Stone carved Maori God figure red finish and paua inlaid eyes. Height 111 cm.
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A 19th Cent. Fijian Kali head rest, the rectangular base with a serrated edge. Two plain columns support the oval sectioned…
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A 19th century pounamu kuru (pendant), carved in Inanga variety stone with pale feathery inclusions. Provenance: Purchased at…
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A large Punga (anchor stone), volcanic stone with lashing grooves. Discovered at Te Anau, 27 cm length
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Two adzes and a roughout from the Pitcairn Islands, heavily flaked, 19 cm, 17 cm, 16.5 cm length
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An early 20th century taiaha (fighting staff), the Arero (tongue) and lower section finely carved with rauponga spirals and…
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A large pre-European Maori stone toki (adze), tapered quadrangular form with tapered bevel, one side with half polish otherwise…
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A late 19th / early 20th century Maori woven candlewick korowai cloak, adorned with yarn hukahuka (thrums), collar of woollen…
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Three old shell money wealth items, Solomon Islands, Malaita Island, 19th century or very early 20th century; a multi strand…
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Early bulbous club, Murray River Region, New South Wales. Club with biconical head, probably from the Murray River region.…
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Early bulbous club, Victoria. The curving shaft of circular section terminating in bulbous head at the distal end, with conical…
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Early bulbous club, Western New South Wales. The straight shaft of circular section with patterns cut in high relief which…
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Sixteen ancient shell rings, Abelam and Humboldt Bay areas, together with a round shell plug that came out when making a large…
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Large ancient Aboriginal stone axe head, approx 38 cm long, 26 cm
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A collection of ancient glass earrings, Geelvink Bay area, West Papua; these glass earrings were collected on the Waropen Coast…
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Fine early Pineapple-Headed club, North-East Queensland. Pineapple-headed club with raised striking section on the bulbous head…
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A Lagrange shield. Length 70 cm
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Fine early bulbous club, South East Australia. Of circular section swelling out to form a conical termination, very old shiny…
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Two Jack Wherra carved boab seed pods and another by R. Sampi (A/F) 1970s. Both Wherra nuts in story panel layout. Signed by…
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Painted ceremonial shield, Northern Territory, Australia. Shield of softwood, grooved on both sides, handles flush, cut out of…