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Tribal

Lots 4705—4800 Found 14,467

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Food scoop. Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Flat scoop with figural carving and pipe clay handle. 57 cm
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Shark tooth club. Kiribati. Four rows of sharks teeth bound with natural fibre on a palm wood shaft. 109 cm
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An 18th century large Maori stone toki (adze), good patina and smooth appearance. Some small chips to cutting edge. Length 26…
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Contact period Maori bone auika (fish threader) carved at the top with koru directly underneath. Length 22 cm.
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A greenstone Hei tiki with red wax in eyes. Length 11 cm.
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A 20th century Hei tiki with red sealing wax in the eyes. Length 12 cm.
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Papua New Guinea ancestor figure. Length 234 cm.
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A Sepik carved and painted basket hook finial on stand 83 cm high, 13 cm wide
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Lily Hardgraves Nungurrayi (Born Circa 1930), Bush Vine (Ngaliyipi) (1996), synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears Warnayaka…
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A mask, West Africa (early twentieth century), carved wood, nails, mud, resin, animal hide, string and feathers, 27 cm high.…
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An Aboriginal shield, 69.5 cm long, 22 cm wide
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A Boomerang, Cooper Creek, transitional with steel cut motif, late 19th century, 80 cm
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A 19th century or earlier marine ivory aurei (cloak pin), the carved sperm whale tooth section of natural curved form, tapering…
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Patu muka (stone pounder), Argillite stone, reducing to the upper section with pecked and polished finish, 20 cm length
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Ten bone fish hook sections
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Ketu (digging implement), with tapering shaft and paddle shaped blade. Used for loosening the soil around Kumara plants, length…
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Songye Bwandi Kifwebe mask Kenya, the large decorative mask with hooded downcast eyes and large central fin. Painted in bands…
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Chokwe mask Angola, oval shape with pierced almond shaped eyes, open mouth barring teeth, scarification to checks and forehead.…
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A rare Papua New Guinea lower Sepik River Sago pot, the ovoid pottery vessel decorated with a stylised face with white pigment…
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Papua New Guinea Oro province tapa cloth, 190 x 94 cm
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Four muka kete with substantial fringes, width 30 cm approx. each (variable). Provenance: John Perry collection
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An early 20th century Te Arawa region Koruru mask, with inset cut Haliotis-shell eyes, later decorative red painting 30 cm x 22…
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Pre 19th century Maori green stone kuru (pendant) of elongated straight form with tapering point. Hour glass form suspension…
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An early C20th/ 19th century Maori green stone kuru (pendant) of relatively straight flat form with rounded point. Length 7.5 cm
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A pre 19th century Maori green stone toki (adze). Of relatively flat form, fine blade. Length 9.5 cm
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Two large New Zealand colonial kauri gum busts, a Maori chief with tattooed face and flax cloak, together with a Wahine with…
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Maori greenstone pendant, later suspension ring. recovered dune/beach Gisborne area
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North Eastern Australia fighting club, the bulbous head with incised fluted design, and with remnants of ochre paint
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A Southern Highlands war shield (mendi), of wood, the anterior decorated with polychrome pigments linear stippling, pierced…
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A collection of three Eastern Highlands body ornaments (fofona) the shell embroided woven fibre frame with cowrie shell…
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A fine Goroka chest ornament, the woven fibre and cane frame with multiple cowrie shell ornaments, Papua New Guinea, 100 x 11…
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A fine Central Australian ceremonial board, of wood in slender ovoid form decorated with incised esoteric motifs, pierced apex,…
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Woomera, coolamon shaped with gum fixed peg, exterior decorated with pecked tracks
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A Fijian pole club, of traditional cylindrical form with carved decoration to the handle and mid-section. Rich brown patina.…
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Five various stone tools from the Pitcairn Islands
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A Tiwi bird carving by Angelo Munkaru, Bathurst Island, height 59 cm
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An African (ivory coast) red painted and carved ceremonial mask on stand. Height 40 cm (total height 51 cm including stand).
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Tribal shield (PNG) carved wood and natural fibres, decorated with natural pigments, length 218, width 52 cm
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A carved wooden Dan mask, mid 20th century, ivory coast, Africa, with woven raffia hair and inset teeth. overall height 30 cm
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A Shona stone carving of an owl signed 'Sonja Merar' (?) dated 1989. Height 26 cm
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A giant clamshell ring, Yua, Prince Alexander Mountains, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, these shell rings are the most…
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Early 19th century Maori fishing hook metal 'U' shaped point with lashed snood, line has broken off. Length 13 cm (excluding…
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Contact period Maori trolling fish hook (pa kahawai). Wooden shank, paua shell laminate, inner barbed bone point. Lashed snood…
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Partial early contact period Maori trolling fish hook (pa kahawai). This hook has no wooden shank so is therefore an older pa…
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Early contact period Maori fishing sinker. White stone/quartz' with rope groove and rope attached both ends. Length 6 cm of…
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Unique and rare Maori trolling fish hook (pa kahawai). Bone shank, paua shell laminate, inner and outer barbed bone point.…
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Early contact period Maori bone one piece U' shaped hook with inner and outer barbed point and all over outer serrations. Found…
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Patu muka, stone flax fibre pounder, handgrip formed in the first 10 cm, rounded butt & base, length 24 cm. Provenance: Estate…
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A rare example of signed Kain panjian hand painted or tulis batik, Pekalongan on North coast of Java, mid 20th century signed…
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A large painted wood Sepik basket hook, 111 cm
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A West Timor fertility figure, early 20th century
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Bridge Bali, signed and dated 1975 lower right and titled to verso 36.5 x 52 cm
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Kadaitcha Boots: Emu feather & wool fibre
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A collection of four various Sepik masks
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A Balinese figure of Garuda 29 cm high, 38 cm wide, 19 cm deep
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Two Swords, Toraja, South Sulawesi Highlands, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood, steel, rope and rattan, 65.4…
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A Sword, Palu Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood, steel and rattan, 77.2 cm long.…
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A Sword, Kisar village, Kisar Island, Moluccas, (late twentieth century), carved wood, steel and hair, 101 cm long
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Three Ceremonial Swords, Karo Batak, North Sumatra, Indonesia, (circa 1900), carved wood, steel, bronze and silver, 54 cm; 65.6…
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A Container, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, (mid twentieth century), carved wood and rattan, 26.7 cm high
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A ceremonial paddle, Borneo, 20th century mounted on a black painted metal stand 110 cm high
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A Pig Mask, Bayau, Kayan Dayak, Indonesia, (late nineteenth century), carved wood, rattan binding and pigments, 22.3 cm long.…
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Two early carved wunda shields, Western Australia, the largest 80 cm long
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Fine Aboriginal Australian fighting/throwing club, south eastern Australia, of natural form with fluted shaft and notched…
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19th century Australian Aboriginal wunda shield, Western Australia, of narrow oval form, with grooved sides and diagonal…
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Large Australian Aboriginal shield, Warburton, Western Australian, of wide oval form, incised with zig zag and line motifs to…
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Early Australian Aboriginal hooked fighting boomerang (no. 7), central Desert, with tapering hooked end, length 63.5 cm
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A Maori tiki motif walking stick together with two Oceanic style staffs, the maori stick with paua shell inlay, the longest 90…
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Pearlshell pendant, Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Carved and engraved pearl shell, in-filled with red ochre. These…
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Early fine incised bullroarer, Kimberley, Western Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. The bullroarer…
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Early fighting boomerang, South East Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of crescent form, the ribbed surface replete…
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Spear thrower (woomera), South East South Australia. Carved hardwood, bone and spinifex resin, length 47.5 x 4.5 cm. Provenance…
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Rare early boomerang, Victoria. Carved hardwood. Of thin bi-convex section with ribbed surface and old dark patina, length 58 x…
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Collection of three hunting spears, Warburton Ranges, Western Australia. Carved hardwood and kangaroo sinew. Group of three…
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Unusual rare early boomerang, Victoria. Carved and adzed hardwood. Of plano-convex section with one straight arm and one with a…
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Painted ceremonial boomerang, Central Australia, carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment (with custom stand) Typical…
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Coiled basket, Lake Alexandrina, South Australia. Woven plant fibre. The basket is made from fibre using a coiled basketry…
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Large ceremonial boomerang, Mornington Island, Queensland, carved hardwood and natural pigments (with custom stand) used in…
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Rare steel hafted axe, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, steel, bent wood, spinifex resin and natural pigments (with custom…
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Two modern Maori greenstone clubs, (patu), one in leather sheath
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A ceremonial dance paddle, Buka, Soloman Islands
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A Maori whale bone fish hook, early 19th century
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A La Grange type shield, labelled Kintore, Western Desert, 1987
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An early throwing club, East Australian, 68 cm long
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An early boomerang South East Australian, 59 cm long
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A pair of good Mende payback dolls, Southern Highlands, New Guinea
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A 20th century carved wakahuia, the lid carved with two tiki figures on a notch and lineal background, a kowhaiwhai pattern…
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A clay head, possibly Nigeria, depicted wearing headress, possibly Nok peoples, 31 cm high
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A pair of Indonesian ancestor figures, circa first half 20th century, the figures carved from wood in the round as male and…
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A Malu ceremonial board, middle Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, ochre on carved wood, 205 x 30 x 6 cm
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A contemporary wakahuia by Ian MacMillan (b.1965), the lid carved as the mouth, torso and thighs of a figure whose head and…
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An uncommon Maori carved hinged lidded box 'Tapu' by P.H. Leonard of Rotorua, the lid with stylised face, paua inset eyes,…
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Wooden door, Dogon tribe, Central Plateau Mali
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Large model waka, large model canoe of hollowed form, dry light brown patina. Dredged from a dry gravel bank on the Waitara…
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A Massim ceremonial axe, Milne Bay Province, Eastern New Guinea. Height 60 cm
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Kukukuku adornments (3) orchid fibre necklace bound with plaited string. Together with two arm adornments with orchid fibre…