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Tribal

Lots 6145—6240 Found 14,467

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A late 19th century / early 20th century Maori carved tokotoko (walking stick). Large carved weku mask below handle. Length 81…
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A Maori hafted adze, lashed with an argillite blade of quadrangular section with a distinct reduced poll, polished overall with…
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An old Maori carved pounamu small toki, adze blade, tapered form, rounded back, the bevelled blade with mildly curved edge,…
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An old Queensland shield (gulmari), of wood in ovoid form, the convex anterior decorated with curvilinear motifs in polychrome…
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Ephemera carton including racebooks (3) 1938 VATC, 1948 VRC Spring Carnival - Last Day & 1956 Royal Ascot with invitation to…
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Artist unknown, morning star pole wood, feathers, ochres, cotton, honey and wax Arnhemland 179 cm
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An unusual stone adze blade, Massim region, PNG, curved beak form with ridged scale pattern to the upper surface and lashing…
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A Maori carved patiti handle and old hatchet with blade, the patiti handle with competently carved stylised mask end and paua…
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A vintage carved rimu wakahuia, the lid with pair of stylised figures with paua inset eyes, all over lineal and notch carved…
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An old Fijian tabua whale's tooth pendant, rich old dark tan patina, a name scratch carved to one face, original drilled…
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Early 19th century Maori wooden carved tiki face. Beautifully stone carved partial wooden tip. Together with another piece of…
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Pre-European 18th century Maori whalebone comb (Heru Iwi). A very rare comb with a stone carved human figure (marakihau) on top…
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An early 20th century Fijian kava bowl with six legs. Diameter 56 cm. Height 18 cm
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A large stone toki, Aotearoa, crafted from a black stone. A rough surface with losses from use. With a curved profile. When…
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Aboriginal shield, ovoid shaped with lug handle, painted white background with snake design
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A pair of Kalabubu coconut necklaces, tapering shape, slices of coconut shell fitted around internal brass frame, polished and…
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Iroquois Pygmy Society False face mask, a small mask with large eyes, surmounted by a pair of horns. A square of fur attached…
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Large toki, early form of South Island adze. Hammer pecked argillite of the gray veined type found in the northern Durville…
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Niue Pike, Kotoua, with pointed end gently widening along its blade to an inward arching terminal and raised central ridge.…
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Fijian throwing club, ula, type of throwing or missile club with dark rich patina. 9th. Century. Length 42.5 cm
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Superb Massim spatula, from ebony wood and of large propotions with wide spatulete blade leading up to a rectangular carved…
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Wooden churinga, with interconnecting, incised linear and circular patterns with pointillism, Unchichera ÈÇ' frog totem;…
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Three Aboriginal singing churinga, of cigar-shaped form with circular and linear motifs overall; traces of ochre remain. Length…
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A New Zealand pounamu (serpentine) cut and polished part river boulder, mountainous form with flat cut and polished vertical…
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A carved pounamu figure of a Maori ancestral warrior holding a patu, together with a silver plated figure of a tuatara on a…
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Model Tauihu (canoe prow), carved wood figure with wheku head displaying a protruding tongue, inlaid paua shell eyes, and three…
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An early 20th century Maori Aze handle with Corresponding toki, the handle carved with a wheku head with cut paua inset, the…
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West African Dan mask native timber carved of slightly elongated form, blackened finish, 23 cm. Length
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Mahi Kohatu, five pounamu worked stones, three small thin shaped toki pounamu, possibly ornaments. Length 3 cm approx. Pounamu…
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Aboriginal nulla nulla fighting stick, 77.5 cm long
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Contact period Maori pa kahawai (trolling fish hook) wooden shank, paua shell laminate, inner barbed bone point. Lashed snood,…
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Contact period Maori pa kahawai (trolling fish hook) wooden shank, paua shell laminate, inner barbed bone point. Partial lashed…
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A carved Maori ceremonial waka hoe (paddle) carved all over, with a birds head form at the butt. Beak chipped off. Length 95 cm.
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An 18th century Maori patu muka (stone flax pounder) nice shape and proportions. Spiral ridges on top of poll. Length 20.5 cm.
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A 20th century Maori feather cloak backed on cotton, with various birds' feathers. 119 x 103 cm.
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A Malagan frieze from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea Used for story telling. Brightly decorated with birds and a central male…
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A Maori carved figure, in the manner of a poutokomanawa, modelled standing male with moko, hair bundled as a topknot, upper…
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Three Dyak spears, each with blade cover. Length 194 cm (longest)
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Aboriginal stone worked shield. Ochre and incised decoration. Length 61 cm
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West African (Ghana) Ashanti stained wood stool (dwa). C. First half 20th century. Reference Le Monde l'Art tribal, IV March,…
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Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, ebonised with the blade displaying a stylized ancestor figure with a carved throat.…
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A folk art Maori inkwell, C.1950s. Two carved tiki heads sitting in high relief either side of a glass inkwell, inset with paua…
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A totara waka hoe dance stick, ngati Raukawa, carved from a single piece of wood. It would have once had paua shell inlay eyes,…
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An Indonesian Dayak Bahau hand carved ceremonial mask, the mask hand crafted from wood, with fiber and polychrome pigments,…
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Chisel (pale Inanga), Lapidary scarfing along lateral edge. 13 cm length. Y number pending
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A Zigua figure, Tanzania, this large figure is carved from wood and wrapped in fabric that has been soaked in magical resin by…
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Worked pounamu stone, areas worked pecked, two lapidary scarf marks to one side. 9 cm length.
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A rare carved pumice Whakapakoko (head), for a similar carved pumice head see the 'Te Maori exhibition Catalogue' (item 51).…
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Eight small bone fish hooks, various Y numbers
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Patu aruhe (fernroot beater), tapered from knob end down to shoulder, curved towards bulbous end. 30 cm length.
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Pre-European unusual Spaded shape toki (dark argillite), uneven hammer pecked poll spading at the shoulder. Well defined…
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A Papua New Guinea Asmat Warrior's necklace, woven fibre with dogs teeth
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A Fijian Ula (throwing club), with smooth spherical head and shaft with notched grip and suspension hole. 41 cm length
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Carved hoe (paddle), of typical form with slender blade, Y16358
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Carved wood patu
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Waka Kereru (pigeon trough), of rectangular shape. Length 62 cm
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A good Pre-European toki (volcanic stone), tapering quadrangular form with tang, hammer dressed surface, cutting edge rounded…
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A Ramu River paddle from Papua New Guinea, displaying stylized ancestor figures painted with dark pigment to one side of the…
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A good Papua New Guinea Sago storage jar from the Aibom Vllage, raku fired coiled clay vessel with flared rim, decorated with…
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A 19th century Fijian ceremonial dance club (kiakavo), kiakavo were typically a dance club used in ceremonial circumstances,…
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A Vanuatu war club, carved polished hardwood tapering spatulate shape, 112 cm height
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A Fijian tabua (ceremonial marine ivory tooth), with suspension holes, 13 cm length
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modern treasure box (Waka huia) with two reclined figures on lid with tops of heads joined, eyes set with paua shell and…
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Kuru - greenstone pendant tapering to a point. Cratered suspension hole with copper link attached. Length 8.7 cm.
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South Pacific headdress band possibly from either Marquesas or Solomon Islands (see Hooper book page 100). Pierced porpoise…
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Good quality old Fijian throwing club (needs polish and clean), handle carved at the base. Length 40 cm
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A Maori carved panel, carved as two masks, a wheku head above a koruru head, both with paua inlaid ring eyes. Rotorua area c…
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A large Papua New Guinea tribal shield, tapering curved oval section with simple geometric designs in pale pink and white…
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Mast Pulley figure, Murik Lakes, Papua New Guinea. 65 cm
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Headdress, 'Judge's wig', Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea Highlands. 68 cm
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A large Washkuk totem together with a painted and pierced spirit figure, both Sepik River, New Guinea, the totem 304 cm long
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A Balinese rosewood carved sculpture of Hanuman and snake, the ornately carved Hindu monkey god fighting a snake, 57 cm high
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John Patrick Kelantmama (born 1952), Pukumani pole, Tiwi Islands, natural earth pigments on carved wood, 80.5 cm high
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Two Clubs, Malekula, Vanuatu, (early-mid twentieth century), carved hardwood, 79 cm; 79 cm long (2). Provenance: Collected in…
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Four Ceremonial Masks, Indonesia (twentieth century), carved wood and pigments, 22 cm; 20 cm; 21 cm; 23 cm high (4)
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Kimberley spear point, Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Pressure-flaked glass. Approx length 14.5 x 4 cm. Provenance:…
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Small Rainforest sword club, Northeast Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Elongated ovoid form, small cut handle of oval…
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Lily Kurrultya, dilly bag, Jarruluk, Northern Territory. Woven plant fibre and natural pigment. A dilly bag (burlupurr in…
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Large throwing club, Lake Tyers area, Victoria carved and engraved hardwood. Approx length 70 x 4 cm. Provenance: Private…
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Fine painted club, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment (with custom stand)…
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Large hafted stone knife, Central Australia, Northern Territory, stone, spinifex resin and natural pigments (with custom stand)…
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Stone hafted axe, Northern Territory, carved stone, bent wood, spinifex resin and natural pigments (with custom stand) a hafted…
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Solomon Islands war club, hardwood, with pronounced median ridge. Half wrapped in woven rattan, losses to the rattan.
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A Lega mask, Democratic Republic of Congo. Used in initiation ceremonies in the Bwami society. The Bwami society is a centuries…
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A Dogon monkey mask, Mali. Masks are worn at dama rituals that are performed to usher the spirits of dead from the vilage. The…
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A Yaka mask, Democratic Republic of Congo. Used in the Mukanda coming of age ceremony, a ceremony that symbolises the rebirth…
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A toki adze blade. A tapered form with a narrow butt end and a curved bevel. Length 19 cm, width 5.2 cm, depth 3.2 cm
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A large shield, Papua New Guinea. Carved from wood, this long rectangular shield has raised designs of 'S' like shapes. The…
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A New Zealand greenstone and 9ct. gilded yellow gold mounted heart pendant, the 'Kia Ora' mount framed by curving fern leaves.
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Aboriginal club, 'Weet Weet' C.1920s, 92 cm long
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African ivory tusk carved image c1900, tip end of elephant ivory tusk with image of African male carved to one side, the tusk…
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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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Contact period Maori trolling fish hook (pa kahawai). Wooden shank, paua shell laminate, inner barbed bone point. Lashed snood,…
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Contact period Maori trolling hook (pa kahawai) dark wooden shank, paua shell laminate, inner barbed bone point. Lashed snood…
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Contact period Maori bone one-piece 'U' shaped hook, with outer serrations. Width 6.5 cm9
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Early 19th century Maori wooden digging stick (kaheru). This kaheru is shaped like a small paddle Would have been found in a…