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Tribal

Lots 6625—6720 Found 14,467

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Preserved New Guinea bird of Paradise. Head and body stuffed with reeds. Sable and chocolate plumage. Length 56 cm
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Two Aboriginal carved churingas. Length 42 cm (Both)
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Western Pacific carved wooden horn incised, and carved hardwood instrument (fish totem?) with pierced ridges. Possibly missing…
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Dyak Sumpitan. Sarawak blowpipe of niagang wood, with traditional bound spearpoint. Length 190
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Saw fish rostrum with eye section on metal stand, West Papua, 93 cm high
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A Masi beater, Fiji Islands, Quadrangular hardwood beater with tapering handle, three of the beating sides with incised lines,…
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A rare Senufo Sejen sculpture, Northern Ivory Coast, wooden sculpture in the shape of a bird with a proud chest, spread wings,…
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Carved boomerang, depicting kangaroos and emu. L 65 cm
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Fijian 'Ula' throwing club late 19th century. Length 38 cm
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Boomerang. South East Australian. Shallow curved form with pinched tips. 19th century
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Parrying shield. South East Australian. Strong chevron design with remnants of unusual colouring. Convex front and deep lug cut…
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Aboriginal shield c.1900
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Early Fijian whales tooth tabua, with woven fibre cord attachment. Length 14 cm (tooth).
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Rare Asmat staff, carved with overlapping elements, pierced at the centre three times and with stylised figure to one side.…
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Toki, type 1B. Length 15 cm. Width 5 cm
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A good early 20th century greenstone heart and gold mounted pendant, good dark green tone with applied engraved fern leaf with…
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An African Kifwebe face mask, comes, with padded box for transport. Height 36 cm.
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A Collection of Nine Chisels, of wood, bone, and metal, the iron blades below figurative grips, Indonesia, 17-25 cm (9)
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Arthur Johann Jo Konig (German-1951?) portrait of a Bali woman, signed and dated Bali 1951, 55 x 47 cm
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Large Papua New Guinea Asmat shield traditional decoration with double mask finial, top split to shield, 154 cm height
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Figure and Kunmanggour (Creator snake) c1965 natural earth pigments on bark Nongah, Bobyin 63 x 21.5 cm
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Sepik River Mwai mask. Carved wood with natural fibre, boar tusks and inlaid shell eyes. Some losses. Height 93 cm, width 3 cm.
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A Maori miniature canoe, carved wood and paua shell, New Zealand, 20th century, 101 cm long
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A greenstone adze blade an unfinished nephrite adze blade with cutting groove evident, untanged quadrangular cross section to…
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Early 20th century Maori hoe (paddle) length 180 cm.
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Two 19th century Maori hand made twisted flax fishing lines.
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A 20th century whale bone Patu incised decoration to butt. Length 33 cm.
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A Bobo mask, Burkina Faso. This plank mask is carved from a heavy wood. The mask features stacked shapes of a circle, a…
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A Teivakatoga club, Tonga, 19th century. Used in combat. This teivakatoga is carved from a hardwood. The club shaft is long and…
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A paddle, Solomon Islands, 19th century. Carved from a single piece of hardwood. This paddle has a long and slender leaf-shaped…
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An old Fijian tabua, with rich cream patina, re-drilled tip hole with fixed plaited coir cord, length 15 cm.
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A pair of decorative polychrome painted mythical animals, Indonesian circa 1920 or earlier. Provenance: from the collection of…
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A Shona stone carving of an owl, signed 'Fanizani' to base. Height 34 cm
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Two pearl shell pectorals, Kina, Mendi valley, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, used in ceremony by men and women, and…
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A stylized skull rack, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, height 117 cm, width 45 cm
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Small aboriginal club, Queensland style with pointed trapezoidal head & bulbous hand terminal, 64.5 cm long
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A mid-20th century Maori figural cast concrete post, the stylised figure with tongue extended, patu to left hand, on block base…
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A large piece of polished kauri gum. Length 24 cm. Width 24 cm
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A Maori souvenir carved waka paddle, the blade in low relief with a tiki figure above a wheku head, the terminal knob as an…
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Boomerang, early mulgawood, stone cut. Length 48 cm
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A spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea (mid twentieth century), carved hardwood, 39 cm long
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A framed South East Asian textile Sarawak (Borneo), 170.7 x 40 cm (without frame)
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19th century Australian Aboriginal hafted Stone . |Axe, South Australia, with oval form stone and wood support, length 42 cm
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Vao Island (Malekula) canoe prow, of bird form, used and field collected, length 62 cm catalogue note: on Rono, Wala, Aatchin…
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Early Australian Aboriginal throwing club, in hardwood, with rounded end, very slight curve, fluting to body and knop handle,…
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Australian Aboriginal shield, central Desert, of curved oval form, with incised line and cross hatching to the body, length 56…
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Australian Aboriginal hardwood fighting club, of tapering form, with pointed ends, cross hatched handle, excellent patina,…
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Australian Aboriginal hardwood fighting club, of elongated cylindrical form, with knop to one end and grooved point handle to…
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Papua New Guinea, Sepik figure, decorated with hair and shells, a/f (feet missing), set on stand, height 29 cm and 38 cm…
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An African Songye Kifwebe mask, entirely carved in linial curves, protruding eyes, nose and mouth. Height 56 cm
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Stone toki/adze, 17 cm long
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Four stone whao/chisel, 14 cm 15 cm 8 cm 15 cm long. Provenance: one stone toki/adze, Kaikoura Peninsula 9/4/1955
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Mid 20th century walking stick, Maori carved handle and titled Hemi Rangi Nui, 87 cm long
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Large Hawaiian Island fishing lure, 30 cm
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Pacific Island finely woven hair comb, 19 cm
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An iron fish hook made from a ship's nail, 9 cm length.
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A Kuba mask Democratic Republic of Congo, the oval face painted with geometric patterns and with circular pierced eyes.…
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Ngombe Bantu tribe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Executioner's sword. 20th century. Primarily used in ceremonies. 65 cm long
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A large Papua New Guinea hard wood war shield, Pieced at the center and with attached plant rope handle, 150 x 52 cm
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Fijian Ula club, classic throwing type club of fine form. Rich Patina, length 37 cm.
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Sorcerers Soul stone, papua New Guinea, Highlands. D9.2 cm.
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Important 19th century Maori wooden tekoteko. A full carved manaia figure on top of carved head, (possibly Waikato area).…
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Large African carved ivory tusk
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Three Massim artefacts, a finger drum, a lintel ornament, and a spatula, shell, wood, glass beads, seeds fibre, Trobriand…
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Iatmul Sago storage jar, Damarau, Sepik River, hand-built earthenware, moulded as a bird figure on either side, highlighted…
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An old Maori carved donation box/whare, with carved gable facade boards (Maihi), highlighted with paua shell inserts, woven…
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Green stone boulder approx 7.6kg
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A pre 19th century Maori bone kapeu (pendant). Of relatively flat, curved form. Hour glass form suspension hole. Length 12.5 cm
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Bullroarer (Upura)
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Bullroarer (Upura)
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Bullroarer (Upura)
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Two stone toki / adze, both with smoothed finishes, 21.5 cm and 16 cm lengths
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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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A pounamu ngira (needle) or cloak pin, inanga variety stone, slender form with small suspension hole. Length 8 cm. Provenance:…
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An old Maori carved pounamu pendant, the chisel with straight blade and tapered suspension hole. Good dark green tone. Length 5…
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An old Maori carved pounamu toki (adze), short wide tapered form. Angled straight edge. Pale inanga tone. Length 7.5 cm, wW.5.3…
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A 20th century Maori carved decorative panel, with wheku and koruru heads to either end with inlaid paua eyes. Length 75 cm
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Carved Maori patuki (beater) of dark brown wood with surface carving to both sides. Two figures represented on each side with…
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Collection of 'First Air Mail' stamped envelopes, including Papua, New Zealand, etc, and other air mail envelopes
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A vintage folk art matau, this wood carved hook is of large proportions with muka flax lashings. Matau would often be composite…
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Four fine woven kete, pingao and kiekie, accompanied by a handwritten note dating the kete to 1916, the largest 29 cm wide.…
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A 19th century Fijian carved wooden ula, the throwing/missile club with traditional root knot ball end, plain mildly tapered…
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A stone pounder or Patu Muka the pounder of dark grey stone, possibly greywacke, of conical shape with a reduced grip and…
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A carved oak panel / table top with Maori figures the slightly oval shaped panel surfaces feature a finely hand carved ancestor…
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A mahe (stone sinker), spherical volcanic stone with lashing grooves. 9 cm diameter
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A Papua New Guinea highland shield, with polychrome design in ochres, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, height 131 cm
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Rare & old Solomon Islands pearl shell pectoral, ceremonial pectoral worn only by men, with frigate bird emblems, and a rope of…
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A Sepik Gabel mask, 70 cm
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A Central Desert spear thrower (woomera) hardwood with classic stippled intricate interlocking design. 73 cm
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Two Australian Aboriginal artefacts, including fluted club; woman's club and digging stick; and woomera (spear thrower). David…
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A canoe Splashboard 'Lagun', Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: ex. David Baker collection Sydney, 95 x 56 cm
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Tiwi Kwajakor dance hat. Mornington Peninsula, human hair, bamboo, ochres, cassowary feathers. David Said Collection, height 55…
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African dance mask of massive proportions in the form of a cow. Mali (?). 110 cm
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Arnhem land boomerang an ochre decorated Kali. 65 cm
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Boomerang a Kali with an incised pattern at each wingtip. From Jigalong in 1968. From the Yamatji Gibari Nation 57 cm
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Australian Aboriginal Nulla-Nulla, in hardwood, with flattened baluster head, fluting to whole body, length 59.5 cm