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Tribal

Lots 7681—7776 Found 14,467

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An old Maori pounamu toki of flat wide tapered form, flat back, sides and poll. Bright flecked mid green tone, length 6.9 cm.
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A contemporary Maori pounamu hei toki, mildly tapered, with uncommon concave detail towards the blade end, length 10.4 cm.
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Carved pipe finely carved tobacco pipe. Extremely fine spiral h'h' and dog-tooth work throughout the entire bowl and neck.…
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Solomon Island mortar & pestle carved in humanistic form in hollowed bowl to top of head, inset shell eyes, medium brown patina…
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Early 20th century carved box with fitted lid. Naive tiki, koru and geometric incised decoration. Width 26 cm, depth 23 cm,…
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Patu onewa shaped from upper Wanganui riverstone by Paul Toa, length 31 cm
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Late C19th/ early 20th century carved wooden pipe multiple tiki figures around bowl, all with protruding tongues, length 14 cm
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Late C19th/Early 20th century carved wooden pipe tiki figure to bowl, protruding forked tongue, length 15 cm
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A Pitcairn Island carved wood folk art flying fish, with open mouth, wooden pegged teeth and inlaid eyes. Maker R. Warren,…
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Four various Maori stone adzes 14.5 cm, 19 cm, 14 cm, 12 cm, registration pending
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Probable Papua New Guinea Trobriand Island long club plain form, undecorated, 141 cm length
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An early/mid-20th century Maori carved carver's mallet, the back entirely carved with a stylised Maori figure, some dark…
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A New Zealand colonial greenstone and 9ct. gold mounted heart pendant, engraved detail to the 'New Zealand' applied panel and…
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A greywacke toki (adze), of rounded quadrangular form, all over pecked finish incompletely polished out, gently curved bevel,…
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A Papua New Guinea n carved wooden totem figure of a man wearing mask polychrome decorated 110 cm high
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Albert Namatjira (1902-59, Australia, Aboriginal): small boomerangs (2), mulga wood, 19 cm long, one decorated with kangaroo,…
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A very small pounamu hei tiki, of unusual blue toned stone, with head tilted, chin to left shoulder, paua inset eyes, flexed…
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Papua New Guinea ornate carved wood large mask, Highlands Sepik River area, highlighted with coloured pigments and with fibre…
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An African Yoruba Epa mask, carved and painted wood with applied canvas, cowrie shell and bead highlights. Disc form top with…
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A large natural and cut block of nephrite pounamu, displaying medium to dark green tone, old inclusions, 5.2kg.
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Two Yorai Smoking pipes, of wood in form of stylised pigs, one with resin-set eyes,Papua New Guinea, 34-28 cm (2). Provenance:…
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Mid century Jocolo Ndebele framed African ceremonial beaded skirt on possible goat leather patch work and beaded tassles, worn…
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A Shona verdite carved bust of an African female, signed 'Freeman Sithole'. Height 44 cm
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A Dogon post, of wood, with two projecting figures at apex above a sectioned column, 114 x 36 cm
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An ironwood bust, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, height 50 cm
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A war shield, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, condition: damage to edge and crack a/f, height 148 cm, width 42 cm
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A fine war shield, Simbai Region, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, height 103 cm, width 37 cm
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A fine ancestral figure, Abelam people, Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 157 cm, width 14 cm
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A large mounted ancestral mask, Tambanum village, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, in the form of a mwai mask used in Naven…
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A jabiru, Arnhem land, Northern Territory, crack to base, height 72 cm
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Kifwebe mask, Songye Tribe from Congo. Hollowed protruding mouth, alternating black and red ridged angular face. Height 35 cm.…
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A unique Kali Hahapo headrest, Tonga, Placed under the head or the back of a neck whilst sleeping or resting. Carved from a…
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A Modang Dayak baby carrier, Indonesia, 20th century. The baby carrier would be worn on the back and the child would sit inside…
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A Teivakatoga club, Tonga, 19th century. Used in combat. This teivakatoga is carved from a hardwood. At the butt of the club is…
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A Lepau tapa, Santa Cruz, High-ranking men of Santa Cruz would wear lepau on their body. Made from the inner-bark of Hiapo…
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19th century Maori stone Grinding bowl. Diameter 26 cm
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Papua New Guinea shield (collected mid 1960s). Ochre and white coloured decoration with carved grip. Length 153 cm
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Mid 20th century greenstone tiki pendant, 5.8 cm height
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Greenstone boulder with polished end, approx 9.1kgs
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An Arnhem land spear thrower (woomera) spear thrower painted in traditional manner 76 cm
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A late ethnographic Massim canoe prow (Fergusson Island), of wood decorated with curvilinear motifs, remnant polychrome…
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A large painted Sepik figure, 75 cm high
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19th century Aboriginal fighting club, Western Australian, with fluting to body, good patina, length 67 cm. Provenance: J & a…
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Collection of tribal wood carvings including Maori patu, mask & wood carving, Islander model canoe; New Guinea & Islander…
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Australian Aboriginal fighting club, in hardwood, with spearhead shaped end and solid handle, decorated with painted motifs,…
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Three Papua New Guinea stone chisels, length 22 cm, 20.5 cm and 19 cm (3)
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Australian Aboriginal bird hunting boomerang, Western Australian, in mulga, with two decorative lines of cross hatching to each…
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Australian Aboriginal club, in hardwood, with knop end and tapering pointed handle, good patina, length 49.5 cm
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Incised spear thrower (woomera), Western Australia, carved and engraved hardwood (with custom stand) of leaf like form, the…
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Tiwi ceremonial dance wand, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory, carved and engraved hardwood with…
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Unusual rare early boomerang, Victoria. Carved and adzed hardwood. Of bi-convex section with one straight arm and one with a…
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Throwing club, Lake Tyers area, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood. Approx length 64 x 4 cm. Provenance: Private Collection…
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Fine hunting boomerang, Central Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. Classic hunting boomerang, the…
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Early returning boomerang, New South Wales, carved hardwood (with custom stand) an extremely fine and thin example shaped like…
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Boomerang, Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, carved and engraved hardwood (no custom stand) of bi-convex section, finely…
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An old Maori carved poutokomanawa figure, standing with hands clasped to abdomen, age weathering evident. Height 79.5 cm
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A Solomon Islands palmwood comb, with decorative orchid fibre woven to the handle in yellow and red. Length 23 cm
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An early 20th century Maori carved folk art warrior, in confronting semi-kneeling stance with taiaha poised, tongue extended…
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A pair of early 20th century silver hei tiki mounted knife rests, each with plain cylinder bar supported by engraved tiki…
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Trobriand ceremonial shield, intricately carved, stained and limed piece showing much use patination
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New Guinea stone club, collected mid 20th century, diamond form stone head with woven cane binding on hardwood handle, evidence…
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Two (2) unusual metal tip spears, probably Northern Australian origin. Both with bamboo shafts, tips secured with fibre/string…
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Three (3) boomerangs. One decorated with pokerwork hoop edges, one hand painted with trees and semi-circles, the other is an…
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Boomerang. Central desert origin. Incised with 7 trees to the front, the reverse decorated with incised zig-zag lozenges, emu…
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Seven (7) spear tips. A collection of barbed and pointed tips and shafts.
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Tall figurative totem. East Pauan. Four seated ancestral figures with traditional Massim carving. 101 cm
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Aboriginal ceremonial spear L 150 cm
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Stone patu muka aruhe (pounder), 21 cm long
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Stone patu muka aruhe (pounder), 21.5 cm long
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Four stone whao/chisel, 13.5 cm 11 cm 9 cm 8 cm long
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Aboriginal hardwood carved shield
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Early Australian hardwood boomerang, 114 cm
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Unusual Pre-European toki and another toki, Corse volcanic stone, quadrangular shape with unusual raised lashing ridges to the…
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Pre-European pounamu toki (adze blade) and scraper, each 7 cm length.
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Toki (adze blade), Argillite, polished finish, 14 cm length.
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An Indonesian carved Samba deer antler, Bali, early 20th century, the complete deer antler finely carved all over in high…
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African Luba ceremonial cane, carved with a male and female figure in relief surmounted by a pair of carved horns
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A 19th century Melanesian hardwood fighting stick of plain mildly tapered form, rippling evident, remains of old red ochre,…
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Kete muka. A masterfully constructed muka bag with double pair twining, separated warps in a intertwined wave pattern, and a…
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Kuru pounamu. Large flattened ovoid form with a worn suspension hole. Translucent inunga type pounamu. Written label attached…
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A 19th century greenstone adze (toki), has a good cutting blade in overall good condition. Good overall dark colour. Length 11…
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A 19th century Fijian sperm whale tooth tabua, of good patination, plain, with two drilled suspension holes near the tip and a…
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Boomerang. South-East Australian. Fine curved form with defined adze marks to the front and reverse. Deep rich patina
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Collection of artefacts, including a kava bowl (broken), Trobriand figural stool, carved crocodile etc
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Aboriginal bark painting. Gurrumguhu Wonambi. 'Ancestral Sharkman and Barramundi'
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A vintage East African Masai tribal antelope hide shield, oval form with bound curving branch frame, painted in orange/red and…
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A Maori stone mahe sinker of pitted grey stone, oval shape with horizontal and vertical grooves running through the mid-section…
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Cameroon beaded doll, a fine and early beaded doll, facial features highlighted with light and dark-blue beads. Height 26 cm,…
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Toki, duff type 4a - black argillite partially polished with signs of hammer pecked dressing. Lead blade/bevel chipped. Length…
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Five toki, of Pounamu. Max length 9.5 cm. Width 5.5 cm
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Patu Aruhe - fern root Ponder, of classic from. Length 19.5 cm. Width 5.7 cm
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Fine Solomon Island war club, long, slender, leaf blade in orthodox form, signs of repair apparent. Length 1,23 cm, width 10 cm
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Two Papua New Guinea Oro Province tapa cloths
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Australian Aboriginal throwing club, of tapering form, with fine fluting to the body, hatched handle, excellent patina, paper…
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A Vanuatu figure. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 138 cm
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Australian Aboriginal throwing club, bi-coloured, with slight curve to the top and fluting to the body, with gummed end, length…