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Tribal

Lots 7873—7968 Found 14,467

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A large bone awl (needle), with sharp point and eyelet, 12 cm length
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Patu aruhe (fern root beater), tapering form with rounded end, 16 cm length.
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Seven small adze roughout fragments from the Pitcairn Islands (Basalt)
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Two mahe (stone sinkers), course volcanic stone with lashings grooves, 12 cm, 9 cm length.
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A Papua New Guinea Sepik River bowl with stand, coiled raku fired clay bowl with incised spirit faces painted with red, ochre,…
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Small shell hei matau (fishhook), 2.5 cm length.
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An Inuit marine ivory carving of a walrus and pup, seated on a tusk section, width 20.5 cm
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A small kauri gum boulder, in natural rock formation, polished and translucent gold. 941gm. 12 x 20 cm
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Cloth, Kuba/Shoowa tribe, Democratic Republic of Congo
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A fine Obsidian axe, edge-ground obsidian blade, hafted with orchid stem binding to a wooden frame, Papua New Guinea, 54 x 43 cm
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Four Currency discs, of giant clam shell sections, Solomon Islands, 10.5-15 cm (4)
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Artist unknown, ancestor spirit Ochre, wood and fibre 201 cm
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Patu muka (flax pounder), with overall pecked finish, 25 cm length
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Nias Island Kalabubu coconut disc necklace, from West Sumatra. A similar necklace pictured in the accompanying booklet 'Spirits…
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A small whalebone tiki, double sided, with head slightly tilted, eyes inlaid with paua, height 6.4 cm. Y registered. From the…
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A middle Sepik canoe shield, the cane frame with bark sheets and central ancestor mask, decorated with polychrome pigments,…
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A composite stone architectural element modelled as a lion mask, 19th century. Height 20 cm, width 35 cm, depth 45 cm.…
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A West New Britain ceremonial mask, the cane frame with stretched canvass cover decorated with polychrome paints, Bismarck…
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A fine and early Massim walking stick, of wood in slender tapering circular section, decorated with classic figurative ancestor…
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Two contact period Maori greenstone chisels. One has a worn/broken suspension hole. Length 7.5 cm, 6 cm
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C. 1870's period Maori greenstone adze. Note underneath: 'H.N. Moseley. New Zealand Jade. Worked By Natives. Commencement of a…
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Airtu Ahwito (Fungus). Considered sacred and used as an indelible dye in tattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixed with dog fat…
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Airtu Ahwito. Considered sacred and used as an indelible dye in tattooing. Burnt to a cinder and mixed with dog fat and soot.…
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Worked greenstone piece with hour glass hole, one side polished. Length 21 cm
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An attractive and unusual Maori wooden club (patu Rahau) c. 1900. Made from burrwood (stripe ridge pattern). Length 37.5 cm
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A 19th century Tongan war club wood, tapering lozenge-section head with three ridged sections, the lower section with four…
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A Tiwi painted wood bust, 31.5 cm high
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A Tiwi painted wood bust, 31 cm high
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An Indonesian carved wood wall panel, 24 x 48 cm
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Six Maori pre-European moa hunter period shark tooth pendants. Length 2.5 cm
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Papua New Guinea Sepik river hook, carved wood with shell eye decoration, 92 x 39 cm, 92 x 39 cm
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A Knife (Mandau), Dayak, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood, steel, hair, bone and rattan
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Two Bullet Holders, Toba Batak, North Sumatra, Indonesia, (circa 1900), carved wood and natural earth pigments, 15.5 cm; 17.7…
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A Bowl (dulong), Toraja Highlands, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood, 17.3 cm high. Provenance:…
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A Mask, Oenlasi Village, East Timor, Indonesia, (nineteenth century), carved wood, 17.2 cm high. Provenance: Dennis Shop, Bali.…
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A West African carved and pigmented Ere Ibeji figure, 20th century, 25 cm high. Provenance: Christies, London 1976
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An Indonesian carved wooden coconut shredding stool, 20th century, 37 cm high, 60 cm wide
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Three Maori greenstone and basalt adze blades, together with two Maori greenstone chisels, 19th/20th century
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Australian school, an old stone cut boomerang, 19th century or earlier
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Tiwi, circa 1970, bark painting 55 x 32 cm
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A small grey-green stone adze blade, quadrangular tanged, length 8.5 cm. Provenance: Sold at auction c.1997 Sloane's Wellington…
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A quality late 19th century New Zealand colonial greenstone and 15ct. yellow gold mounted pendant, the tapered long rounded…
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A contemporary bronze cast traditional Maori small tekoteko, the stylised tattooed figure with hands clasped to abdomen, paua…
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A Colonial 9ct. gold and greenstone pendant, the greenstone carved with a Maori chief intaglio, the unusual scrolling gold cap…
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A Native American Navajo mens wrist cuff, by artist Bruce Morgan, sterling silver and 14ct gold ribbed inlay panel.
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A pre European Maori stone toki, type 2C, some flaking to proper right side, over-all polished with some pecking evident,…
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A Maori carved stone sinker with Notch details, together with two other sinkers. recovered dune/beach, Gisborne area
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A tribal mask of oval form, stylised facial features with black and cream finish, possibly Papua New Guinea, sepic river.…
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A 19th century post contact Pa Kahawai with an inward curved wooden shank, knobbed at head and base. Paua shell lining and a…
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An early 20th century African carved ivory lidded box, the tusk section carved in relief with various African animals, lion,…
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Fijian tabua, marine ivory tooth with attached fibre necklace. Fiji. Length 14 cm. Width 5 cm
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Fijian food bowl, hollowed bowl with carved elements to ends good age and rich dark patina. Length 40 cm. Width 2.2 cm
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Ramu mask, of hollowed, ovoid form with intricate incised and raised decoration to face, pierced eyes and mouth. Coloured with…
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Cassowary bone dagger bird form top with large curved beak, carving to blade, early dark patina. Sepik. Length 20 cm. Width 6.5…
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Aboriginal Coolamon with longitudinal incisions. Fluting throughout the entire surface, early dry natural ochre patina. Length…
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Sentani figure male figure with arms resting to chest, legs slightly bent, standing on a circular base early weathered patina.…
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Small Maori scoop, whale bone figure to top leading to scoop. Height 9.5 cm. Width 2 cm
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Small Maori figure, carved miniature Maori figure, Taranaki region. Possibly a doll. Loss to arms. Length 9 cm. Width 2.7 cm
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Three Kuba Congo cushions 48 x 48 cm
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A folk art Maori carved panel, depicting a carved standing figure with inset paua eyes. Bordered with all over carving. C.…
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A group of three carved shells from New Caledonia, circa 1910, consisting of a hinged carved shell and a pair of carved shells,…
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A Samoan hardwood carved Tonoa kava bowl, supported on four tapering feet, plaited vegetable fibre rope embellished with three…
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A 19th century Fijian ula throwing club, the rootstock bulbous head with plain shaft tapering to the grip end, old dark patina.…
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A N.Z. greenstone 20th century Maori carved mere, traditional spatulate form, wide drilled suspension hole, two ridges to the…
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Kete houhere (lacebark bag), a rare kete woven entirely from lacebark, the fringed sides and the aho (weft) coloured purple. 17…
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Group of toki, three small fine toki two greenstone and one argillite. Length 4.1 cm. Length 4.2 cm. Length 3.8 cm
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Six toki, an assortment of stone adze fashioned from various examples of greywacke, basalt and argillite, max length 11 cm.…
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Early bone point, a large carved barbed point made from Kuri dog bone with fine tched detailing on out-curve of the barb.…
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A fishing lure, Polynesia. Tortoise shell carved hook bound to shell body with fine string binding and attached line fragment.…
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A Maori pre-European stone adze (toki), of long narrow form and triangular cross section, reduced at the poll, pecked finish,…
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A c. 1900 kauri gum bust of a Maori warrior, traditionally depicted with painted moko, well defined features including cloak,…
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A Maprik yam figure, Papua New Guinea, this figure is carved from a single piece of wood. It has been heavily coloured in…
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A 1970s Maori carved wall plaque by Norm Clark (1942-2016), as a two-headed (Taniwha) stylised figure, paua inset eyes,…
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An Inuit bone and mammoth ivory carving, a fox hunter. 37 cm x 21 cm x 9.5 cm.
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A Brag mask wood with enamel paint design. Lower Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea; A/F
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Ivory tusk vase with African carving
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Two New Guinea bird form Prows, including long beaked Friarbird (piu) with ochre pigments, Walamo village Papua New Guinea.…
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Early Aboriginal club. Fine hardened tip to a slightly bulbous head, tapering to a notched grip. Use patina. Length 79 cm
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East Australian club, possibly Queensland an early and incised club of hardwood with bulbus head fine lineal carving along…
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Aboriginal Western Desert boomerang. Full lenth linear grooving, red ochre patina, length 64 cm
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Tiwi Islands carved figure. Carved ironwood goose in white ochre and cross hatched wings. Height 49 cm
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Coconut Grating stool Papua New Guinea, c. 1980, hardwood, together with a wooden stool (2)
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An Early Leti Island Sculpture, of wood in the form of a seated ancestor, extensive weathering, Indonesia 45 x 18 cm Provenance…
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Aboriginal north Queensland spear thrower. Elongated oval haft with bi-valve, handle and resin finished wooden peg. Length 73 cm
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Aboriginal artists unknown, 'Three Hunting Clubs / Hunting Sticks (Nulla Nulla)' Circa early-mid 20thc Hardwood, two with fine…
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Aboriginal artists unknown, 'Two Carved Spear-throwers (Woomeras)' Circa mid-20thc, one being carved with emus, the larger…
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Cameroon Bamileke buffalo mask. Carved wood with ochre pigments. Height 56 cm
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Undecorated Didjeridoo, early 20th century, with traces of red ochre. 137 cm
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Aboriginal artist unknown. An early woomera and two wooden clubs an intricately carved hardwood woomera, circa late 19th-early…
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Dayak mask, Hapong, Indonesia 37 x 44 cm
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Bali, handle, bone modelled in the form of a priestly figure holding his penis, 9.5 cm height
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Coolamon. two ochre stenciled handprints. Possibly from north Western Australia, height 57 cm
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Aboriginal artist unknown. A carved hardwood boomerang circa early 20th century, with carved intricate fluted design to one…
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Aboriginal spear thrower, Mid-1900s Western Australian woomera with incised zagzag decoration to front and adzed at back.…
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Central Australian boomerang with typical fluting to one side, leaving the ends undecorated. Early 1900's. 65 x 5 cm
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West Australian early 1900's Undecorated woomera the handle bound in spinifex gum, the peg bound in spinifex gum over cotton…