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S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific — Tribal - Webb's

$25,985 (NZ$32,200)
Rare and superb Fijian war club - Culacula, superbly balanced…
$22,336 (NZ$28,750)
Venerated Bonito totem, of significant size offering orthodox…
$22,074 (NZ$23,700)
A superb Tongan goddess figure, of classical form with a rich…
$17,181 (NZ$20,700)
A 19th century Melanesian ceremonial mask the wood mask…
Auction House:
Webb's
Number of lots recorded:17
Lots with images:17
Prices available:17
Category:
S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A Solomon Islands inlaid walking stick the dark hardwood with shell inlay pattern to the handle. Length 95 cm ***
*** A 19th century Melanesian wood arrow the shaft with 'Pokerwork' cross hatch motifs. Length 106 cm. Together with a notched wood dart, black painted bands remnants. Length 55.8 cm. ***
*** A Pacific kava bowl on four legs. Old chips to edge. Depth 41 cm ***
*** A 20th century Solomon Islands bowl, made from a hardwood with shell inlay, height 17 cm, width 54.5 cm ***
*** A carved box, Tokelau, with incised geometric patterns and flowers. Height 9.6 cm, width 12 cm, depth 8 cm ***
*** A Culanibokola fork, Fiji. A ritual flesh-eating fork for chiefs and priests. Carved from a single piece of wood. Featuring a long shaft handle and four prongs. In a red-brown patina. Length 31 cm, width 2 cm ***
*** Two adze blades one Melanesian from Bougainville. Length 14.5 cm, the other, a long tanged triangular type from Rarotonga. Length 14 cm ***
*** A Solomon Islands walking stick with shell inlay pattern. Length 94.5 cm ***
*** Model canoe single hull with outrigger wooden canoe with woven sail bound with string and natural sennit fibre. Light brown patina. Fiji. Length 36 cm. Height 58 cm ***
*** Pair of Adornments clam shell discs with large pierced hole for attached fibre. Malaita, Solomon Islands. Height 15 cm. Width 15 cm. Height 13 cm. Width 13 cm ***
*** Solomon Island shell Currency hand carved and pierced shell with attached fibre. Malaita, Solomon Islands. Length 20 cm. Width 4.5 cm ***
*** A Melanesian bow the medium brown wood of oval section, tapering to each end with one surface black stained, also with a Melanesian paddle, the blade with linear carved decoration and some loss to blade edge, length 173 cm ***
*** A 19th century Solomon Islands Palmwood Spear the barbed head above twin seated pronathous figures. Length 122.8 cm. ***
*** Fine bark belt Hna-Shu, early vine-bark belt with attached jadeite beads, worn by youths. Mare, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Rolled: height 4.5 cm. Width 6 cm ***
*** Solomon Island comb, flat comb made of strips of coconut wood lashed together with dyed grass, plaited in an elaborate pattern. Length 19.4 cm. ***
*** A Santa Cruz Island gourd, neck secured with finely woven fibre. Width 12 cm. ***
*** A pair of pandas woven fans from Tonga, circa 1980s. Both made with basketry techniques. One with applied tapa cloth and the other with sewn on flower design. Collection number on each near the handles. Larger . Length 45 cm, width 3 cm ***