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Auction House:
Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:38
Lots with images:38
Prices available:38
Category:
S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A Pitcairn Island palmwood walking stick with clenched fist handle. A somewhat faded contemporary label in Monash's hand reads 'This stick was presented to me by Mr. Kosky of Rabaul on 6 - 3 - 30. It was made from a ....Palm on Pitcairn Island by a… ***
*** An tribal walrus ivory club with incised markings and mounting holes to each end, 19th to early 20th century, 72 cm long ***
*** An impressive Oceanic rootstock tribal war club, carved hardwood, Fijian origin, 19th century, 105 cm long ***
*** A rootstock club, carved hardwood, Fijian origin, 19th century, 111.5 cm high ***
*** Tabua, Fijian chieftain's whale tooth amulet, 19th century, 13.5 cm long ***
*** Ula Tavatava (throwing club), carved wood, Fijian origin, 20th century, 50 cm long ***
*** A war club, carved wood, Vanuatu origin, 19th century, 102 cm long ***
*** A Kanak roof finial, carved wood, New Caledonia, 19th century, 111 cm high ***
*** A Folk Art landscape painting on whale bone vertebrae depicting a mountainous Pacific Island scene, 19th century, 35 x 39 cm ***
*** Tabua Fijian chieftain's whale tooth pendant, 19th century, an impressive early example with lustrous patina, 14 cm long ***
*** Tabua Fijian chieftains' whale's tooth pendant, 19th century. 15 cm high ***
*** A Samoan war club with lozenge-shaped head and finely carved with incised geometric patterns, highlighted with lime, late 19th/early 20th century, 65 cm long. ***
*** A fighting club, carved wood, Fijian origin, 19th/20th century, 99 cm long ***
*** Easter Island sea turtle sculpture, carved basalt, rare, 11.5 cm long, Provenance: The Harold Holt collection, Joel's Auctions, Melbourne, early 1980s ***
*** A rifle club, carved wood, Fijian origin, 20th century, 105 cm high ***
*** Tabua Fijian chieftains' whale's tooth pendant, 19th century. Note: one end cut down at a later date most likely in the 19th century, 14 cm high ***
*** A tribal club, carved wood, Solomon Islands, 62 cm long ***
*** A tribal club, carved wood with incised decoration, Solomon Islands origin, 96 cm long ***
*** Nauru (Pleasant Island): map of the Pacific island c1921 hand drawn on cloth, framed and glazed, 50 x 40 cm VG condition ***
*** A rifle stock war club, carved wood, Fiji, 19th century, 104 cm long ***
*** Oceanic & Pacific art, sculpture and photography, (7 vols.). ***
*** A pair of Nguzu Nguzu canoe prow ornaments, carved stone, Solomon Islands, 20th century, 13 cm and 15 cm high ***
*** A Polynesian polished stone axe head, 16 cm long. ***
*** Tribal conch shell horn, Pacific Islands, 19th century, 36 cm long ***
*** A helmet mask, carved wood, natural fibre and clay with earth pigments, Vanuatu, early to mid 20th century, 37 cm high ***
*** Pacific Islands miniature canoe with painted finish, mid 20th century, 44.5 cm long ***
*** An early food bowl, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, 19th century, carved wood, 48 cm across ***
*** A paddle shaped war club, carved hardwood, Solomon Islands, 19th/20th century, 116 cm long ***
*** A war club, carved hardwood, Solomon Islands, 19th/20th century, a€‹106 cm long ***
*** Fijian rifle stock club, Papua New Guinea bows, arrows, drum and harpoon, 20th century, club 63 cm long ***
*** A Samoan paddle club and a spear, (2 items), 101 and 134 cm long. ***
*** Clark, Thomas Blake Omai, first Polynesian Ambassador to England [San Francisco: the Colt press, 1940]. 4to. Cloth spine, bark paper over boards. (IV), 114, (1) pages. One of 500 copies. An account of Omai's visit to England in 1774 with Captain cook and… ***
*** Conch shell horn, Pacific Islands, 19th century, 34 cm long. ***
*** A tribal drum, carved and painted wood, Pacific Islands, 20th century, 111 cm high ***
*** Three tribal swords, shark tooth and woven fibre, Gilbert Island (Kiribati), 20th century, largest 60 cm high ***
*** Nauru & Pacific Islands Artefacts including baskets, shell bead necklaces and animal trap ***
*** A Fijian turtle kava dish with lid, carved wood and mother of pearl, late 20th century, 61 cm long ***
*** Decoy duck, Pacific Islands tapa cloth, Egyptian alabaster vase, figural statue, Spanish bowling ball, and a Jane Pinkney watercolour of a mouse, (6 items), the statue 34 cm high ***