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Auction House:
Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:9
Lots with images:9
Prices available:9
Category:
S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A parrying shield Qauata, San Christobel, Solomon Islands, carved with an ancestral figure at the base of the handle., 128 cm long. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, 15-16 November 2005, Lot 17, Sold Hammer $8,500 ***
*** A dance club, Kikavo, Fiji, finely carved throughout, with deep glossy patina, 115 cm long. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, 15-16 November 2005, Lot 26, Sold Hammer $5,500 ***
*** A Pacific Islander carved hardwood club, circa 1900, 41 cm long ***
*** Two early carved wood bowls, Vanuatu, one with an original sennit binding repair, the largest 78 cm long ***
*** A Fijian Kiakavo club, late 19th century, 85 cm long ***
*** Two Dayak blowpipes, Berau District Borneo, Kalimantan, both acquired in 1983, the shorter for active hunting use in the headwaters of the local river system; the longer acquired in the regional town of Tanjung Redeb; both blowpipes have matching bamboo… ***
*** Small and large Samoan kava bowls, carved wood, 8 cm high, 20 cm wide (small) 17 cm high, 44 cm diameter (large) ***
*** Western Samoan bailer, carved wood, 12.5 cm high, 42 cm wide, 14 cm deep ***
*** South Pacific ceremonial mask, carved, incised and painted wood, 102 cm high ***