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S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific — Tribal

Lots 1057—1152 Found 1,926

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Rugby Union Badges, wonderful collection, noted Nswru 1925, Queensland Rugby Union 1934, All Blacks (12), British lions (10),…
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A Tanoa kava bowl, Fiji, kava bowls are used in the preparation of yaqona (kava). Kava is prepared by pounding yaqona root in…
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A pair of barbed spears, Solomon Islands, each carved from wood. With pointed tips and barbs running down the upper section to…
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A Masi, Fiji, made from the inner-bark of Hiapo (mulberry tree) and decorated with natural dyes. A long panel featuring floral…
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A Solomon Island Weatlh ornament, of multi-strand threaded polychrome shell discs, 200 cm
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Pair of Fijian tabua pierced holes to ends and with braided sennit-fibre cord attached. Polished patina. Length 15 cm. Width 5…
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New Caledonia pair of shells signed and dated (A Hienghene 1917) depicting two cultural scenes of inhabitants by the river with…
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Club, 'Alofolo', Malaita, Solomon Islands. 99 cm
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Santa Cruz Islands canoe-shaped dance Wand with hand painted decoration, for use during iniatory dances for young men-to-be and…
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An old Solomon Islands carved and inlaid walking stick, hexagonal top, a carved pair of crocodiles above snakes and a turtle,…
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A Covered Bowl, Batad Village, Ifugao, Philippines, (mid twentieth century), carved hardwood, 13.6 cm high, 29.5 cm long.…
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A Mask, Kandangan Village, Modang Dayak, Indonesia, (mid twentieth century), carved wood and pigment, 35.5 cm high. Provenance:…
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South Pacific Island club. Length 31 cm.
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A fine small Hawaiian Koa wood bowl with rich patina to the surface, traditional square patch and butterfly repairs, diameter…
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A Fibre ancestral figure, Vanuatu, 171 cm
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Three Malekula ceremonial figures, 96 cm each
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A Malekula ceremonial figure, 128 cm
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An old Malekula wood grade figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 194 cm
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A fern tree figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 210 cm
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A fern tree figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 192 cm
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An old Dayak paddle, with a fine incised pattern on both sides of paddle, t-junction hande with one side broken. Provenance:…
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A Malekula ceremonial figure. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 92 cm
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A Malekula mask, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 54 cm
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A south pacific carved volcanic stone effigy mounted. 21 cm high, 9 cm wide, 9 cm deep
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A Solomon Islands long club, lanceolate blade with medial rib, dark brown colour, length 112 cm.
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A rifle club, carved wood, Fijian origin, 20th century, 105 cm high
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A 19th century Tongan hardwood kava bowl, raised on four tapering feet, two with indigenous repairs. Diameter50.5 cm
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Fijian ula throwing club, I ula drisia type with ball head. The grip section with tavatava zig zag notching. Length 42 cm.…
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Santa Cruz Island dance club, Napa, classical canoe shape with painted floral and geometric decoration and with coir- sinnet…
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A Fijian sperm whale tooth tabua, length 15 cm, width 5.5 cm
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19th century Vanuatu (New Hebrides) war club. Pentecost Island club, with conical head. Fine dark patina, length 120 cm.…
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Dayak Kalimantan baby carrier. Woven rattan with wooden base and beadwork exterior. Decorated with demon head, bells and teeth.…
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Older Vanuatu Janus-Faced club. Carved hardwood with two opposing pairs of masks. Scarce Banks Island, Northern Vanuatu,…
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Old Kanak bird head club, New Caledonia, length 64 cm
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Cook Island pedestal adze. Bound adze on tapering chip carved base. Ruatangata Province. Height 52 cm
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Assembly of Nias ancestral figures. Twelve old carved softwood adu siraha in seated poses. Remnants of grey paint. Age losses…
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A French Polynesian (?) old ornately beaded hanging, woven natural fibre top and base fringe. Diamond patterned fine bead work.…
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Solomon Islands pig jaw pendant, with bound flax fibre suspension cord Length 19 cm
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A pair of fishing lures, Solomon Islands, each with a shell shank and tortoise shell hooks with lashing. Largest length 10 cm,…
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A Solomon Island club. Carved from a single piece of wood and coloured dark brown. The head of the club has incised geometric…
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Late 19th/early 20th century Tokelau Islands fishing tackle box (Tuluma). Height 15 cm, width 27 cm
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Fijian tabua classic form with pierced holes for attachment, honey coloured patina, length 15 cm together with traditional fly…
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A ceremonial puppet head, Vanuatu, constructed with cane, spider web and fibre decorated with natural earth pigments, height 43…
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A large polychrome ancestral mask, Malekula Island, Vanuatu, height 42 cm, width 26 cm
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Fijian Tapa Beater, orthodox form with variable ribbing. Length 37.3 cm.
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Tabua whale's tooth necklace. Remnants of original cord. Length 14 cm
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Niue Pike Kotoua. Dance wand with a pointed end gently widening, with raised mid-rib, to an inward-arching terminal.…
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Fijian Tapa Pounder. Grooves and diagonal hatching carved into three of four sides. Length 36 cm. Width 4.8 cm
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Vanuatu 19th century war club, with tapering cylindrical shaft with cone shaped head and four projecting bulbous knobs. Length…
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A Fijian Whalestooth necklace (tabua). Plaited vegetable fibre neck chain
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Two various Western Pacific clubs. Cogged head throwing club, and ovoid form beater. Both have age and use patination. Length…
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Fine Polynesian bowl, circular bowl with a shallow, hollowed dish. Sitting on three oval feet. Surface decorated with…
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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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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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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 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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A Solomon Islands palmwood comb, with decorative orchid fibre woven to the handle in yellow and red. Length 23 cm
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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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Collection of artefacts, including a kava bowl (broken), Trobriand figural stool, carved crocodile etc
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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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A Vanuatu figure. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 138 cm
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Fiji kava bowl, with smooth patina mounted on multiple rounded leg supports. Fiji islands. Diameter 33 cm. Height 12 cm
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A large fern tree figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 237 cm
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A Dayak brass hat ornament Borneo, Indonesia. Diameter 11.5 cm
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A Dayak rice Cutter on stand. Borneo, Indonesia. Length 18 cm
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A Malekula ceremonial figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 100 cm
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A Kalimantan Dayak paddle Borneo, Indonesia. Length 105 cm
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Four coconut vessels from Tonga, one lidded with attached binding. Small split.
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Vanuatu lobed club, 98 cm length
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Solomon Islands Napa dance club, with fine painted decoration. Santa Cruz. 84 cm length
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A Fijian I Ula Drisia throwing club thin handle with smooth patina and small row of cross-hatching pattern at butt. Some…
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A Fijian I Ula Drisia throwing club thin handle with smooth patina and decoration to butt. Length 40.5 cm.
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Tabua Fijian chieftains' whale's tooth pendant, 19th century. Note: one end cut down at a later date most likely in the 19th…
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A tribal club, carved wood, Solomon Islands, 62 cm long
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A tribal club, carved wood with incised decoration, Solomon Islands origin, 96 cm long
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Four Currency discs, of giant clam shell sections, Solomon Islands, 10.5-15 cm (4)
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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 19th century Tongan war club wood, tapering lozenge-section head with three ridged sections, the lower section with four…
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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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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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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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Solomon Islands, ceremonial club, carved hardwood prestige club with inset pearl shell inlay with custom metal stand 42.5…
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Two Vanuatu Island war clubs. Each with tapering leaf form heads. Length 97 cm, and 112 cm
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Early Fijian Gata war club. The haft decorated with pecked grip. Showing significant age patina, possibly late 18th or early…
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A Dayak seated ancestor figure, large round eyes, straight nose above a diamond shaped mouth, showing teeth, stylised earrings…
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A dance staff in the form of stylised Bonito, Solomon Islands, height 90 cm, width 9.5 cm
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Vintage Pitcairn Island carved wood fish figure, on fitted stand. Circa 1900's. Length 38 cm
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A Tongan teivakatoga club, of long paddle shape with medial rib at the blade end and pointed distal end, length 112 cm
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Adu Zatua ancestor figure, Nias Wood 21 cm. Provenance: Mark Lissauer cf. no. 72 'Expressions of Belief', Rotterdam
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Vanuatu mask very naturalistic features with a large, flared nose. Inset boar's tusks to sides of mouth. Painted patina with…
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A mask, Malekula Island, Vanuatu, early 20th century, carved and painted wood, 57 cm high
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An old Solomon Islands paddle, decorative linial carved band to the grip, remnants of black staining, marine ivory cap end,…