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South American Hardwood Bow and Ten Arrows
Lot: 1Sold for: $294$250South American Hardwood Bow and Ten Arrows, c. early 20th century, the reed arrows with hardwood points and wrapped fiber decoration, (cracks, damage), lg. to 76 in. more ...
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Painted Carved Wood Bird Mask
Lot: 2Sold for: $382$325Painted Carved Wood Bird Mask, Central America (?), 20th century, in the form of an open-beaked bird, the eye holes at top of head, painted details, lg. 11 in. more ...
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Three Polychrome Carved Wood Masks
Lot: 3UnsoldThree Polychrome Carved Wood Masks, two Mexican mid-20th century devil masks with animal horns, and a third possibly from Indonesia, ht. to 18 in. more ...
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Four Polychrome Carved Wood Masks
Lot: 4UnsoldFour Polychrome Carved Wood Masks, three Sri Lankan masks purchased in 1938, and a c. mid-20th century New Guinea tourist mask, ht. to 19 1/2 in. more ...
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Seven Carved Wood Mexican Masks
Lot: 5Sold for: $411$350Seven Carved Wood Mexican Masks, c. second quarter 20th century, includes both animal and human forms, four incorporating animal horns, (damage), ht. to 12 in. more ...
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Three South American Carved Wood Masks
Lot: 6UnsoldThree South American Carved Wood Masks, c. 1940s, all with different expressions, all by the same carver, ht. to 11 in. more ...
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Three Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessels
Lot: 7Sold for: $470$400Three Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessels, Costa Rica, a polychrome bowl with circular projection, a grayware bowl with anthropomorphic form, and a polychrome bowl in the form of a stylized head, more ...
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Pre-Columbian Repoussé Silver Disc
Lot: 8Sold for: $1,175$1,000Pre-Columbian Repoussé Silver Disc, Peru, four stylized feline forms, zigzag border, (small hole in center), dia. 5 in. more ...
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Pre-Columbian Carved Stone Mace Head
Lot: 9Sold for: $881$750Pre-Columbian Carved Stone Mace Head, Costa Rica, carved in the form of a stylized human head in hard cream-colored stone, ht. 3 in. more ...
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Pre-Columbian Textile Panel
Lot: 10Sold for: $705$600Pre-Columbian Textile Panel, Peru, possibly a manta, three panels of multicolored interlocking abstract bird heads, unmounted, (damage), 57 1/2 x 19 in. more ...
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Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Effigy Vessel
Lot: 11Sold for: $1,763$1,500Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Effigy Vessel, Nazca, c. 100-300 A.D., with projecting human head, strap, and spout, depicting a man holding a trophy head, his back painted with an elaborate more ...
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Pre-Columbian Carved Stone "Zemi,"
Lot: 12Sold for: $3,408$2,900Pre-Columbian Carved Stone "Zemi," Taino, the triangular-shaped form with a stylized face on one side and a relief-carved abstract pattern on the reverse, ht. 5 1/4, lg. 8 in. more ...
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South American Pre-Columbian Stirrup Spout Pottery Vessel
Lot: 13Sold for: $1,293$1,100South American Pre-Columbian Stirrup Spout Pottery Vessel, Peru, with a cream-color and red-brown slip and a sculpted erotic couple at the top, ht. 7, lg. 8 in. more ...
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Three Carved Wood Ethnographic Items
Lot: 14Sold for: $264$225Three Carved Wood Ethnographic Items, a stool in the form of a stylized frog (?) and two pounders, one with a stylized monkey finial and the other with a head, lg. to 22 1/2 in. more ...
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African Carved Wood Figure
Lot: 15UnsoldAfrican Carved Wood Figure, Hemba, standing male figure with oversized head and hands below the abdomen, dark patina, (cracks, wood loss), ht. 22 in. more ...
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African Carved Wood Figure
Lot: 16UnsoldAfrican Carved Wood Figure, Cameroon, depicting a male figure astride a leopard, (cracks), ht. 19 in. Provenance: Sotheby's; Ernst Anspach collection. more ...
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African Carved Wood Female Figure
Lot: 17UnsoldAfrican Carved Wood Female Figure, Mende, the standing figure with arms hanging forward, scarification marks, and elaborate coiffure, dark patina, (cracks), ht. 24 1/2 in. Provenance: Sotheby's; more ...
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African Carved Wood Door Latch
Lot: 18Sold for: $411$350African Carved Wood Door Latch, Bamana, depicting a female with incised decorated torso, ht. 18 in. more ...
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African Carved Wood Heddle Pulley
Lot: 19Sold for: $1,410$1,200African Carved Wood Heddle Pulley, Baule, the Janus-headed form with dark patina, (crack), ht. 10 in. Provenance: Helena Rubenstein collection. more ...
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African Carved Wood Female Figure
Lot: 20Sold for: $881$750African Carved Wood Female Figure, Dogon, a curved form with arms to her sides, the oversized stylized head wearing a skull cap, (wood loss), ht. 23 in. Provenance: Collection of M. Pierre Verite, more ...
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African Carved Wood Headrest
Lot: 21Sold for: $1,528$1,300African Carved Wood Headrest, Senufo, the elongated form on four round feet (one broken off), and a female head with stylized coiffure on one end, dark patina, ht. 2 3/4, lg. 30 in. more ...
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Polynesian Carved Wood Kava Bowl
Lot: 22Sold for: $588$500Polynesian Carved Wood Kava Bowl, Fiji, c. 19th century, carved with six cylindrical legs and a stylized animal head, ht. 6, dia. 17 1/2 in. more ...
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Easter Island Carved Wood Male Figure
Lot: 23Sold for: $499$425Easter Island Carved Wood Male Figure, c. late 19th century, a carved emaciated ancestral figure, (cut off at the ankles), ht. 16 in. more ...
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Two Polynesian Carved Wood Items
Lot: 24Sold for: $1,528$1,300Two Polynesian Carved Wood Items, a Matty Island bowl, and a Fiji Island Tapa beater, lg. of bowl 18, lg. of beater 14 in. more ...
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Polynesian Carved Wood Kava Bowl
Lot: 25Sold for: $3,408$2,900Polynesian Carved Wood Kava Bowl, Fiji, c. 19th century, in the form of a stylized animal with diagonal grooved rim, patina of use, ht. 6 1/4, dia. 20 1/2 in. more ...
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Two Polynesian Wood Clubs
Lot: 26Sold for: $2,585$2,200Two Polynesian Wood Clubs, Fiji, 19th century, one a "gunstock" form, the other a "Pineapple" form, (cracks, wood loss), lg. to 39 1/2 in. Provenance: From a small New England museum. more ...
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Polynesian Carved Wood Club
Lot: 27Sold for: $4,406$3,750Polynesian Carved Wood Club, Marquesas Islands, c. last quarter 19th century, the head carved with highly stylized designs and with small projecting anthropomorphic heads, dark patina, lg. 36 1/2 more ...
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Two Polynesian Carved Wood Throwing Clubs
Lot: 28Sold for: $294$250Two Polynesian Carved Wood Throwing Clubs, one with flared and chip-carved grip, the other with a lobed head with serrated mother-of-pearl inlays, (some missing), lg. to 15 1/2 in. more ...
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Polynesian Carved Jade Tiki
Lot: 29UnsoldPolynesian Carved Jade Tiki, Maori, c. last quarter 19th century, the stylized form with tilted head and recessed eyes, pierced at the top for suspension, ht. 3 1/4 in. more ...
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Hawaiian Feather Lei
Lot: 30Sold for: $4,700$4,000Hawaiian Feather Lei, c. last half 19th century, with braided cloth ties, with a red, yellow, and green banded pattern, lg. 10 1/2 in. more ...