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  • Large Jalisco Seated Spout Figure

    Large Jalisco Seated Spout Figure

    Lot: 1
    Sold for: $1,000$800

    Large Jalisco Seated Spout Figure, seated figure with small legs, wide torso, with arms raised holding a vessel to the open mouth, with large ears, the headgear with a central hole, (repairs to both more ...

  • Mayan Polychrome Pottery Dish

    Mayan Polychrome Pottery Dish

    Lot: 2
    Sold for: $1,875$1,500

    Mayan Polychrome Pottery Dish, standing on three short legs, with flared sides, painted on the interior, the sides with two animals, the plate with a large bird, (restored and reassembled from more ...

  • Pre-Columbian Shell Trumpet

    Pre-Columbian Shell Trumpet

    Lot: 3
    Unsold  

    Pre-Columbian Shell Trumpet, Peru, Moche, c. 300-600 A.D., with various incised shell and chrysocolla overlays depicting a seated warrior effigy, mounted on a custom metal stand, ht. 6 1/2 in. more ...

  • Nazca/Huari Tie Dye Textile

    Nazca/Huari Tie Dye Textile

    Lot: 4
    Sold for: $1,750$1,400

    Nazca/Huari Tie Dye Textile, Peru, c. 500-1000 A.D., a cushma with overall patchwork design of alternating rectangles, each tie-dyed with diamond-shaped devices, woven in wool, mounted onto fabric, more ...

  • Asmat Shield

    Asmat Shield

    Lot: 5
    Sold for: $1,188$950

    Asmat Shield, Irian Jaya, the front decorated with typical repeating abstract designs carved in relief, with red and white pigments, 71 x 21 1/2 in. more ...

  • Painted Wood Spirit Board, Kwoi

    Painted Wood Spirit Board, Kwoi

    Lot: 6
    Sold for: $17,500$14,000

    Painted Wood Spirit Board, Kwoi, Purari Delta, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, late 19th/early 20th century, long narrow form with each end terminating in a squared point, decorated in high relief more ...

  • Huon Gulf Canoe Stanchion

    Huon Gulf Canoe Stanchion

    Lot: 7
    Sold for: $1,125$900

    Huon Gulf Canoe Stanchion, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, elongated form, the domed base supporting an oblong pierced shaft ended by a circular motif, all surmounted by a more ...

  • New Guinea War Trumpet, Kul

    New Guinea War Trumpet, Kul

    Lot: 8
    Unsold  

    New Guinea War Trumpet, Kul, Iatmul, Middle Sepik River, early to mid-20th century, the finial in the form of a bird's head, the body decorated in the typical Iatmul incised circular motifs, with a more ...

  • Santa Cruz Dance Staff, Napa

    Santa Cruz Dance Staff, Napa

    Lot: 9
    Sold for: $938$750

    Santa Cruz Dance Staff, Napa, Solomon Islands, hardwood, in the form of a highly stylized canoe, with two raised opposing abstracted ancestral heads, the whole decorated with classical linear more ...

  • Vanuatu Hardwood War Club

    Vanuatu Hardwood War Club

    Lot: 10
    Sold for: $750$600

    Vanuatu Hardwood War Club, Malekula Island, 19th century, the head with four carved balls and a mushroom-shaped head, with elaborate woven fiber strap with fringe, smooth dark patina, lg. 27 in. more ...

  • Vanuatu Hardwood War Club

    Vanuatu Hardwood War Club

    Lot: 11
    Sold for: $813$650

    Vanuatu Hardwood War Club, Ambrym Island, 19th century, the rounded butt end, with long shaft and rectangular head with pointed corners, (loss to the head),lg. 39 1/4 in. Provenance: The more ...

  • Kanak Mask

    Kanak Mask

    Lot: 12
    Sold for: $8,125$6,500

    Kanak Mask, Southern Grand Terre, New Caledonia, 19th century, hollowed out, with deeply cut facial features, a rectangular cutout mouth, inset eyes, and prominent nose, dark patina, on custom metal more ...

  • Kanak Spear Element with Mask

    Kanak Spear Element with Mask

    Lot: 13
    Sold for: $2,500$2,000

    Kanak Spear Element with Mask, New Caledonia, 19th century, cut from a war spear, the slender wood shaft with a carved mask, framed on either end by decorative engraved devices, dark, encrusted more ...

  • Maori Fighting Staff, Taiaha

    Maori Fighting Staff, Taiaha

    Lot: 14
    Sold for: $3,125$2,500

    Maori Fighting Staff, Taiaha, New Zealand, 19th century, the long shaft with Janus-head finial, the stylized protruding tongue with finely carved scroll design, below a fabric-wrapped cone, (the more ...

  • Collection of Maori House Boards, Poupou

    Collection of Maori House Boards, Poupou

    Lot: 15
    Sold for: $31,250$25,000

    Collection of Maori House Boards, Poupou, c. fourth quarter 19th century, New Zealand, ten tall painted interior house boards, with four shorter panels decorated with a figure, a lintel panel with more ...

  • Futuna Tapa Cloth Panel

    Futuna Tapa Cloth Panel

    Lot: 16
    Sold for: $3,625$2,900

    Futuna Tapa Cloth Panel, French Polynesia, large panel of tapa, decorated in the typical finely painted manner of Futuna Island, mounted, glazed, and framed in a large black frame, size of the tapa more ...

  • Fiji Islands Gadroon-headed Throwing Club, Ula

    Fiji Islands Gadroon-headed Throwing Club, Ula

    Lot: 17
    Sold for: $1,625$1,300

    Fiji Islands Gadroon-headed Throwing Club, Ula, early to mid-19th century, the large head partitioned into numerous lobes, the handle with a complex tavatava design at the butt end, which is more ...

  • Fijian Rootstock Club, Vunikau

    Fijian Rootstock Club, Vunikau

    Lot: 18
    Sold for: $1,000$800

    Fijian Rootstock Club, Vunikau, 19th century, ironwood, the rootstock of the tree forms the head of the club, with side roots cut off so as to leave protuberances, with tavatava-carved grip and dark more ...

  • Fijian Hardwood Paddle Club, Culacula

    Fijian Hardwood Paddle Club, Culacula

    Lot: 19
    Sold for: $875$700

    Fijian Hardwood Paddle Club, Culacula, 19th century, broad flat club with two slightly protruding arms, rounded, pierced lug at butt for a hand strap, dark patina, with traces of original shellac, more ...

  • Fijian Chief or Priest's Club, Culacula

    Fijian Chief or Priest's Club, Culacula

    Lot: 20
    Sold for: $6,875$5,500

    Fijian Chief or Priest's Club, Culacula, 19th century, the broad blade, partially decorated in finely carved geometric designs, together with two small glyphs depicting human figures, the handle more ...

  • Tongan Chief's Scepter

    Tongan Chief's Scepter

    Lot: 21
    Sold for: $8,750$7,000

    Tongan Chief's Scepter, early 19th century, the shaft flaring at the end to form a ball head, the neck and head with a large number of carved inlaid shapes, such as stars, crescents and abstract more ...

  • Tongan Headrest, Kali Laloni

    Tongan Headrest, Kali Laloni

    Lot: 22
    Sold for: $4,063$3,250

    Tongan Headrest, Kali Laloni, 19th century, the curved pillow with flat top side, supported by two carved legs attached with fiber cord, lg. 21 in. Provenance: The Abraham and Paula Rosman more ...

  • Tongan Neck Rest, Kali

    Tongan Neck Rest, Kali

    Lot: 23
    Sold for: $3,375$2,700

    Tongan Neck Rest, Kali, 19th century, hardwood, a large example, the typical shallow "M" form, hahapo, carved from one piece of wood, ht. 6 1/2, lg. 16 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess more ...

  • Hawaiian Hair Ornament

    Hawaiian Hair Ornament

    Lot: 24
    Sold for: $2,500$2,000

    Hawaiian Hair Ornament, 19th century, carved from a whale tooth, with two long prongs, with collection number label, lg. 6 1/8 in. more ...

  • Hawaiian Poi Pounder

    Hawaiian Poi Pounder

    Lot: 25
    Sold for: $2,000$1,600

    Hawaiian Poi Pounder, 19th century or earlier, basalt, well proportioned, with bulbous butt end, ht. 8 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii. more ...

  • Hawaiian Wood Dart, Pahe'e

    Hawaiian Wood Dart, Pahe'e

    Lot: 26
    Sold for: $3,250$2,600

    Hawaiian Wood Dart, Pahe'e, 19th century, long smooth kanila wood dart with rounded end, for game playing, lg. 40 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii. more ...

  • Hawaiian Lidded Box

    Hawaiian Lidded Box

    Lot: 27
    Sold for: $1,750$1,400

    Hawaiian Lidded Box, 19th century, made from Koa wood, with turned detailing below the rim, the fitted lid with two ridges and button knob, ht. 3 3/4, wd. 8 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian more ...

  • Large Hawaiian Poi Bowl, Umeke la'au pakaka

    Large Hawaiian Poi Bowl, Umeke la'au pakaka

    Lot: 28
    Sold for: $3,000$2,400

    Large Hawaiian Poi Bowl, Umeke la'au pakaka, 19th century, probably Kou wood, with quite thick sides, used for food storage and serving poi at feasts, the exterior finished with kukui nut oil, the more ...

  • Hawaiian Poi Bowl, Umeke la'au pakaka

    Hawaiian Poi Bowl, Umeke la'au pakaka

    Lot: 29
    Sold for: $6,875$5,500

    Hawaiian Poi Bowl, Umeke la'au pakaka, early to mid-19th century, probably Kou wood, with quite thin sides, used for serving poi at feasts, with numerous native butterfly inlay repairs to fine more ...

  • Marquesas Woman's Ear Ornament, Pu taiana

    Marquesas Woman's Ear Ornament, Pu taiana

    Lot: 30
    Sold for: $7,500$6,000

    Marquesas Woman's Ear Ornament, Pu taiana, French Polynesia, 19th century, made from tridacna shell, in the form of a tapering peg carved with two tiki figures, at the end an oval disk with a raised more ...