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Fiji Islands Carved Wood Dance Club
Lot: 31Sold for: $677$550Fiji Islands Carved Wood Dance Club, Kiakava, c. 19th century, dark patina, lg. 38 1/2 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection; Ex Herbert Rieser collection; Christie's, May 13, more ...
Fiji Island Chief's Staff
Lot: 32Sold for: $923$750Fiji Island Chief's Staff, c. early 19th century, dark patina, lg. 47 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. Literature: Fuller Collection of Pacific Artifacts, Force and more ...
Large Solomon Islands Carved Wood Paddle Club
Lot: 33Sold for: $492$400Large Solomon Islands Carved Wood Paddle Club, c. 19th century, dark brown patina, lg. 54 1/2 in. Provenance: Collected by John Rabe in the 1880s; The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Large Melanesian Stone-headed Club
Lot: 34Sold for: $123$100Large Melanesian Stone-headed Club, with massive stone head, (repair to wood at top),lg. 52 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Fiji Islands Child's Club
Lot: 35Sold for: $861$700Fiji Islands Child's Club, Cula Cula, c. 19th century, the diminutive form with dark rich patina, lg. 29 3/4 in. Provenance: Collected in Fiji by Robert Brownlee; The Leo and Lillian Fortess more ...
Tonga Carved Wood Tapa Beater
Lot: 36UnsoldTonga Carved Wood Tapa Beater, c. 19th century, dark brown patina, lg. 11 1/2 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Tonga Carved Wood Tapa Beater
Lot: 37Sold for: $154$125Tonga Carved Wood Tapa Beater, c. 19th century, lg. 12 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Fiji Carved Wood Throwing Club, Ula,
Lot: 38Sold for: $400$325Fiji Carved Wood Throwing Club, Ula, c. early 19th century, with chip-carved grip, dark patina, (minor bead loss),lg. 15 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection; Ex Wm. Fagan more ...
Fiji Islands Throwing Club, Ula
Lot: 39Sold for: $677$550Fiji Islands Throwing Club, Ula, c. early 19th century, with chip-carved grip and calendric dots, dark patina, lg. 16 1/2 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Fiji Islands Gadrooned Head Throwing Club
Lot: 40Sold for: $677$550Fiji Islands Gadrooned Head Throwing Club, c. first half 19th century, chip-carved grip, dark patina, lg. 15 1/2 in. more ...
Fiji Islands Lobed Throwing Club
Lot: 41Sold for: $308$250Fiji Islands Lobed Throwing Club, c. early 19th century, dark patina, (crack in the handle),lg. 17 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Cook Islands Ceremonial Hafted Adze
Lot: 42Sold for: $3,075$2,500Cook Islands Ceremonial Hafted Adze, Mangaia, c. 19th century, the haft with eighty-seven bands of stylized figures, the basalt blade affixed with "Mangaia Endless" cordage, lg. 47 in. more ...
Yoruba Beaded Cloth Bag
Lot: 43Sold for: $246$200Yoruba Beaded Cloth Bag, possibly a diviner's bag, beaded on the flap with a human face and geometric designs, (beads dirty),9 x 8 in. more ...
Kota Bird Head Throwing Knife
Lot: 44Sold for: $246$200Kota Bird Head Throwing Knife, the hand-forged form with brass wire-wrapped handle, includes base, 11 x 9 3/4 in. more ...
South African Carved Wood Female Figure
Lot: 45Sold for: $738$600South African Carved Wood Female Figure, with elongated fingers and pyro-blackened detail, (damage to one foot),ht. 8 1/2 in. more ...
Dan Carved Wood Mask
Lot: 46UnsoldDan Carved Wood Mask, with metal eyes and pierced protruding mouth, the edge pierced for suspensions, with custom stand, ht. 10 1/2 in. Tribal Art more ...
Baule Carved Wood Male Figure
Lot: 47UnsoldBaule Carved Wood Male Figure, standing on a base, with finely incised and pyro-blackened coiffure, dark glossy patina, ht. 14 3/4 in. more ...
Three African Embossed Hide Shields
Lot: 48Sold for: $1,230$1,000Three African Embossed Hide Shields, probably made by the Wandala from northern Cameroon, bell-shaped forms with hide handles and traces of pigment, in various condition, a custom metal wall mount more ...
Pre-Columbian Tumbaga Ornaments
Lot: 49Sold for: $369$300Pre-Columbian Tumbaga Ornaments, central coast of Peru, c. 1000-1200 A.D., various ornaments made from Tumbaga, shell, bone, and fiber, largest 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. more ...
Calima Gold and Green Stone Necklace
Lot: 50Sold for: $554$450Calima Gold and Green Stone Necklace, c. 200-400 A.D., strung with fourteen small cast gold birds, lg. top to bottom 21 in. more ...
Muisca Gold Figure on Necklace
Lot: 51Sold for: $1,476$1,200Muisca Gold Figure on Necklace, c. 500-1000 A.D., the necklace with gold and disc-shaped stone beads, lg. 16 1/2 in. more ...
Veraguas Gold Frog Pendant
Lot: 52Sold for: $1,722$1,400Veraguas Gold Frog Pendant, c. 800-1200 A.D., 2 x 2 1/4 in. more ...
Chimu Gold Band
Lot: 53Sold for: $554$450Chimu Gold Band, c. 1100-1400 A.D., hammered thin and with punctuate decoration along the edge, pierced at each end for attachment, includes custom Plexiglas stand, wd. 2 3/8 in. more ...
Fragment of a Maya Stucco Head
Lot: 54Sold for: $400$325Fragment of a Maya Stucco Head, c. 400-600 A.D., Chiapas, stucco with traces of original polychrome paint, includes custom Plexiglas mount, 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Provenance: Andre Emmerich Gallery, more ...
Tiahuanaco Silver Plume
Lot: 55Sold for: $738$600Tiahuanaco Silver Plume, c. 700-1000 A.D., the finely hammered headdress ornament with tapering shaft, the midsection with repousse human face framed by feline heads and eye-like devices, framed, more ...
Three Pre-Columbian Textiles
Lot: 56UnsoldThree Pre-Columbian Textiles, framed Proto-Nasca embroidered border fragments, a Central Coast bag mounted on cloth, and a framed woven sling, bag 20 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. Provenance: Collected by more ...
Two Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragments
Lot: 57Sold for: $369$300Two Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragments, Central Coast, Peru, tightly woven depictions of warriors with crescent-shaped headdresses, each fragment 7 1/2 x 6 in. more ...
Chimu Woven Manta
Lot: 58UnsoldChimu Woven Manta, c. 1000-1200 A.D., the rectangular form fringed at two ends, with multicolored stacked triangular designs on a light brown background, mounted on linen, framed, 39 x 21 in. more ...
Proto Nasca Textile Panel
Lot: 59Sold for: $277$225Proto Nasca Textile Panel, Peru, c. 200-400 A.D., a blue panel bordered with multicolored embroidery and fringe, with "munecas" on one side, mounted on a linen and wood frame, 27 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. more ...
Peruvian Central Coast Feather Ornament
Lot: 60Sold for: $246$200Peruvian Central Coast Feather Ornament, c. 1000-1400 A.D., backed with fiber, with a multicolored geometric design and a sun motif at the top, mounted on linen, framed, 7 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. more ...