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Painted Wood Board, Gope
Lot: 1034Sold for: $2,750$2,200Painted Wood Board, Gope, Kerewa, Goaribari Island, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, depicting two stacked figures carved in relief, with traces of pigments, (surface wear),lg. 40 more ...
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Tami Island Food Bowl
Lot: 1035Sold for: $813$650Tami Island Food Bowl, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, decorated on the underside with white pigment filled incised and relief carving, with an ancestor face at each end, lg. 14 3/4, wd. 7 1/4 in. more ...
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Massim Lime Spatula
Lot: 1036Sold for: $1,750$1,400Massim Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, 19th century, the handle in the form of an abstract frigate bird, with traces of white pigment infill, with Webster inventory number "2236" more ...
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Massim Wood Figure
Lot: 1037Sold for: $875$700Massim Wood Figure, Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, the stylized human figure standing on heavy legs, with diminutive arms set apart from the torso, the more ...
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Korwar Figure
Lot: 1038Sold for: $1,250$1,000Korwar Figure, Irian Jaya, late 19th century, the block type with the large head above the cloth wrapped block below, the head with protruding mouth and long exaggerated nose, small eyes and more ...
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Two Kanak House Boards, Tale
Lot: 1039Sold for: $3,375$2,700Two Kanak House Boards, Tale, New Caledonia, late 19th century, paint and hardwood, the front carved in a diamond pattern with a face at the top, the back flat, each with a hole at the top, traces more ...
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Rennell Islands Club, Baukiana
Lot: 1040Sold for: $2,375$1,900Rennell Islands Club, Baukiana, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands, late 19th century, hardwood, rattan, and sennit fiber, the strapped head carved into eight blunt points, lg. 15 3/4 in. more ...
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Solomon Islands Shell Currency
Lot: 1041Sold for: $188$150Solomon Islands Shell Currency, Malaita, early 20th century, a shell ring carved from the giant clamshell, and a string of shell rings, with old paper label attached, dia. of ring 4 3/8, lg. of more ...
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Solomon Islands Carved Wood Dance Paddle
Lot: 1042Sold for: $938$750Solomon Islands Carved Wood Dance Paddle, Buka Island, carved on both sides with highly stylized anthropomorphic and geometric devices, red, black, and white pigments, with metal stand, lg. 72 1/2 more ...
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Australian Aboriginal Bark Painting
Lot: 1043Sold for: $625$500Australian Aboriginal Bark Painting, attributed to Buranday Waynbarrnga (Australian, c. 1914-1980),language group, Djambarrpuyngu, Arnhem region, natural pigments on eucalyptus bark, depicting the more ...
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Fijian Throwing Club, Ula
Lot: 1046Sold for: $688$550Fijian Throwing Club, Ula, early 19th century, gadroon-head type, with carved tavatava grip, (age crack),lg. 17 in. more ...
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Fijian Hardwood War Club, Culacula
Lot: 1047Sold for: $1,750$1,400Fijian Hardwood War Club, Culacula, 19th century, paddle-shaped head with raised central cross ridge, serrated sides, and bulbous butt end, (loss to cross ridge ends, chips on butt),lg. 46 1/4 more ...
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Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant, Tabua
Lot: 1048Sold for: $813$650Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant, Tabua, early 19th century, with two names inscribed on each side, with crosses, complete with coconut fiber cord, lg. of tooth 7 1/4 in. more ...
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Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant, Tabua
Lot: 1049Sold for: $594$475Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant, Tabua, 19th century, with fragmented woven fiber necklace, lg. 4 3/4 in. Provenance: Norman Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. more ...
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Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant, Tabua
Lot: 1050Sold for: $688$550Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant, Tabua, early 19th century, complete with long coconut fiber cord attached, lg. of tooth 6 1/2 in. more ...
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Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant, Tabua
Lot: 1051Sold for: $1,125$900Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant, Tabua, early 19th century, with names and remnants of sailor scrimshaw inscribed on the sides, complete with coconut fiber cord, (one hole for attachment broken),lg. of more ...
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Fijian Wood Meat Hook, Tuvu ni Bulago
Lot: 1052Sold for: $2,125$1,700Fijian Wood Meat Hook, Tuvu ni Bulago, 19th century, two part articulated multi-pronged hardwood meat hook, with a native repair to one of the loops, (age cracks),lg. 16 1/2 in. Provenance: more ...
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Fijian Wood Kava Bowl
Lot: 1053Sold for: $750$600Fijian Wood Kava Bowl, Lau Islands, 19th century, deep oval bowl standing on four legs, with a suspension lug on one side, still with some sennit inside, (bowl has been broken in two and repaired),more ...
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Cook Islands Ceremonial Hafted Adze
Lot: 1054Sold for: $1,250$1,000Cook Islands Ceremonial Hafted Adze, Mangaia, Polynesia, 19th century, the hollow-carved square shaft with geometric relief carving, the basalt blade bound with sennit fiber, (minor wood loss),lg. more ...
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Cook Islands Stone Adze Blade
Lot: 1055Sold for: $875$700Cook Islands Stone Adze Blade, Mangaia, 19th century or earlier, basalt, (chip on one side of the cutting edge),lg. 10 1/2 in. more ...
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Tongan Hardwood Club, 'Akau
Lot: 1056Sold for: $3,625$2,900Tongan Hardwood Club, 'Akau, 19th century, the long shaft terminating in a double band collar and wide paddle blade, fully carved in a number of different geometric patterns, with bone inlay, (loss more ...
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Tongan Pole Club, 'Aku Povai
Lot: 1057Sold for: $4,688$3,750Tongan Pole Club, 'Aku Povai, 19th century, fully carved pole club, profusely decorated with numerous different geometric patterns, (lug at the butt end broken),lg. 37 1/4 in. Provenance: more ...
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Polynesian Stone Popoi Pounder, Ke'a Tuki Popoi
Lot: 1058Sold for: $688$550Polynesian Stone Popoi Pounder, Ke'a Tuki Popoi, Marquesas Islands, 19th century or earlier, basalt, the rounded grip broadens to a wide, flaring base, ht. 9 in. more ...
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Marquesan Bone Ornament, Ivi Po'o
Lot: 1059UnsoldMarquesan Bone Ornament, Ivi Po'o, 19th century, anthropomorphic tiki figure, the center hollow for use as a decorative toggle, lg. 1 3/8 in. Provenance: Mathias Komor, New York City. more ...
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Maori Stone Club, Patu Onewa
Lot: 1060Sold for: $2,125$1,700Maori Stone Club, Patu Onewa, New Zealand, 20th century, greywacke, polished stone with biconical hole and ridged butt, lg. 14 1/4 in. more ...
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Maori Carved Wood Walking Stick
Lot: 1061Sold for: $688$550Maori Carved Wood Walking Stick, the shaft decorated with fine curvilinear designs and two relief-carved figures with inlaid shell eyes, lg. 33 in. more ...
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Maori Wood Pipe
Lot: 1062Sold for: $688$550Maori Wood Pipe, 19th century, the fully decorated bowl with a tuatara lizard holding onto the one side, with a small circle of paua shell between the front legs, with metal stand, lg. 4 in. more ...
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Maori Carved Pipe
Lot: 1063Sold for: $531$425Maori Carved Pipe, 19th century, walnut pipe transformed into a Maori tiki, with the stylized face at the front of the bowl, well used, lg. 4 1/2 in. more ...
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Maori Janiform Nephrite Pendant
Lot: 1064Sold for: $1,625$1,300Maori Janiform Nephrite Pendant, 19th century, greenstone janiform pendant, with a central hole pierced for suspension, with Plexiglas base, lg. 3 1/2 in. Provenance: John A. Rabe collection; more ...
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Maori Nephrite Pendant
Lot: 1065Sold for: $2,000$1,600Maori Nephrite Pendant, large pendant in the form of a tuatara or native New Zealand lizard, wd. 6, ht. 3 in. more ...