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Massim Lime Spatula
Lot: 31Sold for: $594$475Massim Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, late 19th/early century, decorated on either side at the top end with incised lime-filled scrolling and terminating in a human head, (minor more ...
Massim Canoe Prow Ornament
Lot: 32Sold for: $688$550Massim Canoe Prow Ornament, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, mid-20th century, carved with typical Massim scrollwork in relief with numerous cutouts, with traces of pigments, lg. 18 1/4, ht. 9 more ...
Large Massim Wood Feast Bowl
Lot: 33UnsoldLarge Massim Wood Feast Bowl, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, late 19th century, high sloping sides with two raised circular motifs on the exterior, the wide rim decorated with typical Massim more ...
Large Massim Hardwood Figure
Lot: 34Sold for: $563$450Large Massim Hardwood Figure, Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, the stylized human figure standing on heavy legs and feet, with diminutive arms at sides, the more ...
Massim Lime Spatula
Lot: 35Sold for: $313$250Massim Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, the wide blade with an abstract figure in relief carved on either side, with openwork double figures at the top, with more ...
New Guinea Shell Breast Ornament, Kapkap
Lot: 36Sold for: $500$400New Guinea Shell Breast Ornament, Kapkap, Papuan Gulf Province, worn on the breast, openwork carving in shell mounted on a concave polished Cymbium shell, attached in the center with fiber, looped more ...
New Guinea Stone Head Club
Lot: 37Sold for: $250$200New Guinea Stone Head Club, Collingwood Bay, early 20th century, large basalt disk head, with woven rattan fiber on shaft, and fiber wrist strap, lg. 32, wd. of stone 7 in. more ...
Carved New Guinea Coconut Cup
Lot: 38Sold for: $438$350Carved New Guinea Coconut Cup, Tami Islands, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, late 19th century, fully carved with complex chip-carved designs, with four birds in profile, with carved handle, custom more ...
Tami Island Food Bowl
Lot: 39Sold for: $563$450Tami Island Food Bowl, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, decorated on the underside with incised and relief carving, with an ancestor face at each end, and raised figure on each side, more ...
New Guinea Carved Wood Seated Figure
Lot: 40Sold for: $250$200New Guinea Carved Wood Seated Figure, Iatmul, Middle Sepik River province, early to mid-20th century, the female figure with elongated cutout arms, with hands to abdomen, sitting on a stool with a more ...
New Guinea Wood Plaque
Lot: 41Sold for: $500$400New Guinea Wood Plaque, Iatmul, Middle Sepik Province, mid-20th century, round plaque with a rectangular cutout center, decorated with carved foliate devices, dia. 15 3/4 in. more ...
New Guinea Wood Food Dish, Kamunggu
Lot: 42Sold for: $188$150New Guinea Wood Food Dish, Kamunggu, Boiken people, East Sepik Province, late 19th/early 20th century, with central circular abstracted decoration, dia. 12 1/2 in. more ...
Asmat Carved Wood Ritual "Replacement" Head, Buepis
Lot: 43Sold for: $344$275Asmat Carved Wood Ritual "Replacement" Head, Buepis, mid-20th century, used instead of skulls in headhunting rituals, with metal stand, ht. 9 1/4, wd. 4 1/2 in. more ...
Asmat Wood Neck Rest, Wiwas
Lot: 44Sold for: $500$400Asmat Wood Neck Rest, Wiwas, Papua, Indonesia, carved with an ancestor head at one end, the main body carved in a high relief zigzag pattern, mounted on a wood base, lg. 18 1/2 in. more ...
Wuvulu Island Wood Dish
Lot: 45Sold for: $1,063$850Wuvulu Island Wood Dish, hourglass-shaped dish used to collect coconut milk, the wide shallow ends of the dish curve gently downwards toward the center to collect the milk, dark brown patina, lg. 20 more ...
Four Solomon Islands Fish Hooks
Lot: 46Sold for: $531$425Four Solomon Islands Fish Hooks, Malaita Island, made with mother-of-pearl shell shanks, the hook attached with coconut fiber, one with glass trade bead attached to one end, lg. 4, 3 1/2, 3, and 2 more ...
Solomon Islands War Club
Lot: 47Sold for: $625$500Solomon Islands War Club, Nggela Islands, 19th century, most of the flat shaft covered with finely woven fiber with geometric patterns at intervals, the upper part bare, with a fine raised central more ...
Solomon Islands War Club, Alafolo
Lot: 48Sold for: $375$300Solomon Islands War Club, Alafolo, Malaita, early 20th century, long straight-sided club with raised central ridge, terminating in an abstract human head with a raised nose on either side, and more ...
Solomon Islands Hardwood War Club, Alafolo
Lot: 49Sold for: $313$250Solomon Islands Hardwood War Club, Alafolo, Malaita, late 19th century, long straight-sided club terminating in an abstract human head, with a rounded cone-shaped handle, lg. 38 1/2 in. more ...
Solomon Islands Canoe Prow Figure, Nguzu nuzu
Lot: 50Sold for: $1,125$900Solomon Islands Canoe Prow Figure, Nguzu nuzu, New Georgia, the heavy arms with hands clasped below the chin, and supporting an elongated head, with open mouth and upturned nose, with bi-layered more ...
Three Vanuatu Islands Beaded Armbands
Lot: 51Sold for: $594$475Three Vanuatu Islands Beaded Armbands, Southern Malakula Island, early 20th century, made from glass trade beads and natural fiber, with geometric designs, in blue on a white ground, band wd. 2, 1 more ...
Large Banks Island Wood Food Dish
Lot: 52Sold for: $625$500Large Banks Island Wood Food Dish, Vanuatu, 19th century, hardwood, in the form of a turtle standing on two cutout sled-like legs, with a loop lug head on one side, and a serrated tail on the more ...
Vanuatu Bamboo Spear
Lot: 53Sold for: $1,125$900Vanuatu Bamboo Spear, Malakula Island, 20th century, the long bamboo shaft surmounted by a carved wooden foreshaft adorned with an ancestor Janus head, above a conical projection which once held the more ...
New Caledonia Hardwood Club
Lot: 54Sold for: $625$500New Caledonia Hardwood Club, New Caledonia, 19th century, a rare version of the mushroom head type with thick shaft and defined handle, dark patina, lg. 28 in. Provenance: Christie's, London, more ...
Fijian Kava Bowl, Tanoa
Lot: 55Sold for: $1,625$1,300Fijian Kava Bowl, Tanoa, 19th century, hardwood, possibly vesi, with four cylindrical tapering legs, a typical square-cut lug with one hole, and a woven sennit cord, traces of kava on the interior, more ...
Fijian Hardwood Throwing Club, Ula
Lot: 56Sold for: $563$450Fijian Hardwood Throwing Club, Ula, 19th century, lobed head club carved from rootstock, with a hole in the butt end, and star and crescent inlays added at a later date, (age cracks in the shaft),more ...
Fijian Tapa Beater, Ike
Lot: 57Sold for: $250$200Fijian Tapa Beater, Ike, 19th century, hardwood, three sides grooved, the fourth rough, dry, dark patina, lg. 14 1/2 in. more ...
Fijian Throwing Club, Ula
Lot: 58Sold for: $1,375$1,100Fijian Throwing Club, Ula, early 19th century, smaller sized, with gadroon-head type, with carved tavatava grip and one peaked line along the shaft, lg. 16 1/4 in. more ...
Fijian Rootstock Club, Vunikau
Lot: 59Sold for: $1,000$800Fijian 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 Throwing Club, Ula
Lot: 60Sold for: $1,188$950Fijian Throwing Club, Ula, early 19th century, with gadroon-head type, with carved tavatava grip, and area of peak-work under the head, lg. 16 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess more ...