05-12-202105-12-2021
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 12, 2021 10:00 AMCalender

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  • Massim Lime Spatula

    Massim Lime Spatula

    Lot: 31
    Sold for: $594$475

    Massim 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

    Massim Canoe Prow Ornament

    Lot: 32
    Sold for: $688$550

    Massim 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

    Large Massim Wood Feast Bowl

    Lot: 33
    Unsold  

    Large 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

    Large Massim Hardwood Figure

    Lot: 34
    Sold for: $563$450

    Large 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

    Massim Lime Spatula

    Lot: 35
    Sold for: $313$250

    Massim 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

    New Guinea Shell Breast Ornament, Kapkap

    Lot: 36
    Sold for: $500$400

    New 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

    New Guinea Stone Head Club

    Lot: 37
    Sold for: $250$200

    New 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

    Carved New Guinea Coconut Cup

    Lot: 38
    Sold for: $438$350

    Carved 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

    Tami Island Food Bowl

    Lot: 39
    Sold for: $563$450

    Tami 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

    New Guinea Carved Wood Seated Figure

    Lot: 40
    Sold for: $250$200

    New 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

    New Guinea Wood Plaque

    Lot: 41
    Sold for: $500$400

    New 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

    New Guinea Wood Food Dish, Kamunggu

    Lot: 42
    Sold for: $188$150

    New 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

    Asmat Carved Wood Ritual "Replacement" Head, Buepis

    Lot: 43
    Sold for: $344$275

    Asmat 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

    Asmat Wood Neck Rest, Wiwas

    Lot: 44
    Sold for: $500$400

    Asmat 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

    Wuvulu Island Wood Dish

    Lot: 45
    Sold for: $1,063$850

    Wuvulu 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

    Four Solomon Islands Fish Hooks

    Lot: 46
    Sold for: $531$425

    Four 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

    Solomon Islands War Club

    Lot: 47
    Sold for: $625$500

    Solomon 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

    Solomon Islands War Club, Alafolo

    Lot: 48
    Sold for: $375$300

    Solomon 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

    Solomon Islands Hardwood War Club, Alafolo

    Lot: 49
    Sold for: $313$250

    Solomon 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

    Solomon Islands Canoe Prow Figure, Nguzu nuzu

    Lot: 50
    Sold for: $1,125$900

    Solomon 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

    Three Vanuatu Islands Beaded Armbands

    Lot: 51
    Sold for: $594$475

    Three 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

    Large Banks Island Wood Food Dish

    Lot: 52
    Sold for: $625$500

    Large 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

    Vanuatu Bamboo Spear

    Lot: 53
    Sold for: $1,125$900

    Vanuatu 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

    New Caledonia Hardwood Club

    Lot: 54
    Sold for: $625$500

    New 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

    Fijian Kava Bowl, Tanoa

    Lot: 55
    Sold for: $1,625$1,300

    Fijian 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

    Fijian Hardwood Throwing Club, Ula

    Lot: 56
    Sold for: $563$450

    Fijian 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

    Fijian Tapa Beater, Ike

    Lot: 57
    Sold for: $250$200

    Fijian 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

    Fijian Throwing Club, Ula

    Lot: 58
    Sold for: $1,375$1,100

    Fijian 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

    Fijian Rootstock Club, Vunikau

    Lot: 59
    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 Throwing Club, Ula

    Fijian Throwing Club, Ula

    Lot: 60
    Sold for: $1,188$950

    Fijian 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 ...