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Philippines Carved Wood Spoon
Lot: 1031Sold for: $75$60Philippines Carved Wood Spoon, Ifugao, northern Luzon, late 19th century, the handle in the form of a human figure, smooth patina, lg. 7 in. more ...
Pair of Batak Silver Ear Ornaments, Padung-Padung
Lot: 1032UnsoldPair of Batak Silver Ear Ornaments, Padung-Padung, Karo Batak, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, solid cast silver wire bent into two wings of tight spirals, creating a phallic-form, often worn in more ...
Nine Silver Bracelets from Timor-Leste, and One Batak Bronze Bracelet
Lot: 1033Sold for: $813$650Nine Silver Bracelets from Timor-Leste, and One Batak Bronze Bracelet, early 20th century, silver ingot bracelets, one hollow cuff style, five with raised rounded projections on the outer top side, more ...
Ten Silver Bracelets from Timor-Leste
Lot: 1034UnsoldTen Silver Bracelets from Timor-Leste, early 20th century, silver ingot bracelets, one with five bells, one with three bells, two hollow cuff style, and six with raised rounded projections on the more ...
Indonesian Kris Knife
Lot: 1035Sold for: $188$150Indonesian Kris Knife, Indonesia, possibly Minangkabau, 19th/20th century, typical form, with horn pistol grip or hilt set in a iron mendak, the iron blade consists of ten luk or curves, lg. 16 1/2 more ...
Indonesian Ironwood Post Figure
Lot: 1036Sold for: $438$350Indonesian Ironwood Post Figure, Sumba, early 20th century, female figure probably atop an architectural element, aged, weathered surface, mounted on metal base, (minor age cracks),ht. 15 in. more ...
Wood Asmat Food Bowl
Lot: 1037UnsoldWood Asmat Food Bowl, Irian Jaya, mid 20th century, canoe-shaped bowl with incised and relief carving on the exterior, aged, dark brown patina, lg. 31 3/4, wd. 5 1/2 in. more ...
Three Melanesian Stone Adze Blades
Lot: 1038Sold for: $125$100Three Melanesian Stone Adze Blades, 19th century, the larger two from the Solomon Islands, with paper labels, the smaller from Papua New Guinea, with paper label, and Stanley Moriarty collection more ...
New Guinea Woven Bride Price, Talipun
Lot: 1039UnsoldNew Guinea Woven Bride Price, Talipun, Yangoru Boiken people, East Sepik Province, woven and pigmented cane, missing shell attachment, with old paper label, lg. 9 in. more ...
Small Massim Carved Wood Pig
Lot: 1040Sold for: $469$375Small Massim Carved Wood Pig, Milne Bay Province, Northern Massim, Kiriwina Island, Papua New Guinea, early early 20th century, standing on four short legs, with scroll and chip-carved decoration, more ...
Two Massim Lime Gourds
Lot: 1041Sold for: $63$50Two Massim Lime Gourds, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, gourds with ornamented stoppers, one with boar tusk, the other missing tusk, with fiber carrying strap with shells, more ...
New Guinea Wood Ancestor Figure
Lot: 1042Sold for: $281$225New Guinea Wood Ancestor Figure, Sepik River, mid 20th century, standing on a round base, with no feet exposed, cutout arms, and large, angular head, the nose pierced for attachments, overall brown more ...
New Guinea Suspension Food Hook
Lot: 1043Sold for: $313$250New Guinea Suspension Food Hook, Iatmul, Middle Sepik River Province, mid-20th century, with the head and torso of an ancestor figure, with cowrie shell eyes, the lower part made up of five large more ...
New Guinea Spear
Lot: 1044UnsoldNew Guinea Spear, Middle Sepik River Provence, early 20th century, the long war spear with pointed and barbed end, decorated with the head of an ancestor below the barbs, with traces of bush fiber more ...
Collection of New Guinea Arrows
Lot: 1045UnsoldCollection of New Guinea Arrows, Fly River, Papua New Guinea, early/mid 20th century, made from bamboo with cassowary bone points, decorated with lime, lg. up to 63 in. more ...
New Guinea Bamboo Pipe
Lot: 1046Sold for: $125$100New Guinea Bamboo Pipe, Elema Area, Papuan Gulf Province, early 20th century, with one end open, and a small hole on the side of the bamboo, decorated in low relief on most of the surface, with more ...
Tolai Mask, Lor
Lot: 1047UnsoldTolai Mask, Lor, Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, hollowed-out face mask, with elongated nose above a smiling mouth, with slit eyes below a horizontally cut brow, more ...
New Ireland Shell Breast Ornament, Kapkap
Lot: 1048Sold for: $281$225New Ireland Shell Breast Ornament, Kapkap, worn on the breast, openwork carving in shell mounted on a polished shell, attached in the center with fiber for wearing, (cracks in the main shell),dia. more ...
Two Admiralty Islands Beaded Armbands and Beaded Belt
Lot: 1049Sold for: $250$200Two Admiralty Islands Beaded Armbands and Beaded Belt, late 19th/early 20th century, a wide armband decorated in the typical multicolored patterns, the fiber ties with red tradecloth ends, a narrow more ...
Collection of Woven Melanesian Belts and Armbands
Lot: 1050Sold for: $138$110Collection of Woven Melanesian Belts and Armbands, late 19th/early 20th century, two woven orchid fiber belts from the Solomon Islands, a shell and fiber armband from the Solomon Islands, four woven more ...
Rennell Islands Club, Baukiana
Lot: 1051UnsoldRennell Islands Club, Baukiana, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands, 20th century, hardwood, and rattan, the strapped stone head carved into eight blunt points, lg. 14 in. Provenance: Private more ...
Solomon Islands Shell Disk Armband, 'Abagwaro
Lot: 1052Sold for: $250$200Solomon Islands Shell Disk Armband, 'Abagwaro, Northern Malaita, 19th century, white gulu, red fira'i, and black fulu money beads strung on fiber band, wd. of shell band 8 1/4, ht. 4 in. more ...
Three Solomon Island Spears
Lot: 1053Sold for: $113$90Three Solomon Island Spears, Malaita, late 19th century, made from palm wood, (losses to each of the ends),lg. 89 1/2, 66, and 65 in. Provenance: The Rosman Rubel collection, New York City. more ...
Seven Pacific Island Fishhooks
Lot: 1054Sold for: $3,625$2,900Seven Pacific Island Fishhooks, including Solomon Islands, and central Polynesia, lg. 5, 4, 3, 2 7/8, 2 3/4, 2, 3/4 and 1 1/2 in. Provenance: The Rosman Rubel collection, New York City. more ...
Three Pacific Stone Adze Blades
Lot: 1055Sold for: $125$100Three Pacific Stone Adze Blades, 19th century, the largest from the Solomon Islands, with paper label, from the Stanley Moriarty collection in Australia, the smaller two from the island of Guam in more ...
Solomon Island Shell Armband
Lot: 1056Sold for: $250$200Solomon Island Shell Armband, made from Tridacna shell, dia. 3 5/8 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii; George Ortiz collection, Switzerland. more ...
Solomon Islands Paddle Club
Lot: 1057Sold for: $938$750Solomon Islands Paddle Club, San Cristobal, 19th century, paddle type with central raised ridgeline on the blade and pointed butt end, smooth, dark patina, lg. 43 1/4 in. more ...
Solomon Island Wood and Shell Ornament
Lot: 1058Sold for: $250$200Solomon Island Wood and Shell Ornament, early 20th century, carved wood figure of an animal, possibly a dog, with a fish in its mouth, decorated with shell inlay on tail, body, legs, and head, more ...
Vanuatu Painted Clay Mask
Lot: 1059Sold for: $138$110Vanuatu Painted Clay Mask, Malekula Island, 20th century, painted clay modeled into a face, with natural fibers and spider-webbing, lg. 9 1/2, wd. 6 1/2 in. Provenance: The Rosman Rubel more ...
Vanuatu Painted Clay Mask
Lot: 1060Sold for: $138$110Vanuatu Painted Clay Mask, Malekula Island, 20th century, painted clay modeled into a face, with boar tusks and natural fibers, lg. 7 3/4, wd. 7 1/2 in. Provenance: The Rosman Rubel collection, more ...