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  • Philippines Carved Wood Spoon

    Philippines Carved Wood Spoon

    Lot: 1031
    Sold for: $75$60

    Philippines 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

    Pair of Batak Silver Ear Ornaments, Padung-Padung

    Lot: 1032
    Unsold  

    Pair 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

    Nine Silver Bracelets from Timor-Leste, and One Batak Bronze Bracelet

    Lot: 1033
    Sold for: $813$650

    Nine 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

    Ten Silver Bracelets from Timor-Leste

    Lot: 1034
    Unsold  

    Ten 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

    Indonesian Kris Knife

    Lot: 1035
    Sold for: $188$150

    Indonesian 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

    Indonesian Ironwood Post Figure

    Lot: 1036
    Sold for: $438$350

    Indonesian 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

    Wood Asmat Food Bowl

    Lot: 1037
    Unsold  

    Wood 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

    Three Melanesian Stone Adze Blades

    Lot: 1038
    Sold for: $125$100

    Three 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

    New Guinea Woven Bride Price, Talipun

    Lot: 1039
    Unsold  

    New 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

    Small Massim Carved Wood Pig

    Lot: 1040
    Sold for: $469$375

    Small 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

    Two Massim Lime Gourds

    Lot: 1041
    Sold for: $63$50

    Two 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

    New Guinea Wood Ancestor Figure

    Lot: 1042
    Sold for: $281$225

    New 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

    New Guinea Suspension Food Hook

    Lot: 1043
    Sold for: $313$250

    New 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

    New Guinea Spear

    Lot: 1044
    Unsold  

    New 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

    Collection of New Guinea Arrows

    Lot: 1045
    Unsold  

    Collection 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

    New Guinea Bamboo Pipe

    Lot: 1046
    Sold for: $125$100

    New 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

    Tolai Mask, Lor

    Lot: 1047
    Unsold  

    Tolai 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

    New Ireland Shell Breast Ornament, Kapkap

    Lot: 1048
    Sold for: $281$225

    New 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

    Two Admiralty Islands Beaded Armbands and Beaded Belt

    Lot: 1049
    Sold for: $250$200

    Two 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

    Collection of Woven Melanesian Belts and Armbands

    Lot: 1050
    Sold for: $138$110

    Collection 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

    Rennell Islands Club, Baukiana

    Lot: 1051
    Unsold  

    Rennell 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

    Solomon Islands Shell Disk Armband, 'Abagwaro

    Lot: 1052
    Sold for: $250$200

    Solomon 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

    Three Solomon Island Spears

    Lot: 1053
    Sold for: $113$90

    Three 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

    Seven Pacific Island Fishhooks

    Lot: 1054
    Sold for: $3,625$2,900

    Seven 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

    Three Pacific Stone Adze Blades

    Lot: 1055
    Sold for: $125$100

    Three 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

    Solomon Island Shell Armband

    Lot: 1056
    Sold for: $250$200

    Solomon 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

    Solomon Islands Paddle Club

    Lot: 1057
    Sold for: $938$750

    Solomon 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

    Solomon Island Wood and Shell Ornament

    Lot: 1058
    Sold for: $250$200

    Solomon 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

    Vanuatu Painted Clay Mask

    Lot: 1059
    Sold for: $138$110

    Vanuatu 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

    Vanuatu Painted Clay Mask

    Lot: 1060
    Sold for: $138$110

    Vanuatu 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 ...