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New Guinea Food Bowl
Lot: 1031UnsoldNew Guinea Food Bowl, Boiken, early 20th century, the oval shape, with a projecting jug on each side for suspension, decorated with incised designs below the rim, and raised device on the bottom, more ...
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Papua New Guinea Drum, Kundu
Lot: 1032UnsoldPapua New Guinea Drum, Kundu, Abelam, Maprik area, wider at the bottom than top, with large loop handle and decorated allover with abstract designs carved in relief, dry surface, (wood loss and more ...
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New Guinea Ancestor Figure
Lot: 1033UnsoldNew Guinea Ancestor Figure, Abelam, East Sepik Province, 20th century, female figure with arms and legs splayed, the large head, with slit mouth, long, narrow nose and close-set eyes, the nose more ...
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Abelam Woven Cane Yam Mask
Lot: 1034UnsoldAbelam Woven Cane Yam Mask, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, tightly woven with climbing vine cane and painted with natural pigments, ht. 18, wd. 11 in. more ...
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New Guinea Spear
Lot: 1035Sold for: $125$100New 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 ...
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New Guinea Reliquary Figure
Lot: 1036UnsoldNew Guinea Reliquary Figure, Sepik River province, the long bamboo pole, with woven rattan basketry torso, with outstretched arms with hands, with a painted bark panel on the front, with painted more ...
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Papua New Guinea Canoe Prow
Lot: 1037Sold for: $138$110Papua New Guinea Canoe Prow, Sepik River region, in the form of a crocodile head, mounted on custom stand, (wood loss),lg. 14 in. more ...
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Two New Guinea Stone Adze Blades
Lot: 1038Sold for: $138$110Two New Guinea Stone Adze Blades, basalt adzes for wood cutting, with Moriarty collection numbers on each, lg. 5 1/2, and 4 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii; more ...
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Seven New Guinea Fiber Ornaments
Lot: 1039Sold for: $188$150Seven New Guinea Fiber Ornaments, Sepik River, a fiber and nassa shell belt, a fiber and nassa shell head band, a large nassa shell and fiber head band, a shell belt, a cone shell belt, a nassa more ...
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Two New Guinea Shell Ornaments
Lot: 1040Sold for: $375$300Two New Guinea Shell Ornaments, Sepik River, a large woven fiber and nassa shell back ornament, with a New Britain fiber and nassa shell pectoral ornament, with paper collection tag, 15 1/2 x 20, more ...
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Two New Guinea Boar Tusk Pectoral Ornaments
Lot: 1041Sold for: $188$150Two New Guinea Boar Tusk Pectoral Ornaments, Sepik River region, one with six tusks, joined together with bush fiber, a double tusk pectoral attached together with cloth, and decorated with nassa more ...
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New Guinea Dog Tooth Necklace and Shell Ring
Lot: 1042UnsoldNew Guinea Dog Tooth Necklace and Shell Ring, the necklace strung with natural bush fiber, the ends with bark cloth, and nassa shells on the front, with two glass trade teeth, with tridacna shell more ...
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New Guinea Spear Thrower
Lot: 1043Sold for: $125$100New Guinea Spear Thrower, Middle Sepik River, the long bamboo shaft, with carved wood terminal at one end, attached with woven rattan, the bamboo partially open to accommodate the spear, with carved more ...
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New Guinea Stool
Lot: 1044UnsoldNew Guinea Stool, Middle Sepik River, 20th century, with the head of a crocodile at one end, and the tail at the other, dry, worn patina, lg. 39, ht. 9 in. more ...
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Massim Lime Spatula
Lot: 1045UnsoldMassim Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, traces of lime pigments, (minor wood loss),ht. 12 in. more ...
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Massim Wood Figure
Lot: 1046Sold for: $438$350Massim 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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Large Massim Lime Spatula
Lot: 1047UnsoldLarge Massim Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, late 19th/early 20th century, decorated on either side at the top end with incised lime-filled scrollwork, smooth, dark patina, lg. 24 more ...
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Three Massim Lime Spatulas
Lot: 1048Sold for: $250$200Three Massim Lime Spatulas, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, late 19th/early 20th century, a clapper type with typical carved open scrollwork motifs, with inventory tag attached, the other two more ...
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Tami Island Food Bowl
Lot: 1049UnsoldTami Island Food Bowl, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, decorated on the sides with white pigment filled incised and relief carving of fish, with an ancestor figure in the middle on more ...
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Tami Island Food Bowl
Lot: 1050UnsoldTami Island Food Bowl, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, decorated on the sides with white pigment filled incised and relief carving, with projecting flat wings at the rear, the front more ...
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Admiralty Island Male Ancestor Figure
Lot: 1051UnsoldAdmiralty Island Male Ancestor Figure, Papua New Guinea, c. 1930s to 1940s, standing on a low round base, legs slightly bent, with thin cutout arms, hands on waist, the elongated torso and face more ...
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New Britain Shield
Lot: 1052UnsoldNew Britain Shield, Arawe, West New Britain, early 20th century, the three pieces of wood tied together with rattan, each with carved concentric circles on the front, clan motifs on the back, ht. 51 more ...
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Solomon Islands War Club
Lot: 1053Sold for: $250$200Solomon 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 ...
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Maori Carved Panel
Lot: 1054Sold for: $1,875$1,500Maori Carved Panel, early 20th century, the heavy panel with a frieze of finely carved tiki heads, some with shell inlay, below an openwork frieze of scrollwork, dark, stained finish, lg. 59 1/2, more ...
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Maori Rain Cape, Pake
Lot: 1055Sold for: $1,250$1,000Maori Rain Cape, Pake, New Zealand, 19th century, woven wool with native flax muka in long narrow strips on the outside, with exhibition label attached, 30 1/4 x 42 in. Provenance: Private more ...
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Samoan Tapa Beater
Lot: 1056Sold for: $594$475Samoan Tapa Beater, 19th century, large and heavy with grooves cut on three sides, smooth, well-used patina, lg. 11 1/2 in. more ...
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Fijian Hardwood War Club, Gata
Lot: 1057UnsoldFijian Hardwood War Club, Gata, 19th century, thick and heavy shaft with a carved spur at the top, with ribbed end on the club, smooth rich patina, (age cracks),lg. 37 1/2 in. more ...
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Fijian Rootstock Club, Vunikau
Lot: 1058Sold for: $438$350Fijian 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, the more ...
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Fijian Tapa Beater, Ike
Lot: 1059Sold for: $225$180Fijian Tapa Beater, Ike, early 19th century, three sides grooved, the fourth smooth, dark rich patina, (some surface loss on the handle),lg. 12 in. more ...
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Society Islands Stone Adze Blade
Lot: 1060Sold for: $250$200Society Islands Stone Adze Blade, Tahiti, possibly pre-contact, smoothed basalt from many years spent in water, probably a river find, with smooth and slightly rounded face and cutting edge, lg. 7 more ...