American Indian & Tribal Art-Marlborough
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Two Contemporary Carved Wood African Masks
Lot: 61Sold for: $123$100Two Contemporary Carved Wood African Masks, Bapende Capital mask and a Mossi antelope mask (repairs),antelope mask ht. 29 1/2 in. more ...
Dogon Door Latch
Lot: 62Sold for: $270$225Dogon Door Latch, in the form of a Janus-headed lizard, lg. 18 in. more ...
Two Bamana Carved Wood Door Latches
Lot: 63Sold for: $154$125Two Bamana Carved Wood Door Latches, ht. to 16 1/2 in. more ...
Three African Carved Wood Divination Staffs
Lot: 64Sold for: $154$125Three African Carved Wood Divination Staffs, two from the Yoruba, one Baule with serpent, ht. to 10 3/4 in. more ...
Dogon Iron Staff with Human Figural Finial
Lot: 65Sold for: $150$125Dogon Iron Staff with Human Figural Finial, wood and stone stand, ht. including stand 26 in. more ...
Three African Wood Items
Lot: 66UnsoldThree African Wood Items, a Yoruba divination tray with relief-carved faces and two Nigerian calligraphic boards, ht. to 25 1/2 in. more ...
Three Dogon Brass Sunburst Pendants and a Forged Iron Bracelet
Lot: 67Sold for: $120$100Three Dogon Brass Sunburst Pendants and a Forged Iron Bracelet, dia. to 3 in. Provenance: Deaccessioned from Museum of Primitive Art and Culture, Wakefield, Rhode Island. more ...
Four African Hide Items
Lot: 68UnsoldFour African Hide Items, three containers and a quiver with four metal-tipped arrows, lg. to 27 in. more ...
Two African Items
Lot: 69UnsoldTwo African Items, a Yoruba diviner's two-piece metal, cloth, and fiber sash, and a Cameroon multicolored beaded apron, panels are 11 x 11, apron lg. 19 in. more ...
Four Yoruba Beaded Items
Lot: 70Sold for: $150$125Four Yoruba Beaded Items, two canes, a beaded bottle in the form of a headdress, and a cap with beaded elephants, crowns, and "Niyon of Kiaibo" on the band, cane lg. to 36 in. more ...
Five South African Beaded Items
Lot: 72UnsoldFive South African Beaded Items, lg. to 31 in. more ...
Eight Items
Lot: 73UnsoldEight Items, five African carved wood items and three Chinese bone tourist items, ht. to 12 in. more ...
Sepik River Carved Wood Ancestral Mask
Lot: 74Sold for: $780$650Sepik River Carved Wood Ancestral Mask, red and white pigments, cowrie shell eyes, boar tusks, ht. 29 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. more ...
Three New Guinea Items
Lot: 75Sold for: $240$200Three New Guinea Items, two carved wood masks and a staff, lg. to 29 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. more ...
Two New Guinea Masks
Lot: 76UnsoldTwo New Guinea Masks, a Huon Gulf ancestor mask, and a Black Water River polychrome plaque mask, ht. to 17 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. more ...
Trobriand Islands Polychrome Carved Wood Dance Shield
Lot: 77Sold for: $780$650Trobriand Islands Polychrome Carved Wood Dance Shield, lg. 27 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. more ...
Three Papua New Guinea Stone-headed Clubs
Lot: 78Sold for: $120$100Three Papua New Guinea Stone-headed Clubs, all with remnant fiber bindings, lg. to 42 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. more ...
Three Melanesian Carved Wood Implements
Lot: 79UnsoldThree Melanesian Carved Wood Implements, a Sepik River adze handle with relief-carved face, a food stirrer with incised decoration, and a Solomon Island dance paddle, lg. to 32 in. Provenance: more ...
Three Melanesian Wood Carvings
Lot: 80Sold for: $450$375Three Melanesian Wood Carvings, a Sepik River male hook figure with cowrie shell eyes, a Papuan Gulf painted ancestral board, and a painted Trobriand Island dance shield, ht. to 35 1/2 in. more ...
Four Melanesian Weapons
Lot: 81Sold for: $540$450Four Melanesian Weapons, two Vanuatu clubs, a Massim palmwood sword club, and a Gilbert Island shark tooth sword, tag for last reads "Methodist Mission Society Museum," (damage),lg. to 42 in. more ...
Two Melanesian Carved Wood Items
Lot: 82Sold for: $270$225Two Melanesian Carved Wood Items, a Sepik River canoe bailer with stylized head finial, and a Solomon Island paddle. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. more ...
Six New Guinea Carved Wood Items
Lot: 83Sold for: $120$100Six New Guinea Carved Wood Items, ht. to 32 in. more ...
Polynesian Carved Wood Club
Lot: 84Sold for: $1,920$1,600Polynesian Carved Wood Club, Fiji, c. 19th century, gunstock variety with serrated edge blade, fine incised geometric designs on the head, and pierced at the end for attachments, (minor wood loss),more ...
Fiji Island Carved Wood Club
Lot: 85Sold for: $330$275Fiji Island Carved Wood Club, "Totokia," (missing the spike),lg. 32 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. more ...
Polynesian Carved Wood Paddle
Lot: 86Sold for: $120$100Polynesian Carved Wood Paddle, dark patina, lg. 66 in. more ...
Fiji Island Carved Wood Kava Bowl
Lot: 89Sold for: $62$50Fiji Island Carved Wood Kava Bowl, ht. 5 1/2, dia. 16 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. more ...
Two South Pacific Carved Wood Bowls
Lot: 90UnsoldTwo South Pacific Carved Wood Bowls, a Tami Island form with incised decoration and a Fiji Island kava bowl, lg. of form 22 3/4, dia. of bowl 16 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess more ...