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Marquesas Islands Carved Wood Stilt Step
Lot: 122UnsoldMarquesas Islands Carved Wood Stilt Step, Tapauva'e, 19th century, the incised decorated footrest supported by a stylized human figure with hands to the abdomen, the head with large stylized eyes, more ...
Maori Carved Wood Club
Lot: 123Sold for: $5,925$5,000Maori Carved Wood Club, Tewhatewa, 19th century, with most of the shaft and head carved with stylized scroll designs, dark patina, custom stand, lg. 49 in. Provenance: Ex collection Manua Kea more ...
Fiji Island Carved Wood Club
Lot: 124Sold for: $1,541$1,300Fiji Island Carved Wood Club, Gata, 19th century, the curved inner side of striking surface with deep wavy grain, dark patina, lg. 40 1/2 in. more ...
Polynesian Carved Wood Oil Dish
Lot: 125Sold for: $178$150Polynesian Carved Wood Oil Dish, Fiji, 19th century, the oval pedestal form carved from fine grained hardwood, (loss),lg. 14 in. more ...
Fiji Islands Carved Wood Neck Rest
Lot: 126UnsoldFiji Islands Carved Wood Neck Rest, c. mid-19th century, gracefully curved and faceted form above a circular support on a rectangular platform, ht. 7, lg. 14 1/2 in. Provenance: Ex-collection more ...
Polynesian Carved Wood Throwing Club
Lot: 127Sold for: $711$600Polynesian Carved Wood Throwing Club, Fiji, c. mid-19th century, with lobed head, chip-carved handle, and honey-colored patina, custom stand, lg. 17 in. Provenance: Fred Boschan Collection. more ...
Marquesas Islands War Club
Lot: 128Sold for: $71,100$60,000Marquesas Islands War Club, u'u, c. 19th century, carved from iron wood, the classic form with cylindrical shaft leading to a highly stylized head with projecting tiki head eyes, side flanges, and more ...
New Britain Painted Bark Cloth Mask
Lot: 129Sold for: $1,778$1,500New Britain Painted Bark Cloth Mask, a Kavat spirit mask, Baining people, Gazelle Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, the bark cloth over a bamboo frame representing a praying mantis, custom stand, ht. 50 more ...
Baining Bark Cloth Mask with Bamboo Frame
Lot: 130Sold for: $326$275Baining Bark Cloth Mask with Bamboo Frame, New Britain, a stylized chicken with painted detail, with stand, ht. 20 1/2 in. Provenance: Ex-collection A. Winston. more ...
New Guinea Carved Wood Head on Short Pointed Staff
Lot: 131Sold for: $593$500New Guinea Carved Wood Head on Short Pointed Staff, Sepik River, with seed inlaid eyes, fiber headband and ear ornaments, ht. 12 1/2 in. more ...
New Guinea Polychrome Carved Wood Mask
Lot: 132Sold for: $593$500New Guinea Polychrome Carved Wood Mask, Maprik area, with long arrow-shaped nose and painted with red, black, and yellow pigments, custom stand, ht. 12 in. more ...
New Guinea Carved Wood Canoe Prow
Lot: 133Sold for: $521$425New Guinea Carved Wood Canoe Prow, Schouten Islands, c. early 20th century, from one of the last ocean-going canoes, the stylized face with traces of red pigment, custom stand, ht. 9 in. more ...
New Guinea Polychrome Carved Wood Mask
Lot: 134Sold for: $830$700New Guinea Polychrome Carved Wood Mask, Maprik, the surface with red, yellow, black, and white pigments, custom stand, ht. 12 in. Provenance: Ex-collection Jo De Buck. more ...
Manesian Carved Wood Spatula
Lot: 135Sold for: $1,896$1,600Manesian Carved Wood Spatula, Trobriand Islands, of dark hardwood, the finial in the form of a standing human figure above a chip-carved panel, traces of white pigment, dark patina, ht. 15 1/2 in. more ...
New Guinea Carved Wood Figurative Hook
Lot: 136Sold for: $415$350New Guinea Carved Wood Figurative Hook, lower Sepik area, the stylized form with hands to his bird-like beak, ht. 22 1/2 in. Provenance: Ex-collection Alfonso Vallejo. more ...
New Guinea Carved Wood Figure
Lot: 137Sold for: $711$600New Guinea Carved Wood Figure, Ramu, the stylized standing male form with geometric detail, ht. 12 1/4 in. more ...
Two New Guinea Carved Wood Fetish Figures
Lot: 138Sold for: $245$200Two New Guinea Carved Wood Fetish Figures, both stylized, with long beaks, one with red pigment, the other from the Murik Lakes district, probably cut down from a baton, ht. to 9 in. more ...
New Guinea Painted Carved Wood Spirit Board
Lot: 139Sold for: $2,489$2,100New Guinea Painted Carved Wood Spirit Board, Papua Gulf, the lozenge form with stylized design carved in relief, with white, red, and black pigments, ht. 52 in. more ...
New Guinea Carved and Painted Wood Shield
Lot: 140Sold for: $8,295$7,000New Guinea Carved and Painted Wood Shield, c. 20th century, the hollowed form carved on the front with stylized abstract designs, remnant red, white, and black pigments, fiber handle, (repaired more ...
Micronesian Carved Wood Coconut Grating Stool
Lot: 141Sold for: $296$250Micronesian Carved Wood Coconut Grating Stool, c. mid-20th century, Nukuoro Atoll, Caroline Islands, the zoomorphic form with a shell blade held by fiber cord, lg. 24, ht. 14 in. more ...
Two Carved Wood Ethnographic Items
Lot: 142UnsoldTwo Carved Wood Ethnographic Items, a carved wood sago ladle from Tami Island, New Guinea, and an Australian Aboriginal spear thrower with old tag "Birmingham Museum," lg. to 24 in. more ...
Two New Guinea Carved Wood Sculpture Mallets
Lot: 143Sold for: $385$325Two New Guinea Carved Wood Sculpture Mallets, Sepik River, both with a boar's head carved at one end and patina of use, lg. to 16 in. more ...
New Guinea Carved Wood Baton
Lot: 144Sold for: $207$175New Guinea Carved Wood Baton, with pointed shaft and stylized human and animal-headed finial, lg. 24 1/2 in. more ...
Papua New Guinea Stone-headed Wood Club
Lot: 145Sold for: $207$175Papua New Guinea Stone-headed Wood Club, c. early 20th century, wicker braided wrap, the doughnut-shaped head with traces of pigment, dark patina, lg. 22 in. Provenance: Ex-collection Methodist more ...
Two New Guinea Items
Lot: 146UnsoldTwo New Guinea Items, an orchid fiber headband with dog teeth and nasa shell decoration, traces of red pigment, custom stand, and a fiber and bamboo armband from Mendi, in the highlands southwest of more ...
New Guinea Carved Shell Ornament
Lot: 147Sold for: $123$100New Guinea Carved Shell Ornament, Kapkap, c. first half 20th century, white shell overlaid with another shell with elaborate geometric cutout design, dia. 4 in. more ...
New Guinea Carved Wood Hand Drum
Lot: 148Sold for: $504$425New Guinea Carved Wood Hand Drum, Urama, Gulf province, one end carved with a stylized open mouth and abstract faces, traces of pigment, wicker ring, lg. 26 in. Provenance: Collected by Lissauer more ...
New Guinea Carved Wood Side-blown Trumpet
Lot: 149Sold for: $711$600New Guinea Carved Wood Side-blown Trumpet, Sepik River, with animal head finial and incised decoration, pierced and with fiber cord attachment, dark patina, custom stand, lg. 18 in. more ...
Two New Guinea Carved Wood Drums
Lot: 150UnsoldTwo New Guinea Carved Wood Drums, a "kundu" hourglass form with original lizard skin head, and a Trobrian Islands finger drum, "Katunenia," with incised decoration, lg. to 19 in. more ...
Two New Guinea Carved Wood Drumsticks
Lot: 151Sold for: $385$325Two New Guinea Carved Wood Drumsticks, Sepik River area, one with a stylized parrot head finial, the other with an avian head, lg. to 24 in. more ...