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Vanuatu Dance Stave Head, Teme
Lot: 1121Sold for: $938$750Vanuatu Dance Stave Head, Teme, Malekula Island, early to mid-20th century, made with wood, boar tusks, bark cloth, spider web, natural pigments, rattan, banana fiber and modeled clay, with metal more ...
Solomon Islands Shell Breast Ornament, Kapkap
Lot: 1122Sold for: $594$475Solomon Islands Shell Breast Ornament, Kapkap, worn on the breast, openwork carving in shell mounted on a concave polished cymbium shell, attached in the center with wire, with old paper label more ...
Rennell Islands Club, Baukiana
Lot: 1123Sold for: $1,188$950Rennell Islands Club, Baukiana, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands, early 20th century, hardwood, plaited fiber, and sennit, the strapped head carved into eight blunt points, lg. 14 1/4 in. more ...
Solomon Islands Paddle Club
Lot: 1124UnsoldSolomon 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 ...
Melanesian Stone Pounder
Lot: 1125Sold for: $1,750$1,400Melanesian Stone Pounder, possibly from the Solomon Islands, made from basalt, the butt end in the form of a human face, with metal stand, (broken and restored at the handle end),lg. 13 in. more ...
Three Solomon Island Spears
Lot: 1127UnsoldThree 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 ...
Cook Island Ceremonial Wooden Adze Haft
Lot: 1128Sold for: $125$100Cook Island Ceremonial Wooden Adze Haft, Mangaia, early 19th century, turret-style haft, (missing stone and broken into three segments, damage and losses),ht. 16 3/4 in. more ...
Samoan Tapa Beater
Lot: 1129UnsoldSamoan Tapa Beater, 19th century, large and heavy with grooves cut on three sides, smooth, well-used patina, (minor losses),lg. 12 1/2 in. more ...
Fijian Fan, I iri buli
Lot: 1130Sold for: $281$225Fijian Fan, I iri buli, late 19th century, woven from young coconut leaf and coconut sennit fiber, the wood handle bound with sennit, lg. 19 1/2, wd. 11 1/2 in. more ...
Fijian Hafted Stone Adze, Matau Vatu
Lot: 1131Sold for: $250$200Fijian Hafted Stone Adze, Matau Vatu, 19th century, the long black basalt blade lashed with coconut sennit to a short hardwood handle, probably used in canoe building, (age crack),lg. 13 3/4 in. more ...
Cook Islands Barkcloth Beater
Lot: 1132Sold for: $238$190Cook Islands Barkcloth Beater, 19th century, hardwood, with three sides deeply grooves, a name inscribed on the handle, (age crack and wood loss),lg. 17 in. Provenance: The Rosman Rubel more ...
Two Contemporary Polynesian Woven Baskets
Lot: 1133UnsoldTwo Contemporary Polynesian Woven Baskets, Samoa or the Cook Islands, woven palm leaves, 8 1/4 x 23 and 7 1/2 x 14 in. Provenance: The Rosman Rubel collection, New York City. more ...
Fijian Tapa Cloth
Lot: 1134Sold for: $213$170Fijian Tapa Cloth, 20th century, decorated with typical Fijian floral and geometric motifs, 74 1/2 x 85 1/2 in. more ...
Large Samoan Kava Bowl
Lot: 1135Sold for: $563$450Large Samoan Kava Bowl, late 19th century, multi-legged bowl, (age cracks in the wood),ht. 8 1/4, wd. 25 1/4 in. more ...
Collection of South Pacific Fiber Cordage
Lot: 1136Sold for: $563$450Collection of South Pacific Fiber Cordage, a large woven sennit cord from Fiji, a bundle of native string from New Guinea, a small bundle of black braided orchid fiber, a bundle of fiber covered more ...
Contemporary Niue Tapa Artwork
Lot: 1137UnsoldContemporary Niue Tapa Artwork, signed lower right, "Koren Cross", a contemporary Niue artist, now working in New Zealand, traditional Niue designs painted onto prepared bark cloth, framed, size of more ...
Tahitian Poi Pounder
Lot: 1138Sold for: $500$400Tahitian Poi Pounder, 19th century or earlier, basalt stone with classic cross triangular top, encrusted surface, ht. 6 1/2 in. more ...
Small Tahitian Stone Pounder
Lot: 1139UnsoldSmall Tahitian Stone Pounder, probably precontact period, archeological find, made from basalt, (with old loss to bottom edge),ht. 4 in. more ...
Contemporary Easter Island-style Wood Gorget
Lot: 1140Sold for: $500$400Contemporary Easter Island-style Wood Gorget, 20th century, carved hardwood, pierced twice in the middle for suspension, smooth, dark patina, wd. 10 1/4 in. more ...
Easter Island-style Club
Lot: 1141Sold for: $188$150Easter Island-style Club, the long flattened shaft, with janus head at the top, each head with shell inlayed eyes, with wood base, (age cracks),lg. 37 in. more ...
Hawaiian Wood Poi Bowl
Lot: 1142Sold for: $2,500$2,000Hawaiian Wood Poi Bowl, late 19th century, probably koa wood, wide deep bowl, with varnished exterior finish and some filled cracks on the sides, ht. 6 1/8, rim wd. 12 1/4 in. more ...
Three Hawaiian Squid Lure Stone Sinkers
Lot: 1143Sold for: $2,250$1,800Three Hawaiian Squid Lure Stone Sinkers, 19th century or earlier, with a flat bottom and grooved central line, for attaching to a shell for catching squid, lg. 3 1/2, 3, and 2 1/4 in. Provenance: more ...
Two Hawaiian Smoothing or Bath Stones
Lot: 1144Sold for: $125$100Two Hawaiian Smoothing or Bath Stones, 19th century, or earlier, smooth, rounded stones, one from lava stone, the other basalt, wd. 4, ht. 1 7/8, and wd. 3 1/2, ht. 2 in. more ...
Collection of Hawaiian Shark and Dog Teeth Tools and Ornaments
Lot: 1145Sold for: $2,375$1,900Collection of Hawaiian Shark and Dog Teeth Tools and Ornaments, 19th century, or earlier, pierced shark and dog teeth, and boar tusk fragment, with various bone tools, lg. 1/2 to 4 in. more ...
Seven Hawaiian Squid Lure Sinkers
Lot: 1146Sold for: $375$300Seven Hawaiian Squid Lure Sinkers, 19th century or earlier, two large hematite, three other stone, and two coral sinkers, lg. 2 3/4, 2, 1 3/8, 1 3/8, 1 1/4, 1 1/4, and 3/4 in. Provenance: Leo and more ...
Aboriginal Spear Thrower, Woomera
Lot: 1147Sold for: $188$150Aboriginal Spear Thrower, Woomera, Western Desert, early 20th century, incised carving on the front, with adze marks on the back, resin ball at the handle end, wood peg attached with fiber at the more ...
Australian Aborigine Spearthrower and Club
Lot: 1148Sold for: $200$160Australian Aborigine Spearthrower and Club, the spearthrower probably from the Aurukun area of North Queensland, the throwing stick with incised fluted carving along shaft and grooved grip, lg. 30 more ...
Australian Aborigine Bark Painting
Lot: 1149Sold for: $250$200Australian Aborigine Bark Painting, by Boliny Wanambi, titled Gundimolk, natural earth pigments on tree bark, 45 x 24 1/4 in. Provenance: Purchased from the Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Center, more ...
Small Micronesian Woven Mat, Nieded
Lot: 1150Sold for: $63$50Small Micronesian Woven Mat, Nieded, Marshall Islands, early 20th century, plaited pandanus leaf with hibiscus fiber patterning, 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. Provenance: The Rosman Rubel collection, New more ...
Mortlock Island Adze
Lot: 1151Sold for: $175$140Mortlock Island Adze, Micronesia, early 20th century, wood handle with turtle bone blade, lg. 19 1/2 in. Provenance: The Rosman Rubel collection, New York City. more ...