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Solomon Islands Wood Bowl
Lot: 1152Sold for: $225$180Solomon Islands Wood Bowl, San Cristobal Island, small elliptical bowl with pedestal base, painted black and heavily decorated with inlaid nautilus shells, each end ornamented with the front end of more ...
Solomon Islands Wood Bowl
Lot: 1153Sold for: $344$275Solomon Islands Wood Bowl, San Cristobal Island, elliptically-shaped bowl with pedistal base, painted black and heavily detailed with inlaid nautilus shells, each end ornamented with the front end more ...
Solomon Islands Wood Figure
Lot: 1154Sold for: $531$425Solomon Islands Wood Figure, Central Solomon Islands, carved from an ebony hardwood, consists of a seated anthropomorphic figure with hands held under the chin, mouth open with teeth, the back more ...
Solomon Islands Shell Funerary Plaque
Lot: 1155Sold for: $1,063$850Solomon Islands Shell Funerary Plaque, Choiseul, Western Solomon Islands, flat plaque of tridacna shell, decorated with two friezes of circles, separated by a frieze of anthropomorphic figures and more ...
Solomon Islands Sea Spirit Figure, Karamanua
Lot: 1156Sold for: $1,375$1,100Solomon Islands Sea Spirit Figure, Karamanua, standing figure with the head of a shark with up-swept tail, holding a shark upside down, decorated with shell inlay, varnished surface, (missing one more ...
Nine Items of Pacific Jewelry
Lot: 1157Sold for: $169$135Nine Items of Pacific Jewelry, a shell disk belt from the Solomon Islands, shell nose ornament from the Solomons, two fiber earsticks with bamboo container from the Solomons, a shell nose ring, more ...
Two Solomon Islands Wood Clubs, Kila
Lot: 1158Sold for: $200$160Two Solomon Islands Wood Clubs, Kila, Malaita, 19th century, two long straight hardwood clubs with raised central ridgeline on the blade, lg. 50 and 44 3/4 in. more ...
Two Solomon Islands Shell Armbands
Lot: 1159Sold for: $281$225Two Solomon Islands Shell Armbands, tridacna shell, dia. 4 and 3 3/4 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii; Mark Lissauer collection, Sydney, Australia. more ...
Solomon Islands Wood Club
Lot: 1160UnsoldSolomon Islands Wood Club, Malaita, 20th century, short hardwood club with detailed incised decoration and shell inlay, (some shell inlay missing),lg. 25 1/2 in. more ...
Solomon Islands Shell Breast Ornament
Lot: 1161Sold for: $344$275Solomon Islands Shell Breast Ornament, Malaita, early 20th century, pearl shell crescent ornament, with serrated bottom edge and shell decorations, with fiber cord, (minor rim chips),wd. 6 1/2 more ...
Large Fiji Tapa Cloth
Lot: 1162Sold for: $188$150Large Fiji Tapa Cloth, Lau Islands, Fiji, early 20th century, decorated mulberry fiber paper, using wood print blocks, with freehand drawn circles, with two black-painted sides, 92 x 110 in. more ...
Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant
Lot: 1163Sold for: $500$400Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant, 19th century, small bulbous pendant with large suspension hole, with metal stand, lg. 1 3/4 in. Provenance: The Rosman collection, New York City. more ...
Large Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant, Tabua
Lot: 1164Sold for: $500$400Large Fijian Whale Tooth Pendant, Tabua, early 19th century, a wide example with stained reddish color, complete with coconut fiber cord, lg. 6 1/2, wd. 3 1/8 in. more ...
Four Fijian Whale Tooth Pendants, Tabua
Lot: 1165Sold for: $750$600Four Fijian Whale Tooth Pendants, Tabua, 19th century, one large example, pierced at each end for suspension, and three smaller teeth, one with sennit coconut fiber cord, lg. 5 3/4, 4 3/4, 4 1/4, more ...
Fijian Throwing Club, Ula
Lot: 1166Sold for: $688$550Fijian Throwing Club, Ula, early 19th century, gadroon-head type, with carved tavatava grip, (age crack in head),lg. 17 in. Provenance: Christie's, New York, November 16, 1995, Lot 52. more ...
Miniature Fijian Throwing Club
Lot: 1167Sold for: $313$250Miniature Fijian Throwing Club, hardwood, with the small domed head with evenly fluted carving, the butt end comes to a soft point, lg. 11 in. Provenance: The Rosman collection, New York City. more ...
Fijian Throwing Club, Ula
Lot: 1168Sold for: $281$225Fijian Throwing Club, Ula, 19th century, with partial tavatava carved grip, and broken hole for wrist strap at the butt end, partial old paper label, (age crack in ball),lg. 14 1/2 in. more ...
Fijian Tapa Beater, Ike
Lot: 1169Sold for: $200$160Fijian Tapa Beater, Ike, 19th century, all four flat sides grooved, dark patina, lg. 17 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii. more ...
Fijian Tapa Beater, Ike
Lot: 1170Sold for: $313$250Fijian Tapa Beater, Ike, 19th century, three sides grooved, the fourth smooth, dark patina, lg. 14 1/2 in. Provenance: The Rosman collection, New York City. more ...
Fijian Hafted Stone Adze, Matau Vatu
Lot: 1171UnsoldFijian 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 ...
Fijian Kava Bowl, Tanoa
Lot: 1172Sold for: $531$425Fijian Kava Bowl, Tanoa, hardwood, possibly vesi, with four cylindrical tapering legs, a typical semi-curved lug with two holes, and a woven sennit cord with two shells attached, ht. 6 1/2, wd. 18 more ...
Fijian Wood Slit Gong, Lali
Lot: 1173Sold for: $138$110Fijian Wood Slit Gong, Lali, 19th century, made from hollowed out hardwood, the end cross-pieces repaired with nails, wd. 15 3/4 in. Provenance: The Rosman collection, New York City. more ...
Fiji Hardwood Pole Club, Bovai
Lot: 1174Sold for: $313$250Fiji Hardwood Pole Club, Bovai, 19th century, hardwood club with finely incised tavatava design on the grip, (part of the butt end cut off),lg. 42 1/2 in. more ...
Two Fijian Fans, I iri buli
Lot: 1175Sold for: $313$250Two Fijian Fans, I iri buli, Daku, Tailevu, Fiji, 19th century, woven from young coconut leaf, the handles bound with sennit, lg, 15, 13, wd. 13, and 10 1/2 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, more ...
Two Polynesian Tapa Beaters
Lot: 1176Sold for: $125$100Two Polynesian Tapa Beaters, the larger example from Tonga, with wide and deeply cut grooves on three sides, the second later example shows little use, possibly from Hawaii, lg. 11 and 11 3/4 in. more ...
Three Polynesian Tapa Beaters
Lot: 1177Sold for: $406$325Three Polynesian Tapa Beaters, the largest from Tonga, with two sides grooved, the other two smooth, the round example probably from Fiji, and the third possibly from Futuna island, lg. 10 1/2, 9, more ...
Two Samoan Coconuts
Lot: 1178Sold for: $125$100Two Samoan Coconuts, 19th century, large coconut containers, each with sennit coconut fiber, with inventory numbers painted on, one coconut cut in half for use, ht. 6 1/2 in. each. Provenance: more ...
Two Small Samoan Clubs
Lot: 1179Sold for: $1,000$800Two Small Samoan Clubs, late 19th century, two hardwood clubs one with the typical Samoan sawtooth design and the other with raised chevrons on the blade, each with pierced lugs on the butt, lg. 20 more ...
Samoan Tapa Pattern Board
Lot: 1180Sold for: $250$200Samoan Tapa Pattern Board, 19th century, hardwood, four deeply cut grooved sections for tapa cloth decoration, lg. 23 1/2, wd. 2 1/4 in. more ...
Samoan Wood Canoe Paddle
Lot: 1181Sold for: $63$50Samoan Wood Canoe Paddle, the narrow paddle terminating to a point, with long shaft, lg. 67 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii; Sherrod Anderson collection, Honolulu, Hawaii. more ...