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Maori, Oceanic, African, and Asian Art — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:319
Sale Title:Maori, Oceanic, African, and Asian ArtLots with images:317
Auction Location:WellingtonPrices available:264
Date:7-Dec-2021
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A Dan figural dish ivory coast, with elliptical shaped dish held on two supports terminating in a robustly carved mask, 51 cm length
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A Lobi figure Burkino Faso, the slender figure with almond shaped eyes and open mouth, some traces of white pigment one the surface of the body, 29 cm height
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Lobi figure ivory coast, the figure standing with hands placed to abdomen, 21 cm height
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Makonde helmet mask Mozambique, the naturalistically rendered face with white painted eyes and open mouth barring teeth, attached copper and bead necklace, 22 x 25 cm
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Konda tribe Democratic Republic of Congo sword, double edge blade. Rust and some heavy pitting. 53 cm length
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Ngombe Bantu tribe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Executioner's sword. 20th century. Primarily used in ceremonies. 65 cm long
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Mangbetu Democratic Republic of Congo Currency knife - Trombash, early 20th century. Iron, bone. Heavy rust and pitting. Early replacement of handle in bone with strapping. 45 cm long
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Dan mask Libera, with attached platted hair, 26 x 19 cm
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Zande tribe Congo sickle shaped sabre knife. Ebonised wooden handle. Blade in good condition.46 cm length
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Mongo tribe knife. Bantu ethnic group equatorial forest of Central Africa. Early 20th century. Blade in good and untouched condition. 51 cm length
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Ngombe Poto tribe Democratic Republic of Congo. Currency sword knife. Blade in good and untouched condition. 70 cm length
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Azande tribal Sickle sword Zair. Good untouched condition, 65 cm length
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Mangbetu Democratic Republic of Congo Currency knife - Trombash, early 20th century. Iron, bone, surface rust and some pitting. 38 cm length
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Sierra Leone Gongoli masquerade mask, with applied cowrie shells. 59 cm high by 28 cm wide
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Sierra Leone statue modelled standing with horns and earrings. Inserted mirror and beads to the distended stomach. Ethnic group unknown. 67 cm height
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Joli Society white Devil Headress Sierra Leone, the carved painted bust surmounted by two carved painted heads conjoined in Janus form, 55 cm height
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Mende women's Society helmet mask Sierra Leone, oval face with pierced eyes, the mask surmounted by a bird carved in relief, 40 cm height
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Large Makonde helmet mask Kenya, 30 x 26 cm
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Mancarla game board Kenya, well used with good surface patina, 64 x 15 cm
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Kikuyu people central Kenya, dance shield, oval shape, white and red pigment paint to the surface with good overall patina, 64 x 36 cm
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Songye tribe Bantu ethnic group ritual mounted mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, the miniature mounted mask mounted on woven cane and surrounded by cowrie shells, bone and gourds and miniature amulets, 34 cm diameter
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Wooden bowl Turkana tribe, Lokichokio, Kenya, elliptical shape, traded off Turkana women in the Lokichokio area in the mid 1990s, 41 x 17 cm
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Large Makonde helmet mask Kenya, the large ovoid mask with downcast eyes, and human hair. Adorned with a shell necklace, 43 x 33 x 30 cm
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19th century brass Currency/Anklet Ekonda Kuta Kota tribes, Democratic Republic of the Congo, cast from heavy brass, 25 cm length
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Large and impressive crocodile form game board Dan tribe, Ghana, double headed, showing signs that it has been well used, 150 cm length
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Impressive hardwood grain pounder Luba tribe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, surmounted by a female fertility figure. Rich surface patina, 115 cm length
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Somalia, the small well carved neck rest with a finely incised interweaving design to each side, 16 x 14 cm
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Wooden ceremonial staff Luba tribe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, double side, the upper section cared with female figures in relief, 86 cm length
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Large wooden staff Bongo tribe, Bahr-el-Ghazal Province, south Sudan, the staff surmounted by a figure with inset copper teeth, 127 cm length
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Two Papua New Guinea breast ornaments, each decorated with nassa shells on woven rafia, 35 x 24 cm and 30 x 18 cm
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A large Papua New Guinea breast ornament, decorated with nassa shells on woven raffia and with two attached cowrie shells, 53 x 36 cm
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Papua New Guinea male ancestor figure, the carved standing figure with elliptical eyes and distended nose and with his hands placed on his legs, from the Ramu River area of Morobe Province. Collected near the Usino river where it had been reputedly recovered from a stream
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Papua New Guinea male ancestor totem figure with raffia adornment to the nose and painted pigment decoration to the body, Sepik River region, 85 cm height
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Papua New Guinea Kundu drum, carved wood with reptile skin head covering, collected near Bundi in the Madang province, 740 cm height
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A good Papua New Guinea Siassi Kundu drum, the wooden drum beautifully carved with clan motifs, the handle flanked by carved heads in high relief. The head covered in reptile skin. Provenance: collected from Kaiapit village where it had been traded inland before roads existed in the region. It had been stored in the ceiling of a traditional hut and was said to have been part of a bridal dowry. Old metal rivet repairs to the lower section, 74 cm height
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Four Papua New Guinea Gogodala masks, pigment painted and adorned with cassowary feathers, collected near Balimo in the western province
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Papua New Guinea Kalam war shield, carved from hardwood and decorated with clan motifs. Pierced in the center and with attached bush rope handle, collected from the Kalam people from the Simbai area of Madang Province, 114 x 60 cm
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Papua New Guinea blackened pottery feast bowl a large and impressive 19th century Trobriand Islands blackened pottery feast bowl, ovoid conical form with incised decoration. Supported on a circular stand made from plant fibre, collected in the Amphlett Islands, 46 cm diameter
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A large and impressive Papua New Guinea Saissi Island feast bowl, elliptical shape, decorated with clan motifs highlighted in white pigment, 92 x 44 cm
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Papua New Guinea Saissi Island bowl of elliptical shape, decorated in low relief and incised with tribal clan motifs, 82 x 25 cm
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Papua New Guinea Saissi Island bowl of elliptical shape, each side decorated with a frigate bird with outstretched wings in low relief, 60 x 26 cm
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Papua New Guinea pottery food bowls (4) four Papua New Guinea blackened pottery cooking bowls, all exhibiting chips and cracks
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Two Trobriand Islands mortar and pestle, used for crushing lime into powder, the lime then combined with mustard seed and leaf and used when chewing betel nut, collected at Losuia on Kiriwina in the Trobriand Islands
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Three Papua New Guinea lower Sepik River Ramu River region figure supported bowls
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Papua New Guinea Ramu River bowl, elliptical shape with crocodile head totems carved in high relief to each end, collected in the Bogia river area, 104 x 29c cm
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A rare Huli mans hairpiece, this rare day wig took some eighteen months to grow, collected near Tari in the Southern highlands, 51 x 26 cm
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Papua New Guinea Saissi Island bowl, decorated with a abstracted Bonito shark design together with another circular bowl, 54 x 20 cm and 33 cm diameter
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Two Papua New Guinea shields, incised with clan totem designs. Pieced at the center to hold the bush rope handle
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Papua New Guinea Sepik River region fish trap, length 51 cm
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Three Papua New Guinea Sepik River cooking pots, blackened pottery of tapering conical shape. One held in a metal stand, some faults evident
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Papua New Guinea breast ornament, Abstracted figural form embellished with shells and boar's tusks, 26 cm length
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Papua New Guinea blackened pottery feast bowl, decorated with sea horse heads in high relief, 24 cm diameter
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Four Papua New Guinea Obsidian bladed knives, the handle of each made with wood and paranarium paste made from the crushed fruit of the Lilit (Putty nut) tree, graduated size from 30 cm (largest) to 20 cm (smallest)
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Papua New Guinea blackened pottery bowl, decorated with sea horse heads in high relief, 28 cm diameter
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A rare Papua New Guinea pottery food bowl from Soandogum village, decorated with stylised clan motifs with pigment highlights, 29 cm diameter
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A rare Papua New Guinea lower Sepik River Sago pot, the ovoid pottery vessel decorated with a stylised face with white pigment highlights, 30 cm height
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A large Papua New Guinea hard wood war shield, Pieced at the center and with attached plant rope handle, 150 x 52 cm
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Papua New Guinea Oro province tapa cloth, 130 x 61 cm
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Papua New Guinea Oro province tapa cloth, 190 x 94 cm
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Papua New Guinea Oro province tapa cloth, 130 x 67 cm
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Papua New Guinea Oro province tapa cloth (2)
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Papua New Guinea Abelam yam mask, bush fibre with natural pigments. Used in yam harvest festivals, collected in the East Sepik Province near Ambunti, 26 cm length
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A good rare Papua New Guinea lime gourd, made of a calabash overlaid with hand-awled mother or pearl discs and nassa shells. The neck is of a clamshell and with a bone spatula topped with pigmented plaited work and nassa shells, 36 cm length
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Two Papua New Guinea spears, one of tapering form with notched barbs, exhibiting some damage to the mid section. The other with incised notched designs, the terminal end carved with a clan totem head in low relief, 270 cm and 260 cm
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Papua New Guinea ancestral totem pole the lower section pigment painted with a mythical creature. The upper section painted with clan motifs terminating in the carved head of a crocodile with exposed teeth, minor damage . 190 cm length
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Papua New Guinea suspension hook, pigment painted. The lower end with the head of a white Ibis and the other with a python effigy devouring a clan father, collected from the Gogodala people of the Western province, 150 cm length
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Papua New Guinea Sepik River region ceremonial paddle, the leaf shaped blade held in the mouth of a python. The serpentine handle terminating with the carved head of a clan father in high relief, 187 cm length
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A Papua New Guinea Sepik River ancestor figure, modelled seated with hands clasped behind his neck. Adorned with boars tusks to the nose and embellished with nassa shells and cassowary feathers, 74 cm height
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A rare Papua New Guinea arm band, constructed from woven plant fibre and wood. Collected in the Western Highlands
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A rare 19th century Fijian Chief's headrest (Kali), with rectangular wooden top section with slight curvature, the underside with medial ridge. The ends inlaid with pearl shell discs. Raised on triangulated whalebone feet attached by sennit binding, this Fijian head rest is exceedingly rare. Very few examples exist with whalebone feet, 56 cm length
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Rare 18th century Fijian ceremonial fork (Cula ni bokola), with four tines and a baluster form handle terminating in a lobbed finial, Chipping to the tines and one broken at the end section, 33 cm length
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A rare 19th century Tongan whale bone tapa pounder, elongated rectangular shape tapering to the grip section with deep cut grooves to three of the four sides. A similar example collected in the Pitcairn Islands is held in the collection of the British Museum, 39 cm length
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A Tongan ceremonial priest's staff, with cylindrical handle and tapering rectangular head carved with a manulua design, 74 cm length
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A carved stone Sumba Island figure, with incipient face and hands folded across the body probably used to mark territory, raised on a metal stand. 23 cm height
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An Australian Aboriginal central Desert shield, Beanwood with earth pigments. Collected Daly river Northern Territory circa 1962.
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An Australian Aboriginal central Desert shield Australian Aboriginal large and impressive Wunda shield, softwood with ricketts blue and ochres applied, collected Anna plains Kimberley coast, Western Australia 1958. AMO6 written in pen to reverse, 78 x 17 cm
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A good Australian Aboriginal late 19th century Gulmari softwood shield, collected broad sound, Mackay, central Queensland, 54 x 24 cm
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A good Australian Aboriginal late 19th century Gulmari softwood shield Australian Aboriginal hardwood Wunda shield, incised surface decoration with red white and black pigment, collected La Grange bay Kimberley Region Western Australia. Early 20th century, 65 x 14 cm
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Two Trobriand Islands feast bowls, elongated oval shape, blackened wood, one with an old staple repair and mask form projecting lugs. The other with triangulated projecting lugs, 60 and 58 cm length
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A Papua New Guinea Sepik River skull rack, traditionally used to display the skulls of enemies, the role of these anthropomorphic figures changed in the early 20th century to be used to display the skulls of ancestors. This rare example dating from circa 1920 has a clay modeled head with painted pigment decoration with cowrie shell eyes and boars tusks to the nose and with tufts of human hair. The body made from woven rattan and adorned with plant fibre. Raised on a fitted stand. Some losses to the head…
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Papua New Guinea Sepik River shell currency, the white cut shell discs of graduated size, mounted on a stand, 57 cm high
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Papua New Guinea Yipwon spirit figure, the large decorative figure with painted pigment decoration, Yiman people, Korewari river area
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Early 19th century Melanesian wooden feast bowl, 31 cm diameter
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Large lidded box of ovoid shape with attached sennit cord 25 x 31 cm Tokelau tackle box (Taluma), the lidded box of ovoid shape with attached sennit cord, 25 x 31 cm
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An impressive Melanesian pedestal bowl, blackened wood raised from a circular foot on a tapering pedestal, 47 cm height 34 cm diameter
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A Fijian Beaked Battle hammer (Totokia Titobu), the shaft tapering to the notched grip section, 90 cm length. Provenance: collected by Dudley Smith. Buried village collection, 91 cm length
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Tokelau tackle box (Taluma), the large lidded box of ovoid shape with attached sennit cord, 25 x 31 cm
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Early 19th century Melanesian bowl, the circular hard wood bowl with scalloped rim, 20 cm diameter
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Two 19th century Melanesian hard wood bowls, 19 cm and 18 cm diameter
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Three Marquesan bowls, the circular bowls of graduated size, decorated with incised geometric designs
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A male Bulul figure made of wood from the Ifugao mountain tribe of northern Luzon Philippines. Bulul?s are used as gradians of the rice crops and are highly stylised representations of ancestors and thought to gain power and wealth from ancestral spirits. This Bulul was acquired in situ in 1976 and purchased by the owner in 1977. The hair style is common to figures of some Ifugao tribes and the hole in the head often held fragments of an ancestor?s hair. The eyes have shell fragments and both ears have…
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Hawaiian Kukui nut Lei (necklace), the Kukui tree in Hawaii is a symbol of protection and power. This lei (necklace) was made from the nuts of the tree. Kukui nut lei are worn as important adornments on cultural occasions and performances
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A large and impressive Tibetan thangka depicting Shakyamuni Buddha, the hand painted thangka portraying the Vajrayana Buddha flanked by attendants. One hand holding an offering bowl and the other in the Bhumisparsha (hand touching) mudra. He is framed by dragons, kylin and another exotic animals. The outer field and lower front section painted with various scenes from the Buddhas life.
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An Tibetan Gau (travelling shrine), the lotus petal shaped box in copper with silver front panel. The silver panel chased and engraved with the eight auspicious Buddha symbols. The back panel of the box engraved with the sacred Kalachakra symbol representing the wheel of time. The box interior with a small bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. The Buddha has been blessed and filled as evidenced by the sealed base. Probably dating from the early 20th century, 10 cm x 8 cm
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19th century Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist Damaru (ritual drum), turned wood with leather skin. Wrapped with the cord from a Monk's robe, 11 cm diameter
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Tibetan thangka depicting Vajrasattva (Dorje Sempa), hand painted. The Tibetan Buddha of purification is portrayed typically holding a dorje and bell. Framed in brocade scroll, image size 51 x 35 cm
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Tibetan thangka, depicting the Wrathful multi headed deity Mahankala, 70 x 60 cm
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An impressive 19th century Tibetan seal, the silver seal surmounted by a lapis lazuli stone and chased and engraved with various animals. Engraved to the base and inset with coral and turquoise stones, 17 cm height
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An impressive Ming Dynasty temple guardian figure Gansu Province, the robust figure with glass eyes standing in a crouching posture with hands placed to thighs, wood with traces of polychrome paint. Raised on an ebonised stand, a similar figure held in the collection Guimet Museum of Asian Art in Paris. Provenance: Private Collection Auckland. Purchased from an antique dealer in Tianjin, china in the 1980s, 47 cm height
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Three good 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings, depicting a scholar seated at his table with attendant, a Chinese lady seated at her table drinking tea with an attendant and a Chinese lady seated in front of a mirror with attendant, all in superb condition with no colour fading or tears to the paper, each 28 x 20 cm
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