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Oceanic and African Arts — Webb's

Auction House:Webb'sNumber of lots recorded:455
Sale Title:Oceanic and African ArtsLots with images:405
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:310
Date:17-Jun-2010
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A Santa Cruz Gourd, neck secured with finely woven fibre. Length 18 cm Width 12 cm.
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Two Admiralty Island Daggers, flaked black obsidian blades attached to fibre and gum handles incised with triangulated forms. Red and Orange pigment. Length 22 cm Length 26 cm.
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A fine Tongan comb, helu, used as a comb and also hair decoration. Coconut leaflet midribs, coir. 19th century. Height 27.8 cm. Width 5.8 cm.
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New Hanover stone discs and adzes, a pair of very early stone discs possibly a form of currency found in a plantation in new Hanover Island together with assorted stone adze (7).
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Two Papua New Guinea Bone Daggers, a pair of well shaped cassowary bird bone daggers, some carving to surface with rich variegated blackened cream coloured patina. Length 34 cm Length 31 cm.
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A Superb Papua New Guinea Bone Dagger, carved bone dagger with deep circular carving and intertwined with heavily abstracted faces. Inlaid cowrie shell eyes to top and attached brown and white paradise bird feather bundle. Kwoma people Washkuk Hills East Sepik. Length 37 cm.
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Vanuatu Breadfruit Knife, plain wooden form with complex silhouette hand with dark dry patina. Used for cutting breadfruit. Torres Island Vanuatu. 19th century. Length 53 cm Width 21 cm.
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A Wooden Huon Gulf Ladle, top and mid section carved with wide tapering scoop. Black patina with some traces of lime infill. Length 73 cm Width 8 cm.
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Royal Tongan Tapa, a superb Tongan Tapa made for Queen Elizabeth's Royal Tour, 1953. Width 420 cm H196 cm.
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A Santa Cruz Island gourd, neck secured with finely woven fibre. Width 12 cm.
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Solomon Islands Bowl, a superbly formed bowl in classical ovoid form, terminating in finely detailed ends with inverted stylised birds. Shell button inlay work to the top ends. 19th century. Choiseul or New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands. Length 51.5 cm Width 21 cm D14 cm.
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A rare group of Hawaiian Awls (7) carved bird bone, found in the ancient Hawaiian 'Kapo Cave' in Puna. Which is linked to the legend of Kopokohelele (Kapo of the flying vagina) the goddess Kapo, who sent her flying vagina to lure the demi-god Kamapua'a away to save her family and her sister Pele. Max length 8 cm.
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Captain Tilly's Hat Box, a tin hat box with a large group of fibre and adornment. Including a pearl shell spoon and pendant, a large cloth and two banana leaf finely woven bags with geometric designs. Rope, bindings, arm band, weaving peg, skirt. Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands.
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Ceremonial Bowl, with 'Mary Itunga' carved on side. Fine Patina. Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands. Length 53 cm Width 21 cm.
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Solomon Island Fishing God, a statue of a fishing god with an anthropomorphic bird-man figure holding a headless fish crouching on a sea turtle entwined by a snake; shell inlaid eyes rich honey coloured patina. Roviana Island, Solomon Islands. Height 28 cm.
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Fijian Tapa Cloth, (Masi) A fine and early example with various geometric, Fiji. Height 37 cm Width 254 cm
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Fijian Tapa cloth, (Masi) A fine and early example with various geometric, Fiji. Height 166 cm width 194 cm.
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Fijian Tapa cloth, (Masi) A fine and early example with various geometric, Fiji. Height 102 cm width 188 cm.
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Fijian Tapa Cloth, (Masi) A fine and early example with various geometric, Fiji. Height 193 cm Width 214 cm.
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Hawaiian Food Bowl Sling, of natural fibre, Hawaiian. 19th century.
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