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Oceanic & African Arts — Webb's

Auction House:Webb'sNumber of lots recorded:380
Sale Title:Oceanic & African ArtsLots with images:373
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:224
Date:11-Nov-2010
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Mangaia Island adze handle, a wooden turret-shaped base with intricate geometric motifs overall and a bound head (missing blade) ; holding a small piece of shark skin at top. Light-brown patina. 19th century. Height 44 cm
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Early Fijian club, Sali, heavily adorned upper blade.some damage. Dark brown patina. Length 97 cm
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Fijian Club - Kiakavo, of well-balanced proportion, the shaft is fully wrapped with multicoloured sennit binding, Orthodox rough incurve at top. Superb light patina. Length 87 cm, width 12.5 cm
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Fijian throwing club, ula, type of throwing or missile club with dark rich patina. 9th. Century. Length 42.5 cm
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Fijian Thowing Club, ula, type of throwing or missile club with medium-brown, rich patina. 19th century. Height 40 cm, width 10 cm
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Fijian Thowing club, ula, of rootstock variation, a type of throwing or missile club with dark rich patina, 19th. Century length 46 cm
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Fijian Thowing Club, ula, type of throwing or missile club. Dark, rich patina. 19th century. Length 39 cm, width 11 cm
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Fijian Thowing club, ula, type of throwing or missile club with dark, rich patina. 9th century. Height 43 cm, width 5.5 cm
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Stone Headed Club, with pinapple formed head with some damage. Length 91 cm, width 10 cm
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Vanuatu club, a 19th-entury hardwood sling-type club with rounded end and tubular shaft. Four bulbous knobs projecting from shaft and a cone-shaped head. Rich, blackened-brown patina. Length 81 cm. Width 7 cm
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Rare Vanuatu axe, with large steel trade head marked 'Lyons' attached to a tubular shaft ending in an abstract open-work butt. Deep, brown patina, 19th century. Length 92 cm. Width 9.5 cm
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Solomon Island Club, of flattened, elongated rectangular shape, with fine binding to mid section. Mid-brown patina. Length 83 cm, width 7.6 cm
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Giant Santa Cruz Island Napa Dance Club, front of club in form of a canoe, traditionally painted with geometric designs in black and red pigment. Two pierced rectangular lugs with attached fibre to middle lead to a long tubular handle with a pierced hole and a cone-shaped end. Light, weathered patina. Length 1,02 cm
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New Britain Club, classic mace form with stone head loose; missing gum and shell. Length 1,16 cm
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Solomon Island Club - Malaita, with a diamond-shaped head and raised mid-rib in the form of a cross moving down to a hooked, crescent-shaped butt. Blackened patina. A very good example. Length 75 cm
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Collection of American Seed Weed Samples, with three eggs
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Massim carver's chisel, masterfully carved in the form of an abstract bird with raised target-shaped eyes. Rich, medium-brown patina. Length 20 cm
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Superb Massim spatula, from ebony wood and of large propotions with wide spatulete blade leading up to a rectangular carved handle with two humanistic forms back to back. Lime infill over a deep black patina. 9th century. Length 44 cm width 5.3 cm
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Superb Massim spatula, from ebony wood and of large proportions with slender spatulate blade leading up to a wide, carved mid-section bearing two bird forms back to back; a dart-head handle with small, carved bird terminal. Lime infill over a deep-black patina. 19th century. Length 42 cm. Width 3.8 cm
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Fine Solomon Island paddle, fine leaf shaped blade leading into an elongated tubular shaft with riased double band near top with a hooked c shaped terminal inlayed with mother of pearl. Rich honey brown and blackened variated patina. Length 152 cm
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Fine Solomon Island war club, in orthodox form, slight damage to upper leaf blade. Good, rich patina. Length 1,13 cm, width 17 cm
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Fine Solomon Island war club, long, slender, leaf blade in orthodox form, signs of repair apparent. Length 1,23 cm, width 10 cm
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Two Oceanic Sinkers, of pecked ovoid form. Width 7 cm, 5.5 cm
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Venerated Bonito totem, of significant size offering orthodox triangulated mother of pearl incised scales to celebrate the luminous nature of this important food source and spiritual totem. Overall form is sleek and well balanced reflecting the carverÈÇÖs close association with the Bonito. Tail section is also reliefed in realistic manner. C1900. Formally in the collection of Mr Dalrymple. Star harbour, San Cristobal, Solomon Islands. Length 111 cm. Width 41 cm. Height 56 cm
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Massim carved crocodile, of hardwood, in the form of a crocodile with delicate incised carving on the top. Black patina. Length 37 cm, width 6.8 cm
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Fine Solomon Island Comb, a flat, triangulated comb made with strips of coconut wood lashed together, middle area covered in a black gum with inlaid shell and leading to a delicate finial at top. Length 32 cm
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Arrow Head Fashioned from Human Bone, arrow of human bone, made and used in warfare in Torres Straits. Length 19.2 cm, width .5 cm
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Oceanic Adornment, seed pods and fibre
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Early Massim bowl, a hollowed circular dish of large proportions, with a thick edge decorated in a zigzag motif broken by intermittent spirals, the sides of the bowl are decorated with handles in rounded spiral form, one of which is well weathered. Dark, dry patina of age. Old collection number on the base. Height 50.6 cm, width 46 cm
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Small gourd, with woven fibre holder. Santa Cruz Island. Height 13 cm, width 8 cm
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Group Of Adornments/ Reminants, headbands, necklaces, beads etc
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Six Rice Shell Necklaces, and an unworked whale tooth. Length 12.5 cm, width 4 cm
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Shell Necklace Lot, including a Solomon Islands lure and fish hook. Length 13 cm, width 2.5 cm
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Two Santa Cruz Armlets, conus shell. Width 6.5 cm, depth 3.5 cm; Width 7.5 cm, depth 4.5 cm
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Group of Adornments/Remnants, beads, armlets, shell etc
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Stone Pestle, of flared tubular form, greenish stone, working to surface. Height 18 cm, width 5 cm
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Various Oceanic Adornments, shell necklaces etc. Length 11 cm, width 9 cm
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Petrified Shells and Two Arrowheads, various shapes and forms
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Assorted Solomon Island Fishing Lures, wood and shell
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Group of Adornments/Remnants, various beads etc
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Assorted Objects, including stone club, barb and jaw fragment adornment
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A Fine Woven Skirt, tightly woven skirt with a band to top and twisted fibre body with intermittent decorative yellow bands. Length 87 cm
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Three Woven Bags, woven bags of square and rectangular form with tassels. Height 23 cm; Height 13 cm; Height 17.5 cm
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Early Woven Mask - Papua New Guinea, open-work weaving of abstract oval form, with raised nose and coiffure. Encrusted patina with traces of red and black pigment. Height 34 cm, depth 28 cm
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Adze, Papua New Guinea, a finely shaped dark black stone adze of elongated cigar shaped form with flattened base on custom mounted stand. Length 19.5 cm
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Adze, Papua New Guinea, a finely shaped greenstone adze of classic form, with custom-mounted metal stand. Length 19.5 cm
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Aboriginal Shield, strong curvilinear form with integrated handle; animal designs frame handle with parallel grooves carved to front and back surface. Light-brown, dry patina. Length 76 cm, width 16.5 cm
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Stone Pounder and Axe Head, pecked stone of abstract ovoid form, with a cross-hatched beating surface. Accompanied by an archaic axe blade. Inscribed: Menyamemy and Kamuli mission 1984. Length 36 cm, length 18 cm
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Three Stone Club Heads, pecked stone of star, oval and circular form. Varying black to light colouration. Length 22 cm, width 25 cm; Depth 6 cm; length 18 cm, width 12 cm
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Five Stone Pounders, pecked stone of abstract ovoid form, with cross-hatched beating surface. Inscribed: Tauri River.Papua New Guinea. Length 27.5 cm, width 8.5 cm; length 25 cm, width 4.5 cm; length 21.5 cm, width 6 cm; length 28 cm, width 6.5 cm; length 24 cm, width 4.5 cm
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Group of stone adzes, Papua New Guinea, varied selection of assorted early adzes
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Asmat Drum, Papua New Guinea, in hourglass shape with rounded handle to one side. Attached lizard skin on the top, bound with cane and bamboo pegs. Light, dry patina. Length 59 cm.
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Earthenware Deep Bowl, Papua New Guinea, with an incised zigzag band around the rim and repeated incised heart-shaped abstract faces in yellow, black, ochre and white pigments. Height 16 cm, depth 22 cm
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Two Hafted adzes, large and small, Papua New Guinea, l.62 cm, width 9 cm; length 42 cm, width 18 cm
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A Fine Breastplate Adornment, Papua New Guinea, mother-of-pearl, plant fibre, cowrie and nassa shells. Worn by both men and women and used as currency. Height 17 cm, width 17 cm
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Oceanic Pipe and Cod Piece, bamboo pipe with incised design and a wood and fibre codpiece with inlaid nassa shell. Length 29 cm, width 2.7 cm; length 15.5 cm, width 7.5 cm
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Finely woven bird, Papua New Guinea, very scarce object in the abstract form of a cassowary bird. Bulbous body with long legs and four claws to each leg. Elongated tubular neck, with ovoid head and pointed beak. A raised comb and circular eyes with inset shell. Cassowary feathers, shell, cane and fibre. Mumeri village, Papua New Guinea. Length 90 cm
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Stone Headed Club, Papua New Guinea, an elongated circular wooden shaft tapering to a small raised end. The club is mounted, with a large, pierced ovoid stone disc secured by two woven fibre bands. Rich, brown patina. Length 65 cm, width 17.3 cm
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Spear Thrower, Papua New Guinea, l.100 cm
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Abelam ancestral figure, a large and impressive Abelam male spirit figure from a traditional men's house, decorated with ochre and mineral pigments. Abelam people, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea. Height 99.5 cm. Width 19.5 cm.
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Aboriginal Stone Churinga, with flakes and glass spear head. Assorted
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Various Stone Grinders, assorted flakes and grinding stones. Max length 25 cm. Width 11 cm
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Aboriginal Shield Large, of hardwood with strong curvilinear form with integrated handle; linear and wave-shaped parallel grooves carved to front and back surface; traces of red ochre remain. Mid-brown, dry patina. Inscribed: Nullagine. Length 71 cm, width 16.3 cm
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Aboriginal Bean Wood Shield, of deep elliptical form. A rebated handle on the back, carved into the body of the shield. Front and back are decorated with broad parallel longitudinal grooves. A varied reddish-brown patina dominates a large painted (natural pigment) circle, couched by four very faint, latitudinal, thickly painted lines on the shield’s face. Height 71 cm, width 10.5 cm
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Aboriginal Wunda Shield, carved in hardwood, of elongated ovoid form. The front is decorated with deeply fluted zigzag design, articulated into an orthodox three-section form and infilled alternatively with bands of red and black natural earth pigments. The reverse offers incised longitudinal design. Strong traces of red ochre overall, with black-and-white stripes framing the detailed loop handle. 19th century. Length 69.5 cm, width 17.5 cm
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Woomera, leaf-shaped flat springboard, the front entirely covered with linear grooved carving, using zig-zag and parallel motif. Stone tooled frinish. Rich brown patina. Length 65 cm. Width 9.5 cm
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Wooden churinga, with incised, cross-hatched design to front. Small traces of ochre. Mid-brown patina.painted label attached: Nullagine. 66 cm. Width 7.3 cm
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Wooden bullroarer, with tightly carved, stone-tooled geometrical pattern formulating into well-defined, complex, interlocking totem motif; attached human-hair rope to pierced hole. Length 57 cm. Width 10 cm
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Wooden churinga, with incised chevron and linear designs to top. Dry, brown patina. Length 26 cm
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Wooden bullroarer, with interconnecting, incised linear and circular patterns with pointillism, Unchichera ÈÇ' frog totem; pierced hole with attached human-hair rope. Length 31.2 cm. Width 6 cm
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Wooden churinga, with front carved with circular and parallel incised decoration, traces of ochre remain. Length 46 cm. Width 6.6 cm
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Wooden churinga, with interconnecting, incised linear and circular patterns with pointillism, Unchichera ÈÇ' frog totem; pierced hole. Length 16 cm. Width 2.5 cm
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Aboriginal churinga, circular totems linked throughout by three and five-line linear incisions. Rich, red ochre patina. Length 35.5 cm. Width 5 cm
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Waddy club, incised, linear carving down body. Length 75 cm, width 2.5 cm
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Two Aboriginal singing churinga, of cigar-shaped form with circular and linear motifs overall; traces of ochre remain. Length 37 cm; length 40 cm
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Aboriginal churinga, of flattened ovoid form, stone damaged. Length 92 cm
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Stone churinga stone, medium, of flattened ovoid form. Length 80 cm
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Stone churinga stone, small, of flattened ovoid form. Length 53 cm
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Three Aboriginal singing churinga, of cigar-shaped form with circular and linear motifs overall; traces of ochre remain. Length 35 cm. Length 26 cm. Length 31.5 cm
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Fine Aboriginal Wunda Shield, of hardwood with strong curvilinear form with integrated handle; linear and zigzag parallel grooves carved to front and back surface. Mid-brown, dry patina. Inscribed: Nullagine. Length 71.5 cm, width 10.3 cm
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