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Oceanic Art, The Arts of the Samurai & Asian Art — Art+Object
| Auction House: | Art+Object | Number of lots recorded: | 271 |
| Sale Title: | Oceanic Art, The Arts of the Samurai & Asian Art | Lots with images: | 27 |
| Auction Location: | Auckland | Prices available: | 130 |
| Date: | 3-Mar-2011 |
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A 18th/19th century Indo-Persian rare straight bladed sword with a gold koftgari cartouche on blade, refurbished scabbard. Length 101 cm
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A 17th/18th century French left handed dagger with silver nails on grip and floral incisions on blade, with red leather scabbard. Length 43 cm
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A 19th century American gauche bowie knife with carved nickel and silver handle, French made blade with ‘Dufour’ impressed mark. Length 37 cm
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An Early 19th century John Blissett Six-Shot Percussion Pepperbox revolver 6-shot fluted barrel with sight marks and numbered barrels, finely engraved silver plate metal mounts on plain walnut grip with inscribed to one side ‘John Blissett 321 High Holborn London’, to the other ‘Improved Revolving Pistol’. Mahogany case with Blissett label and fitted with two ivory topped pots, cleaning brush, oil bottle, replacement bullet mould, shot, nipple key, two spare nipples and percussion cap tin, the pistol L.…
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A fine and rare North Abram secret society ceremonial mask. Made of fernwood, fibre, vegetable paste and spider web. The abstract human face with boar’s tusks issuing from the cheek section, painted in red ochre, black and white mineral pigment with attached smoked finely- meshed spider’s web. The body of a captured beetle retained in the web. The mask in fine condition having been historically wrapped in pandanus leaf and kept in a Nakumal hut when not in use, 22 x 22 cm
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A rare Vanuatu Malekula Island mask, Nambukie, the abstract human face with broad open mouth with boars tusks issuing from the cheeks, painted in red, black and white mineral pigment and with dot motifs indicating the masks use in initiation ceremonies, the mask with an attached finely meshed smoked spider web mounted on a blackened wood staff, 76 x 15 cm; a similar example illustrated in Oceanic Art by Anthony JP Meyer, p.426
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A Vanuatu interior Malekula Island grade society mask, Nambukie, the abstract human face with broad mouth, with boar's tusks issuing from the cheeks, painted in red, black and white mineral pigment, with attached smoked spider web. Mounted on a bamboo stake. 14 x 18 cm
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A rare Malekula island overmodeled skull. Vegetal paste, human skull, spider's web, cowrie shells and feathers; a similar example illustrated in Oceanic Art by Anthony JP Meyer. P.425
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Rare Vanuatu Malekula Island figure Temes nevimbure, wood, vegetable matter, boar's tusks and spider's webs, 120 x 54 cm; in fine original condition
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Santa Cruz Island shell pendant ‘Tema’, tridacna shell, turtle shell and fibre. The large clam shell disc overlaid with turtle shell carved in the form of a stylised frigate bird below fish forms, attached cord with cut shell currency discs. Diameter 12 cm
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Santa Cruz Island shell pendant 'Tema', gold lipped mother of pearl shell, turtle shell and fibre, the crescent shaped shell overlaid in turtle shell carved in the form of stylised birds with attached cords with cut shell currency discs. Width 14 cm
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Santa Cruz Island pendant ‘Tema’ tridacna shell, turtle shell, fibre and beads, the large clam shell overlaid in turtle shell with a stylised and fish tail design, pierced to the upper section and lower section with fibre attachment embellished with small red beads, 18 x 13 cm
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Santa Cruz, Reef Island pendant, tridacna shell, turtle shell, fibre and dog’s teeth, the circular clam shell disc overlaid in cut turtle shell with a stylised fish, pierced and with cut shell currency, fibre and dogs tooth attachments
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A rare 19th century Vanuatu Ambrym Island ceremonial Tam Tam (slit drum) of massive cylindrical form with slit at the centre, the head with pierced nose and disc like eyes, the dentil coiffure framing the face Weathered patina with some degradation of the wood to the upper section and base
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A collection of various artefacts housed in a colonial cabinet including two Solomon Island fish hooks, Santa Cruz necklace, two Santa Cruz nose ornaments, one small New Zealand pounamu toki, black adze and white adze (Vanuatu) and a small shell ornament from Vanuatu
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Vanuatu Ambrym Island stone carved talisman figures. The figures used to empower the owner during trade. One figure remains planted in the ground facing in the direction of the village where the trading activity will take place, the other smaller figure worn concealed in the belt to empower the owner during negotiations
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19th century Vanuatu Ambrym Island ceremonial food platter with attached fibre and nut dance rattle, W. 76 cm
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A late 19th century Kahu huruhuru (feather cloak) with muka kaupapa flax fibre base decorated with Kiwi, weka and pheasant feathers, 100 x 124 cm Y registration pending
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A good Tchokwe pwo mask with oval face with open pierced mouth baring teeth beneath oval eyes and with scaification to the forehead and checks, wearing a vegetal fibre net embellished with beads
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A Good Fang mask with an oval facial plane and with protruding mouth and aquiline nose framed by close set pierced eyes and expressive arching brows, covered in a layer of kaolin. Height 58 cm
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