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Auction House:
Dunbar Sloane Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** Late 18th, early 19th century Fijian tanoa, kava bowl. Large example of elliptical form ovoid at the sides with points at each end. Height 20 cm, width 64 cm ***
*** Tekoteko - ancestral figure cylindrical form, well defined facial features with large tongue protruding from mouth, fingers resting upon torso, slightly bent feet standing on raised base, fully carved with pataki and triple heihei decoration, height 92 cm ***
*** Toki Poutangata - ceremonial adze 19th century or earlier, stone adze of tapering form bound to haft with flax cord, haft of simple fine curved form with deep lashing groove, length 52 cm, . Provenance: John Griffin collection ***
*** A contact period hei tiki bowenite, translucent with light flecks. Red sealing wax in the eyes. Length 9 cm. ***
*** Solomon Island Club. Long slender leaf shaped blade in orthodox form. Rich brown patina. Florida Island. Length 128 cm. Width 10 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand ***
*** Fijian Club Ula. Type of throwing or missile club with medium-brown, rich patina. Height 35 cm. Width 10 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand ***
*** Kiwi feather kete, double pair twining, plaited rim with two twined handles on each side, terminating in tassels. Length 16 cm ***
*** 19th century Maori bronze matau (fish hook). 'T' shape snood knob, point with two external and one internal barb. Length 7.5 cm ***
*** A Pre-European pounamu Whao (chisel), Inanga variety stone with an unusual dark demarcation to the upper section indicating partial heat-treatment. Hammer end slanted. Circular cross-section tapering to a steep bevel and sharp cutting edge. Smooth… ***
*** 19th century greenstone Hei tiki of a large size, with a rounded back and a brownish tinge in the greenstone ***
*** Late 19th century rare Maori feather kete Whakairo bag. Woven from harakeke and worked on both sides with a panelled design of white, green, black, orange and brown feathers. Label inside stating, 'Featherwork from New Zealand ', there is also a card… ***
*** A 19th century taiaha (fighting staff), Arero (tongue) finely carved with rauponga spirals. The upoko (head) with two remaining circular paua eyes. Slender tapering shaft with rounded end. 159 cm length. ***
*** A 19th century Fijian Chief's headrest (Kali), the gently curved wooden top bar inlaid with marine ivory to each side. Raised on a circular support issuing from a flat base. Made from a single piece of sacred vesi wood. 45 cm width ***
*** A 19th century New Caledonian Kanak war club, with bird head striking blade with hooded medial ridge and tapering shaft with ridged handle, 70 cm length ***
*** Solomon Island Club Alafolo. Finely carved at the top with a raised fin or nose, Tapering shaft. Blackened highlights mid-brown soft patina. Length 98 cm. Width 6.5 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand ***
*** Maori pre-European small stone patu, tapering to knob end with three grooves and nicely formed hour glass hole ***
*** A rare late 18th century greenstone pendant (koropepe). Tangowai transparent greenstone, two hourglass holes at top poll. Repair to head, comes with red case. Width 4.5 cm ***
*** Kete Whakairo (patterned flax basket), decorated in the...pattern. Provenance: Private Collection America. Recently repatriated to New Zealand, 25 x 38 cm ***
*** 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 ***
*** 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 ***
*** South Pacific Melanesia breast plate (Kap Kap) (maybe New Ireland). Clamshell overlaid with filigree of turtle shell. Diamter 12.8 cm. (Tilly collection) ***
*** 19th century wooden monkey figure on top of pole, some little damage to hat and the pole May have been longer. Most likely collected by Captain Tilly in Africa on one of his voyages out from England. Length 20 cm ***
*** A pre 19th century carved green stone pekapeka. Both manaia angled towards central base with prominent serrations. Hour glass form suspension hole. Width 6 cm, height 4 cm ***
*** A pre 19th century stone mahe (sinker). Large knob with hour glass suspension hole. Lashing grove to underside. Width 8 cm ***
*** Maori greenstone mere c.1890s of good shape and dark green colour. Length 36 cm ***
*** Tene Waitere Ngati Tarawahi wall shelf, the back section carved with Kowhaiwhai, the frieze with interlocking spirals with pakati haehae and inset with cut paua shell discs, 84 cm wide ***
*** A 19th century patiti (Maori hand axe), the wooden shaft carved with wheku heads and rauponga, mounted with a trade steel blade, height 35 cm ***
*** Maori greenstone pendant (kapeu) hockey stick shape and two postcards of Sir John Campbell. Provenance: The vendor's family claim that it once belonged to Sir John Campbell who gave it to his mother's father. vendor's mother is a Campbell (Jean Frances… ***
*** Pre-European toki pounamu, carved in kawakawa variety stone. Scarfing down the left lateral edge of the underside. Well defined polished bevel with sharp cutting edge. Some natural scaring to the poll and face. Length 22 cm. ***
*** 20th century Maori meeting house model desk top letter cabinet with two drawers and a hinged roof for letters or storage of documents. Height 43 cm, width 51 cm ***
*** 18th century or earlier Puta onewa (stone club), unusual reduced butt with flared ends. Two ridges to top. Hourglass form susperison hole. Small chip to blades, length 37 cm ***
*** Tekoteko - ancestral figure flattened rectangular head with large protruding tongue and raised facial features, carved spiral design to shoulders and arms resting upon stomach, slightly bent knees standing on carved base with pataki and triple heihei… ***
*** Fine Hawaiian Makau - fish hook bone hook of traditional classic form with raised bard and top, height 7 cm. Provenance: Private Collection Hawaii, USA ***
*** Fine Fijian Sali - club fine example of classic form with detailed carving to top blade gently curing to a cylindiracal shaft with raised dome end, rich redish brown patina, length 104 cm. Provenance: Private Collection United Kingdom ***
*** Fine adornment Kap Kap of shell bead and fibre, height 15.5 cm Provenance: private French collection ***
*** Finely carved late 19th/ early 20th century tokotoko finely carved walking stick in the manner of Jacob Heberley, upper figure of naturalistic form with tattooed face and notch and spiral decoration to torso sits upon the lower figure of more traditional… ***
*** Pohau manga barracuda lure. Rare, fully intact barracuda lure with large, straight shank and serrated bone point. An antero-posterior hole is in shank where the line goes through and runs along a groove. Inscribed in white ink: 'Web Coll 383'. Length 13… ***
*** Superb Wahaika. All over deep relief linear haehae carving to blade. Female figure to incurve with hands wrapped around torso with carved moko to chins and cheek and eyes handle end with two finely carved manaia protruding tongues. Pierced hole for… ***
*** Carved Lintel. Five intertwined manaia figures on a flattened rectangular panel. Blackened patina. Length 76 cm. Width 13 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand ***
*** An Austral Islands ceremonial paddle. Carved in minute detail over the entire surface. Linking heads carved to top poll of paddle. Damage to blade and wear to top poll. Length 112.5 cm ***
*** Large kauri gum boulder, unpolished natural form, 11kg ***
*** Contact period 18th century Maori greenstone peka peka. Pale green colour, rare elongated shape with manaia bird-like head up top. Length 6 cm ***
*** A 19th century Easter Island carved wooden figure of Rapanui. Height 40 cm ***
*** Pounamu toki/adze, 14.2 cm long ***
*** Large stone toki/adze, 32 cm long ***
*** 19th century or earlier Maori pounamu hei tiki hour glass form suspension hole, red sealing wax eyes, face to left, hands to thighs. Rounded stomach, height 8 cm ***
*** Pounamu kapeu (ear pendant), Kawakawa variety nephrite with countersunk suspension hole, 15 cm length. ***
*** An 18th century Patu Onewa (stone club) three grooves to butt. Has a crack to the cutting edge, but has been expertly repaired. Length 34.5 cm. ***
*** 19th century Maori wooden long handled tewhatewha (fighting staff) carving just below midsection. Length 1380 cm. ***
*** A late 18th century greenstone pendant, with excellent hourglass hole. Good heavy weight. Length 14.5 cm ***
*** A 19th century kiwi feather kete, woven muka base and binding with kiwi and Kereru feathers. Some losses, height 13 cm ***
*** A c.1840 whalebone patiti (short handled weapon), with steel axe head. Bone is worn and polished. Length 28 cm. ***
*** A 19th century pounamu poutangata adze blade, a toki poutangata or ceremonial adze is a symbol of chiefly authority typically held by a chieftain or chieftainess. While these highly prized weapons mainly had ceremonial functions they could also be used in… ***
*** Late 18th century period Maori composite shark hook. Wooden shank limb with serrated and inner barbed bone point. Lashed snood and line. Length 11 cm (excluding line) 8 ***
*** Late 18th century composite fishing hook. Full bodied wooden shank limb with lashed small barbed bone point. Lashed snood and line. Length 14 cm6 ***
*** A large rare iron ship nail fishhook, ship's nails were used as trading currency with Maori during and after the contact period. This shark hook is a fine example of how metal was reworked to serve practical form and function. Attached original muka line.… ***
*** A large 19th century whalebone hei tiki, type I form with eyes embellished with red ceiling wax. Female. Countersunk suspension hole to the top of the head. Indistinct script incised to reverse. Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 16 cm length. ***
*** Pre-European patu onewa (stone hand club), traditional spatulate form reducing to the grip section with hourglass suspension hole with three concentric groves to the butt. Small chip to the blade. Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 34 cm length. ***
*** 19th century hoe (paddle), traditional form with long cylindrical shaft terminating in a ridged handle. Small loss to the end of the blade. 144 cm length. ***
*** Mere pounamu by Richard Anderson (nephrite hand club), Kawakawa variety stone. The elongated blade tapering to an inanga grip section. Pierced for wrist suspension with three graduating concentric grooves. Modern 20th century example. 30.5 cm length ***
*** An 18th Cook Islands pounder (Ke'o), basalt stone of typical conical tapering form with three ridges to the top. Provenance: Private Collection Hawkes Bay, 13 cm height ***
*** Whalebone mere with spatula shaped blade, nine grooves, graduating to a rounded tip on each side, two suspension holes, and a muka cord attached through the last hole ***
*** 20th century greenstone tiki with serrated paua shell eyes and a macrame cord ***
*** Whalebone Patu with a good size hour glass hole, a flared grip and six grooves ***
*** Matau Fish Hook. A fine, early matau made from a trained branch or root. Dark wooden shank that extends to form the point limb; missing point; carved notch for binding evident. Carved spirals on the shank. Lashed snood, no line. Inscribed in black ink:… ***
*** Hoe. Superb example with fine band of carving displaying triple haehae and pataki design which decorate the mid area of the handle. Mid-brown patina. Length 157 cm. Width 13.3 cm. Y Registration Pending ***
*** A carved Koropepe Pounamu pendant pierced to the head and body section. Length 5 cm. ***
*** A large and impressive Pre-European toki (adze blade), grey argillite, quadrangular shape, finely modelled, polished all over with a few areas were pecking remains, particularly the lashing area, Sold together with a small model made by Robert Lionel… ***
*** Hoe (paddle), with leaf shaped blade and tapering slender shaft. Chipped to the central section of the blade, 150 cm length ***
*** Carved Maori ancestral figure, with wheku head, depicted in a crouching stance, surmounting an inverted wheku head. Red ochre covering the surface. Broken to the bottom section. Possibly from a tokotoko or model waka, 15 cm length ***
*** A good Jane Brenkley vase, ovoid shape. Carved and painted with a Maori women with a dog wearing a piupiu, adorned with a hei-tiki and holding a flax kete.The reverse with a waka with a figure on a river. Some surface abrasions. Signed and dated 1945 ***
*** A carved wood cigarette holder by Thomas Heberley (1876 - 1937), finely carved naturalistic head of a tane with intricate ta moko and cut paua eyes. Short linear Bakelite mouth piece. The ferrule and rim stamped with 'Christeson', G.P, 18ct. Length 9 cm. ***
*** Mutu kaka (bird perch snare), carved from a single piece of wood, perch section slightly curved terminating in manaia face. Wheku figure to shank with fingers to belly and bent knees, 23 cm x 24 cm. ***
*** A Dominion Museum Education service Maori tattooing box, the presentation cabinet fitted to the interior with a replica mahoe (wooden mallet) uhi (chisel) and pigment pot, together with a cast tattooed mask, a copy of the cast mask made in Rotorua in 1853… ***
*** 19th century mutu kaka (bird perch snare), carved from a single piece of wood with gentle arch to the perch section issuing from a carved wheku head terminating in a side profile wheku head, 26 cm x 20 cm. ***
*** A fine Fijian tabua (ceremonial marine ivory tooth), etched decoration and incised 'Koro' 'Nmai'. Pierced for suspension. 8 cm length ***
*** 18th century large Maori greenstone adze unfinished, incomplete with stone carved grooves on both sides. Length 32 cm ***
*** Greenstone letter opener with a sterling silver mount engraved with a Maori warrior in a landscape ***
*** A Fijian Waka club, intricately carved with zigzags in borders pattern on the lower handle and at the top of the tap root. Chip missing to bottom of handle. Length 111 cm. ***
*** Niue Pike Kotoua. With a pointed end, gently widening, with raised mid-rib, to an inward-arching terminal. Light-brown patina. Length 189 cm. Width 12 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand ***
*** Fijian Club. Kiakavo of well-balanced proportion. Orthodox rough incurve at top. Handle fully bound with sennit. Superb mid-brown patina. Length 98 cm. Width 22 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand ***
*** Solomon Island Club. Long slender leaf shaped blade in orthodox form with carved raised wave designs to face. Rich brown patina. Florida Island. Length 128 cm. Width 10 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand ***
*** Rare Fighting Axe. Kakauroa With steel axe head (rusty). The shaft carved at middle of handle. Length 124.5 cm. Width 18 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand ***
*** A Maori tewhatewha, with fine patina. Pierced hole with bunch of feathers attached and carving toward bottom. Length 121 cm ***
*** Rare pre-European Maori barracuda hook (Okooko). Straight large shank with a serrated bone point. An antero-posterior hole is in the shank where the line goes through and runs along a groove. Length 13 cm. ***
*** A fine 19th century Fijian totokia battle hammer or pineapple club. Length 80 cm ***
*** Collection 18/19th century five bone matau fish hooks and Lures, 6.2 cm, 5 cm x 2, 3.6 cm, 3.5 cm ***
*** A large and impressive pounamu kapeu (ear pendant), Kawakawa variety stone with white inclusion in the stone and with counter sunk suspension hole, 17 cm length ***
*** A ?th century Maori carved wooden feeding bowl. Bowl is shaped like a gourd. Pakati, haehae designs, with paua shell inlay. The bowl depicts four manaia and one tekoteko face. Length 38 cm, height 10 cm. ***
*** A late 18th century fine quality stone patu onewa. Two chips to blade, three nice grooves to butt. Length 32.5 cm. ***
*** Contact period 19th century Maori greenstone hei tiki. Stone carved head to left shoulder, squat form. Eye drilled through. This tiki would have been worn side-on originally. Length 5.5 cm ***
*** Late 19th century Maori wooden God stick (tiki-Wananga), these peg like sticks were thrust into the ground in the front of a priest (tohunga) to serve as vehicles for the spirits of the gods, these god sticks were tools of the tohunga who bound them in… ***
*** A carved wood tobacco pipe by Thomas Heberley (1876 - 1937). The bowl is finely carved in the form of a naturalistic tane head smoking a pipe with a marahikau (mythical sea creature) encircling his neck. 'Kia ora' carved to the underside. Cut paua… ***
*** Santa Cruz breast pendant shell with geometric tortoise shell decoration. Diameter 15 cm. Length 52 cm. ***
*** Kiwi feather cloak with cotton backing, three bands of dyed feathers for decoration and two bands of taniko style woven decorations ***
*** Large wooden late 19th century Wahaika, carved with parallel and horizontal lines, a carved face at the bottom, end and midsection, and set with paua shell eyes ***