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Auction House:
Dunbar Sloane Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Solomon Islands head hunting shell necklace, the necklace has two faces similar to the carved figures that were placed under the bow of war canoes. This necklace was used by local warriors when they travelled by canoe to other tribes to obtain heads It… ***
*** Fijian Tanoa - kava bowl in the form of a turtle resting on eight legs, pierced hole to head with attached fibre binding, reddish brown patina, length 52 cm, width 39 cm ***
*** Fijian Tanoa - kava bowl hollowed bowl with protruding pierced lug for attachment and four tapering legs, reddish brown patina length 60.5 cm, width 40.5 cm ***
*** Fijian kava bowl small with hollowed dish supported by four short tubular feet, diameter30 cm ***
*** A Solomon Islands shell money necklace. Made from Conus shells. Provenance: Collected by Captain Tilly, Captain of the Melanesian Mission ship 'The Southern cross.' Literature: an almost identical necklace pictured in Roger Neich and Fuli Pereira's… ***
*** A Fijian I Ula Drisia throwing club thin handle with smooth patina and zig zag carved decoration to butt. Cavities in the head. Length 41 cm ***
*** Samoan Club. Long form, with a diamond shaped blade, Raised fins to mid-section and a tubular handle. Length 120 cm. Width 12 cm ***
*** Fijian Club Ula. Type of throwing or missile club with medium-brown, rich patina. Height 45 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 41 cm. Width 12 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand ***
*** Fijian Club Ula. Type of throwing or missile club with medium-brown, rich patina. Height 41 cm. Width 8 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence ***
*** Fijian tabua small whale tooth, 14.5 cm length ***
*** Fijian Ula Soba wooden throwing club with carved grip ***
*** Solomon Islands Alafolo club, Notched grip and two notched bands with limestone inlay to shaft. Malaita Provence. 94 cm length ***
*** A 19th century Fijian ceremonial dance club (kiakavo), 80 cm length ***
*** A 19th century Fijian ceremonial dance club (kiakavo), kiakavo were typically a dance club used in ceremonial circumstances. They were rarely used for fighting due to their lack of a cutting edge. The area under the head is rounder and not sharp like the… ***
*** A Fijian tabua (ceremonial marine ivory tooth), with suspension holes, 14 cm length ***
*** Pacific Island finely woven hair comb, 19 cm ***
*** Fijian Ula - club bulbous head with decoration to handle, length 44 cm ***
*** A Niue Island wooden model of a canoe c.1920, carved, in parts. Possibly bamboo hull. Length 137 cm. ***
*** Melanesian hook mask superbly carved with traces of red, white and black pigment, height 80 cm ***
*** Solomon Islands fishhook, bone and tortoise shell, 12 cm length ***
*** A Tongan war club, 93 cm height ***
*** Two Niue barbed spears, black wood heads. Provenance: Owen Mapp collection, 124 cm length ***
*** A good 19th century Fijian ceremonial dance club (kiakavo), the heavy robust club carved from casuarina wood, the head section with abrased stippled pattern to the underside. Inscribed in Fijian 'Atunaisa' and 'Uto Vea', 95 cm length. Provenance: Private… ***
*** A Fijian Sali (Gunstock club) Rough crosshatching on underside of curved head. two rope bindings attached. Length 90 cm. ***
*** A Fijian Sali (Gunstock club) Rough crosshatching on underside of curved head. Coloured string (magimagi) on entire shaft. Length 92 cm. ***
*** A Fijian bark cloth Beater Grooves and diagonal hatching carved into three of four sides. Length 40 cm. ***
*** A long Fijian spear. Length 406 cm. ***
*** Santa Cruz Islands canoe-shaped dance Wand with hand painted decoration, for use during iniatory dances for young men-to-be and tapering to a knob end. Some damage to sharper end. Length 81 cm ***
*** South Pacific Island club. Length 31 cm. ***
*** Late 19th/early 20th century Tokelau Islands fishing tackle box (Tuluma). Height 15 cm, width 27 cm ***
*** Fijian tabua classic form with pierced holes for attachment, honey coloured patina, length 15 cm together with traditional fly whisk ***
*** Niue Pike Kotoua. Dance wand with a pointed end gently widening, with raised mid-rib, to an inward-arching terminal. Light-brown patina. Length 67 cm. Width 7 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection ***
*** Fijian Tapa Pounder. Grooves and diagonal hatching carved into three of four sides. Length 36 cm. Width 4.8 cm ***
*** A Fijian Whalestooth necklace (tabua). Plaited vegetable fibre neck chain ***
*** Solomon Island mortar & pestle carved in humanistic form in hollowed bowl to top of head, inset shell eyes, medium brown patina, length 40 cm ***
*** Four coconut vessels from Tonga, one lidded with attached binding. Small split. ***
*** Vanuatu lobed club, 98 cm length ***
*** Solomon Islands Napa dance club, with fine painted decoration. Santa Cruz. 84 cm length ***
*** A Fijian I Ula Drisia throwing club thin handle with smooth patina and small row of cross-hatching pattern at butt. Some cavities in head. Length 40 cm. ***
*** A Fijian I Ula Drisia throwing club thin handle with smooth patina and decoration to butt. Length 40.5 cm. ***
*** 19th century Vanuatu war club, with tapering cylindrical shaft with cone shaped head and three projecting bulbous knobs and rope binding. Some damage evident with one knob missing, 79 cm length ***
*** A small Fijian Ula (throwing club), with spherical natural root ball head and smooth grip. 34 cm length ***
*** A long Fijian spear, with remnants of twine to top and carving at middle top. Length 252 cm ***
*** Two Fijian rain wood food bowls. Two Fijian rain wood food bowls, each inlaid with pearl shell decoration ***
*** A Solomon Island frigate bird, carved with a fish in its mouth, raised on a rectangular section base, extensively inlaid with cut shell decoration. 36 cm length ***
*** Rare pair of 19th century Solomon Island chest shields with loops woven to shield and some carving on shield top. Shield 60 cm. Depth of loop 43 cm ***
*** Fine Cook Island stool no oanga of fine proportions, rising from four legs, each with teardrop-shaped feet and a faceted edge beneath elegantly curved legs, supporting the arching rectangular seat., length 35.5, height 11 cm ***
*** Melanesian carved wooden chief's seat. Length 70 cm x. Width 30 cm. Depth 25 cm ***
*** Two woven flax bags c. 1870, of very good quality, Melanesian Islands area ***
*** Vanuatu figure seated with arms resting to stomach, red and white painted decoration to face, height 84 cm ***
*** Vanuatu spirit head constructed of cobweb fibre over modeled clay face with attached tusks with red, black and white pigment evident, height 61 cm ***
*** A Niue Island ceremonial hair cutting chair. C. 1950s. Height 97 cm ***
*** A Fijian I Ula Drisia throwing club thin handle with smooth patina. Zig zag decoration to butt. Some cavities in head. Length 44 cm. ***
*** A small Fijian Sali (Gunstock club) very fine crosshatching on underside of curved head. Coloured string (magimagi) on entire shaft. Length 62 cm. ***
*** Possible Pitcairn Island bowl carved as a sea bird 40.5 cm ***
*** Large Tongan adze good example with polished top and sharp striking edge, length 26 cm ***
*** A cook Island adze and a Tongan adze, cook Island; carved in basalt, tanged with a medial ridge and high bevel, flake to the cutting edge. Tongan; Quadrangular and polished with flaking to the underside. Some fritting to the blade. 12 cm, 10 cm length ***
*** Sago pudding knife from Vanuatu, dark patina. 36 cm length ***
*** A Vanuatu interior Malekula Island grade Society mask, with abstract human face with broad mouth and boar's tusks issuing from the cheeks. Painted in red, black, blue and white mineral pigment, with attached smoked spider web. Sold together with a… ***
*** A Fijian I Ula Drisia throwing club thin handle with smooth patina. Substantial decoration to butt. Some cavities in head. Length 37.5 cm. ***
*** A Fijian club broad leaf shape with decorative carving to head like a Dui club. Length 62 cm. Width 33 cm. ***
*** A Fijian Gugu club. Used in ceremonial dances. Highly collectable. Length 102 cm. ***
*** A large Solomon Islands canoe model, the interior carved with a bonito shark modelled in high relief. Inlaid extensively with nautilus shell, 94 cm length ***
*** Solomon Island fishing float carved with fish and frigate bird motifs, intricate carving with blackened patina, height 58 cm ***
*** Fijian Kava Bowl. Rising from four short, tapering, cylindrical legs, the bowl with fine, delicate, ovoid form, and a triangular lug pierced through; varied rich, layered, red-brown patina. Height 15 cm, diameter41.5 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection… ***
*** Fijian Pounder. Double tapered shaft with a rich dark patina. Length 840 cm. Width 6.5 cm ***
*** A south Pacific club, with transverse ridges and inlaid with limestone. Possibly a Tongan Apa Apai club or Samoan Uatongi club. Length 81 cm ***
*** 19th century Pacific Island saw bill club. Length 74 cm. ***
*** Vanuatu ceremonial headdress, clay modelled over a wooden base with natural pigment paint, embellished with boars tusks. 70 cm height ***
*** William mariner - an account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean. With an original Grammar and vocabulary of their language. London: printed for the author, and Sold by John Murray, Albemarle-street. 1817. Vol I, II. Some… ***
*** Vanuatu war club, with tapering cylindrical shaft with cone shaped head with six projecting bulbous knobs, 84 cm length ***
*** 19th century large Fijian spear traces of sennet bindings. Length 218 cm. ***
*** Captain Tilly’s tobacco jar, with domed lid and still containing tobacco. Together with a finely woven flax bag. Provenance: from the collection of Captain Tilly, Captain of the Melanesian Mission ship 'The Southern cross.’ ***
*** Pitcairn Island flying fish by Burt Christian, length 32 cm ***
*** Three shell adzes from the Solomon Islands ***
*** 14ct charm, of a Hawaiian chief ***
*** A Fijian tapa, 183 cm x 109 cm ***
*** Pacific Island club made from a saw fish bill, some teeth missing, double sided curved handle at base. Length 75 cm ***
*** Melanesian Adze. Flattened ovoid form with sharp cutting edge, Dark green stone. Early soft patina. Height 16.6 cm. Width 9 cm ***
*** Solomon Islands dog head with painted black nose and pink gums. Length 19 cm. ***
*** Santa Cruz Island dance club, Napa, classical canoe shape with painted floral and geometric decoration. Split to handle and center section. Length 93 cm. ***
*** Pacific Islands wooden club carved with zig zag lines and diamond patterns on shaft. Length 52 cm. ***
*** A 19th century Fijian ceremonial dance club (kiakavo), 98 cm height ***
*** Solomon Islands frigate bird pipe, carved wooden bowl on a bamboo stem. 57 cm length ***
*** Vintage collection of 15 Pacific Island spears on display rack ***
*** 19th century Pacific Island whale tooth pendant length 7 cm ***
*** A Fijian Gadi club. Length 76 cm. ***
*** Calabash with woven Sennit casing from Rennell Islands, Solomon Islands. 23 cm height ***
*** Solomon Islands bowl, ebonised wood with inlaid mother of pearl. Surmounted by two birds. 20 cm height ***
*** Samoan cricket bat, presented to NZ Diplomat Rys Richards. Provenance: Owen Mapp Collectionn, 90 cm length ***
*** Solomon Island hardwood carved head figure, all inlaid with mother of pearl 29 cm high ***
*** A Solomon Islands ceremonial offering bowl, the blackened oblong bowl carved with a figure in relief with outstretched arms to each side. The underside carved with a mask in low relief. Traces of white pigment across the surface of the bowl. 45 cm length ***
*** Fine Cook Island bowl of circular hollowed form, three raised heart shaped legs to base with rich light brown patina, diameter37 cm ***
*** Cook Islands carved wooden God figure with three smaller figures on the abdomen. H. 76 cm ***
*** Vanuatu Food Bowl. Good early example hollowed form with flattened tapering handles to ends and inset carved design to ends. Length 66 cm. Width 20 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand ***