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Auction House:
Davidson Auctions
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Easter Island Gorget of great Rarity. Eastern Polynesia, c1850. This large crescent shaped breast pendant, with opposing bearded male heads at the tips, eyes inlaid with volcanic glass, & with an undercut toggle for suspending the gorget. Wood bone and… ***
*** 19th century Solomon Islands shield. Woven cane and bamboo rectangular construction with white ochre decoration, circa 1910 Tost and Rohu's fur and curio Stores label attached verso. 101 x 24 cm ***
*** Pacific Island necklace of 20 whale teeth. Early 20th century. Whale teeth drilled and strung. 12 cm (longest tooth) ***
*** 19th century Dayak Mandau sword. Kalimantan Dayak headhunters sword with high quality, old blade. Single-edge blade, concave one side and convex on the other. Brass inlay to back edge and mata joh 'S' form motifs. Deer horn hilt carved with Aso figures… ***
*** Early and rare Fiji bowl. Pointed oval form on four integral feet. Use patina. Length 34 cm ***
*** Western Pacific Island ceremonial hammer. Carved with two faces. Use patination. Small damage to tip of handle length 68 cm ***
*** Fijian Totokia club. Early curved hardwood club with pandanus form head. Good patina, age cracks. Length 85 cm ***
*** 19th century Fijian sperm whale tooth (tabua). With sennit fibre neckband. Very good, soft aged patina. Length 16.5 cm (tooth) ***
*** East Kalimantan Bahau Dayak statue Hampatong circa 1900. Carved ironwood squatting figure. Showing significant weathering. Height 147 cm. Provenance: Nomadic rug Traders, 2005. ***
*** Two Western Pacific tabua. Both have crudely scratched initials. Length 15 cm (both) ***
*** 19th century Solomon Islands shield. Finely woven wicker around coiled cane frame. Remnant of plaited edge binding. 71 x 21 cm ***
*** Rare Vanuatu Brides price tusks. Two older tusk armlets. ***
*** Dayak Hudoq mask, Borneo. 19th/Early 20th century carved wooden Shaman's mask. Height 35 cm ***
*** Dayak Hudoq mask, Borneo. Mid 20th century carved wooden Shamans mask. White with red and black details. Height 41 cm ***
*** 18th-19th century Western Flores Island shrine post. Central supporting pillar from a Ngada culture male shrine Ngadhu. Deeply carved with fertility and protection motifs. Height 230 cm. Provenance: Nomadic Rug Traders, 2005. ***
*** Fijian throwing club. 20th century ula, with cane bound pointed lobes. Height 33 cm ***
*** Rennel Island, Solomon Islands club. Oval head, good age patina. Length 86 cm ***
*** 19th century Fijian throwing club. Older ula with fully carved lobed head. Chip carved handgrip, worn from prolonged use. Length 43 cm ***
*** Solomon Islands Elders staff. Rennell Island tapering staff with neatly formed rounded head carved from vesi wood. Woven sennite foot ring. Length 128 cm ***
*** 19th/20th century Fijian sperm whale tooth (tabua). With a plaited sennit fibreneck band. Good, soft aged patina. Length 16 cm (tooth) ***
*** Early 20th century Fijian throwing club. Natural root ball head and rustic carved grip. Length 41 cm ***
*** Tokelau or Gilbert Island carved box. Early 20th century tauanave wood box, of oval form with handle terminals. Used for fishing. Height 12 cm ***
*** Early 20th century Solomon Islands bowl. Deep oval form in hardwood, with shell inlaid terminal spirit figures, and fish to each side. Losses to base and carving under one figure. Length 64 cm ***
*** 19th century New Hebrides war club. Flat tapering form with raised medial line. Most of shaft covered with very finely woven sennit binding in good condition. Length 125 cm ***
*** 19th century Fijian sperm whale tooth (tabua). With a plaited sennit fibre neckband. Showing very good, mellow age patina. Length 14 cm (tooth) ***
*** 19/20th century Fijian sperm whale tooth (tabua). With a plaited sennit fibre neckband. Mellow age patina. Length 15 cm (tooth) ***
*** 19th century Fijian throwing club. An ula with dot decorated haft and natural root ball head. Length 41 cm ***
*** Solomon Islands parrying club (Qauata), San Cristobal. Early example, 19th or early 20th century, length 160 cm ***
*** Vanuatu war club. With fine age patina. Length 73 cm ***
*** 19th century Tongan suspension hook. Carved dense hardwood pair of female figures above, eight small hooks. Age splits. Ha'apai Islands. Height 39 cm ***
*** 19th century Solomon Islands comb. Bamboo and woven rattan. Length 18.5 cm ***
*** Two various older Fijian throwing clubs. Both with natural spherical heads and chip carved grips. Age and much use patina. Length 40 cm (each) ***
*** 19th century Fijian throwing club. Dense, spherical head ula, with finely incised hand grip. Length 48 cm ***
*** Carved stone head. with some remnant of red, green & white pigment in the engraved lines, high Grade Ancestor figure from Malekula or a nearby island in Vanuatu, the stone is very hard, mostly ancestor figures are carved in fern stem, wood or coral. Late… ***
*** Solomon Islands parrying club. Hooked form with relief carved simple decoration. Age patina. Length 137 cm ***
*** Six early Solomon Islands fish hooks. Hooks formed from fire-bent turtle shell lashed to mother of pearl shanks. Two different styles. Length 7 cm (each approx.) ***
*** Old Solomon Islands fishing hook. Early 20th century hook from mother of pearl, barb lashes with rustic twine and incorporates a fibrous lure style tail. ***
*** New Hebrides club. Late 19th century long stone headed shaft. Well finished, granite spheroidal head cane bound to tapering shaft with conical terminal. Good patina. Length 130 cm ***
*** Early 20th century Tahiti bowl. Finely hollowed wood bowl with notched edge trim. Also similar period souvenir book from the Friendly Islands (Tonga). Length 46 cm ***
*** Nine illustrated catalogues c1907-1938. George Hudson & Son Ltd, Sydney, c1914. Machine made cottages. 60 pages; George Hudson Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1938. 68 pages; George Hudson Ltd, Sydney, 1936, 32 pages; Austral milking Machines catalogue, Adelaide, c1910.… ***
*** 19th century Solomon Island trade axe. With European trade metal axe head. Very good age/use patina to haft. Length 80 cm ***
*** Samoan war club. Carved dense hardwood with barbed rhombus section head. Use patina. Length 92 cm ***
*** 19th/20th century Fijian sperm whale tooth (tabua). With sennit fibre neckband. Yellow age patina. Length 16.5 cm (tooth) ***
*** 19th century Fijian lali-ni-meke dance drum. Used to accompany action songs, carved in the form of a miniature slit drum with fine dark patina. Accompanied by original auction catalogue. Length 40 cm. Provenance: Pickles Auctions, the 1986 sale of Captain… ***
*** 19th century San Cristobal Island comb, Solomon Islands. Bamboo and rattan with mother of pearl inlay. Length 28.5 cm ***
*** Early Solomon Islands club. Use patina. Possibly 19th century.small losses & native repair. Length 70 cm ***
*** Fine old Cook Islands ceremonial adze blade. Some old chips and losses. Length 23 cm ***
*** Early Solomon Islands dance club. Use patina. Length 100 cm ***
*** 12 various betel nut mortars, Pacific region. Height 22.5 cm, (tallest). Provenance: Estate of ray Hughes. ***
*** 19th century Fijian throwing club. Older Ula with spherical formed head and sparsely dotted grip. Age and much use patina. Length 45 cm ***
*** Early Pacific Islands ceremonial staff with intricate carving of circular motifs and stylised figures ***
*** Nias Island ancestral figure. Carved hardwood Adu posed standing in unusual palms outward supplication. Height 46 cm ***
*** 19th century back ornament. Worn in the small of the back by the men of Hogg sic harbour area, Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu. Length 37 cm. Provenance: Pickles Auctions, the 1986 sale of Captain W.C. Thomson's Estate lot 168. ***
*** Marquesas Islands carved bowl. Mortar style bowl elevated on three hei-tiki figures. Bowl finely carved all over with two hei-tiki to the body and two hei-tiki handles. Height 57 cm ***
*** Fijian Ula throwing club. Early 20th century, having a lobed head. Age and use patina. Length 35 cm ***
*** Frederik Hendrik Island carved bowl. Spindle or canoe form with carved rim and, crocodile terminals. Length 57 cm ***
*** Fijian tabua whales tooth. Old patination, drilled both ends. ***
*** Solomon Islands spirit house. Woven cane with effigy finial. 30 x 34 cm ***
*** Three Dyak spears, each with blade cover. Length 194 cm (longest) ***
*** Western Pacific club. Very dense wood with mushroom style head. Old damage around head. L 64 cm ***
*** Two early Melanesian clubs, including a classic Tolai club of plain form, early 20th century, New Britain; and Bena Bena (Kuka Kuka) club with flat, round stone disk head, early 20th century. David Said Collection. ***
*** Two old Melanesian canoe ornaments. Massim canoe mast attachment in the shape of a bird, used to tie off the sail. Utian Island, Lousade Archipelago; old Humboldt Bay canoe prow with its carved gunwales; and mudfish canoe prow, lower Sepik or Chambri… ***
*** Early Fijian whale tooth tabua. With remains of woven sennit suspension. Length 17 cm tooth ***
*** Western Pacific carved wooden horn incised, and carved hardwood instrument (fish totem?) with pierced ridges. Possibly missing grass tassels. Aged patination. Provenance: Hawkins family length 29 cm ***
*** Dyak Sumpitan. Sarawak blowpipe of niagang wood, with traditional bound spearpoint. Length 190 ***
*** Adu Au Nias figure. Carved wood crouching male with headdress, clutching a skull in each hand, height 53 cm ***
*** Fijian Ula throwing club. Early 20th century. Lobed head, age crack and patina length 39 cm ***
*** Fijian hardwood 'Gunstock' war club (kiakavo). Early example, 19th or early 20th century, length 84 cm ***
*** 19th century Vanuatu (New Hebrides) war club. Pentecost Island club, with conical head. Fine dark patina, length 120 cm. Provenance: Pickles Auctions, the 1986 sale of Captain W.C. Thomson's Estate (lot 167). ***
*** Dayak Kalimantan baby carrier. Woven rattan with wooden base and beadwork exterior. Decorated with demon head, bells and teeth. Height 36 cm ***
*** Older Vanuatu Janus-Faced club. Carved hardwood with two opposing pairs of masks. Scarce Banks Island, Northern Vanuatu, artefact. Length 78 cm ***
*** Old Kanak bird head club, New Caledonia, length 64 cm ***
*** Cook Island pedestal adze. Bound adze on tapering chip carved base. Ruatangata Province. Height 52 cm ***
*** Assembly of Nias ancestral figures. Twelve old carved softwood adu siraha in seated poses. Remnants of grey paint. Age losses and patination. Height 29 cm ***
*** Tabua whale's tooth necklace. Remnants of original cord. Length 14 cm ***
*** Two various Western Pacific clubs. Cogged head throwing club, and ovoid form beater. Both have age and use patination. Length 50.5 cm ***
*** Two Vanuatu Island war clubs. Each with tapering leaf form heads. Length 97 cm, and 112 cm ***
*** Fijian hardwood war club (Totokia). Early example, 19th or early 20th century, length 98 cm ***
*** Polynesian hardwood war club. with incised decoration. Length 136 cm ***
*** 19th century Fijian wooden throwing club (Ula). Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. Length 38 cm ***
*** Five Western Pacific fish hooks. Horn barbs bound to mother of pearl shanks.9 cm (longest) ***
*** Large Pacific Islands fish hook. Clamshell and tortoise shell length 20 cm. Together with a bone nose peg length 17.5 cm ***
*** Bougainville Solomon Islands carved spirit figure. Female with fish. Incised decoration and inset mother of pearl eyes. Wood, height 50 cm ***
*** Fijian Tanoa bowl. Used for kava. Raised on four legs, the rim & bowl interior with intricate geometric decoration. Height 18 cm, diameter 41 cm ***
*** Fijian carved Priest dish. Carved handle. Length 30 cm ***
*** Indonesian Kalimantan Modang Dayak Message Tube with carved stopper. C. First half 20th C, with stand. Reference L'Art du Sud-Est Asien, Barbier J-P, p.115-117, 1980. Provenance: R Franklin, 1978; Lawson's Auctions, 1981 Primitive Art Auction Lot 215B;… ***
*** Tongan carved club. Hatched incisions with human face forms each side. Length 84 cm ***
*** Solomon Islands hardwood club (Kila). Malaita province, 19th/early 20th century, length 117 cm ***
*** Solomon Islands stone head hammer. Stone encased in bamboo and cane, length 35 cm ***
*** Solomon Islands hardwood war club. With lime stained geometric carving, length 60 cm ***
*** Solomon Islands club. Dark hardwood axe form club. Length 80 cm ***
*** The Southern Cross Heroes March. Mastertouch music roll with a letter of presentation from the managing director of Mastertouch to James Warner (wireless operator on Trans Pacific crossing), June 11th, 1928. ***
*** Batak ritual Implement, Lake Toba, Sumatera, Indonesia. Provenance: ex Dr Peter Elliot collection (1927-2014). The collection amassed over six decades until his death, spans Australian and Aboriginal Art, Asian Art and Oceanic Art and artefacts,… ***
*** Large stone ceremonial axe or pounder, Solomon Islands. Length 28 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. ***
*** Malaysian Sarawak Dayak storage Tube with stopper. C.1950s. Used for storing the metal fighting spurs for cock-fighting, with stand. Reference: L'Art du Sud-Est Asien, Barbier J-P, p.115-117, 1980. Provenance: Lawson's Auctions, 1981 Primitive Art Auction… ***
*** Head of a Nambugi Nevembur Society funerary spirit. Overmodeled clay with boars tusks, Malekula, Vanuatu. David Said Collection, height 28 cm ***