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S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific — Tribal - Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
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S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific
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| *** | A fine canoe prow ornament (nguzunguzu), New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands (circa 1900), carved wood, natural pigments, pearl shell, fibres and resin, 21.5 cm high. Used to ensure safe passage and successful raids against neighbouring island villages,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Pair of Standing Bululs, Iwac, South Ifugao, Philippines, (circa 1800), carved hardwood, rattan and waxed fabric, 19.3 cm high. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the early 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Kassa Mala Kingdom gilt-bronze figure of Green Tara (Syamatara), circa 14th century, Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus throne, a lotus branch at each shoulder, encrusted with semi-precious stones, the back of the throne painted ref (typical of… | *** |  |
| *** | An early canoe prow ornament (nguzunguzu), New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands, (nineteenth century), carved wood, pearl shell inlay and resin, 13.7 cm high. This early figurehead is atypical in its diminutively mischievous proportions. The accentuated… | *** |  |
| *** | A Seated Bulul, Hapao Village, Ifugao, Philippines, (early nineteenth century or earlier), carved hardwood and shells, 44 cm high. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott in the 1960s. Exhibited: Opening Exhibition Asian… | *** |  |
| *** | A Rare Mask, Poinkros Village, South Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, (nineteenth century or earlier), carved hardwood, 32.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott in the 1960s. This mask was collected in the late 1960s… | *** |  |
| *** | A Squating Bulul, Hapao Hungduan Style, Ifugao, Philippines, (circa 1900), carved wood, 58 cm high. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the early 1970s | *** |  |
| *** | A Seated Bulul, Mayoyao Style, Ifugao, Philippines, (circa 1900), carved hardwood, 34.4 cm high. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the early 1970s | *** |  |
| *** | A fine and rare Solomon Islands cult house Bonito fish Effigy in the form of a finely carved bonito, the entire surface blackened and with elaborate golden nautilus shell inlay overall 79 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Standing Bulul, Kababuyan Village, Ifugao, Philippines, (circa 1900), carved hardwood and sheaf, 62.5 cm high. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1970s | *** |  |
| *** | A Superb Pig Killing Club, Fanla Village, North Ambrym, Vanuatu, (nineteenth century), carved hardwood and natural earth pigments, 56.5 cm long. Provenance: Chief Tofor, Fanla Village, Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, from the above 1972. This… | *** |  |
| *** | A Pair of Standing Bululs, Kababuyan Village, Ifugao, Philippines, (nineteenth century), carved hardwood and cloth fabric, 44 cm; 43.2 cm high (2). Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott in the 1960s. These Bululs were… | *** |  |
| *** | A Pair of Seated Bululs, Lagawe, Ifugao, Philippines, (circa 1900), carved hardwood and fabric, 41.7 cm; 39 cm high (2). Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in 1970 | *** |  |
| *** | A Pair of Standing Bululs, Kababuyan Village, Ifugao, Philippines, (circa 1900), carved hardwood, 42 cm; 38.7 cm high (2). Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott in the late 1960s. These highly stylized figures are the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Seated Bulul, Mayoyao Style, Ifugao, Philippines, (nineteenth century), carved hardwood and shells, 41.5 cm high. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in early 1960 | *** |  |
| *** | A Seated Bulul, Mayoyao Style, Ifugao, Philippines, (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 40.5 cm high. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A Melanesian (Cook Islands) greenstone ceremonial axe blade of trapeziod outline, bearing paper label of McAlpine Collection, pre 1880, 27 cm long, 8 cm wide. Provenance: The Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green (M2756), Erasmus & Co | *** |  |
| *** | A Fijian club (Madrali), 110 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A Helmet, North Central Ifugao, North Luzon, Philippines, (early twentieth century), carved hardwood and shells, 12.5 cm high (20.6 cm diameter). Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1970s. Exhibited: Opening… | *** |  |
| *** | A Standing Bulul, Lagawe, Ifugao, Philippines, (circa 1900), carved hardwood, 41.6 cm high. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the early 1970s | *** |  |
| *** | A Stool, Ifugao, North Luzon, Philippines, (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 27.2 cm high. Provenance: Joaquin Palencia, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in 1998 | *** |  |
| *** | A Tongan club, 66.5 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A Seated Figure with Rice Bowl, Kankanay, South Ifugao, Philippines, (circa 1900), carved hardwood, 31.5 cm high. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in 1970 | *** |  |
| *** | A Helmet, North Central Ifugao, North Luzon, Philippines, (early twentieth century), carved hardwood, 13.5 cm high (20.4 cm diameter). Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, 1960s-1970s. Exhibited: Opening Exhibition… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine porpoise tooth and beaded necklace, Western Solomon Islands, Melanesia (circa 1900), porpoise teeth, beads and bush string, 34 cm long. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A Collection of Boar Tusk Adornments, Vanuatu (early-mid twentieth century), boar tusk, rattan and trade beads, various sizes (7). Provenance: Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, circa 1970 | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Fiji wood Priest's oil dish circular with dentate border around the gently convex top, supported by two columns on a ring base. 25 cm a very similar priest's oil dish from the Peabody Museum of Salem, Salem Massachusetts (E 10.441) is illustrated… | *** |  |
| *** | A Fijian lotus club (Gugu), 86 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A rare double figural club, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, 19th century, carved wood and remains of piped clay, 75 cm long, Note carved by the grandfather of Michel Makon. Provenance: Jennifer West Collection | *** |  |
| *** | A ceremonial paddle, Ra'ivav' Island, Austral Island group (formally Hervey Islands) Polynesia, 19th century 95 cm long. Provenance: Purchased from an estate auction in Lewes Sussex | *** |  |
| *** | Fijian totokia war club, 19th century. 84 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A fine and rare Fiji Conch shell trumpet, comprising a natural shell pierced to provide a mouthpiece, an elaborate intricately woven coir extension to the smaller end. Length 53 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An incised Dayak trophy skull, Borneo, approximately 18 cm long and 15 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A neckrest (kali hahapo), Tonga, Polynesia (late nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 51.2 x 13.5 x 12.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A Fijian club, 101 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A headhunted skull Dayak People. 15 cm high and 18 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A Carved Head, Aitchen, North East Malekula, Vanuatu, (early twentieth century), carved wood, boar's tusk, pandanus, spider's web and beaded seeds, 47 cm high. Provenance: Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s. Exhibited: Oceanic and… | *** |  |
| *** | A transitional axe, Efate Island, Vanuatu, late 19th century, carved wood with English iron head, a fine example of an Efate Island knob, 88 cm high. Provenance: Jennifer West Collection | *** |  |
| *** | A model funerary canoe, Santa Isabel, Guadalcanal or Nggela Island, Melanesia (circa 1900), inlaid pearl shell and resin on carved wood, 99 cm long. For two closely related examples see, Kevin Conru, Solomon Islands Art, Musumeci Spa, Italy, 2008, pp.… | *** |  |
| *** | An early Dayak shield, Kenyah, or Kayan people, Borneo, 124 x 38 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large pectoral ornament (tema), Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands, (early twentieth century), tridacna shell, tortoise shell and natural fibre, 18 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom. Private Collection, Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A Helmet, Eastern Bontoc, Ifugao, North Luzon, Philippines (nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 11.5 cm high (19.5 cm diameter). Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Tongan Islands club, 19th century | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of five neck rests, including Fiji, Melanesia | *** |  |
| *** | A carved club, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu,19th century, carved wood, 73 cm long, Note carved by the grandfather of Michel Makon. Provenance: Jennifer West Collection | *** |  |
| *** | A double sided club, Vanuatu, 19th century, carved wood with remains of piped clay, 78 cm long, Note carved by the grandfather of Michel Makon. Provenance: Jennifer West Collection | *** |  |
| *** | A malekula figure, Tonan Island, Vanuatu (mid-late twentieth century), boars tusks, dogs teeth, mud, web, straw and cane, 94 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Club Vanuatu slender tapered head on long shaft terminating in a pointed hand-grip. | *** |  |
| *** | A Togan or Samoan paddle-club, 112 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A Dyak Hempatong (ancestor figure), Borneo, most probably 19th century or earlier. Height 114 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Kava bowl, Fiji, circa 1900, carved wood, 22 cm high, 62.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Neil Robertson Collection, Collected by Vereker and Nina Ferrier Hamilton who visited Tonga and Fiji in 1905. Thence by descent. | *** |  |
| *** | A tall Sumba female figure, Eastern Borneo 180 cm high. Provenance: Artist Michael Johnson collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A headhunted skull Dayak People. 15 cm high, 17 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Fijian Totokai Club, 19th century. Provenance: Collected by Dr William Bromilow, Methodist missionary in Fiji (1879-1889), & then by direct family descent. Bromilow penned an account of his missionary life 'Twenty Years Among Primitive Papuans'… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Armlets, Kankanay, Philippines (circa 1900), boar's tusks, hair and rattan, tusks 11.5 cm; 12.5 cm wide (2). Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A group of 3 Pacific Island clubs, Fiji & Samoa. | *** |  |
| *** | A New Caledonian scalloped mushroom club, 62 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A Solomon Islands club, 105 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | An early spear, probably New Hebrides, Polynesia, (late nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 198.5 cm high. For two related examples from New Hebrides see, Steven Hooper, Art and Artifacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas: The James Hooper… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved timber Fijian Sali club 94 cm long. Provenance: Caspian gallery, Sydney. | *** |  |
| *** | A stone mortar in the form, of a turtle, Southeast Asia or Melanesia, circa 1900 or earlier, 26 x 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chieftains Tabua, Fiji, 19th century, whale tooth and fibre, 13 cm and 15 cm long. Provenance: Fielden Collection, Melbourne. Collected by Eric Joshua Fielden, Fijian Rifles, 1913. Fielden later joined the A.I.F. (Artillery) and served on the Western… | *** |  |
| *** | A Solomon Islands (Malaita) diamond-headed club., 78 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Fijian framed tapa clothes 102 x 45 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Solomon Islands golden nautilus shell inlaid wood Chiefs baton, the entire surface inlaid with well-carved geometric shell plaquettes, 37.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Santa Cruz Island wood dance: club (napa) of classic canoe-shaped form with stylized masks on a triangular boss from on the top, the entire surface except the handle with well-painted geometric traditional painted decoration 97 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Patent Graphoscope by Rows Ellis, complete with assorted slides depicting images of Solomon Island Natives, The Great War, Bondi Beach, Port Moresby, Fiji and the Australian Landscape | *** |  |
| *** | Two Fijian Tabua whales tooth chieftains necklaces (1 with rope), 19th century. 16 cm & 18 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Two heavy rifle stock clubs, Fiji, late 19th early 20th century, carved wood and woven fibre, 92 cm and 87 cm long. Provenance: Fielden Collection, Melbourne. Collected by Eric Joshua Fielden, Fijian Rifles, 1913. Fielden later joined the A.I.F.… | *** |  |
| *** | A breastplate, Solomon Islands, Melanesia (circa 1900), pearl shell, tortoise shell, beads and bush string, 34 x 18 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A Sacrifical Boar's Jaw, Wujumwel Village, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, (early twentieth century), boar's bone, teeth and tusk, 22 cm long. Provenance: The Peter Elliott Collection, Sydney, Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, in the early 1970s.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Hip Ornament, Bontoc, Philippines (circa 1900), pearl shell, horn and rattan, 14.6 cm wide. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the late 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A Tongan female figure, Tonga wood 23 cm high. Provenance: cf. Oldman fig., Auckland, N.Z | *** |  |
| *** | A Solomon Island shell money wealth belt | *** |  |
| *** | A painted Dyak mask, Borneo, 32 cm on stand | *** |  |
| *** | A Dart Quiver (tolor), Modang Dayak, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood and rattan, 35.3 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of five neck rests, including Fiji, Melanesia. 5-17 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Collection of Carved Stones, Vanuatu (early-mid twentieth century), stone and natural earth pigments, various sizes (8). Provenance: Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, circa 1970 | *** |  |
| *** | A Mask, Modang, Bahau Dayak, Indonesia, (late nineteenth century), carved wood, 21.5 cm high. Provenance: Sulawesi Art, Bali. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott | *** |  |
| *** | Oceanic war clubs: Tonga, Samoa (2) & Admiralty Islands, 19th & 20th century. Longest 72 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of shell armbands, Solomon Islands, early 20th century, 19 x 11 cm each | *** |  |
| *** | Two rifle stock clubs, Fiji, late 19th early 20th century, carved wood and woven fibre with remains of blue and white paint, one engraved 'S:Shdpeu, 82 cm and 92 cm long. Provenance: Fielden Collection, Melbourne. Collected by Eric Joshua Fielden, Fijian… | *** |  |
| *** | A Samoan paddle-shaped club, 69 cm length | *** |  |
| *** | A Pig Killing Club, Ranon Village, North Ambrym, Vanuatu, (mid twentieth century), carved hardwood, 64 cm long. Provenance: John Pasquarelli, Papua New Guinea. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s | *** |  |
| *** | A fine samba deer antler Dayak or Kayan Mandau handle, Sarawak, 19th century 7.4 x 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Siapo Mamanu tapa (bark) cloth, Samoa, 164 x 178 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A group of 3 rifle stock clubs, Fiji, 19th & early 20th century. The longest 91 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A rare squatting figure; Caroline Islands, Micronesia. Carved wood, shell and resin. 30.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Sword, Kisar village, Kisar Island, Moluccas, (late twentieth century), carved wood, steel and hair, 101 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A ceremonial paddle, Borneo, 20th century mounted on a black painted metal stand 110 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Pig Mask, Bayau, Kayan Dayak, Indonesia, (late nineteenth century), carved wood, rattan binding and pigments, 22.3 cm long. Provenance: Special Timor Primitive, Bali. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in 1990, For related examples see: Michael… | *** |  |
| *** | A Pig Mask, Bayau, Kayan Dayak, Indonesia, (early twentieth century), carved wood, rattan binding and pigments, 52 cm long. Provenance: Private Collection, Bali. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in 1988-1989, For related examples see: Michael… | *** |  |
| *** | A Hudoq Mask, Bahau Dayak, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, (mid twentieth century), carved wood and pigment, 42 cm high. Provenance: Robbie Bennett Exhibition, Bondi, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Dayak paddle, Borneo, early 20th century. | *** |  |
| *** | Three celadon bowls, Tongan wares, 13th-14th century, each one moulded and incised with lotus and other flowers, beneath a grey green glaze, diameter 19 cm (moulded), 19.5 cm (carved), 13 cm (3) | *** |  |
| *** | A Bidang Ikat Textile, Iban people, Sarawak, Borneo, early 19th century, 98 x 43 cm | *** |  |