artefacts - New Caledonia
23 item(s) found:
Finely carved 19th century Mangaia ceremonial adze, the wood base of quadrangular pedestal form, each face composed of square panels, intricately carved with geometric patterns,…
Two New Hebrides ancestor sculptures, of stone, with classic ancestor visage in relief, Vanuatu, 10-22 cm (2)
A group of three carved shells from New Caledonia, circa 1910, consisting of a hinged carved shell and a pair of carved shells, each decorated with various village scenes and ports. Height 20 cm
Papua New Guinea Sepik river nose ornament, pigs tusk and nacre shell with later piercing and attached cord with cut Solomon Islands currency discs. Sourced in the Solomon Islands
Two 19th century New Hebrides Yam pudding knives one with a regularly serrated and leaf shaped handle, length 55.2 cm, the other with serrated and linear pierced handle (with a wood split), length 56 cm.
A 19th century Fijian sperm whale tooth tabua, of good patination, plain, with two drilled suspension holes near the tip and a single suspension hole at the base.…
Fijian club, Kiakavo, of well balanced proportion. Orthodox rough incurve at top. Superb light patina. Old Museum label attached.Provenance: Julius Carlebach gallery, New York, 1955. Zanesville Museum of Art, USA, length 90 cm.
A fine Fijian club Kiakavo, of small well balanced proportion. Orthodox rough incurve at top. Rich red patina. Small flare at butt with terminating knob. Provenance: Private collection New York . Length 64.5 cm.
A rare New Hebrides grave ornament, of stone in the form of diminutive ancestor heads, above a fibre and earth-bound base, Vanuatu, 13 x 15 cm
Two New Hebrides marionette sculptures (temes nevimbure), the visage of earth, fibre and spider's web, one with pig tusk ornament and the other with inset teeth, decorated with polychrome pigments, each set on a wooden spike, Malekula Island, Vanuatu,…
A very fine New Caledonia n cane, extremely fine geometric engravings extended through body of bamboo cane. Figurative / ancestral depictions of fish are offered at one end of the piece.…
A fine Solomon Islands bowl, a superbly formed bowl in classical ovoid form, terminating in finely detailed ends with inverted stylised birds. Delicate shell inlay work to the outer surface. C. 1850. Choiseul or new Georgia Islands Solomon Islands.…
A Supurb New Caledonia bird head club, displaying a hooded medial ridge on the face, bulbous domed eyes soft slightly raised handle end, early rich mid-brown patina.…
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.…
South Pacific Melanesia breast plate (Kap Kap) (maybe New Ireland). Clamshell overlaid with filigree of turtle shell. Diamter 12.8 cm. (Tilly collection)
Stone disc club. Papua New Guinea . Circular stone head on a tapering shaft. Woven fibre binding at distal end. 79 cm
War club. New Caledonian origin. Bulbous hand piece, long tapered shaft with flared distal end. 95 cm
New Guinea disc club. Generous proportions, circular shaped stone head, woven fibre at head of tapering shaft. 105 cm
New Guinea war club. Carved stone pineapple head with woven fibre at head of shaft and pointed conical tipped handle. 106 cm
New Guinea war club. Carved stone pineapple head, woven fibre at head of shaft. Old repairs. 124 cm
An Ethnographic Ambrym ceremonial Hammer (atata), c.…
A 19th century New Caledonia n ceremonial Pig club, the head with twin anthromorphic profiles of ancestral masks each with a serrated horn, mounted on stand. Length 62 cm
A fine South Pentecost Island ancestor mask, c.…