artefacts - Tonga
4 item(s) found:
A rare early 19th century Samoan tapa cloth, the cloth a fusion of Tonga, Samoan and Fijian styles. the Tongan style of block painting is over painted with Samoan siapo dots and framed by a traditional Fijian Masi Kesa boarder, 420 x 290 cm. Provenance: Fo
A Tongan female figure, Tonga wood 23 cm high, Provenance: cf. Oldman fig., Auckland, N.Z
Gugu war club, Tonga, of flat form shaped club with intricate incised decoration on one side
Four (4) hair combs, Tonga. Displaying fine and detailed woven craftsmanship. 17 cm, 20 cm and 21 cm