Eleven Ebony Figures from Trobriand Islands
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Ebony - Ebony is a close grained timber, black in colour. It has a fine texture which can be polished to a high gloss, making it suitable for venereering, inlay and stringing and its use as solid timber is resticted to small decorative items and ornamental decoration, such as chess pieces and musical instrument parts. The term "ebonised" means "faux ebony", timber that has been darkened during the polishing process to resemble ebony.
This item has been included into following indexes:
-
New Guinea tribal artefacts
- carved figures 609
- other artefacts 1,213
- Trobriand Islands - tribal artefacts 154
Visually similar items
A small collection of whalebone mounted implements, 19th century, comprising a whaler's knife, bale hooks, a ships carpenter's mallet, a fid/screwdriver, a folding pocketknife and a folding whaler's knife made by Joseph Rodgers & Sons, the mallet 21 cm
Seven piece set silver plate asparagus servers, including pair large serving tongs, and matching set 6 pairs individual tongs, all with engraved decoration.
USM8 bayonet knife, three USM8AI bayonet knives & another, 35 cm long (5)
Massim lime Spatulas (3) three finely carved spatulas with various delicate designs. Signs of good use evident. Papua New Guinea. Length 36.5 cm. Length 33.7 cm. Length 30.3 cm