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209 item(s) found, 1-96 shown:
A large old plate, Vanuatu, 72 cm
A large Vanuatu platter, 96 cm
A painted wood carved figure, Vanuatu, 67 cm
A Malekula face, Vanuatu, 22 cm
A Malekula ceremonial figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 59 cm
Three Vanuatu carvings. Provenance: David Baker Collection.
A Malekula ceremonial puppet wood, fibres, ochres and boars tusks. Vanuatu. Provenance: Ex. David Baker collection. Length 104 cm
A long tapered and rounded club, Vanuatu a slender tapered head on long shaft terminating in a pointed hand-grip 123.5 cm
A Malekula ceremonial puppet wood, fibre, ochres and boars tusks. Vanuatu. Provenance: Ex. David Baker collection. Length 101 cm
Two Ambrym Island masks, Vanuatu, 38 cm, 26 cm
A painted Malekula figure, Vanuatu, 130 cm
Two Ambrym Island masks, Vanuatu, 97 cm, 70 cm
Three small ceremonial plaques, Vanuatu, 27 cm, 25 cm, 25 cm
A Malekula mask, Vanuatu diameter 26 cm
An Acting Island mask, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 97 cm
Sago pudding knife from Vanuatu, ebonised wood. 37 cm length
A large painted Malekula mask, Vanuatu, 164 cm
A painted softwood figure, Vanuatu, 131 cm
A Malekula mask, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 62 cm
A fern tree figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 208 cm
A Vanuatu walking staff, from Ambrym Island, with collection label from 1981. Length 110 cm.
Vanuatu pudding knives (2) Lap Lap, collected from Hiou Island. Long spatula form with decorative ends. Dark, encrusted patina overall. Length 53 cm. Width 5.6 cm; length 415, width 6.5 cm
Fine Vanuatu mask raised facial features with a large flared nose. Inset boar's tusks to sides of mouth. Painted patina with white, red and black natural pigments. Backed with cobweb extending to coiffure and beard. Natural-fibre string for attachment. Len
Pair of combs made from bamboo, with incised decoration to top, splayed teeth. Polished early patina. Malekula Island, Vanuatu. Length 26 cm. Width 7 cm; length 18.5 cm. Width 7 cm;
A Vanuatu ceremonial figure Utilising a boar's head. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 33 cm long
Two Vanuatu figures. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 58 cm & 41 cm
A Stone Club Head, Vanuatu (nineteenth century), stone, 19 cm long. Provenance: Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, circa 1970. This club head is sold with an accompanying letter signed by Leo Fleischmann.
A mask, Vanuatu, mid 20th century, carved and painted wood, 40 cm high
A mask and a spirit figure, Vanuatu, mid 20th century, carved and painted wood and fibre, 32 cm and 64 cm high
A food bowl in relic condition, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, late 19th early 20th century, carved wood, 97 cm long
Vanuatu Food Bowl. Good early example hollowed form with flattened tapering handles to ends and inset carved design to ends. Length 66 cm. Width 20 cm. Provenance: T. Clemence Collection, New Zealand
Western Pacific ceremonial war e. Espirito Santo Island, Vanuatu, feast preparation flat mortar and pounder. David Said Collection, length 107 cm (mortar)
An ancestral mask, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 70 cm
An Ambrym Island mask, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 96 cm
A collection of Bows and Arrows, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection.
A Narut mask, Vanuatu, height 36 cm
A tribal paddle, carved wood, Vanuatu origin, 19th century, 111 cm long
An early food bowl, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, 19th century, carved wood, 48 cm across
A painted fern tree figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, 233 cm
An Ambrym fern tree figure, Vanuatu, 90 cm
A large Acting Island mask, Vanuatu A/F with feathers and pieces for repairs, 81 cm
A Malekula ceremonial figure, Vanuatu, 73 cm
A Malekula figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 166 cm
A large wood carved figure, Malekula, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 160 cm
A fern fibre figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 138 cm
A Malekula face, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 20 cm
A fern tree figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 170 cm
A Malekula Island painted drum, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 244 cm
Two Malekula ceremonial carvings, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 34 cm
Pair of combs triangular body with eight splayed teeth; fibre binding with encrusted patina. Gaua, Banks Islands, Vanuatu. Length 29.5 cm. Width 7.5 cm; length 27 cm. Width 8.5 cm
A helmet mask, carved wood, natural fibre and clay with earth pigments, Vanuatu, early to mid 20th century, 37 cm high
A wooden fighting club, knob finial, flared end, Efete Island Vanuatu. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 76 cm
A wooden figure, Banks Island, Vanuatu, 131 cm
Two Vanuatu painted wood carved figures, 61 cm, 52 cm
A large platter, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 96 cm
Two Vanuatu figures. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 53 cm & 55 cm
A large Vanuatu bowl. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 110 cm
Two Acting Island masks, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 60 cm
A Vanuatu pig killing club, with deep lustrous patina and multiple faces, on custom metal stand, Vanuatu, length 46 - 71 cm
A fern tree figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu A/F damage to head, 159 cm
Two Ambrym Island masks, Vanuatu on stand. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 67 cm
A Malekula mask, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection.
Two Malekula male and female figures, Vanuatu A/F. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 113 cm
A Malekula mask, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 61 cm
Vanuatu guardian figure head with shell inset eyes, height 27 cm. Provenance: collection of Denis L. Dutton (1944 - 2010), then John F. Perry (1943-2021), thence to our vendor/collector who has exhibited this piece at the little dog gallery, Devonport, c.2
Western Pacific hardwood club. Vanuatu. Curved hardwood shaft with use patina. Small loss to head, length 8 cm
Vanuatu mask raised facial features with a large flared nose. Inset boar's tusks to sides of mouth. Painted patina with white, red and black natural pigments. Backed with cobweb extending to coiffure and beard. Natural-fibre string for attachment. Length 1
Group of Combs (3) various forms, of wood, bamboo, fibre binding; incised decoration, with splayed teeth to end. Polished and dry patinas. Vanuatu. Length 31 cm. Width 5 cm; length 20 cm. Width 6 cm; width 2.4 cm. Width 8 cm
Five Vanuatu artefacts, 20 cm - 34 cm
Gezict van Huaheine and Debarquement a Tanna L'une Des Npuvelles Hebrides engraved by Robert Bernard, lithograph. French edition. Made in 1777, plate 93 and plate 46. The top image depicts two of Captain Cook's ships the Resolution and the adventure at the
Head of a Nambugi Nevembur Society funerary spirit. Overmodeled clay with boars tusks, Malekula, Vanuatu. David Said Collection, height 28 cm
Ceremonial Tjubuan (Chunwan) mask. Pentecost Island, Vanuatu 20th century. The Tjubuan ceremony of south Pentecost was a fertility rite benefitting both yams and humans, and these distinctive masks were hand held by non-dancing participants. David Said Col
Two food platters, Vanuatu, 50 cm, 63 cm
A ceremonial figure, Malekula, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 85 cm
A Malekula figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 155 cm
A Vanuatu ceremonial wood carved figure. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 40 cm
Two wood platters, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 77 cm each
A Malekula figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 70 cm
An old carved wood Vanuatu ceremonial pig killer, shouldered hammer form, carved with a stylised human face with two traditional upward-projecting open apexes with serrated edges, representations of pig's jaws, curved plain long handle with knob end, evide
A wooden figure, Banks Island, Vanuatu, 197 cm
Vanuatu ceremonial headdress, clay modelled over a wooden base with natural pigment paint, embellished with boars tusks. 70 cm height
A Vanuatu pig killing club, carved from hardwood, of shouldered hammer form with serrated protuberances at the intersection between the shaft and the striker, representing the pig's jaw. Tapering shaft terminating into a pommel with round butt. Intense dar
A Malekula figure/ plaque Big eyes, Vanuatu, 81 cm
An Ambrym Island mask, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 61 cm
Two Acting Island masks, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection.
A Malekula figure, Vanuatu. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 172 cm
A Malekula dog figure, Vanuatu. Used in childrens puppet shows. Made from wood and dried palm leaf. Height 64 cm, width 20 cm, depth 56 cm
Sago pudding knife from Vanuatu, dark patina. 36 cm length
A Vanuatu interior Malekula Island grade Society mask, with abstract human face with broad mouth and boar's tusks issuing from the cheeks. Painted in red, black, blue and white mineral pigment, with attached smoked spider web. Sold together with a cassowar
Pair of adzes good early examples of classic form. Weathered clamshell. Vanuatu. Length 9 cm. Width 7 cm; length 25 cm. Width 9.5 cm
Double face mask, Malekua Island, Vanuatu, clay, plant fibre, natural pigments and wild pig tusks, on wooden stand, height 50 cm. Provenance: Shapiro Auctioneers, SH008, lot 372, December 2003. Private Collection, Sydney
A fern tree figure, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, 210 cm
A Malekula plaque, Vanuatu, 89 cm
A large wood Grade figure, Vanuatu, 325 cm
A Malekula Island mask, Vanuatu, 68 cm