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,…
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;
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
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
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
Vanuatu carved head carved face with deep eyes, raised checks, elongated nose and mouth bearing teeth. Carved from fossilised seabed. Vanuatu. Collected 1950. Height 15 cm. Width 11 cm
Large Vanuatu Grade post, large carved post with carved face of ovoid form with elongated forehead, raised triangular decoration to central ridge and sides. Raised eyes and nose. Coloured with natural pigments. Collected 1950. Vanuatu. Length 146 cm.…
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 fine early Vanuatu Nalot pounder, late 19th or early 20th century; probably Vao Island, with two stylized triangular shaped heads on the finial and old use patina. Provenance: Alex Philips, Melbourne 64 cm
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 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 sacrificial boar's jaw, Wujumwel village, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu (early twentieth century), boar's bone, teeth and tusk, 24 cm long. Provenance: Collected in the field by Dr Peter Elliott, in the early 1970s. This sacrificial jaw has double full…
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 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
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
A carved ceremonial drum Slit gong (Atingting Kon), Ambrym Island Vanuatu, carved in typical form, weathered and split from being kept outside, 215 cm high
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
Western Pacific ceremonial war e. Espirito Santo Island, Vanuatu, feast preparation flat mortar and pounder. David Said Collection, length 107 cm (mortar)
A fine old Afi Afioliya eight strand shell money necklace, Malaita, the Solomon Islands, fish teeth inset in the centre. Provenance: Ex Judith Wood collection. Judith lived in Vanuatu for more than 25 years and field collected frequently in the Solomon…
An old Temes black Nambugi head only, Novembur Society, Malekula, Vanuatu, commonly called Temes puppets, made for the funerary ceremonies of the Novembur Society. Provenance: Ex Judith wood collection, height 54 cm
A rare large tribal Vanuatu 'Metaniele' Circumcision plaque, circa mid 20th century, the flattened ovoid plaque depicting a face with protruding eyes and nose, with bird decoration to each cheek in relief. Fashioned from wood, clay, fibres and mineral and…
19th century back ornament. Worn in the small of the back by the men of Hogg sic harbour area, Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu. Length 37 cm. Provenance: Pickles Auctions, the 1986 sale of Captain W.C. Thomson's Estate lot 168.
Old Pacific Island paddle, carved 197 cm Dr. Barry lake, a collection of New Hebrides artefacts Dr. Lake was a Presbyterian missionary in the New Hebrides in 1965 and then 1973 to 1978. Dr. Lake's time included periods as junior school principal, Efate…
A 19th century dance Wand, Vanuatu. Provenance: Collected by John Paton (1824-1907), a missionary in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu), thence by descent to David Paton, height 64 cm, diameter 3.5 cm
Vao Island (Malekula) canoe prow, of bird form, used and field collected, length 62 cm catalogue note: on Rono, Wala, Aatchin and Vao, just off Malekula in Vanuatu, the canoes of graded men of the Minke Society each had a prow depicting a tern, to help…