ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND ARTEFACTS
Wednesday, 27 March - Monday, 8 April 2024

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An old wooden beater

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Four various woven Tongan fibre baskets,

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A 19thC old Tongan casuarina kali hahapo headrest,
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

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An old aboriginal hooked boomerang,
Estimate: $200 - $400

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Two old Aboriginal artefacts,
Estimate: $200 - $400

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Two old Aboriginal boomerangs

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An old hardwood carved Aboriginal Nula Nula,
Estimate: $200 - $400

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A large collection of over 500 prehistoric aboriginal stone tools including tula adzes,
Estimate: $2,600 - $4,000

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A large Fijian carved wooden kava bowl,
Estimate: $300 - $500

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A small 1960's model Fijian outrigger canoe

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An old large Fijian rootstock long club,
Estimate: $300 - $800

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An old Fijian tokokia long club,
Estimate: $400 - $1,000

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An old Fijian kiakavo long club,
Estimate: $400 - $1,000

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An important early 19thC yagona dish from Western Vitilevu Fiji,
Estimate: $1,400 - $3,000

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Melanesian old tall drum
Estimate: $60 - $120

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Melanesian wood hafted adze
Estimate: $100 - $200

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Melanesian wood hafted adze
Estimate: $120 - $240

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An early 20thC Melanesian mother of pearl backed trolling lure

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An old Pacific Island carved hardwood hand club with flat blade and T-form handle,
Estimate: $140 - $200

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Two mako shark's teeth with red sealing wax
Estimate: $120 - $220

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Four tribal pieces

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Three tribal pieces

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Two vintage shells

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Five Pacific Island woven fibre fans,

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Five Pacifica woven kete

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A pair of Samoan carved hardwood kava bowls,
Estimate: $400 - $650

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A carved primitive tribal fertility stick?,
Estimate: $100 - $200

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Framed fine ink sketches on tapa or heavy paper of ethnic animals
Estimate: $50 - $120

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Old tribal wood hinged lidded box
Estimate: $120 - $240

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Old carved bone double barbed fishhook and old bone ring

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A hand-painted ethnic ghost mask

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Old PNG large carved and painted wooden head sculpture,
Estimate: $120 - $240

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Two Papua New Guinea bamboo spear throwers

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A New Guinean carved wooden head,
Estimate: $400 - $600

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A large vintage PNG war shield,
Estimate: $550 - $850

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An old Kundu drum from Papua New Guinea

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Two vintage woven natural fibre bags

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An old tree trunk section carved with the bust of a woman

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An old Asmat stone and wood hafted adze

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An Alafolo club from the Island of Malaita Solomon Islands,
Estimate: $300 - $800

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An Indonesian carved wood witch-doctor’s stick

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A pair of Indonesian Naga metal witchcraft horses
Estimate: $40 - $100

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An Indonesian Sumba stone figural carving
Estimate: $260 - $500

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An old Indonesian Sumba carved marker stone
Estimate: $120 - $240

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A collection of eight antique Burmese decorated and fired clay opium pipe bowls, the stems broken. Raised on clear Perspex stand.

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Two old iron headed hatchets with wood handles

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Tsonga Mozambique carved wood headrest with concave topped bar,
Estimate: $200 - $360

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An African carved hardwood seated ancestral figure

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A 19thC Zulu war axe,
Estimate: $640 - $800

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An African Dan passport mask with pierced eyes and mouth,
Estimate: $120 - $220

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An African vintage carved bird face mask

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An old African carved wood Suku female fertility figure,
Estimate: $160 - $300

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An African carved horn scoop,

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River worn reddish brown stone boulder

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Sandstone boulder/hag or anchor stone

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Two stalactites

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Four various rocks

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Two sandstone boulder/hag or anchor stones

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A sandstone boulder/hag or anchor stone

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Three sandstone boulder/hag or anchor stones