Our catalogue > Tribal Art – Oceania
The ‘tribal’ arts of New Guinea, Fiji, the Maori of New Zealand and other Oceanic cultures are to be found on this page.
All pieces are for sale, and each has been selected for its artistic merit, patina and provenance.
Each piece has been sourced from within the UK, often from old, colonial-era collections.
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Enquiry about object: 1984
Pair of New Guinea Cone-Shell Ear Ornaments
New Guinea collected in 1859
maximum diameter of each: 7cm
Provenance
UK art market; private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6522
Maori Greywacke Club (Patu Onewa)
Maori People, New Zealand 18th century
length: 37.2cm, width: 9.4cm, weight: 1,109g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK; prior to that, Christie's Paris, December 2003.
Enquiry about object: 2181
Life-sized Sepik Ancestor Figure
Sepik Region, New Guinea late 19th century
height: 165cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, collected by de Sales McHugh in the early 20th century.
Enquiry about object: 6529
Superb, Early Aboriginal Spear Thrower (Woomera)
Aboriginal People, Western Australia, probably the Western Kimberleys Region 19th century
height: 62.5cm, width: 8cm, weight: 288g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6521
Andaman Islands Man’s Dance Regalia
Andaman Islands, possibly from the Jarawa Tribe, South Andaman circa 1900
indicative length of headdress (band & tassels): 49cm
Provenance
private collection, London. UK; previously, Charles Wilfred Hext (b.1880-1919)
Enquiry about object: 4236
Early New Guinea Wooden & Bone Mace or Club
Papua New Guinea, probably Sepik region 19th century and possibly earlier
length: 64.2cm, diameter of head: 9cm, weight: 190g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2621
Oceanic Carved Wooden Bowl
Pacific Islands, possibly Marquesas Islands 19th century and possibly earlier
length: 14.7cm, width: 8.3cm, height: 5.8cm, weight: 78g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 2185
Sepik Earthenware Roof Ridge Tile with Pigments
Chambri Lakes, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea early 20th century
height: 42cm, width: 25.5cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, collected by de Sales McHugh in the early 20th century.
Enquiry about object: 5443
Early, Carved Wooden Massim Sword Club or Lime Spatula
Massim area, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea 18th-19th century
length: 62.5cm, width at widest point: 8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2992
Rare Massim Double Pedestal Cup with Spirit Figures
Massim People, Trobiand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea 20th century
height: 70.5cm, diameter of bowl: 20.5cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5973
Maori Curved Nephrite Ear Ornament (Kapeu)
Maori People, New Zealand early 20th century
length: 15.2cm, weight: 38.19g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4755
Unusual Massim Carved, Wooden Lime Spatula Shaped as a Hornbill
Massim People, Tobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea early 20th century
length: 38.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2940
Fijian Throwing Club (I Ula Tavatava)
Fiji 18th-early 19th century
length: 42cm
Provenance
UK art market; private UK collection.
Enquiry about object: 2746
Rare Solomon Islands Ceremonial Child’s Dance Wand or Staff (Napa)
Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands circa 1900
length: 75.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3727
Kimberley Point Aboriginal Spear Head
Aboriginal People, possibly the Bunuba People, Kimberley Region, Northern Western Australia late 19th-early 20th century
entire length: 18.8cm, length of (exposed) head: 3.5cm, width: 2.6cm
Provenance
private collection, Channel Islands, UK.
Enquiry about object: 1595
Rare Solomon Islands Christian Altar Cross Inlaid with Pearl Shell
Solomon Islands circa 1900
height: 62cm, width: 33cm, depth: 19.5cm
Provenance
Adam Prout, London.
Enquiry about object: 2096
Very Fine Man’s Woven Comb (Faa)
Kwaio People, Malaita, Solomon Islands 19th or early 20th century
height: 20cm, width: 5.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1030
Sepik Green-Grey Nephrite Adze Blade
Middle Sepik River, New Guinea 19th century or earlier
height: 24cm, width at widest point: 10.8cm, weight: 1.048kg
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market and most probably has been in the UK since the colonial era.
Enquiry about object: 1032
Aboriginal Mulga Wood Spear Thrower (Woomera)
Aboriginal People, Central Australia circa 1940
height: 77cm, width: 11cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3391
Aboriginal Pineapple Pandanus Head Battle Club
Central Queensland, Australia early 20th century
length: 72.5cm, weight: 541g
Provenance
UK art market