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Maori Greenstone Pendant in the form of a Native Bat (Pekapeka)
Maori people, New Zealand 19th century
width: 7.2cm, length: 4.8cm, weight: 38g
Provenance
UK art market
Large & Early Kina Shell Pectoral Pendant with Stone-Drilled Holes
Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea late 18th-19th century
width: approximately 19cm, weight: 183g
Provenance
Julian Harding Collection, London
Oceanic Cowrie & Sinnet Cord Necklace
Pacific Islands early 20th century
circumference: approximately 80cm, length of cowries: 6.5-7.8cm, weight: 309g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Fijian Terracotta Water Vessel (Saqamoli)
Fiji 19th-20th century
height: 16.5cm, width: 15cm, weight: 875g
Provenance
Antiques market, Scotland.
Fijian Barkcloth Cloth (Masi)
Fiji 19th-20th century
length: approximately 170.5cm, width: approximately 87cm
Provenance
UK art market
Solomon Islands Small Pectoral Pendant (Tafi or Dafe)
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length: 9.3cm, weight: 25g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Carved Clam Shell & Seed Necklace
Solomon Islands early 20th century
width (of shell pendant): 8.5cm, weight: 99g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Comb (Faa) & Original Palm Leaf Wrapping
Kwaio People, Malaita, Solomon Islands early 20th century
length: 18.5cm, width: 7cm, combined weight: 23g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Gold Lipped Pearl Shell Pendant with attached Shell Currency Strands
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length (of shell): 7cm, width: 6.7cm, weight: 26g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Large Pectoral Pendant (Tafi or Dafe)
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length: 20.7cm, weight: 190g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Engraved Shell Pendants with Shell Currency Strands
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length (of the largest pendant): 6.6cm, weight: 98g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
New Hebrides Abalone Shell & Turtleshell Trolling Lure Fish Hook
New Hebrides (Vanuatu) 19th century
length: 7.5cm, width: 1.9cm, weight: 13g
Provenance
UK art market; UK private collection.
Fijian Trolling Lure Fish Hook (Bayaloyalo)
Fiji early-to-mid 19th century
length: approximately 10.2cm, width: 1.4cm, weight: 8g
Provenance
UK art market; UK private collection.
Maori Trolling Lure Fish Hook (Pa Kahawai)
Maori People, New Zealand 18th-19th century
length (without cord): 14.8cm, width: 2cm, weight: 20g
Provenance
UK art market; UK private collection.
Solomon Islands Turtleshell & Carved Abalone Shell Trolling Lure Fish Hook
Solomon Islands, probably Malaita Island 19th century
length: 7.9cm, width: 1.4cm, weight: 5g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator.
FijianTapa Bark Cloth Beater (Ike ni Masi)
Fiji, probably Viti Levu Highlands region late 18th century
length: 36.4cm, weight: 771g
Provenance
UK art market
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.
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
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
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
Aboriginal Pineapple Pandanus Head Battle Club
Central Queensland, Australia early 20th century
length: 72.5cm, weight: 541g
Provenance
UK art market
Fijian Throwing Club (I Ula Tavatava)
Fiji 18th-early 19th century
length: 42cm
Provenance
UK art market; private UK collection.
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
Rare Solomon Islands Ceremonial Child’s Dance Wand or Staff (Napa)
Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands circa 1900
length: 75.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Sepik Crocodile Man 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.
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 first half of the 20th century.
Sepik Lime Container in the form of a Rooster on a Crocodile
Iatmul People, Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea first half of the 20th century
length: 68cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, and thence by descent, collected by de Sales McHugh in the first half of the 20th century .
Sepik Kominimung Shield
Pora Pora or Bien River, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea first half of the 20th century
height: 117cm, width: 46cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, and thence by descent, collected by de Sales McHugh in the first half of the 20th century.
Pair of New Guinea Cone-Shell Ear Ornaments, dated 1859
New Guinea collected in 1859
maximum diameter of each: 7cm
Provenance
UK art market; private collection, UK.
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
Aboriginal Mulga Wood Spear Thrower (Woomera)
Aboriginal People, Central Australia circa 1940
height: 77cm, width: 11cm
Provenance
UK art market