Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas

HAND CLUB, paoaHandclubs, "paoa", from Easter Island are far more rare than the long staffs, "ua", with which they share the same Janus head butts...

KANAK PHALLIC CLUB80.5 cm. longProvenance?

TONGA CLUB, bowai87 cm. longProvenanceWoolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 15 December 2021, lot 1005

FIJI CLUB, bowai104.5 cm. longProvenance?

CLUB, u’u128 cm. long

MAORI CLUB , tewhatewha169 cm. longProvenanceJean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels

ABORIGINAL CLUB50 cm. long

ABORIGINAL SHIELD67 cm. longProvenanceLempertz, Brussels, 29 January 2020, lot 333

ABORIGINAL SHIELD83.5 cm. long

ABELAM CULT FIGURECf. Koch, G., "Kultur der Abelam", Berlin, 1968, pls.48 and 49, for a very similar carving said to be from the Roma area366 cm. ...

ABELAM CULT FIGURE253 cm. highProvenanceLoed Van Bussel, Amsterdam

ASMAT WAR SHIELD159 cm. long

ASMAT WAR SHIELD150 cm. long

ASMAT WAR SHIELD156.5 cm. long

MALAGAN MASK86 cm. highProvenanceMathias Komor, New York, H387 Maurice Bonnefoy, New York/Paris

DANCE WAND53 cm. high

LARGE SHELL RING25.5 cm. diameterThis lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We wou...

ASMAT CEREMONIAL STONECf. Konrad, G. and Konrad, U., "Asmat : Mythen und Rituale Inspiration der Kunst", Venice, 1995, p.61, for a similar stone ...

TWO LIME SPATULAS36.5 and 39.5 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm SpringsThe Admiralty Islands spatula acquired on the voyage of La Korrigane, ...

COMB31 cm. longProvenanceCollected in the late 19th century by Reverend Isaac Rooney (1843-1931)Arthur Palmer, BrisbaneIsaac Rooney migrated to Au...

SPEAR170 cm. long

SULKA CLUB108 cm. longProvenanceErnst Heinrich, Stuttgart/Bad CannstattLoed van Bussel, Amsterdam

BAINING CLUB125 cm. longProvenanceMajor R. Donnelly, Gosport

EIGHT OCEANIC SPEARS240 to 314 cm. long

SANTA CRUZ PECTORAL, tema16.5 cm. diameterThis lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countrie...

KAP KAP12 cm. diameterThis lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We would like to ...

IATMUL WAR CANOE PROW ORNAMENT130 cm. high

FIVE LAKE SENTANI PADDLES162.5 to 171.5 cm. long

BOIKEN MASK36 cm. high

FLOAT68 cm. high

BOIKEN BRIDE PRICE, talipun42 cm. high

KANAK MODEL ROOF FINIAL60 cm. highProvenanceSommerville collection, BordeauxGalerie Flak, Paris, 2015

MENTAWAI KNIFE31 cm. longProvenanceH. Huis, t’Veld, The Netherlands Michel Thieme, Amsterdam

BOWL95 cm. longProvenancePaolo Morigi, LuganoNative, Brussels, 11 June 2011, lot 75LiteratureOrefici, G., "La Terra dei Moai, Dalla Polinesia, All...

TELEFOMIN HOUSE ENTRANCE BOARD268 cm. highProvenancePhilip Goldman, London

MASSIM TREE-KANGAROO15 cm. high

SEPIK RIVER HEADREST12 cm. highProvenance?

YUAT RIVER MASK46 cm. high

MARUPAI CHARM12.5 cm. longProvenanceMichael Hamson, Palos Verdes

DANCING FIGURE , imunu65 cm. highProvenanceTambaran Gallery, New York Galerie Flak, Paris, 2020LiteratureFlak, J., "Rites & Forms of Papua New Gui...

LUMI SHIELD103.5 cm. longProvenancePhilip Goldman, London

CLUB85 cm. longProvenanceAlberto Magnelli, artist (1888-1971), Florence/ParisChristie's, New York, 22 November, 1996, lot 103

SHIELD145 cm. longProvenanceMichael Hamson, Palos VerdesGalerie Punchinello, Paris

RAMU RIVER SHIELD134 cm. longProvenanceKevin Conru, Brussels, 2005LiteratureConru, K., "Southeast African and Oceanic Art", Brussels, 2005, pp.42-...

NGALA WAR SHIELDCf. Kelm, H., "Kunst vom Sepik", vol.2, 1966, figs.166 and 167, for two very similar shields in the Berlin Ethnological Museum col...

PALAWAN QUIVER46 cm. long

TWO IFUGAO SPOONS19 and 21.5 cm. longProvenanceTodd Barlin, Sydney (for the smaller one)

JORAI FIGUREThe Jorai are one of the hill tribes of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. These powerful carvings, most often depicting a human figure...

TORAJA FIGURE , tautau106 cm. highProvenanceAnthony Plowright, France Alain de Monbrison, Paris David Serra, Barcelona

TIMOR MASK31 cm. highProvenanceJean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels

NIAS HIDE CUIRASS AND TWO WEAPONS, Baru oroba and balatoThe cuirass: 58 cm. high The weapons: 31 and 66 cm. long

TOBA BATAK MEDICINE HORN38.5 cm. longProvenanceDe Zwaan, Amsterdam, 9 November 2021, lot 3500

BATAK HOUSE ORNAMENT, singa103 cm. high

CENDERAWASIH BAY HEADREST14 cm. high

BARK CLOTHThe cloth retains an old printed label with the text: "Scoolverzameling/Geklopte Boombast In Enkele Streken Gebrukt voor Kleedij/Kolonia...

KORWAR FIGURE22 cm. highProvenanceLeendert Van Lier, AmsterdamChristie’s, Amsterdam, 15 April 1997, lot 186

SMALL KORWAR FIGURE15 cm. highProvenanceArnold Wentholt, The NetherlandsLiteratureCorbey, R., "Korwar: Northwest New Guinea ritual art according t...