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Place of Origin: Pacific Islands
Vintage Original Mid-Century David Auld Hand Carved Wooden Bowl
By David Auld
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and unique wood bowl by David Auld. World renowned American-born Haitian wood working artist David Auld creates one of a kind pieces that catapu...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pacific Islands Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
$1,580 Sale Price
20% Off
A Large Fine Mulberry-Bark Tapa
Located in Norton, MA
Description
Barkcloth, ngatu, made of bark (likely paper mulberry). Rectangular cloth, light brown in colour and made from sections of cloth pasted together with tapioca. Decoration ...
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1770s Antique Pacific Islands Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
$1,750 / item
Solomon Islands Santa Cruz Hand Carved Conical Head "Duka" Figure, 1930s
Located in South Burlington, VT
Originally collected in the Solomon Islands in 1938, this one of a kind treasure from the south pacific comes from a private oceanic collection.
This is a Solomon Islands Santa Cruz hand carved figure called a Duka, circa 1930s.
It was carved in an extremely hard native wood and features a finely carved, unusual extended conical head, a handwoven loin cloth and turmeric encrustation. For your convenience, many of our photographs were taken in natural day light which accurately illuminate surface areas depicting original dark patina that you would expect from an important early carving such as this one. We will include a complimentary custom wood display base that you see photographed.
Dimensions: 21.25 inches high
Provenance: collected in l938 and originally acquired by a visiting French collecting tourist in the Solomon Islands then to dealer and Texas collector and to our private collection in year 2000 so could have been a specially crafted fine 1930s tourist sculpture piece for the visiting French tourist.
History:
Duka sculpture from Nendo Island, politically part of the Solomon Islands, is distinctive, and only a limited number of works have been documented. The conical extension at the back of the head represents a man's hairstyle. Called abe, its construction and shape was a symbol of wealth and high social status, and for older men, it also served the practical purpose of covering bald spots. All Nendo figure refer to deities or supernatural beings (Ellis: 2009, pp. 78-85)
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Early 20th Century Tribal Pacific Islands Asian Art and Furniture
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49% Off
Mid 20th Century Dugout Canoe Model Sculpture, Asmat Village, Papua New Guinea
Located in New York, NY
A model of a spirit dugout canoe, from the Asmat village in New Guinea.
A replica of the large canoes they use for transportation and fishing, this smaller model is hand-carved in ...
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1960s Tribal Vintage Pacific Islands Asian Art and Furniture
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Wood
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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