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Place of Origin: Oceanic
Australian Aboriginal Art Janet Forrester Ngala Dot Painting Women's Ceremony
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and quite engaging original dot painting titled "Women's Ceremony, Ochre Pits, Milky Way" by indigenous Australian Aboriginal artist Janet Forrester Ngala (Born ...
Category
1990s Folk Art Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Māori Carved Hardwood Architectural Panel – Tiki Oceanic Polynesian
Located in London, GB
Antique Māori Carved Hardwood Architectural Panel – Tiki Design
A Rare and finely carved antique Māori hardwood architectural element, likely originati...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Vanuatu Fernwood Grade Ritual Figure, Ambrym Island
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vanuatu Fernwood Grade Ritual Figure, Ambrym Island. A sculpture carved from a solid section of the fibrous trunk of a tree fern composed of aerial roots surrounding a woody core, in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
Entitled "Two Kuniya (Pythons) During Tingari Cycle", this mesmerizing painting was painted by Australian aboriginal artist Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Tonga Pakipaki War Club, Polynesia, 18th Century
Located in Delft, NL
A Tonga Pakipaki war club, Polynesia, 18th century
An exceptional ironwood war club originating from Tonga, Polynesia. 18th century and hand carved with complex geometric patterns running the length of the shaft.
4 human and 1 botanical glyphs and a extra carving, see details in picture 2
The Tongan war club...
Category
18th Century Antique Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Monumental Oceanic Asmat People Carved Painted Wooden War Shield
Located in Forney, TX
A monumental, rare and important Oceanic Papuan Asmat People tribal carved war shield from the first half of the 20th century, collected from the coast of the headhunting tribe in Papua New Guinea, a Provincial Indonesian island in the mid 20th century.
Among the Asmat, war shields are the most powerful symbolic element of a warrior's equipment, and have many layers of meaning. Traditionally, they were functional items used to protect warriors in battle by deflecting an enemy's spears and arrows. The carved and painted images on the surface of the shields were also intended to frighten the enemy and symbolize the power of the ancestors.
Ancestral imagery appears on multiple forms of Asmat art...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Australian indigenous Aboriginal Art Original Gracie Morton Pwerle Dot Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and quite engaging original dot painting by senior Alyawarr indigenous Australian Aboriginal artist Gracie Morton Pwerle (1956-2024). Gracie began her painting...
Category
2010s Folk Art Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Sepik River (Keram Region), Papua New Guinea Ancestral Bust, mid 20th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Sepik River (Keram River tributary), Papua New Guinea
Ancestral Bust (Male Ancestor Figure)
Wood, with age cracks and dark matte patina
Height: 24 cm, base diameter 10.5 cm
Period: M...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Wandjina Spirit Figure Bark Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original indigenous Australian Aboriginal painting featuring a Wandjina figure. The painting is made with natural earth pigments which are han...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Oceanic Ramu River Sepik Papua Crocodile headrest Tribal Art Interior Design
Located in London, GB
A superbly executed carved and painted Crocodile Headrest from the Sepik region of Papua new Guinea
The crocodile image finely carved in linear form with serrated tail with the cane Legs, the crocodile is revered and is a important part of the mythology of the Sepik region and features heavily in Sepik art...
Category
Early 20th Century Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime Painting Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (also known as Mrs. Bennett; 1935-2013). Acrylic on Belgium Linen and painted in 2006. Untitled, t...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Australian Aboriginal Painting Tjukurla Country Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa
(also known as Mrs. Bennett; 1935-2013). Entitled "Tjukurla Country", this work was acrylic on Be...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Australian Aboriginal Painting Rain Dreaming Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
By Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A contemporary painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (1943-2023). Entitled "Rain Dreaming", the artwork was acrylic on canvas and painted in 1999
Fully documented: originally purchased in 1999 from Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, cat. no. KA 708/99; The in the collection of The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica; It was exhibited in: "G'Day LA" Australia Week, in partnership with the Australian Consulate Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, 15-25 January 2004. It is housed in a black thin wood frame.
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was born in Pintupi land at Muyinnga, about 100 kilometres west of the Kintore Range, just across the Western Australian border. He is the son of Uta Uta Tjangala’s older brother, Minpuru Tjangala (c.1899–1976).
Artist's Biography (Courtesy of Art Gallery NSW)
After his initiation into Pintupi law at the site of Yumari, Tjampitjinpa and his younger brother Smithy Zimran Tjampitjinpa walked into the Aboriginal community of Yuendumu. They later joined their parents and other siblings – who had come in to Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) in 1956 from the Dover Hills/Yumari area – at the new settlement of Papunya. Tjampitjinpa worked as a labourer, assisting with the fencing of the aerodromes at Papunya and Ikuntji. He was one of the youngest of the group of men who began painting at the start of the Western Desert art movement in 1971, and was a founder of Paunya Tula Artists.
During the 1970s, Tjampitjinpa was preoccupied with returning to his traditional lands and became a strong advocate for the outstation movement, travelling between meetings in Papunya, Yuendumu, Wirrimanu (Balgo) and Mount Doreen Station. His goal was finally achieved with the establishment of the Walungurru (Kintore) settlement in 1981. Tjampitjinpa moved there with his young family in 1983, establishing an outstation at Ininti (Redbank) and serving as chairman of the Kintore Outstation Council. During this period, he emerged as one of Papunya Tula Artists’ major painters, pioneering the bold, scaled-up, linear style that came to dominate many of the Walungurru painters’ work during the 1990s. His distinctive aesthetic preoccupa-tion is exemplified in the untitled works of 1994 and 2001. Now one of the last founding members of Papunya Tula Artists, Tjampitjinpa’s career spans more than 40 years. He has had six solo exhibitions since 1989 in Australia, most recently at Utopia Art, Sydney.
Throughout the 1980s Tjampitjinpa worked devotedly on a land claim for Ininti, holding meetings in Darwin, Warmun (Turkey Creek...
Category
1990s Modern Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bis Pole Sculpture by Asmat People
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ritual artifact from the tribe of the Asmat poeple, an ethnic group of New Guinea living in the Papua province of Indonesia and South-western regions of Papua New Guinea, bis or bisj pole is carved out of a wild Mangrove tree and can reach a stunning height Their carvings depict stacked human and animal figures standing and on top always phallic symbols, in the shape of a canoe prow. Bis poles...
Category
20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Mendi Compensation or Revenge Doll Loloata Tribal Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A Mendi 'Compensation' or 'Revenge' Doll, traditionally made with pandanus leaves, bilum string, shells, wood, seeds and objets trouve with pigments.
These dolls represent individua...
Category
Early 20th Century Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Souvenir of the War 1914-15-16-17-18 Banner
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a stunning textile banner from the first World War, dating to 1918. The square tan cotton cloth is embroidered with two crossed flags, the ...
Category
1910s Vintage Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Papuan Gulf New Guinea Bioma Standing Red/White Figure Tod Barlin col
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Papua New Guinea standing figure from the Bioma peoples with raised designs, stylized classic face, and additional face in stomach. Mounted on custom metal and wood base. Traces of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,560 Sale Price
47% Off
Karaut 'Pectoral' Ornament, Abelam Culture, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This piece is an excellent example of an adornment used by Abelam warriors to frighten their enemies. They are held in a warrior’s mouth for courage and to intimidate their adversary...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber
Monumental Papua New Guinea Spirit Figure, Mid-20th Century
Located in Wien, AT
Impressively carved from a single block of wood, this monumental male spirit or ancestor figure originates from the Middle Sepik region of Papua New Guinea.
The figure combines stron...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood, Feathers
20th Century Pacific Islander Samoan Fijian Hand Carved Wood Kava Bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful 20th Century Samoan/Fijian circular wooden kava bowl called a tanoa fai'ava and carved from a single piece of wood and standing on seventeen round legs. Made of a native ...
Category
20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Aboriginal Australian Stone-Cut Wunda Shield
Located in London, GB
This 19th century finely incised, stone-cut Aboriginal Wunda shield from Australia (Western Desert) exhibits lineal decorations to the front and the rear.
- Ex Private Collection, ...
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Australian Aboriginal Art Leanna Wanjidari Reid Signed Black Marlin Triptych
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, beautifully composed, gorgeously colored, quite engaging very large triptych screenprint titled "Black Marlin" by indigenous Australian...
Category
20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Important Oceanic Carved Asmat Tribal Sago Bowl Serving Platter after War Shield
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and important Oceanic Papuan Asmat tribal carved ancestral sago bowl (also known as a platter, serving shield and tray) crafted in the likes of the...
Category
20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Carved Wood Aboriginal Shield, Western Australia
Located in Atlanta, GA
A tall and narrow parrying shield from the Aboriginal people living in the Western Australia. The piece was carved out of a single block of hard wood t...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
David Malangi Daymirringu Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Bark Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, relatively large, very engaging original indigenous Australian Aboriginal dreaming painting by Northern Territory Yolngu artist David Malangi (1927-1999. He is ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Robin Nganjmirra Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Original Bark Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, very engaging original indigenous Australian Aboriginal dreaming painting by Northern Territory artist Robin Marrwurduwurdu (Lamilami) Nganjmirra (1951-1991 or 1...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Aboriginal Desert Shield Red Pigment Fine Incised Lines Australia on Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid-20th century Aboriginal Desert Shield of lightweight wood with finely incised carved vertical lines on front and back, encrusted red pigment, simple curved oval shape, b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
Australian Aboriginal Art Janet Forrester Ngala Painting Snake & Milky Way Dream
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and quite engaging original painting titled "Snake And Milky Way Dreaming" by indigenous Australian Aboriginal artist Janet ...
Category
20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
Early 20th Century Wood and Shell Inlay Scoop, Solomon Islands
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Wood and Shell Scoop, Solomon Islands
A small scoop in the shape of a whale, with three rows of inlaid notched shell triangles and three circular shell eyes. Nice...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Wood
Stirrup Vessel Wood Hand- Carved Massim People Papua New Guinea
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Wood Carved Stirrup Vessel, or Pipe, Massim people, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea.
Hand-carved wood in the form of a large animal with a top ci...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Snowman by Natalie Steer
Located in Paddington, NSW
In Snowman, Natalie Steer continues her exploration of gesture, materiality and emotional suggestion — a language she has developed through her ongoing interest in the expressive pot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Acrylic
$2,170
Oceanian Bamboo Mask with Long Hair from New Guinea
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ceremonial mask from the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, associated with the dance traditions of the Eastern Highlands. Crafted from wood, cowrie shells, clay, pigment, and p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Primitive Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Wood
$1,200 Sale Price
25% Off
Oceanian Mask made of Vegetal Fibers
By Another Human
Located in Miami, FL
Ceremonial Oceanian Mask made of Vegetal fibers covered with colored clay in certain parts probably used for ceremonial events .
The organic and strange shape is well known in these ...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Coral Sculpture, Vintage, Light Green Color, C 1970, Vintage Medium Size Coral
Located in New York, NY
Decorative coral sculpture. The coral is from the 1970s and has a beautiful light colored green shade. Medium size coral sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Coral
$300 Sale Price
39% Off
Vintage Shaggy Sheepskin Bed Throw or Rug New Zealand Natural Ivory White 1970
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage 1970s Shaggy Sheepskin Bed Throw or Rug New Zealand Natural Ivory White
A luxurious 1970s-style shaggy sheepskin bed throw or rug, hand-quilted from pieces of fluffy wild sh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Bohemian Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Sheepskin
Large Papua New Guinea Sepik River Mask Strong Face
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large dark reddish brown carved wood mask with underlying traces of red pigment, from New Guinea Sepik River Area. Strong downward looking expression, carved fringe edges. Signs of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Walangkura Napanangka
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal painter Walangkura Napanangka (1940-2014), one of the matching pair painted in 2007 in Alice Spring. Entitled "Kutungka", acrylic on Belgium linen, inscribed on reverse with gallery catalog no.
"Kutungka" depicts the landscape of a country where an old woman named "Kutungka" travelled from Malparingya to Kaltarra in Western Desert during the Dreamtime creation. The highly abstract forms are the dreamtime memory of the land features, such as rock piles and waterholes.
Provenance: Grasstree Gallery, Australia.
It comes with a COA from the gallery as well as progressive photos taken during the creation of this painting by the artist in 2007.
Brief biography From Australian Art Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Linen
Woven Painted Basketry Old Yam Helmet Mask Sculptural Face Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Woven painted basketry yam helmet style mask from Papua New Guinea. Hollow woven form with traces of red and white pigments. Would have been put on top of a large yam as a part of th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
$617 Sale Price
35% Off
Woven Painted Basketry Old Yam Mask with Sculptural Bird Face, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early woven painted basketry yam mask from Papua New Guinea. Bug eyed or bird faced mask with heavy incrustation from many years of use, a striking mask that ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
$942 Sale Price
35% Off
Two Ceremonial Weapon from Highlands of Papua New Guinea Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two Oceanic ceremonial weapons from PNG highlands circa 20th century. It consists of two pieces. The first is an ax with a wood shaft and a flat elongated he...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Ironwood Root Carved War Club
Located in London, GB
Gunstock shaped war club ‘Sali’. Ironwood root carved with traditional motifs. An excellent example, mounted on a custom stand in patinated bronze.
Measure...
Category
1980s Vintage Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Chess Set - Board, Box & solid hand-made Ebony & Rock Maple Pieces
By Boucher & Co
Located in Queensland, AU
Chess Set - Board, Box & solid hand-made Ebony & Rock Maple Pieces
A unique and stunning creation from the Boucher & Co Collection created with meticulous attention to detail in th...
Category
2010s Art Deco Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Nickel
$38,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Conical Hat Mornington Island, Queensland Australia Woven Fiber on Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid-20th century woven fiber and palm leaf conical hat with two vertical painted stripes on the front, from Mornigton Island, Queensland, Austral...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
$900 Sale Price
40% Off
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik Light Wood Yam Mask Elegant Flame Shaped Form
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik light wood yam mask. Elegant flame shaped form, old, oxidized wood with black accents, traces of yellow and white pigments. Small...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
Aboriginal Carved Wood Wunda Shield Australia Tribal Art Interior Design
Located in London, GB
Fine Aboriginal Wunda shield in carved with Zigzag Geometric fluted design colored with red and cream pigment. As well as a collectible historical Tribal artefact this Shield makes ...
Category
Early 20th Century Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
An Unusual Polynesian Fighting Club of Tapered ‘Pole’ Form
Located in London, GB
An Unusual Polynesian Fighting Club of Tapered ‘Pole’ Form
Decorated all over with a geometric design and ‘glyph’ type motifs
Dark glossy patina, excellent colour, retaining the or...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Rare Papua New Guinea Kukukuku War Club, Eastern Highlands - Morobe Province
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This rare antique Kukukuku (pronounced "cookah-cookah") war club originates from the Morobe Province, which is a very remote area located within the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Gu...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Late 19th-Early 20th White Bailer Shell Pectoral, Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th Bailer shell pectoral, Highlands, possibly Mendi People, Papua New Guinea
These large shell pectorals were worn ceremonially by men and women in Papua New Guine...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Shell
Large Woven Painted Basketry Wall Mask Blackwater Rivers, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large woven painted basketry wall mask created in Blackwater Rivers area, Papua New Guinea. With open expressive mouth and mask fringed with feathers, striking mask that easily hang...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
$1,715 Sale Price
30% Off
Fiber Polychrome Mask Yam Ancestor Papua New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A well preserved Yam Ancestor mask professionally presented on a museum quality acrylic display stand. The mask was a classic tribal art piece from Abela...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Acrylic
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Walangkura Napanangka
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal painter Walangkura Napanangka (1940-2014), one of the matching pair painted in 2007 in Alice Spring. Entitled "Kutungka", acrylic on Belgium linen, inscribed on reverse with gallery catalog no.
"Kutungka" depicts the landscape of a country where an old woman named "Kutungka" travelled from Malparingya to Kaltarra in Western Desert during the Dreamtime creation. The highly abstract forms are the dreamtime memory of the land features, such as rock piles and waterholes.
Provenance: Grasstree Gallery, Australia.
It comes with a COA from the gallery as well as progressive photos taken during the creation of this painting by the artist in 2007.
Brief biography From Australian Art Gallery artist...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Wood
Massim Food Bowl Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea
Located in Sharon, CT
Ornately decorated rim, with abstract carvings on bottom. Beautiful rich patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Abelam "Yam Festival" Mask on Stand from Papua New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Papua New Guinea yam festival mask of a horn-billed bird from the mid-20th century. This vintage ceremonial mask, also referred to as a baba mask, originates from the Abelam people...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Triptych Australian Aboriginal Paintings Tingari Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
By Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A triptych panel painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (1943-2023). Entitled "Tingari Cycle", the artwork was painted in 2002 for Art Mob, Tasmania in oil on c...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Massim Food Bowl Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea
Located in Sharon, CT
Ornately decorated rim, with abstract carving on bottom. Beautiful rich patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
An Unusual Polynesian Fighting Club
Located in London, GB
An Unusual Polynesian Fighting Club
With a superb geometric upper section and unusual spiral twist grip
Dark glossy patina and excellent colour, with a lug to the butt and ‘old’ pa...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Mimi Spirit Figure Original Bark Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original indigenous Australian Aboriginal painting featuring two Mimi spirit figures. The painting is made with natural earth pigments which ar...
Category
1980s Folk Art Vintage Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Carved Wood Māori Wahaika Club New Zeland
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wood club known as Wahaika intricately carved and inlayed with small round shells from New Zealand circa 1920s. The hand-hold club was traditionally used as a close-range combat we...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Ceremonial Wooden Bowl – Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Large Ceremonial Wooden Bowl – Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea"
Large Ceremonial Wooden Bowl – Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea
Late 19th – early 20th century
Exceptional an...
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Maori Greenstone (Nephrite) Ear Pendant
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A 19th century Maori greenstone nephrite jade ear pendant (pounamu), of long plain form, pierced for suspension
Worn mainly from the ear or around the neck as a pendant by prominent...
Category
19th Century Antique Oceanic Folk Art
Materials
Jade
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