Oceanic Collectibles and Curiosities

This rare antique Kukukuku (pronounced "cookah-cookah") war club is from the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea. It features a head made of stone in the characteristic 'pineapple' ...

. 1930's ,40's Bocci / Lawn Balls with original leather carrying bag.. Made in Australia by W.D. Hensell & Sons

Vintage 1980s Local Motion surfboard. Features neon airbrushed tribal artwork design with glass-on on thruster (tri-fin) setup. A great example ...

Antique Collectible Ethnic Tribal Folk Art Crescent Shell Pieces Choker Necklaces from Papua New Guinea. Shell pieces cut from the gold lipped pearl oyster found off the waters of Papua New Guinea. Their opalescent color ranges from deep gold yellow to pale yellow. Each is pierced at the crescent point for a cord attachment enabling the owner to wear them singly or together around the neck. One had a line of holes along the inner edge of the crescent as a decorative feature. Highly Collectible Museum Pieces, worn by men and women rare old Kina Shell Necklaces (Huge Mother of Pearl Crescent) Pectoral Collected from the Foi Tribe (Papua New Guinea), Circa 1920’s. From the Art collection of Marian and John Scott. Acquisition date: 1969. Evaluation date records: 1982. About: For the people of the Highlands, shells were considered treasures. As they were items that came from distant shores of Papua New Guinea they were already objects used for trade. The number one source of mother of pearl wealth was and is still is from the Thursday Island, one of the chain of Island that suggests the ancient land bridge across the Torres Straits from Cape York, Australia to New Guinea. They were fashioned into objects of adornment worn on costumes, hair, nose, etc. Of particular rarity was the gold lipped pearl shell. References: Plumes and Arrows, Inside New Guinea, COlin Simpson, Angus and RObertson, 1968. CATEGORY Anthropology: Ethnography. Tribal Kina Shell Pectoral Necklace, Pearl shell ornamentation (neck). Kina (shell money) Oject part of Pacific Cultures Collections. Purchased from the amazing private collection of Mark Lissauer who spent his life collecting niche ethnographic pieces. About Mark Lissauer: Mark Lissauer spent forty years travelling abroad for months at a time collecting ethnographic artefacts primarily from New Guinea and the islands of the West Pacific, and from Asia and Himalayan countries. Fluent in five languages and having in the course of business travelled to more than forty countries, Mark is well-known to museums and art-collectors around the world for his long career and his interesting and diverse collection of rare ethnographic material. Mark knows the origin and symbolism of each piece. Through extensive research and more than ninety trips around the globe, Mark familiarised himself with the traditions of the various cultures he visited in order to understand the meaning of each object to its region and tribe. His home has a specialist library and several rooms are filled with tribal carvings, textiles and ethnographica. He acquired his first tribal piece in 1948 during a business trip to Milne Bay, New Guinea, and has since documented the acquisition of some 35,000 items. Several thousands of these have been sold to important private collections and museums worldwide, including the Rockefeller Museum, the British Museum and the Musée National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, now incorporated into the Louvre Museum. Estimator certificate of authenticity by Wayne Heathcote Tribal Art Dealer and Expert. Heathcote has a flash gallery in Brussels, where much of the tribal art business is centred, and is an expert at Sotheby's tribal art sale...

A Rare and Superb Trophy Life-size Taxidermy Hog Deer Mounted on habitat base, multi tined trophy. Number of points: 11 Length of antlers: 30cm. Provenance: Private Melbourne C...

Ophidiaster ophidianus, measures: 495 × 418 × 140 mm, 576 g weight 2018, Océano Pacífico Red extra-size starfish! A fantastic specimen of Ophidiaster ophidianus caught in the Solo...

Memento Mori by Callum Campbell Objects for Self Collection Signed Dimensions  W 3.5 x H 9.3 cm Materials: Brass Finish: Polished Engraved with clients name and date of birth...

Render by Callum Campbell Objects for self-collection Signed and numbered Dimensions: W 24 x D 8.8 H 36 cm Materials: Brass, stainless steel Finish: Polished Physical appearance...

Honne by Callum Campbell Objects for self collection Signed and numbered Dimensions: W 9.5 x H 19- 25 cm Materials: Brass, LED Finish: Polished Note: 220-240w Australian elect...

This program was autographed by Lauren Bacall (1924-2014) in Australia in 1986 when she played the part of The Princess Kosmonopolis in Tennessee Williams' play "Sweet Bird of Youth...

This program was signed by Ray Milland (1907-86) during the time he was appearing with an Australian cast in the play "Hostile Witness", at The Princess Theatre in Melbourne, Austral...

A Patu a club style weapon used by the Maori tribe from New Zealand. A similar one is in the Michael C. Rockefeller wing at the Metropolitan Museum, New York City. This Patu is made ...

Mounted on an oak square base with wheels, feathers in good condition, vintage colors and for the species recognizable bald feathers on intact wings.

World War II trench art paperweight with five copper bullets, one large caliber, four smaller caliber mounted on an Australian Sterling Silver Florin. Showing the portrait of King George...

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 ...

A Polynesian hardwood Ula tavatava or throwing war club Fiji, probably 18th century All-over decorated in incised pattern, the bulbous top seems to have a stone grown into it. H. 42 cm Including museum-quality powder-coated stand. Provenance: Private collection, France Polynesian culture is traditionally a culture of power and prestige, and there was a fine line between battle and ceremony. Warrior people par excellence, the Fijians had at their disposal a large panoply of weapons, each for a specific use. The elegant Gata are called gun-sticks by Europeans due to the recognizable form. However, they are designed after a snake, gata in Fijian language. The Ula throwing clubs...

Vintage shield shaped buckle and 5 buttons set. Carved from coconut shell, in a shield shape, polished on front, smooth matte finish on back. Made in Hawaii circa 1940s, buckle is 2....

A Polynesian ironwood Gata waka or war club Fiji, probably 18th century or earlier Measures: Height. 97 cm Including museum-quality powder-coated stand. Provenance: Private collection, France Polynesian culture is traditionally a culture of power and prestige, and there was a fine line between battle and ceremony. Warrior people par excellence, the Fijians had at their disposal a large panoply of weapons, each for a specific use. The elegant Gata are called gun-sticks by Europeans due to the recognizable form. However, they are designed after a snake, gata in Fijian language. The Ula throwing clubs...

Made of soft, smooth, rayon and with an authentic sewn in on three sides "Diamond Head Sportswear" label, this vintage Hawaiian shirt is from t...

Large South Pacific Tridacna Gigas Clam shell The shell is in very good condition and with a beautiful pink tint.  

This rare antique Kukukuku (pronounced "cookah-cookah") war club is from the remote Morobe Province located within the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The head is carved from...

Turner by Michael Lloyd. Published by National Gallery of Australia, 1996. 1st Ed softcover. Fifty years before impressionism, J.W.M. Turner brought a se...

Cotton Hawaiian vintage shirt with flora and fauna theme of Hawaiian islands; including multiple parrots and abundant flowers in a multiplicity o...

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...

An extremely rare Australian Victorian display cabinet with birds of paradise by Jane Catherine Ward (1817-1889) Sydney, circa 1880 Wi...

Earth, Spirit, Fire: Korean Masterpieces of the Choson Dynasty (1392-1910) by Claire Roberts and Michael Brand. First edition softcover. Powerhouse Muse...

A polished hardstone disc. Provenance unknown but probably a early 20th century Hawaiin Ulu Maika stoen. Ulu Maika is a ancient game simular to bowling played by the indigineaous Haw...

Small South Pacific Tridacna Gigas clam trinket.

Presented is a souvenir felt pennant celebrating the servicemen and women of the U.S. Air Corps who were based in Australia and fought alongside members of the Royal Australian Air Force during WWII. The navy pennant features a printed red outline of the Australian continent with the U.S. Air Corps “wings” superimposed on it. Below, the text reads, “Souvenir of U.S. Air Corps in Australia.” At the very bottom of the pennant is the U.S. Air Corps symbol. Framed according to archival standards, this pennant symbolizes the collaborative partnership between the United States and Australia during the height of the Second World War in the Pacific Theater. Following the swift Japanese conquest of the Philippines and East Indies in late 1941, the remaining servicemen of the United States Army Air Force in the Pacific eventually relocated to Australia, to join other US and Australian units, including the Fifth Air Force, and regroup. The Fifth Air Force was placed under the command of Major General George Kenney in July of 1942. Their new goal was to seize air superiority over New Guinea and gain back air coverage over the Solomon Sea. General Kenney worked with U.S. Army General MacArthur...

Early 20th Century Shield, Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea This large, post contact, shield is traditionally decorated in bold colors with a central circle. This ...

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...

Early 20th century shell money ring mounted on a custom made stand, Papua New Guinea.

Nice composition in Dense Bunukwa rainforest hardwood, inlaid shell and lime. Carved wooden pig, standing, tail straight and protrudes backwards with rows of carved zig zag...

Huge 19th century plaster museum piece "Welcome" gold nugget model Victoria, Australia. This is rare. It’s the only thing left of the biggest gold nugget ever found, the Welcome ...

New Classicists Wadia Associates, Residential Architecture of Distinction by Philip James Dodd. Mulgrave: The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd., 2007. First edition hardcover with dus...

Christies, April 2002 French furniture and decorative arts, A & C fink collections, Sydney. 172 lots all in color, on 139 pages. With results. NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Anti...

The Master Architect Series III, R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects, Selected and Current Works. Mulgrave: The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd., 1998. A book on the works of ...

3-Time World Champion Andy Irons personal surfboard. JS Industries label squash tail with glass-on tri fins (thruster). The late Andy Irons (1978-20...

Champion surfer Bruce Iron’s personal surfboard made by JS Industries. Features Bruce’s signature star symbol artwork design with airbrushed color fade. Famous for his unbelievably high aerial maneuvers and top level barrel riding abilities. Bruce Irons is a Pipe Masters champion (2001), Eddie Aikau champion (2004), and Rip Curl Pro champion (2008). Bruce was also brother to the 3X World Champion, the late Andy Irons...

“Frozen in Time” surfboard sculpture work of art by Joshua Marks. Crafted out of solid white cypress wood joined with an epoxy resin resembling the color ...

Estate collection large genuine natural gold nugget from Australia gold nugget weighs approximately 269.5 grams. tested at local refinery purity of .94405. 2.75 wide x 2.31 depth x ...

One of a kind “Harlequin Shores” finless surfboard work of art by Australian artist Joshua Marks. Featuring Huon Pine natural edge wood composition with c...