Oceanic Furniture

A Polynesian hardwood Ula tavatava or throwing war club Fiji, probably 18th century The top of the shaft decorated with a dotted pattern all around (possibly kill marks). Measures: Height. 44 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...

A Polynesian hardwood Totokia, war club or battle hammer Fiji, probably 18th century or earlier Measures: Height. 83 cm Including museum-quality powder-coated stand. Provenance: Private collection, France The curve in the Totokia club, used for obvious reasons, is made by carving into a living branch and bending it, closing the gaps, which will grow together again over the years. Weapons carried by the Tusken Raiders of Tatooine in George Lucas' Star Wars were inspired by the Totokia. 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...

A large freestanding piece of golden Tiger Eye from Australia. Vibrant bands of golden Tiger Eye, red jasper and black hematite that have formed over hu...

Specimen H.126.34 of the famous Murchison meteorite, an observed impact from Victoria, Southeast Australia. On the morning of 28 September 1969, an explosion occurred over the smal...

A magnificent Society Islands adze blade. Cut from fine-grained black basalt, the blade is triangular in cross-section and is smoothly polished on all sides. The tang, where the blad...

A Classic Marquesas Islands war club, or U'u, with uncommonly short shaft and lug at base, composed with all the iconic features that make these weapons icons of Oceanic art. U'u wer...

A paddle-shaped whalebone club (patu) of Classic Maori form. Smoothed to a narrow plane, it was used to land thrusting blows with deadly speed. Commonly carved from basalt or bone, patu are iconic Maori objects that share a formal likeness to their greenstone counterparts, mere, which were wielded solely by chieftains. The small hole near the pommel was a typical feature of one-handed Maori weapons, used to secure a wrist cord.

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Statue sculpture in granite stone block from Timor in Indonesia. Exceptional and unique piece.

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This paddle-like club is a classic Maori weapon form. Carved of basalt and smoothed to a narrow plane, it was used to land thrusting blows with deadly speed. The small hole near the pommel was a typical feature of one-handed Maori weapons, used to secure a wrist cord...

This is a rarity in that few gold nuggets have the size and beauty of this one, both in color and shape. It weighs 584.5 grams (18.8 troy ounces), and rates...