ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND ARTEFACTS
Friday, 14 - Monday, 24 March 2025

0001

An exceptionally large old Fijian Tabua (whale's tooth pendant), suspended on a plaited sennit cord. Lightly stained with turmeric. L.200mm. Provenance: The Jorgen Lotz Collection.
Estimate: $1,600 - $3,000

0002

A contemporary scrimshaw whale tooth by Jorgen Lotz, engraved with 'Pearling Lugger, Broome, WA' and 'Doric, b464, 1913' (a ketch rigged yacht). Monogrammed 'JL'. L.130mm. Provenance: The Jorgen Lotz Collection.
Estimate: $460 - $900

0027

Etienne Cohen ( UK/AUS. 1958-)
Estimate: $380 - $600

0067

A large and decorative ceremonial adze blade
Estimate: $200 - $300

0130

A PNG Highlands Wahgi Valley 'SP Beer' shield, decorated with 'South Pacific SP Lager Beer' details above a symbol flanked by axes. H.1450mm. W.295mm. Note: During the 1980's warfare re-asserted itself in the New Guinea Highlands, the first generation of educated warriors began to use 'new' motifs that often-used words. Designs incorporating Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola and SP Beer appeared. This shield with the SP Beer logo also incorporates two metal axes, part of the new armoury of new weapons in warfare. Soon after guns began to be used, and the wooden shields in the main Wahgi Valley all but ceased by about 2000. Provenance: Purchased from Chris Boylan Oceanic Art 2022 for $3,800. The Jorgen Lotz Collection.
Estimate: $1,800 - $3,000

0131

A c.1950s PNG Wahgi Valley decorated fighting shield
Estimate: $1,800 - $3,000

0132

An old Māori pounamu hei tiki
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,800

0133

An old Māori patu onewa
Estimate: $2,200 - $3,000

0134

Tene Waitere (Ngāti Tarawhai) Window Frame ex. Thompson Derby Ryan wharenui (Māori communal house)
Estimate: $3,000 - $6,000

0135

An old Māori bone paua and pounamu large pa kahawai (trolling lure)
Estimate: $400 - $800

0136

A large old Māori stone tooled toki
Estimate: $300 - $600

0137

An old stone tooled Māori mahe (sinker)
Estimate: $160 - $300

0138

An Early 19th Century Māori Wakahuia (Treasure Box)
Estimate: $26,000 - $34,000

0139

An Early 19th Century Māori Wakahuia (Treasure Box)
Estimate: $32,000 - $42,000

0140

A large old Māori pounamu kuru pendant
Estimate: $300 - $600

0141

An old Māori old pounamu kuru (ear pendant)
Estimate: $220 - $440

0142

A good large old Māori mere pounamu
Estimate: $12,000 - $20,000

0143

A large and impressive toki pounamu (adze)
Estimate: $3,000 - $6,000

0144

A large old Māori toki pounamu (adze)
Estimate: $4,000 - $8,000

0145

An old Māori toki pounamu (adze)
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

0146

A 19thC Māori carved tokotoko (walking stick)
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,600

0147

Tene Waitere Māori 'Kia-Ora' carved pipe
Estimate: $3,600 - $5,000

0148

Jacob Heberley Māori carved pipe
Estimate: $2,200 - $3,200

0149

An early 20thC Māori carved pipe
Estimate: $300 - $600

0150

A rare and large old Māori carved paraoa (whalebone) hei tiki
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

0151

A 19thC Māori carved pounamu (Bowenite) hei tiki
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

0153

Vintage Manatunga Mosgiel Woollens Ltd. travel rug
Estimate: $300 - $600

0154

Māori carved wooden vintage folk art patu
Estimate: $280 - $500

0155

Niki Nepia contemporary large Māori hei tiki
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,400

0156

A 20thC Māori carved rimu triangular column with three stylised standing tekoteko type figures
Estimate: $240 - $380

0159

Carved Histories - Rotorua Ngati Tarawhai Woodcarving'
Estimate: $140 - $280

0161

A late 19thC Māori carved tokotoko (walking stick) attributed to Jacob Heberley
Estimate: $1,200 - $2,000

0161A

Late 19thC Māori King Tawhaio bust Tokotoko Walking Stick
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,600

0162

A tribal pounamu and carved wood hafted adze
Estimate: $300 - $500

0163

A 20thC Māori carved tata (bailer)

0164

A large Māori finely carved pounamu (nephrite) Wairua bowl
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

0165

Vintage Māori figure carved tā whakairo (carving mallet)
Estimate: $140 - $340

0166

A late 20thC Māori toki poutangata
Estimate: $400 - $800

0167

A c.1900 pounamu hei tiki

0168

An early 20thC carved and constructed Māori model whare weather indicator
Estimate: $300 - $600

0169

A good early/mid-20thC Māori figure carved lamp base
Estimate: $600 - $1,200

0170

A Māori vintage folk art carved figure
Estimate: $200 - $400

0171

An old Māori carved wooden small figure supported lidded box
Estimate: $200 - $400

0172

An uncommon old Māori decorated leather satchel form handbag
Estimate: $200 - $400

0173

A carved kauri gum Māori portrait bust of a woman
Estimate: $150 - $300

0174

A 19thC large format 19thC Burton Bros. albumen photographic print 'WHITE TERRACE'
Estimate: $300 - $600

0175

Long handled colonial axe
Estimate: $200 - $400

0176

Donn Salt carved kawakawa pounamu koru on stand
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

0177

A Souvenir Programme 'Centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi 6 February 1940'

0183

Two Australian Aboriginal woomera

0184

A vintage Aboriginal bark painting

0185

A vintage carved Pitcairn Island turtle
Estimate: $100 - $200

0186

A good old Pitcairn Island carved dark hardwood flying fish sculpture
Estimate: $300 - $600

0190

A contemporary totemic art sculpture

0191

A collection of 11 loom woven woolen tribal textiles

0193

An old Trobriand Islands long paddle with carved and painted detail
Estimate: $800 - $1,100

0194

An old hardwood double ended mallet

0195

An old carved tropical hardwood tapa beater or carvers mallet

0196

An old Fijian kiakavo long club

0197

Two Fijian hand clubs

0198

A vintage framed Fijian Tapa piece

0200

A Polynesian black basalt well-formed adze
Estimate: $300 - $500

0201

A Tongan club with head of tapering diamond section
Estimate: $150 - $300

0202

A Samoan club
Estimate: $200 - $400

0203

An old Samoan carved wood club

0204

Vintage Samoan carved wood Nifo'oti (cane knife)

0205

A vintage Solomon Islands walking stick

0206

An Alafolo club from the Island of Malaita Solomon Islands
Estimate: $100 - $200

0207

An old Solomon Islands Apira (Ceremonial Food Bowl)
Estimate: $1,400 - $2,200

0208

A Solomon Islands carved coral head
Estimate: $260 - $400

0209

An old Solomon Islands carved wood figure with dark pigment finish

0210

A rare old Vanuatu circumcision initiation ritual large panel
Estimate: $600 - $1,200

0211

Vanuatu guardian figure head with shell inset eyes
Estimate: $140 - $260

0213

A human hair wig with dried leaf decoration
Estimate: $120 - $300

0214

Large PNG timbuwarra spirit figure mounted on canvas
Estimate: $100 - $220

0215

An old New Guinea highlands underarm fighting shield
Estimate: $300 - $600

0216

An old PNG Melpa People Western highlands fighting shield
Estimate: $400 - $800

0217

A large PNG obsidian dagger

0218

A PNG obsidian dagger

0219

A vintage carved wood kundu drum from PNG

0220

Two old PNG spear throwers

0221

Large Vanuatu figure

0222

A woven Yam mask
Estimate: $150 - $300

0223

Large Sepik River mask

0224

PNG large woven face mask
Estimate: $200 - $400

0225

A PNG tribal large carved wood stylised mask
Estimate: $120 - $300

0226

Old Vanuatu carved head
Estimate: $400 - $800

0227

A vintage central New Guinea carved and pigmented shield
Estimate: $400 - $800

0228

Old New Guinea Highlands fighting shield
Estimate: $400 - $800

0229

A PNG Highlands fighting shield
Estimate: $400 - $800

0230

An old PNG Western Highlands fighting shield
Estimate: $300 - $600

0231

Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya) carved wooden headrest

0232

An old and finely tooled leather and bamboo quiver

0233

An old Indonesian carved wood paddle form spear

0234

An Indonesian figure supported large wooden bowl with five small tribal figures

0234A

Old Lombok double paneled mother-of-pearl inlay board
Estimate: $140 - $300

0235

A 20thC Hawaii large carved hardwood hand club

0236

A long strand of coloured glass trade beads

0237

A long strand of coloured glass trade beads

0238

A long strand of coloured glass trade beads