January Fine Art, Furniture, Decoratives, Jewelery, and Asian Art Auction

(lot of 2) Balinese wood carvings: one Vishnu riding Garuda; together with a carving of Ravana, largest: approx. 20.5"h

Paul Schmitt (American, 1893-1983), Untitled (Shack), watercolor, signed lower right, overall (with frame): 11"h x 12.5"w. Provenance: Estate of E...

Fred Kabotie (Native American, 1900-1986), Ceremonial Dancer, relief print, signed lower right, overall (with matting): 17.5"h x 15"w. Provenance:...

(Lot of 2) Native American turquoise, silver bolo ties Including 1) double turquoise nugget, silver leather bolo tie; together with 1) turquoise c...

Ceremonial Buka paddle, noticeably depicting six male seated figures painted in black and red who wear the classic headdress worn for boys initiat...

Maori carved paddle, New Zealand, the long, finely carved and elaborate paddle with well formed handle and three bends to shank, the broader porti...

Maori Taiaha staff, likely 19th Century, used for fighting or sparring, of classic form with fine and elaborate incising, including a protruding t...

Papua New Guinea large canoe prow, well carved with mask face, 4'h Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Papua New Guinea helmet mask, used for ceremonies and dance, with a polychromed painted wood face, with blue, red and black pigment; a large bushy...

Helmet mask once used in ceremonies and rituals by the Small Namba people on Malekula Island in the South Pacific islands nation of Vanuatu (forme...

Polynesian paddle or club with nice signs of use and age, golden-brown wood with handled patina, classic pleasing spatulate form, Fiji, Polynesia,...

African Dan mask, circa 1900, wood and monkey hair, Dan Complex of tribes, Liberia, 15"h x 6"w x 8"d

Ceremonial boat paddle, Douala people, Cameroon, 5'4''l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Maori Te-aha fighting or sparring staff, 5'4''l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

South Pacific narrow blackened carved wood elongated diamond form paddle, 4'10''l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, Cali...

Solomon Islands Melanesia paddle or oar, with shell inlaid stylized frigate birds and fish, 4'5''l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Mar...

Polynesian carved wood paddle, origin unknown, possibly 19th Century, Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection. ...[more]

Solomon Islands Melanesia paddle or oar, with applied paint depicting a fish, 4'11''l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, ...

(lot of 2) Polynesian carved wood paddles, plain and apparently unfinished, largest: 5'2''l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del...

Papua New Guinea carved wood and polychrome decorated shield, of strong, abstract graphic design, Green River region, Western Sepik, the back of t...

Solomon Islands carved wood canoe model, (losses) 2'5''h x 6'4''w x 9"d Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Modern Oceanica carved unfinished paddles shaped as a bird, 5'9'' Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Fijian carved hardwood "Ula Tavatava" throwing club, Polynesia, with wear and patina to the handle, 1'3''l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collect...

Papua New Guinea Rorivori hook, age uncertain

(lot of 3) Melanesian oceanic lime spatulas, the largest is Trobriand Islands,

Tongan ceremonial carved wood staff, finely incised, probably 19th Century, 2'8''l

Papua New Guinea carved wood figural hook, 3'7''h x 9"w Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Tonga Tapa

Fijian Kava bowl, Polynesia, South Pacific, for communal drinking of stimulating kava, having 15 legs upholding the round bowl, 4"h x 12"dia. Prov...

(lot of 2) Marquesas Islands decorative kava bowls, 20th Century, largest: 12"dia. Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, Cal...

Papua New Guinea woven heart form effigy. Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Papua New Guinea bone dagger, probably cassowary bone, largest: 11"h, Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Papua New Guinea effigy with applied shells or prized boar tusks, Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Solomon Islands dowry belt, approx. 34"l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Papua New Guinea kina shell pendant or pectoral, having a woven band, 6.5"l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

(lot of 3) Woven necklace group, including a Solomon Islands carved bone pectoral shell ring ornament with red knotwork Provenance: Richard I.M. K...

Solomon Island/Marquesas Islands dolphin tooth necklace, approx. 30"l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

(lot of 3) Fine Melanesia examples of shell adornments, made laboriously from worked sea shells, some white and some of highly prized shell beads ...

(lot of 2) South Pacific woven twine shell and bone accutrements, possibly Marquesas Islands, including a dolphin tooth necklace and possible wais...

Pair of "Ibeji" twins, Yoruba, Nigeria, depicting a male and female, largest: 8.5"h Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, Ca...

(lot of 2) Ibeji twin figures, two examples, but not a pair, Yoruba, Nigeria, largest: 11.5"h Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina d...

Teke people fetish figure, D.R. Republic Congo, early 20th Century, 9.5"h Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Decorative Sumatran Fertility Doll, well carved with articulated limbs, inset bone eyes and a tuft of hair, 14.75" length

(lot of 2) Native American beaded dance/ceremonial tomahwaks, 20th Century, largest: 2'2''l

Plains or Plateau Native American parfleche envelope, made of folded and painted rawhide, 26"l x 15"w

(lot of 3) Native American ambilical fetish and (2) beaded peyote rattles, Southwest U.S.A, largest: 19.5"l

Native American Great Plains beadwork, the geometric pattern in blue, red, white and pick beads, 20th Century, 23.5"l

(lot of 3) Native American kachina group, consisting of two diminutive polychrome decorated examples, together with a sand painting depicting a ka...

Pomo Indian feather "gift baskets", Northern, California, each with executed with polychrome feathers woven into the basket, 4"dia.

Native American Southwest belts with silvered accents

Fine Eskimo or Yupik mask, the smiling face with shamanic undertones and wearing an earring, early 20th Century, 7.5"h x 5"w

(lot of 9) Assortment of Native American decoratives, consisting of a Southwest ceramic storyteller, dance kachina, polychrome carved wood totem p...

Native American cradle board, 2'7''l x 10"w

Eskimo Inuit mask, 8"l

(lot of 2) Modern Native American pottery, including a large jar, having a tapered form with abstract geometric design, 11"h x 12"dia

Shona style abstract figural stone sculpture, signed Mike, 18"h

Spanish Colonial tin retablo, having polychrome decoration of a Santos figure, 15"h

Collection of Native American art including fetishes, a model kayak, etc.

Modern Moroccan hand made carpet, 9'11" x 7'11"

Navajo woven textile, 4'6" x 2'1"