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An Admiralty Islands canoe prow, Melanesia, carved with a crocodile devouring a human with large ear lobes and with a hat, with red, white and bla...

A Sepik trumpet, Papua New Guinea, carved wood with circular raised mouthpiece, the terminal with a bird clenching a mask, painted collection numb...

A Massim drum, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, cylindrical with carved scroll decoration, a central handle with pierced and carved fins, 82cm...

An Asmat drum, Papua New Guinea, of hourglass form with relief carved decoration, the side handle with pierced scrolls and a bird head, with ratta...

A Caroline Islands coconut grater stool, Micronesia, with fibre bindings, with an eliptical curved seat with a tapering arm and a shell terminal, ...

A Massim lime spatula, Papua New Guinea, with a stylised seated figure terminal, 35cm high, with a stand. (2) Provenance Davidsons Auction House, ...

A Sepik River suspension hook, Papua New Guinea, with five spikes and a knopped shaft, pierced at the top for attachment, the base with inventory ...

A Tami Island Sago scoop, with carved head terminal above carved bands, 84cm long. Provenance Ex Dr Warnock Collection, Sydney. Purchased at the S...

A Sentani staff terminal, Papua New Guinea, carved with a standing ancestor figure and a geometric decorated shaft, 42cm high, on a stand. (2)

A Papua New Guinea standing male figure, with shell eyes, 86.5cm high, and a Papua New Guinea stylised male figure, with incised decoration, 123.5...

A Papua New Guinea female ancestor figure, standing with a bird on her shoulders, carved wood, shell and fibre, polychrome decorated, 50cm high.

A Solomon Islands club, with a leaf shaped blade and medial ridge, the tapering handle terminating with a faceted point, 111.5cm long.

A Marquesas Islands paddle, Polynesia, with a flat ovoid blade and rectangular shaft, carved low relief geometric designs and Janus tiki figures, ...

A San Cristobal parrying club, Solomon Islands, with a curved blade with spur and medial ridge, on a tapering shaft with a crouching figure to the...

A Solomon Islands club, of spatulate form, with a medial ridge, 121.5cm long. Provenance Purchased from Hemmeter Gallery in the 1980's.

A Samoa club, with vertical and horizontal ridges, one side with main vertical ridge removed, the cylindrical handle and flared terminal with pier...

A Solomon Islands paddle club, Melanesia, with a leaf shape blade and medial ridges, with an eliptical shaft and pointed terminal, 112cm long. Pro...

A Massim dance wand, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, carved two paddles with pierced stylised decoration and remains of red, blue and white p...

Two Sepik River lime gourds, Papua New Guinea, one carved with four sawfish and with traces of lime to the rim, 26.5cm high and a Papuan carved co...

A Papua New Guinea bamboo comb, with carved finial and fibre binding, 26cm high and a New Caledonian bamboo comb, with incised decoration, 15.5cm ...

A Massim wave splitter ornament, carved wood, with lime and red pigment decoration, the reverse with red pigment and collection number H868, 39cm ...

An Oyapock River fibre bead necklace, French Guyana, with label inscribed Oyapouk, Guyana Francaise, and two decorated gourd vessels. (3)

A Hermit Island carrying bowl, Micronesia, of canoe shape, with pierced lugs and allover dog tooth edging, the sides and base with recessed rectan...

A Marquesas Islands bowl, wood with carved geometric decoration divided into eight panels, each with a stylised figure, 21.5cm diameter. Provenanc...

A Massim lime spatula finial, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, carved Janus heads on open scroll support, 10cm long, on a stand. (2) Provenan...

A New Britain dance wand, with a central handle and carved blades with stylised decoration and pigment, 86cm long. Provenance Private collection B...

A Fiji war club, vunikau, with a root head inlaid with three teeth and three kill notches below, tapering to a zig zag carved grip, 114cm long.

A New Britain stone headed club, the doughnut shape black stone on a tapering shaft, with a pointed terminal, 127.5cm long. Provenance Purchased f...

A Vanuatu club, Melanesia, carved wood with a mushroom cap finial above five lozenges and star, the shaft terminating with a fin and tapering poin...

A Fiji ula, with an ovoid head, the underside with circular aperture, on a tapering shaft with kill notches and with a zig zag carved grip, pierce...

A Fiji ula, with a lobed head and a carved zig-zag banded grip and concave terminal, below the head are eight kill incisions, 46cm long.

A Fiji ula, with a root ball spherical head and a tapering shaft with incised grip and recessed butt, the edge with a pierced hole, the top of the...

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