Native American & Tribal Art

A Philippine carved wood effigy spoon Ifugao, northern Luzon, c. early 20th century, the long handle in the rare form of two male figures, one ato...

A Batak kulcapi harp Sumatra, Indonesia, the instrument decorated with carved figural elements at both ends, the top with a figure riding a singa,...

A Batak shot holder Northern Sumatra, buffalo horn, with a large singa head below a wide opening which is pierced around the rim, with scroll deco...

A Dayak pig trap stick tuntun Iban Dayak, Indonesia, a highly stylized figure in a seated position with hands to the face sitting atop the long st...

An Indonesian dance shield Salawaku Seram Island, Maluku Islands, Moluccas, 19th century, the wood hour-glass shaped shield, inlaid with shell, wi...

A New Guinea Spirit Board kwoi Purari Delta Peoples, Papua New Guinea, decorated with chevron devices around the perimeter, with a central ancesto...

A large New Guinea gable mask Blackwater Region, Papua New Guinea, the very large woven cane mask with attached painted bark, with pierced nose, a...

A New Guinea Ramu river mask Of hard wood with original red pigmentation, pierced around the rim for attachments, the face with classic diminutive...

A large New Guinea wood food bowl Lower Sepik River, early 20th century, the long deep bowl with an ancestor head carved at each end, dark, black ...

A Western Iatmul spirit mask mai Middle Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, carved from wood, decorated with mud, cowrie and other...

A New Guinea Yam Mask Maprik, Papua New Guinea, the oval cane mask with large central ridged nose, protrusions and one ear at crown, with traces o...

Two New Guinea tapa cloths Jupna River Valley, Finistere Mountains, Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, dance aprons, each decorated w...

A Huon Gulf wood bowl Tami Islands, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, deeply carved with thin sides, decorated with frigate bird motifs on eac...

An Australian Aborigine wunda shield Western desert, early 20th century, of elongated oval form, the front surface carved with alternating red and...

A New Caledonian war club 19th century, of typical form with large bulbous scalloped head, dark brown patina, mounted on a metal stand, (age crack...

A Solomon Islands war club Late 19th century, a long paddle club from Guadalcanal, with a central raised ridge on the face of the paddle, with a c...

A Solomon Islands war club Alafolo Malaita, 19th century, the long straight-sided club terminating in an abstract human head with a raised nose on...

A Maori stone sinker maihea New Zealand, probably pre-contact period, the rounded stone with two grooves carved in the stone for attachments, with...

Three fragments of Samoan tapa Early 20th century tapa, (very fragmentary and much loss). From 57 x 72 in. Footnotes: Provenance: The Roy H. Rob...

A Mangaia ceremonial hafted adze 19th century, the long circular wood haft fully carved with repeated geometric designs, the top bound with fine s...

A Cook Islands-style bronze club A cast club used as tribal regalia for the Improved Order of Red Men fraternal organization, inscribed on the bla...

A Fijian cannibal fork 19th century, carved from bone, with four long prongs with sharp points, pierced at the end for cord attachment, with paint...

A Fijian hardwood war club, Gata 19th century, thick and heavy shaft with a carved spur at the top, with ribbed end on the club, smooth rich patin...

A Fijian throwing club ula 19th century, the ball type with tavatava carving at the end of the shaft, dark brown patina, smooth from use. lg. 15 ...

A Fijian rootstock club vunikau bulibuli 19th century, the heavy hardwood club with tavatava designs carved into the handle, with traces of fiber ...

A Fijian war club tōtōkia 19th century, carved to represent the fruit of the pandanus tree, the heavy think shaft with angled collar with raised k...

A Fijian war club sali 19th century, ironwood, the heavy shaft leading to the wide head with flattened spur, with each side decorated with a raise...

A Tongan coconut cup 19th century, one half of a coconut, ornately carved on the outside, with a small lug in the center, with initials incised on...

A Tongan dance paddle 19th century, the short handle with wide paddle-shaped blade, with old inventory number, 'N 110A,' (minor wood loss and a ho...

A Tongan Neckrest kali 19th century, the typical design with gently curving pillow supported by wide curved sides, dark brown patina. lg. 17, ht....

Three Marquesan stone items Two stone adze blades and a rounded stone sinker. lg. 6 1/4, 5, and ht. 4 in. Footnotes: Provenance: The Fortess col...

Two Tahitian stone pounders and sinker Two stone pounders with a sinker in the form of a God figure, with abbreviated head and rounded torso, (chi...

A Tahitain poi pounder Maupiti Island, Tahiti Islands, 19th century or earlier, basalt stone pounder with carved top ridge with three raised bands...

A Tahitain poi pounder 19th century, or earlier, carved from basalt, with a smooth surface and crested end with three cut ridges. ht. 6 1/4 in. ...

Four Hawaiian stone items Pre-contact period, a large vesicular stone canoe breaker ball, a large vesicular stone pounder, and two bait mortars (p...

A collection of Hawaiian stone adze blades Pre-contact period, eight stone adze blades of various sizes. lg. 6 1/2, 3 3/8, 3 1/8, 3, 2 3/4, 2 3/4...

A Hawiian game stone ulu maika 19th century, of typical disc form, with a smooth and pitted grey stone. wd. 3, ht. 2 1/8 in. For further informa...

A royal Hawaiian spittoon refuse bowl ipu 'aina 19th century or earlier, the round bowl, with wide rim, and partially missing side handle, dark br...

A Hawaiian bowl pohaku ku'i poi Finely hand carved of deep, wide and rounded form with inward tapering walls, multiple indigenous repairs througho...

A collection of photographs of Hawaii Ray Jerome Baker (1880–1972) A collection of one hundred and eighteen silver gelatin photographs of people ...

A Dogon wood figural staff Mali, a seated female/male figure atop a short stick, with small triangular chip carving, (broken and restored, with so...

A Bamana female figure Of overall broad proportions, the rounded hips beneath a flaring abdomen and low breasts, the shelf-like shoulders beneath ...

A Bamana door lock The lock etched with a geometric design, with a standing female figure above, with elongated arms to the abdomen and metal nail...

A large Bamana door lock In the abstract human form, with a angular neck and head with large projections on either side, the body and transverse s...

A Kente cloth Ghana, decorated with bright multicolored bands woven together. 135 x 77 in. For further information on this lot please visit Bonh...

Three West African bronze sculptures A bronze/brass horned animal, an Ashanti gold weight mother and child mounted on a small base, and a Lobi dou...

An Ashanti stool Ghana, of conventional form with bowed and waisted rectangular platform, raised on pierced round column and two curved legs, moun...

A Mossi doll biga Burkina Faso, the narrow head with rounded, incised crest and large ears, with elongated neck, with incised and pointed breasts ...

A Gurunsi stool Burkina Faso, the typical three-leg low stool with long sloping front leg, smooth patina from much use. lg. 24 1/4 in. Footnotes...

A Senufo Kpeliye'e mask Ivory Coast, the delicate oval face with slit eyes, protruding square mouth below an elongated nose, with geometric projec...

A large carved Senufo bird The large Kalaho bird with neck arched downwards, standing on a snake which is curled around a small mammal, with trace...

Senufo Male Rhythm Pounder, déblé Ivory Coast, the cylindrical base supporting the figure with slightly bent knees and elongated torso with broad,...

A Senufo rhythm pounder Ivory Coast, the male figure standing on a round base, with elongated legs, and torso, with long cutout arms with hands on...

A Baule face mask Ivory Coast, the hollowed-out mask, with coffee bean eyes, elongated nose and small, protruding mouth, pierced at the sides for ...

A Baule face mask Ivory Coast, mounted on a large heavy collar, the head painted red, with open mouth showing white teeth, pointed elongated nose,...

A Baule mask Pierced around the rim for attachments, the face framed by a short beard, the pierced mouth open with exposed teeth, the elongated no...

A baule heddle pulley The wood pulley with an elongated neck and a head with high crested coiffure, with inventory number '1647'. ht. 8 in. Foot...

Three Baule heddle pullies Two have bird heads and one with a head of a woman with high coiffure, all mounted on metal bases. ht. 7 3/4, 7 1/2, a...

A female Baule figure Standing on a round base, with heavy, slightly bent muscular legs supporting a rounded torso, the lengthy arms to the lower ...

A Baule male figure Standing on a rounded base, with heavy bent legs supporting an elongated torso, with hands on abdomen, the elongated neck supp...