New Collector: Oceanic & African Art
An entry level sale including Maori artefacts, New Zealand folk art, 19th and 20th century pieces from Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Melanesian, Aboriginal and African cultures. With most pieces priced below $1,000, this sale presents an opportunity for new collectors to enter this wonderful and diverse field of collecting.
No physical catalogue will be posted.
Please Note: all purchases need to be picked up and paid for on Thursday night or will have to be uplifted the following Tuesday Due to Easter Weekend.
Lot 1
Aboriginal Churinga
with circular motifs to front and back. Traces of ochre.
L.520mm, W.65mm.
$800 - $1,000
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Lot 2
Aboriginal Churinga
with interconnecting incised linear and circular patterns.
L.245mm, W.55mm.
$800 - $1,000
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Lot 3
Aboriginal Churinga
with an incised intertwined parallel motif on both surfaces with suspension hole. Traces of ochre. Old collection label attached.
L.233mm, W.26mm.
$400 - $600
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Lot 4
Aboriginal Bean Wood Shield
of deep elliptical form. A rebated handle on the back, carved into the body of the shield. Front and back are decorated with broad parallel longitudinal grooves. A varied reddish-brown patina dominates a large painted (natural pigment) circle, couched by four very faint, latitudinal, thickly painted lines on the shield’s face.
H.710mm, W.105mm.
$1,500 - $2,500
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Lot 5
Aboriginal Woomera - Spear Thrower
Wood, dark brown patina, leaf-shaped flat springboard. The front entirely covered with zigzag motif. Stone tooled. Reverse with six line zigzag pattern running down centre of blade. Serrated cutting edge evident. Edge deteriorating and missing tip.
L.600mm, W.100mm.
$200 - $300
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Lot 6
Three Aboriginal Waddy Clubs
fine old patina.
L.720mm, L.560mm, L.582mm.
$200 - $300
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Lot 7
Coolamon - Aboriginal Vessel
of orthodox form. Broad longitudinal incisions fluting through the internal and external surfaces. Natural ochre pigments accent entire object.
L.540mm, W.193mm.
$100 - $200
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Lot 8
Giant Coolamon - Aboriginal Vessel
Extremely rare and large. Broad longitudinal incisions fluting through the internal and external surfaces. Natural ochre pigments accent entire object. Dark horizontal decoration line represented in internal body of vessel. Significant signs of old repair and damage.
L.910mm, W.220mm.
$200 - $400
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Lot 9
Aboriginal Ceremonial Spear Head
Obsidian blade tip affixed with gum. Ochre, dot patterning to tip and shaft. Old label attached.
L.450mm, W.25mm.
$200 - $300
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Lot 10
Aboriginal Churinga
with incised circular and pointillism totems. Trace of ochre.
L.270mm, W.40mm.
$800 - $1,000
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Lot 11
Group of Four Aboriginal Spear Heads and a Sheath
of various regions. Old label attached.
L.890mm.
$50 - $100
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Lot 12
Waihaka
Short wooden hand club with deep relief haehae carving to blade. Carved mania to incurve with hands to torso and paua inlay eyes. Inscribed 5224-B Waimarama.
L.370mm, W.120mm.
$600 - $800
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Lot 13
Fine Kuru Pounamu Ear Adornment
Long fine flattened ovoid form. Incisioned hour glass suspension hole for muka cord.
L.80mm.
$240 - $280
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Lot 14
Maori Folk Art Carved Walking Stick
Softly carved complex interlocking triple haehae style with dog tooth notching throughout, well balanced with deep rich patina. 19th - 20th Century.
L.935mm.
$600 - $800
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Lot 15
Lidded Bowl
A steel-tooled transitional bowl with finely carved Tiki face and Paua inlay.
H.60mm, Dia.215mm.
$300 - $600
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Lot 16
Student Carving – Hoe
from the 1970's.
H.630mm, W.85mm.
$80 - $120
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Lot 17
Two Folk Art Tiki Figures and Three Tiki Spoons
Max. L.140mm.
$200 - $300
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Lot 18
Carved Maori Figure
Missing staff.
Max. H.190mm
$200 - $300
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Lot 19
Maori Carved Folk Art Box
Finely carved folk art example.
W.160mm, L.120mm. H.60mm.
$80 - $120
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Lot 20
Two Piupiu
A Maori skirt made from mature Harakeke flax leaf tags. Complex taniko band decorates the top border. Both examples with original ties extending from closing edge. Adult skirt decorated with the following formation: twelve band, single band with geometric repeat, twelve band. Childs piupiu decorated with the following formation: Seven band Single band Seven band. 20th century.
L.660mm, W.1000mm, L.470mm, W.1100mm.
$100 - $200
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Lot 21
Patu
Unorthodox angular form with Mania represented on incurve. Some haehae design on neck.
L.260mm, W.150mm.
$400 - $600
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Lot 21A
Folk Art Maori Mere
Wood with paua insets and a pierced hole to butt with muka attached.
L.420mm, W.100mm.
$600 - $800
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Lot 22
Patu Muka - Flax Pounder
Of strong conical form with circular cross-section, overall worn patina.
L.340mm, W.70mm.
$250 - $450
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Lot 23
Patu Muka - Flax Pounder
Of strong conical form with circular cross-section, blackened patina.
L.310mm, W.75mm.
$350 - $550
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