Malaita Islands Club, Solomon Islands

Oceania, Solomon Islands, Malaita province, ca. 20th century CE. A tall wooden club, painted black with incised details filled with white, clay-like pigment in a thin line just above the handle and at

Period 19th century example Eastern Solomon Islands. Carved nicely and having a very nice patina throughout. L29 1/2" Sold from the collection of a private Charleston, SC gentleman and lady.

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, probably Malaita Island, ca. second quarter of the 20th century CE. A fine throwing club carved from dense, caramel-hued palm wood. T

Solomon Island Prestige/ Dance Club Alafolo With Shell Inlay, Malaita. Size: 32.5'' x 3'' x 2'' (83 x 8 x 5 cm).

two in the form of birds, two painted in tones of red, white and black and the other in black and white, length 57.5cm, 47.5cm and 49.5cm (3)

shell discs (white, black and red), thread on plant fibre, forming clan-specific geometrical patterns, plaited strings on both sides for attachment; arm cuffs have been worn by men and women. Like all

Santa Cruz War Napa Club, Solomon Islands. Classic curved canoe shape dance wand with fine painted designs and raised, pierced lugs for fiber decorations; expected longitudinal crack. Used during init

TITLE OF THE MAP: 'Isles de Salomon' Many early cartographers of the southern hemisphere believed that there was a great southern continent "Terra Australis", which was believed to extend significantl

a) heavy wood, matt reddish brown patina, lense-shaped cross section, beating area with raised sharp-edged middle ridge on both sides, the original fibre wrapping of the shaft now missing, l: 117 cm,

Isles de Salomon' SOLOMON ISLANDS. Malaita Guadalcanal New Zealand Terre de Quir. Many early cartographers of the southern hemisphere believed that there was a great southern continent "Terra Australi

SOLOMON ISLANDS MALAITA ISLAND TRIBAL PENILE COVER, Mid 20th century. Tribally used hand carved incised alabaster penile sheath or cover collected in a northern village of the Malaita Island, Salomon

Oceania / Polynesia / Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Malaita Island, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful example of a dala kapkap, a head or breast ornament made of a shell disc with intricate overlay desig

Solomon Islands War Club, 19th C. Inscribed in gold/brown paint: "Presented by Geo. W. Brown to his Friend at a Grand Fete. Tendered Him by the Club in Congress Hall Nov. 3, 1877." From the collection

Fine Solomon Islands Short-Handled Club. Carved wood. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: 25'' x 7'' x 1.5'' (64 x 18 x 4 cm).

Antique Solomon Islands War Club. Carved wood. Size: 45'' x 6'' x 1'' (114 x 15 x 3 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA.

Solomon Islands Alafolo Club. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: 40.5'' x 2'' x 2'' (103 x 5 x 5 cm).

A SOLOMON ISLANDS THROWING CLUB With a polished dark patina, the shaft terminating in a spherical finial decorated with incised geometric designs, 101cm long.

2 Solomon Islands Parrying Clubs. Carved and incised wood with kaolin. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: 1) 37'' x 11'', (94 x 28 cm); 2) 36'' x 9'', (91 x 23 cm).

Solomon Islands War Club, 19th C. Flat tapering form with raised medial line. Most of shaft covered with very finely woven sennit binding. Provenance: Faganarms, Clinton Towhnship, MI. From the collec

Oceania, Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A stunning hand-carved wooden dance club, known as a napa, presenting a lengthy form with a conical handle and a c

Oceania, Solomon Islands, ca. late early 20th century CE. A wooden paddle club of a simple yet elegant form, with a wide paddle end that is bisected by a raised rib and resolves in a pointed terminal.

**Originally Listed At $650** Oceania, Solomon Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wooden paddle club of a simple yet elegant form, with a wide paddle end that is bisected by a raised r

A GOOD SOLOMAN ISLANDS MALAITA SUPE CLUB, inset with mother of pearl decoration. 77 cm long.

Two Fighting Clubs, Solomon, possibly Austral Islands, Early-Mid 20th C. Both of refined form in dense, heavy reddish brown hardwood with good indigenous tool marks and signs of use. From the collecti