Santa Cruz Money Sticks/Hair Ornaments, Solomon Islands

Santa Cruz Money Sticks/Hair Ornaments, Solomon Islands. Worn by men on the head and used as bride price. Feather money is used in Santa Cruz as traditional money. It takes a long time to make these f

A superb double roll Tevau, feather money roll from the Solomon Islands/ Santa Cruz.Consisting of bark and 50.000+ feathers of the scarlett honey eater bird (myzomela cardinalis), the tevau was used a

2 Dance Clubs/Wands, Napa, Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands, Early 20th C. The longer top example of traditional form and surface design shows significant wear from glossy patina on the handle and the over

3 Dance Clubs/Wands, Napa, Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands, Early 20th C. The napa dance was performed in the Santa Cruz Islands by rows of adult men during a coming of age ceremony for young men. The clu

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

turtle shell, baseTraditionally worn by senior men of high status.H: 5 cm; W: 4 cm, H: 2,0 inch; W: 1,6 inchProvenance:Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The NetherlandsContinent: Oceania

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

Originally listed at $1000 Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An intricate cylindrical armband known as an "ambegwaro" made from dark, ti

**Originally Listed At $1000** Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An intricate cylindrical armband known as an "ambegwaro" made from dark,

Oceanic Canoe Prow "Toto Isu," Ornament, Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Classic carved wood ornament of man holding a frigate bird, accented with abalone shell eyes, ear plugs, a

Santa Cruz Island Napa Dance Wand, Early-Mid 20th C. Curved form of hard light colored wood with raised stylized faces on top and typical black abstract patterns covering overall surface. Longitudinal

Classical canoe shape with painted floral and geometric decoration and with coir- sinnet binding. Split to handle and centre section. L. 900mm Provenance: Collection of Keith St. Cartmail.

Nose Ornament New Georgia - Solomon Islands, made from turtle plate, trade beads. Dating to the mid 1900's. Country of origin: Solomon Islands. Size: 18 cm (7 inches). Private collection the Netherlan

View taken in Santa Cruz Islands' by Drawn by Barclay (1885). Antique wood-engraved print, 12.0 x 16.5cm, 4.75 x 6.5 inches CAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'View taken in Santa Cruz Islands' DATE PRINT

Fred M. Sersen (American 1890-1962)- ''Santa Cruz Island''- monotype in color, 1935, signed, dated and titled in pencil. 9 1/2 x 11 3/8''

Rare antique map of Anacapa Island and east end of Santa Cruz Island, California, dated 1856, 9.25"x26"

Oceanic shell inlaid teak canoe prow ornament, probably Solomon Islands, 8.5"h

Two Ceremonial Bowls, Santa Catalina Island, Solomon Islands, First Half 20th C. Shark spirit motifs dominate the figuration on these well preserved bowls. The scrolling and the well articulated, inla

Antique carved wooden female effigy of a "Fisher wife" holding a staff with frigate bird and bonita fish symbols. Santa Cataline Island, Solomon islands. Carved from Tobago wood with inlaid shell eyes

Soloman Island Kapkap Ornament. An ornament from the Solomon Islands called a kapkap. These are worn by men on the forehead as a pectoral and at the waist. It is composed from a shell disc cut from a

Antique Shell Ornament Funerary Stick, Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Island. Carved shell and wood. On stand. Provenance: Interceptor International, Ltd, Fine Art Consultant/Arts Primitifs, Lon

Includes large New Georgia island pectoral ornament with abstract decoration, Solomon Islands "Spirit Hands" shell charm, three shell armbands with incised designs, and six small Yua currency rings st

Fossilized shell carved Bokolo, grave ornament from New Georgia, Solomon Islands. 11"x6.5"

Two figural shell plaques from the Solomon Islands. Alike in design, with some differences. 7.5"x4" 6.5"x4.5"