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A Superb 19th C. Tlingit Eagle-head Shaman's RattleA rare and beautiful Tlingit Raven maskA very fine and rare Human bone Tiki
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Peterbourough, NH, United States
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Fine Ethnographic Art

Highlights of this sale include a a number of important Northwest Coast items including a 19th Century Raven mask and an Eagleface Shaman's rattle collected in 1903 by Ralph Stockman Tarr. Additionally there is a fine and important collection of Inuit material, most of it fresh to market from a private New England collection amassed over decades from whaling and nautical families in the Northern New England area. This collection includes superbly carved implements and pipes as well as figural shamanic objects. Outstanding Polynesian art is also featured with clubs and staves from Fiji, Neckrests and paddles; lithic material from Hawaii including a Very rare Hawaiian stone mirror; nephrite Tiki as well as a rare human bone Tiki with important provenance and a rare Hawaiian human bone fishhook are also included. The Tribal Art world lost a luminary in September with the passing of John C. Edler; former curator of the Hemmeter collection and expert and field collector of art of New Guinea. A large number of Edler collected objects will be included from all parts of Papua New Guinea throughout his long career. The African section includes the Rudolph de Harak collection; a small but highly important group of objects obtained prior to 1968 by the master designer and artist from Kamer, Segy and others with original receipts. This collection includes a stunning Dogon Satimbe mask, and superb Mossi or Kurumba/Nyonose mask. Other African offerings are from a private New York collection purchased prior to 1967 from 'The Gallery of African Art' then in the lobby of New York's Hotel Ansonia, from a young aspiring Alfred Sheinberg. There are numerous other lots of various offerings from all over Sub-Saharan Africa, with a small collection of fine Yoruba beadwork. A small but important group of Precolumbian includes a number of stone maskettes, some with important provenance from the Teotihuacan and Mayan cultural horizons.
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A Fine Hawaiian Ava bowl: A Fine Hawaiian Ava bowl, Hawaii; USA Carved of Kou wood, The Bowl of elongated lozenge form with tapering end and widening 'fishtail', overall fine surface patina and lovely carving. This lot is
0049: A Fine Hawaiian Ava bowlEst. $2,000-$3,000
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A fine Hawaiian calabash bowl: A fine Hawaiian calabash bowl, Hawaii; USA The bowl with fine grain and lovely surface of Kou wood, with some small cracks and areas of depredation. Overall fine example. H. 5 3/4", Diam 7 1/2"
0051: A fine Hawaiian calabash bowlEst. $500-$700
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A fine and old Nukuoro Coconut grating stool: A fine and old Nukuoro Coconut grating stool, Nukuoro Atoll; Micronesia Likely 19th C., the stool of powerful form with loss of blade at tip as expected; the form in imitation of a zoomorph with
0054: A fine and old Nukuoro Coconut grating stoolEst. $2,000-$3,000
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A superb and old Matty Island Bowl: A superb and old Matty Island Bowl, Wuvulu; Western Islands; Papua New Guinea The bowl of highly abstracted and geometric form, elongated rectangular body with squared bottom, the sides
0055: A superb and old Matty Island BowlEst. $2,000-$3,000
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A fine and rare Ontong Java Shell Chisel: A fine and rare Ontong Java Shell Chisel, Ontong Java; Solomon Islands The exceptionally rare chisel made from fossilized giant clam shell, and carved into an elongated form with sharp rounded
0056: A fine and rare Ontong Java Shell ChiselEst. $400-$600
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Two Aboriginal Implements: Two Aboriginal Implements; Australia The first a fine stone-carved Churinga from the Western Desert of typical form with geometric patterning to the entire surface in the form of seven 'U' shaped
0057: Two Aboriginal ImplementsEst. $2,000-$3,000
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An Asmat Headhunting trumpet: An Asmat Headhunting trumpet, Asmat (Coastal); Irian Jaya The bamboo trumpet carved with lozenge patterns about the entire surface, fine aged patina from use. H. 11 1/4" Comments: Property of a
0058: An Asmat Headhunting trumpetEst. $300-$500Lot Passed
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Two Asmat feast dishes: Two Asmat feast dishes, Coastal Asmat, Casuarina Coast; Irian Jaya Each carved in boat-form, with stylized figures at the ends, one with a full figure crouching at one end and a head at the other ;
0059: Two Asmat feast dishesEst. $400-$600
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An exceptional and rare Asmat dance costume: An exceptional and rare Asmat dance costume, Asmat; Weo village; Irian Jaya An Asmat funerary costume of classical form, known as Jipaae, completely composed of woven netted fiber and rattan with
0060: An exceptional and rare Asmat dance costumeEst. $1,800-$2,200
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An Asmat feast dish: An Asmat feast dish, Coastal Asmat, Casuarina Coast; Irian Jaya The bowl with a classical asmat figure atop bent so that the arms and leg form a square-shape with the torso and the bowl top, a small
0061: An Asmat feast dishEst. $400-$600
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A Fine Asmat shield: A Fine Asmat shield, Northeastern Asmat; Tchitak region (Area C); Irian Jaya The shield of monumental form, the surface with three stacked sets of radiating four-part circular motifs in black, white
0062: A Fine Asmat shieldEst. $900-$1,200
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A Mimika figure: A Mimika figure, Mimika; Irian Jaya The figure of classical geometric form, the body carved in openwork style and heavily coated with white pigment; wearing a patrol officer's cap. A fine and rare
0063: A Mimika figureEst. $500-$700Lot Passed
A Fine Mimika Yamate Board: A Fine Mimika Yamate Board, Mimika ; Irian Jaya The fine old example of typical form, carved with opposing human figures atop in a squared panel above classical Mimika geometric raised designs with
0064: A Fine Mimika Yamate BoardEst. $700-$900Lot Passed
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A Fine and rare Lake Sentani feast plate: A Fine and rare Lake Sentani feast plate, Lake Sentani; Irian Jaya The plate of classical form with deeply incised carving to the outer surface of a stylized Lizard or turtle with classical Sentani
0065: A Fine and rare Lake Sentani feast plateEst. $400-$600
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A rare Dani or Lani spirit board: A rare Dani or Lani spirit board, Dani or Lani peoples; Irian Jaya The simple board with engraved geometric designs, in zigzags and concentric linear motifs in red, black and white; deeply carved
0066: A rare Dani or Lani spirit boardEst. $400-$600
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A fine Huon Gulf Feast Bowl: A fine Huon Gulf Feast Bowl, Huon Gulf; Tami or Siassi Islands; Papua New Guinea The long ovoid bowl beautifully carved with thin walls and darkened, the sides with raised designs in the form of a
0067: A fine Huon Gulf Feast BowlEst. $600-$900
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A Superb and rare pair of Lower Sepik masks: A Superb and rare pair of Lower Sepik masks, Lower Sepik River; Papua New Guinea The masks of avian form, each with a crest rising from above the beaked noses, pigmented elaborately with yellow,
0069: A Superb and rare pair of Lower Sepik masksEst. $5,000-$7,000
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A Fine pair of Sepik Plains masks: A Fine pair of Sepik Plains masks, Lower Sepik/ Sepik Plains; Papua New Guinea A fine and very rare set of matched and mated face masks, the male with long pointed nose and raised ocular region with
0070: A Fine pair of Sepik Plains masksEst. $5,000-$7,000
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A Fine and old Lower Sepik or Ramu mask: A Fine and old Lower Sepik or Ramu mask, Lower Sepik or Ramu Rivers; Papua New Guinea The fine old mask of large form and with bulging brow with stylized bird carved in low relief, the face with
0071: A Fine and old Lower Sepik or Ramu maskEst. $2,500-$3,500
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A pair of Sepik Bird masks: A pair of Sepik Bird masks, Lower Sepik/ Sepik Plains; Papua New Guinea The matched pair of masks depicting birds with long beaks and likely gendered male and female; one with a larger more bulbous
0072: A pair of Sepik Bird masksEst. $1,800-$2,200
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