![Papua New Guinea and Oceanic Assortment: Papua New Guinea and Oceanic Assortment (7) items including a painted carved wood figural rafter hook having cowrie shell decoration, an oval wood bowl having carved crocodile head handles, a small re](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332224_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
Oceanic/Pacific Rim Wood
![Papua New Guinea and Oceanic Assortment: Papua New Guinea and Oceanic Assortment (7) items including a painted carved wood figural rafter hook having cowrie shell decoration, an oval wood bowl having carved crocodile head handles, a small re](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332224_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![Stunning Early Hawaiian Wood Umeke la'au: **Originally Listed At $2750** North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A stunning wood bowl known as an 'umeke la'au, hand-turned from beautiful natural wood grain boasting swirling hues o](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180001390_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718320432)
![Superb / Huge 19th C. Hawaiian Kou Wood Meat Platter: **Originally Listed At $5500** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A marvelous and massive meat serving platter of rectangular form with rounded shorter sides and a shallow bowl, int](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180001387_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718320432)
![Papua New Guinea Wood Food Hook w/ Face: **Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden food hook bearing a stylized human face along the top, an openwork midsection](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180159755_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718405476)
![Papua New Guinea Iatmul Wood Mask w/ Shell Eyes: **Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Iatmul people, ca. 20th century CE. A sizable wooden mask of convex form exhibiting dark brown surface hues and expr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180001497_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718320432)
![19th C. Fijian Wood Dance / War Club - Kiakavo: **First Time At Auction** South Pacific, Melanesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A spur-headed kiakavo dance club with a polished surface and a scored area on the underside of the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180159754_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718405476)
![20th C. Micronesian Palauan Islands Wood Serving Dish: **Originally Listed At $1200** Oceania, Micronesia, Palauan Islands, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden tray with a slightly concave basin, the rim inlaid with nacre shells in four areas al](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180159757_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718405476)
![19th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Ancestor Figure: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, Iryan Jaya region, ca. 19th century CE. A rare ancestor figure that is impressively carved from a single piece of wood. The stylized human face below feat](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180357608_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718746494)
![19th C. Sulu Islands Wood Boat Shaped Funerary Marker: Southeast Asia, Indonesia / Philippines, Maluku Islands / Sulu Islands, Sama-Bajau culture, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A long, wooden, canoe-shaped sculpture that was used a burial marker (sun](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180357610_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718746494)
![Two New Zealand Ancient Kauri Wood Trays: Description: Two New Zealand Ancient Kauri Wood Trays, 30,000-50,000 Years Old, inscribed on bottoms '30,000-50,000 years old, New Zealand Ancient Kauri, Patrik' one dated '88, the other dated '9](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4098/332502/179395289_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717710292)
![PNG Sepik River Wood Canoe Prow, Crocodilian Form: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden canoe prow of crocodilian form with a pair of abstract anthropomorphic faces protruding from the t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179233945_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717451666)
![Early Papua New Guinea Wood Kundus (Ceremonial Drums): Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Kavieng region, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A pair of wooden ceremonial drums, known as kundu, with intricate engraved motifs across the body and a lizard skin str](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080741_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
![Huge Papua New Guinea Painted Wood Shields (2): Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A set of 2 hand-carved wooden shields, each of tall rectangular form with sizable circular motifs carved across the obverse. The first shield is adorned](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179804342_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718147909)
![1860s Hawaiian Tiger Eye Wood Koa Platter Old Repairs: North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 1860 to 1890 CE. A stunning piece of wood made of tiger-eye Koa that has been skillfully lathed into a shallow dish, the pattern virtually changing before your eye](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540213_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![Superb 19th C. Fijian Wood Dance Club - Kiakavo: Oceania, South Pacific, Melanesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A spur-headed kiakavo dance club with a polished surface and a scored area on the underside of the curved head. This](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179804340_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718147909)
![Early Polynesian Samoan Wood War Club - Nifo'oti: Oceania, South Pacific, Polynesia, Samoa / American Samoa, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden war club, known locally as a nifo'oti, of an intimidating form with a slightly h](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080739_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
![Papua New Guinea Sepik Wood Headrest, Turtle Form: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, ca. mid-20th century CE. A small headrest carved in the form of a turtle with incised motifs along the sides. Hair is an important status symbol amo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179804341_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718147910)
![Papua New Guinea Wood Mwai Mask, Male Ancestor: **Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, Iatmul people, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. An elaborate wooden mwai mask (also mai or mei mask) depicting a male ances](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180159756_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718405475)
![Rare 18th C. Hawaiian Wood Anvil & 19th C. Bone Beater: North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A hand-carved bone beater of sizable form - known as a hohoa - along with a massive Kolea wood anvil - known as a na kua kuku - used in th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974511_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![A Well-used, Australian Aboriginal Spear Thrower: An indigenous, Spear Thrower hand-carved of mulga wood, with patina attributable to age and use. Has a rodent tooth attached with leather strips to one end. measures approx. 30" X 4". Please](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6247/331432/179891065_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718803604)
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Wedgwood Liberty Ware archive emerges in third Rubin collection sale at Freeman’s Jan. 25
PHILADELPHIA — An archive related to the Wedgwood Liberty Ware project designed to raise money for victims of the First World War will be offered at Freeman’s on Thursday, January 25. It carries an estimate of $8,000-$12,000 as part of the third tranche of the remarkable Ellis and Suzanne Rubin collection of Wedgwood ceramics. The […]
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