2 Dance Clubs/Wands, Napa, Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands, Early 20th C.

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

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

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

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

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,

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

Oceania, Solomon Islands, Rennell Island (Mugaba), ca. early 20th century CE. A fascinatingly-shaped dance club, hand-carved from dark wood and stained to be almost black in color. The upper portion i

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

Old pawn Navajo silver buckle of the type used on the early Concho belts. Decorated with stamp work and hammered - chisled lines. 19th - early 20th century. Unmarked. Height: 2" Width: 2 1/4" Weight -

Plains Group of Two Beaded Items, Early 20th Century Beaded Hide Dance Club Length: 18 in. (45.72 cm.) Beaded Knife and Sheath 7 x 2 x 1/2 in. (17.78 x 5.08 x 1.27 cm.) Provenance:Privat

Solomon Islands Shield, Early 20th C. Shield of coiled rattan twined with vine-strip, long with rounded ends. Size: 26'' x 8'' (66 x 20 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA.

Standing Back to Back Figures, Solomon Islands, Early -Mid 20th C. Paired male, female figures as a single presentation reoccurs in Solomon Island art. The present pair are joined at the heads and bac

Battle Club/ Lance, Probably Tikopia or Rennell Island, Solomon Islands, 19th/Early 20th C. Long lance-like design with single simplified carved element at the mid-shaft. Darkened, aged hardwood. Cf.

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 $1000** Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful example of a kapkap, a head or pectoral ornament made of a shell disc with intricate

**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

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

**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

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.

2 Meifu Li Cotton and Silk Headwrap Textiles, Hainan Island, China, Early 20th C. 2 ceremonial women's head cloths, silk embroidery on indigo-dyed cotton. The end panels are covered in extremely fine

A classic old Hopi Kachina, depicting Hano Mani (Long-Haired Kachina Maiden) or Hahai-I Wu-Uti (Kachina Mother). Late 19th or early 20th century. Carved wood and painted pigments. The mother wearing t

Old African carved wooden figure, Baule - Bete. Ivory Coast. Late 19th - Early 20th Century. Tribally-used male ancestor figure with prominent scarifications and a strong presence. The face carved in