Mid 20th C. Solomon Islands Wood Tapa Beater

THREE SOLOMON ISLANDS CARVED WOODEN TAPA BARK BEATERS, Mid 20th century. Set of three patinated hand-carved, used, and decorated "Tapa beaters" from the Western Province (Gizo area) in the Solomon Isl

**Originally Listed At $1000** Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An impressive tapa beater, skillfully hand-carved from espresso-hued hardwood to display a thick, cyl

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, 20th century CE. A well-preserved, carved wooden tapa beater with four flat faces and a tubular handle. Each of the faces is incised with an

Originally listed at $250 Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A fine tapa cloth beater, hand-carved from an espresso-hued hard wood. The beater has a short, flared handle and

SOLOMON ISLANDS NORTH NEW GEORGIA RAMATA VILLAGE KOSA OR SKULL HUT CAVE, 20th century. Solomon Islands hand crafted carved wood and woven rattan triangular box or hut, with drop front, adorned with a

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden tapa beater of a sturdy form with a rectangular beater head, a gently tapered neck, and a columnar handle with a rounde

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden tapa beater of a sturdy form with a rectangular beater head, a gently tapered neck, and a columnar handle with a rounde

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden tapa beater exhibiting a tapered handle and a cuboid beating head. The center of the

**Originally Listed At $250** South Pacific, Polynesia, Samoa Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A lovely carved-wood tapa beater displaying a flared, rectangular base and a cuboid handl

Nguzenguzu Figural Canoe Prow. Solomon Islands, mid to late 20th century, carved wood spirit figure shown holding an albatross, inset with natural material panels, measuring 12.5” h x 5.5”

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.

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

**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

(2) Polynesian throwing clubs, 19th/20th c., possibly Fiji or Solomon Islands, carved wood with woven straw grips, one with incised design, on custom steel display stand, each club approx. 18"l, 16"l

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

Oceania, New Caledonia, Kanak, ca. early 20th century CE. A wooden tapa beater, used for making cloth, hand-made from tropical hardwood with a rich red-brown hue. A cylindrical handle forms one end of

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

South Pacific, Polynesia, Tonga or Samoa, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An attractive, hand-carved wooden tapa beater presenting a tubular handle and an elongated, 4-sided body that flares o

**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

**Originally Listed At $350** South Pacific, Fiji, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden tapa beater with four faces - one of which features incised vertical grooves that furthe

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

Highly carved ceremonial or ‘Chief’s Staff’ from the Solomon Islands, South Pacific. Decorated with shell inlay and animal figures. Early to mid 20th century. With a knobbed handle and the shaft

SOLOMON ISLANDS HAND CARVED STONE HEAD, mid 20th century. Small patinated, decorated and painted stone carved head collected while in the Ranongga, an island located in the New Georgia Islands group o

Various Locations, circa late 19th - early 20th century. A nice group pf clubs and staffs from Australia, Samoa, Africa and Solomon Islands. The N.W. Coast totem likely mid 20th century. Dimensions: g