18th C. Papua New Guinean Stone Adze

**Originally Listed At $400** Oceania, Western Papua New Guinea, Lake Setani area, ca. 18th century CE. A beautiful pre-contact adze blade, hand-carved from a mottled gray stone with both light and da

**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fine example of a wood and stone chopping adze, a tool primarily used for shaping and carving wood. The adz

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An elegant adze blade of rectangular form, hand-whetted from dark grey basalt. The fascinating implemen

**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1940s CE. A handmade cutting tool, known as an adze, featuring a long wooden handle in shades of light brown with a black stone blade prese

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, Iryan Jaya region, ca. 19th century CE. An elegant adze featuring a hand-carved wooden handle and flat stone head wrapped ti

1 Querbeil und eine Steinbeilklinge Papua-Neuguinea Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Stein. H 22,5 - 51 cm. Provenienz: Gérald Minkoff (1937-2009) und Muriel Olesen (1948-2020), Genf. Gérald

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A petite adze blade that is hand-carved from mottled pistachio-hued stone with integral gray veins. The trapezoidal tool features a tapered butt e

3 Axtschneiden Papua-Neuguinea Ohne Sockel / without base Stein. L 7,5 - 28 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, Basel. CHF 100 / 200 EUR 100 / 200

Inyai-Ewa People, Aripa male figure, c. 18th c., Papua, New Guinea, carved wood with white pigment, representing spirits to serve as hunting helpers, carbon dated to c. 1735 (copy of test from Univ. o

Native American, Pacific Northwest, Alaskan, ca. 18th century CE. A fine hand-carved stone adze head in natural hues of dark grey and brown. The lovely implement displays a rounded butt, a flat top, a

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle/East Sepik River Region, Korewori River area, ca. 1920s to 1940s CE. A hand-built red clay stone head representing an abstract ancestral figure. The head is of a mini

**Originally Listed At $350** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful wooden adze handle, with a hand carved geometric and abstract anthropomorphic motif. The pommel

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, Iryan Jaya region, ca. 19th century CE. A wood and reed instrument used for shaping wood such as carvings and dugout canoes

(lot of 3) Stone artifacts from the South Pacific, including a Papua New Guinea stone adze blade, together with an octopus lure made of worked volcanic stone as a weight and lashed with sennit to a se

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 18th century CE or earlier. A gorgeous example of a lengthy adze blade that is hand-carved from lustrous gray-black stone exhibiting incredibly

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 18th century CE or earlier. A hand-carved stone adze blade of a hefty form bearing a trapezoidal body, an upturned handle, and a tapered head w

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 18th century CE. A petite example of an adze blade, hand-carved from dark brown-gray stone, used for creating finer details or smoothing rough surfaces. The trapez

**Originally Listed At $450** Oceania, Eastern Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Angu (sometimes Kukukuku) peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An intimidating club with a lengthy slender wooden pole.

Originally listed at $300 Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, Inuit, ca. 18th century CE or earlier. A hand-carved adze blade with a sturdy tang, a thick body, and a tapered blade head with a sh

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A hand-carved hand chisel or adze blade of a hefty and sturdy form with a trapezoidal body, a slightly raised handle, and a sharpened blad

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Janaka Province, Wangi people, ca. early 20th century CE. A wedge-shaped wooden axe set into a wooden cavity that extends outwards, mirroring t

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Jiwaka Province, Wahgi people, ca. 19th century CE. A grey-green slate axe set into a wooden cavity that extends outward, mirroring the blade shape at one end, and providing

Carved Stone Adze, Probably Papua New Guinea. Decorated With Kneeling Figure. Approximately 31.50L x 7.25W x 2.0625D in.

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Pre-Contact era, ca. 18th century CE or earlier. A sizable stone adze blade of a utilitarian form that is hand-carved from dark gray-black basalt. The tool exhibits a