19th C. New Caledonian Kanak Wood Tapa Beater

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

**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 $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

**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

**Originally Listed At $1000** Oceania, Polynesia, Fijian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A stunning example of a tapa beater that is hand-carved from lustrous, burgundy-hued wood. The columnar implemen

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

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

**First Time At Auction** South Pacific, Fiji, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A had carved wooden pounding tool for beating tapa with nice signs of use. The handle has a flared pommel and cylindrical sh

New Caledonia, circa 19th century. A good example, with classic flanged head and cylindrical grip. Dimensions: 25 1/4" long

Polynesia, Tonga Island , ca. 19th century CE. This beater is composed of a single piece of heavy hard wood, with a handle at one end and a large rectangular head at the other. It was used to beat bar

Kanak Spear Element with Mask, New Caledonia, 19th century, cut from a war spear, the slender wood shaft with a carved mask, framed on either end by decorative engraved devices, dark, encrusted patina

**First Time At Auction** North America, United States, Spanish Frontier, New Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. A striking wood and steel implement displaying a flat, circular base and a cylindrical carved

Original early 19th century green painted clinched nail tack and peg construction box by A. Sprague (6.5") and 2 stacking round wood pantry boxes (8" and 9")

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

Oceania/Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A well-preserved, carved wooden tapa beater with four faces and a tapering, conical handle with a rounded end. Each of the faces has a differe

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A well-preserved, hand-carved wooden tapa beater with four faces and a tapering, conical handle with a rounded tip. Each of the faces has a differ

Poughkeepsie New York cracker bin. 19th century. Dimensions: 9 1/2"h X 19"w X 13"d

Papua New Guinea, Sepic Region, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A mesmerizing wooden flute stopper with a janiform face at the bottom featuring 4 cowrie shell eyes (2 on each face) and a lizard-like crea

**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

Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik River, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous stylized ancestor figure that fits snugly into a fiber and shell bilum bag. The guardian has an anthropomorphic

**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Schouten Island, Abelam peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A large wooden pounder with a bulbous head and a short handle. The hea

Late 19th century New Harmony, Ind. wood picket garden gate with metal supports and hinges, 47"t. x 34"

late 19th c New England woven wood splint basket w/ reinforced bottom- square nail construction, found in Randolph, VT, length 30 1/2", small break on lower corner