19th C. Polynesian Cook Islands Wood Club

Polynesia, Rennell Island, ca. 19th century CE. A large, handsome club carved from a strong, warm brown tropical hardwood, with a long body that slowly widens to a curved tip. The blade has a low, rai

(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

Polynesia, Cook Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A stunning, extremely rare example of a no'oanga, a curved stool masterfully carved by hand from a single piece of tropical hardwood. It stands on four pa

**Originally Listed At $1000** Oceania, Polynesia, Southern Cook Islands, Mangaia Island, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A beautiful openwork adze handle of distinctly ceremonial form known as a rua

Oceania, Polynesia, Cook Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A lovely adze blade of a sturdy form that is hand-carved from light gray basalt. The tapered tool exhibits a triangular handle with a rounded tip

Polynesia, Southern Cook Islands, Mangaia Island, ca. 1850 CE. A wonderful pair of hand-carved wood adze hefts from the ceremonial adzes of the Cook Islands known as ruatangaeo. Both sitting upon squa

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. A hand carved wooden ceremonial club known as an 'akau tau in the shape of a canoe paddle inlaid with nacre shell and

**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

Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. An attractive example of a hand-carved wooden throwing club known in Fiji as an I Ula Tavatava. The club has a bulbous head with several protrudi

Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. An intimidating throwing club known as an ula kitu (also i ula kitu) carved from hard, red-brown wood that is covered in lustrous patina. The den

Massim Island Arrow Tip Club Late 19th Century, Papua New Guinea Trobiand Islands Wood with fine patination, 29 1/4 x 3 in. Lot Essay: Avid ethnographers, including Nelson Rockefeller, collected Massi

South Pacific, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A fine example of the distinctive double-headed kiakavo war club with a polished surface and a scored area on the underside of the curved h

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Samoan Islands, ca. late 19th century CE. A beautiful hand-carved wooden war club with a stocky cylindrical handle, a lightly-carinated hand guard, and an elonga

Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, 19th C, carved wood with mace form bulbous head and protruding knobs. With incised zigzagging design to the slender handle. L. 40.5 cm (16 in)

**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 $1200** Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. This is a practical implement carved from a thick piece of wood with a long neck and an anchor shaped hook for bas

**Originally Listed At $1200** Oceania, Polynesia, Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Nukuoro Island, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful example of a hand-carved wooden stool for a child u

Located on the Polynesian Island of Tonga. A carved wooden fish hook with a bamboo handle. The hook is 11". Is is on a wood frame and was found in the 1960's. Provenance: Al Gehrman collection of arti

wood, reddish brown patina, traces of black paint, shaft with oval cross section, flat club head with raised middle ridge, bent in the upper third, slightly dam., minor missing parts H: 92 cm, H: 36,2

Polynesian Austral Island Ceremonial Adze, Mid-19th Century. Large stone blade, Finely carved wood shaft, blade attached with sinnit (coconut string) bindings. On metal mount. Formerly from the collec

Australia, 19th Century or Earlier Heavy club with rounded stone head inset in a thick wood handle. Approx. 18 1/4" x 4 3/8". From the collection of a Cumberland, Rhode Island estate. Old label marked

Massim Island Sword Club Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century Papua New Guinea, Trobiand Islands Wood, 45 3/8 x 2 5/8 inches Lot Essay: Avid ethnographers, including Nelson Rockefeller, collected Mass

Polynesian paddle or club with nice signs of use and age, golden-brown wood with handled patina, classic pleasing spatulate form, Fiji, Polynesia, possibly 19th Century, 3'8''h Provenance: Richard I.M