20th C. Oceanic Rennell Islands Wooden Dance Club

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

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

Oceania, French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. 20th century CE. A fabulous u'u club, hand-carved from iron wood and meticulously polished to a smooth textured feel. The club's classi

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Trobriand Islands, Massim peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A wonderful and early example of a dance club with a thick handle, a semicircular pommel bulb, proj

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

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 $500** Oceania, Samoan Islands, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden war club with a stocky cylindrical handle boasting carinated points just above the crested hand g

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.

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

Oceania, Fiji Islands, ca. early 20th century CE. A gorgeous example of the distinctive wooden culacula war club, a broad, flat-bladed club with two edges used like a sword. The entire surface is high

A group of three Oceanic bowls. 20th century. ++ Boiken wooden bowl. Boiken. Papua New Guinea. 4 3/4" x 8 3/4." ++ Marquesas Island carved wooden bowl. Marquesas Island. 4 1/2" x 5 1/2." ++ Siassi ova

**First Time At Auction** South Pacific Islands, Trobriand Island, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely-detailed wooden club from this group of atolls east of New Guinea. Carved from a caramel-hued lig

**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

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

A paddle and club. ++ A wooden pig killing club with head, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), North Ambrym Malekula style. 20th century. 31" x 11". ++ A grooved paddle form. 20th century. With stand:44 1/2" x 12

A group of four South American and Oceanic objects. 20th century. ++ Carved wooden figure by Luis Hey. Rapa Nui, Easter Island. ++ Peruvian style mask. ++ Miniature reproduction of a Kemu- Kemu, a Map

A group of two Melanesian clubs. 20th century. ++ Wooden club. Fiji. 38." ++ Club with stone ring. Papua New Guinea. 42."

Latin America, Mexico, ca. early 20th century CE. An adorable mask resembling a short-snouted dog, hand-carved from hard wood and painted dark-brown. The mask displays bulbous eyes, a short nose, styl

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Bali, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male mask painted a creamy beige with thin red lips, a wispy mustache, slender eye brows above semicircular eyes, a pro

Western Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Baule (Baoule) people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A beautiful Baule dance mask representing a female, perhaps an ancestor, hand-carved from a lustrous brown wood

Southern Africa, possibly Zulu people, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine hand-carved example of a knobkierie, a club with a large knob at one end, made to be thrown at animals while hunting. With a lo

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY VANATAU WOODEN SPEAR CLUB, formed with a rope twist grip. 118 cm long.

Oceania, New Zealand, ca. 1930s CE. A carved patu (war club), made of dark wood, with inlaid haliotis (abalone) shell forming the eyes of an acrobatic anthropomorphc figure that is on one side. The ha

Native American, US Southwest, Hopi peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A wooden dance wand with a painted motif of the germ god Aalosaka painted in bright colors with bold brush strokes on one side.