Battle Club, Kanak People, New Caledonia, 19th/ Early 20th C.

Battle Club, Kanak People, New Caledonia, 19th/ Early 20th C. These bird head clubs, used in close combat by warriors in New Caledonia, were carved from the gnarly crotch of a hardwood tree to maintai

Battle Club, Kanak People, New Caledonia, Melanesia, 19th-Early 20th C. Often referred to as phallic clubs. This example with chip decorations beneath head and slight serpentine curve to shaft that en

Bamboo walking stick, Kanak people, New Caledonia, 19th-early 20th century. Engraved with several registers of blackened etched designs that alternate between geometric patterns, natural motifs, scene

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine kotiate club, a traditional type of weapon, hand-carved from a hard wood and inlaid with in

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

2 Stone Mace War Clubs, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th/Early 20th C. A hand carved stone star head fitted over woven rattan fiber and affixed to a tapering wooden shaft, and the other with a smooth, roun

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.

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with beautiful carvings across the surface and an inlay of nacre shells in the finial and just abo

**Originally Listed At $650** Australia, Western Desert to Central Australia, Aboriginal peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare example of a wooden club and digging tool made from mulga wo

"The World: Its Cities and Peoples," nine volumes, published by Cassell & Company Limited, London, Paris and New York, late 19th to early 20th century, illustrated, gilt cloth hardcover bindings.

DESCRIPTION: Antique carved knobkerrie battle and hunting club featuring a polished shaft and a smooth knob ending in a piercing point. CIRCA: 19th to early 20th Century ORIGIN: Southern/Eastern Afric

Native American, Southwest, New Mexico, Tesuque Pueblo people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-built terracotta sculpture of a "Rain Deity" seated with "mitten" hands over their eyes. I

Late 19th/Early 20th c. Carved wood Without stand: 85" x 18" x 6" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York The Dogon people, who inhabit the Bandiagara escarpment in Mali, have a rich history as c

Native American, Southwest United States, New Mexico, Pueblo Indians, Tesuque peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a wide form with a concave base, an apple-shaped b

**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

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, Iatmul people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved female ancestral figure basket hook with an anchor form at the base for suspending b

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Maprik River region, Abelam people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved rectangular wood architectural panel with a central standing male figure wearing a

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Maprik River region, Abelam peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An enormous example of a stick meant for digging large yams from the ground known as a gisa. The gisa

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

Late 19th/Early 20th c. Carved wood Without stand: 52 1/2" x 9" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York Dayak is a generic term used to categorize a quite large group of indigenous peoples of the

14 photographs of dead bodies, 2 crime scene, others military. (mid 20th century). 20 photos of actual surgeries (late 19th or early 20th c). Four 19th photos of people in wheel chairs. 2 cabinet card

**Originally Listed At $400** Africa, South Africa, Zulu tribe, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden club known as a knobkerrie, or an iwisa to the Zulu people. Highly burnishe

**First Time At Auction**New World, South America, Bolivia, Aymara (Aimara) people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A gorgeous bright red, woven alpaca wool cloth, almost square in form, with

Currency bracelet, copper alloy, Tuareg peoples, Nigeria, West Africa, likely 19th century or early 20th century. Approximate size, 4" diameter. PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Philip Gould, New Yo