Rare Solomon Island Paddle Club Human Face Incised

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 $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

2 Solomon Islands Parrying Clubs. Carved and incised wood with kaolin. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: 1) 37'' x 11'', (94 x 28 cm); 2) 36'' x 9'', (91 x 23 cm).

A SOLOMON ISLANDS THROWING CLUB With a polished dark patina, the shaft terminating in a spherical finial decorated with incised geometric designs, 101cm long.

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

(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

Fijian Islands, incised bands of extensive decoration along the shaft depicting two crescent moons and one human form, curving to a spiked bulbous head at end, overall 39 in. Provenance: Christie's Ne

Two 19th century ethnographic tribal paddles The first from the Philippines with a carved and painted blade, 137cm (53 1/2in) long, and a Solomon Islands paddle with chip carved canoe shaped handle, 1

Solomon Islands Melanesia paddle or oar, with shell inlaid stylized frigate birds and fish, 4'5''l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

A group of Two Oceanic Objects. ++ Asmat Shield. Bark. Asmat. Irian Jaya. 16" x 23 1/2". ++ Solomon Islands Style Canoe Paddle. Wood, pigment. Solomon Islands. 9" x 58". Shipping: Shipping for our Col

Austral Islands ceremonial paddle, 19th century, elaborately incised or chip-carved all over, these paddles were probably made to sell to 19th century sailors whaling in the South Seas and show the ca

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

Baule or Gan Peoples, rare bronze mask, Ivory Coast/Burkina Faso, cast bronze with good aged patina, the human face with raised features and coiled decoration, issuing horns and rooster effigy, the ed

Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A hand-built 22K gold ring of wearable form with a circular face incised with a stylized pyramid surrounded by radiating lines and petite dots. The triangul

Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 1000-1500 CE. This striking example features a stylized anthropomorphic face that depicts a skull-like human face with circular sunken

Maori carved paddle, New Zealand, the long, finely carved and elaborate paddle with well formed handle and three bends to shank, the broader portion with incised faces and inlaid shell eyes, (crack an

Austral Islands ceremonial paddle, on the longer example, the handle is round, with eight faces around, depicting abstract or stylized creatures, the shaft is round like a dowel or broomstick, but wit

Tongo Islands, 'Akau tau' paddle, 18th century, H. 114 cm. Carved wood, with 3 human representations on the front, a sickle, dog and bird, on the reverse human representation with bird. Bronze base.,

Two 19th Century Austral Islands carved and intricately incised ceremonial wood paddles, 34 ½” & 40 ¼” long. (2)

Rare and Fine Slip-Decorated Redware Spaniel with Related Poster, Pennsylvania origin, circa 1840-1880, slip-cast figure of a seated spaniel with incised details to face, the surface decorated with he

wood, dark brown patina, delicate chip-carved patterns cover the blade and shaft, the conical handle terminus encircled by a row of human figures, slightly dam., minor missing parts (rim of the blade)

A rare Fiji Mermaid. a fantasy oddities creature with humanoid like features,miniature human skull like head and face, arms, scaled hide and webbed humanoid-like claws, with a fish torso with fins and

122. RARE SERIES A BEBE BY STEINER. Marks: 5 (incised upper back left side of head). 26". Bisques socket head with rounded face, blue paperweight eyes, painted lashes, rose-blushed eyelids, feathered

DESCRIPTION: A rare and important Washington Boro incised pot with squared corners and anthropomorphic faces in the corner. A related example is shown in Kent, plate 21. PROVENANCE: From the Donald Le