19th Century Oceanic or Aboriginal War or Dance Club

Carved L-form hardwood club with ring carved capped handle, 19th C. L 68cm (26 3/4in) Provenance: William Henry Keppie, born 1872

FIJI ISLAND OCEANIC KIAKAVO / GUNSTOCK WAR CLUB,retains an old surface with warm color.19th century.36 1/2" L.

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

Curved Slim Aboriginal Club, Australia Late 19th Century/Early 20th 26 3/8 x 4 1/8 in. Fine Oceanic club, light brown patina, bowed/boomerang Sotheby's Park Bernet sticker referencing a May 11, 1976 s

Last quarter of the 19th century. War clubs such as this were used by the Iroquois, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, and Abenaki. Originally for tribal war which was fundamental to the evolution of young men

c.1850, South Eastern Australia, with bulbous head terminal and slightly tapering handle, total length 68cm Provenance: Ex Maitland Museum, NSW

A very finely carved wooden club with excellent fluted surface and carved from a dense hard wood. Australian Aboriginal peoples and most likely 19th century. The club measures 21.5 inches tall. A meta

19th C. Oceanic War Club. Length: 31 inches.

Oceania, Polynesia, probably Tonga, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A long, heavy, dark wood club, also known as an akau, with a long, gently broadening handle and a striking end with a deeply ridg

Great 19th century full beaded stone head war club. Hide wrist strap with adornments. Great 19th century Native American club. Measures approx 29 inches long with 3 inch wide club.

Large Culacula Battle/Dance Club, Tonga, 18th/19th C. Old dance/battle club of dense hardwood showing surface patina generations of use, good age and indigenous tool marks (probably coral reef and lav

This is an outstanding knife blade war club with bird effigy pattern, attributed to the Plains Native American Indians of the Eastern Santee Sioux tribe and dating to the 19th Century. The club is exp

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, 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

The lot features a fully beaded Sioux Native American Indian stone head war club from the 19th century. The piece shows a wood haft showing a red trade clothe wrap with excellent glass trade seed bead

Massive Antique Tongan Coconut Leaf-Stalk War Club, 19th C. On stand. Size: 36'' x 4'' x 4'' (91 x 10 x 10 cm).

The lot features a wonderful gunstock war club with spike blade having punched stars and inlayed pewter silver crescent moons, from the Central Plains Native American Indians dating to the late 19th C

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Samoa, Pago Pago, ca. 1890s CE. A large, hand-carved wooden war club with a flat, blade-like face with a small hook on one side, a toothed edge along the other side,

Solomon Islands War Club, 19th C. Flat tapering form with raised medial line. Most of shaft covered with very finely woven sennit binding. Provenance: Faganarms, Clinton Towhnship, MI. From the collec

The lot feature a fantastic root burl ball head war club from the Osage Native American Indians dating to the 19th Century. This large, heavy club shows a hand-carved solid walnut hard wood made from

This is an exceptional Plains Native American Indian gunstock spontoon war club in a very rare double blade configuration from the 19th century. The piece shows a very nice solid wood haft in a Revolu

Period 19th century example Eastern Solomon Islands. Carved nicely and having a very nice patina throughout. L29 1/2" Sold from the collection of a private Charleston, SC gentleman and lady.

Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A gorgeous dance club known as a kiakavo with a distinctive curving form with a protruding secondary head spur on top. The lengthy hilt and shaft

**Originally Listed At $200** Native American, Central United States, Plains Indians, ca. 19th century CE. An impressive war club carved from wood and wrapped in animal hide with a smooth stone striki