NEW GUINEA TRIBAL WAR CLUB

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A Group Of Two Papua New Guinea War Clubs. Wood handles with stone heads Longest: 46"

A Group Of Three Papua New Guinea War Clubs. Wood handles with stone heads Longest: 47"

A New Guinea stone headed war club. 36" long.

Of characteristic form, with finely handground and polished hardstone head, possibly jade. On its hardwood haft, head fixed with pitch, the grip finely carved. 19th c. Minor wear. With old collection

A close-quarters staff weapon, approximately 27.5" long. This, and many lots forthcoming are from the estate of a true antiquity connoisseur in every sense of the word. This antiquarian truly enjoyed

A Nulla Nulla ironwood war club, used by natives of Dutch New Guinea ( Papua and West Papua New Guinea) to fend off enemy natives. Carved and etched with a raised geometric motif on both sides. Measur

Kukukuku Pineapple Stone War Club, Papua New Guinea. A hand carved stone "pineapple" head fitted over woven rattan fiber and affixed to a tapering wooden shaft. Size: 33'' x 3.5'' (84 x 9 cm).

Large Antique Star Mace War Club, Papua New Guinea. Size: 8'' x 52.5'' x 8'' (20 x 133 x 20 cm).

2 Kukukuku Stone Star Mace War Clubs, Papua New Guinea. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: 1) 28'' x 6'' x 5'' (71 x 15 x 13 cm); 2) 41'' x 5'' x 5.5'' (104 x 13 x 14 cm).

2 Kukukuku Pineapple Stone War Clubs, Papua New Guinea. Hand carved stone "pineapple" heads fitted over woven rattan fiber and affixed to a tapering wooden shafts. Size: 1) 28.5'' x 5'' x 3.5'' (72 x

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

Decorative Trobriand Warclub - Papua New Guinea. Measuring approximately 32" X 4", this club was collected and cataloged by an American expat living, and working in New Guinea in the mid-1970s. || Ple

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik River, ca. 1920 CE. A large, dark wood war club with a human figure forming its handle. The figure's face is long, with wide eyes and a pronounced nose; he wears

An antique stone headed war club with a seven pointed star shaped head and 35" wood shaft from New Guinea.

Samoan War Club. Incised cylindrical handle with faceted blade with carved ribs and chip carved decoration, one textile tied band. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, Tribal Art, November 18, 1997, Lot 32

A fine early to mid century Melanesian mushroom head war club Malakula Vanuatu / New Hebrides. The club is carved from a very heavy dense wood with black surface patina and signs of handling. The club

A Fly River hafted stone club, Middle or Upper Fly River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.The club of coarse stone with radiating spoke-like designs, the whole hafted to a more modern stick, and pa

A Superb and Rare Central Province war shield, Likely 19th Century. Cloudy Bay, Central Province, Papua New Guinea. (Border with Milne Bay province).Of elegant form, the shield bowed from side to side

A Waghi Valley war shield, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea.Of classical form, the shield made from a single piece of wood, the surface with two large “X” patterns and painted with oran

A Fly River hafted stone club, Middle Fly River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The club of star-shaped form with four points, and made of a coarse-grained stone, painted with red, white, black a

This is a rare and superb Kwoma War Chief’s Pig Skin shield, Kwoma Washkuk, east Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Wood and rattan frame with stretched wild boars hide, signs of use and wear. Field

Middle Sepik River Area, Latmul people, 19th c. Canoe Prow of a Crocodile head with ancestral figure, mask and small full-body crocodile, all with scarring marks, crudely cut from a canoe, roughly 37"

Two Papua New Guinea Middle Sepik, Angriman (Ambunti) ceremonial tribal sculptures. Includes (1) 70" Papua New Guinea Middle Sepik, Angriman (Ambunti) ceremonial sculpture made of wood, feathers and w