Sold2024Island of Ulietea. Inhabitants canoe boat house. Raiatea, Polynesia. BANKES 1789CAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'A view of the new discover'd island of Ulietea, with some of its inhabitants, a double canoe, and other small craft, a boat house with the model of a double canoe, & c'See Sold Price
Sold2024View of the island of Otaheite. Tahiti, Polynesia. BANKES 1789 old printCAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'View of the island of Otaheite' DATE PRINTED: 1789 IMAGE SIZE: Approx 14.0 x 19.0cm, 5.5 x 7.5 inches (Medium) TYPE: Antique copperplate print CONDITION: Good; suitableSee Sold Price
Sold202219th C. Tahitian Society Islands Shell CrownOceania / Polynesia, Tahiti, Society Islands, ca. 19th century CE. Rare crown, consisting of hundreds of carefully stitched white and pale orange-tipped white tulip-shaped seashells placed to create aSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fine 19th C. Tahitian Shell Hei NecklaceOceania, Polynesia, Tahiti, Society Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A hand-built hei formed by stringing hundreds of petite momi (Euplica varians) shells in a variety of colors on a modern strand. PreseSee Sold Price
Sold202319th C. Polynesian Tahitian Basalt Poi PounderFrench Polynesia, Tahiti, Society Islands, ca. 17th to 19th century CE. A fabulous and hefty pounder, hand-carved from pale-gray basalt, meant to pulverize the roots of the taro plant into poi. The toSee Sold Price
Sold202119th C. Tahitian Society Islands Wood Cylindrical Drum**Originally Listed At $800** Oceania, French Polynesia, Tahiti, Society Islands, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A lovely cylindrical drum, hand-carved from a single piece of caramel-hued hard wood,See Sold Price
Sold202119th C. Fijian Hardwood Kiakavo / Dance ClubOceania, 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 shaftSee Sold Price
Sold202019th C. Fijian Coconut Ritual Cup**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. second half of the 19th century CE. A fine cup of a hemispherical form carved from one half of a shaved coconut shell. The vessel haSee Sold Price
Sold2015South Pacific Tonga Island Wooden Tapa BeaterPolynesia, Tonga Island , ca. 19th century CE. This beater is composed of a single piece of heavy hard wood, with a handle at one end and a large rectangular head at the other. It was used to beat barSee Sold Price
Sold2017Tonga/Fiji Island Shield/ClubTonga/Fiji Island shield/club, Polynesia, Hardwood with deep, medium brown, aged patina. late 19th Century 44.5"L, In very good condition, but one flange has been broken and glued back into place. ProSee Sold Price
Sold2019CAPTAIN SLOCUM DAGUERREOTYPES & FAMILY ALBUMThis material all came from a Newport, Rhode Island mansion estate. The lot contains:Sixth plate daguerreotype.2 sixth plate ambrotypes.4 ninth plate daguerreotypes (2 of them came in one case).1 nintSee Sold Price
Sold2020Extremely Rare Old Madura Island Topeng Dance MaskExceedingly rare Carved wooden Dance mask featuring a Royal personage for dance dramas and theater. Such masks from Madura island are very scare on the market , this being the only one we have ever ofSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) dance society drum and supportsA Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) dance society drum and supports Designed with a painted face and wrapped in blue and red trade cloth further adorned with beadwork strips, dewclaws and German silver buttons, flSee Sold Price
Sold2022ERIC HOPKINS (ME/CT, 1951 - )"One Island and Five Clouds", oil on wooden applique bas relief, depicting the Maine coast, pencil signed, titled and dated 7-13-12 on the lower edge and verso, unframed inset box edge, painted black,See Sold Price
Sold2018Polynesian Austral Island Dance PaddlePolynesian Austral Island Dance Paddle, Mid-19th Century. Finely carved shaft and blade, with carved masks around the knobbed end. From old UK estate with Harrods Storage Label from early 20th. ShowsSee Sold Price
Sold2020Bamana, Mali, Antelope dance maskBamana, Mali, Antelope dance mask, Tjiwara Society dance mask carved in two parts. Wood with the finest relief carving on the head and body of the antelope, the horns in extremely fine relief. The horSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fine Chinese watercolour riverscapeQigong B.1912 was a renowned Chinese calligrapher, artist, painter, connoisseur and sinologist. He was an advisor for the September 3 Society, one of China's recognized political parties.Qigong was boSee Sold Price
Sold2018STYLE OF BOBO ULE PEOPLE REPUBLIC OF THE MALIProperty of Lynn University to benefit the Library Renovation Fund To be sold subject to no reserve STYLE OF BOBO ULE PEOPLE REPUBLIC OF THE MALI"Do" Society Dance Totem Figure Carved wood, figure inSee Sold Price
Sold2017Wonderful old Marquesas bowlTribal art (Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, 20th c.) Beautiful and well used carved wood bowl from the Marquesas Islands decorated with stylized tiki figures. Exotic hardwood, possible ironwood oSee Sold Price
Sold2022World.- Ellis (William) Polynesian Researches ... in the Society and Sandwich Islands, 4 vol., 1853;NO RESERVE World.- Ellis (William) Polynesian Researches ... in the Society and Sandwich Islands, 4 vol., additional engraved titles, 7 plates, 3 folding maps, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, origSee Sold Price
Sold2021Late 19th C. Solomon Islands Wood Dance ClubOceania, 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 cSee Sold Price
Sold2021Fine Tongan Island Club, French Polynesia, 18th/19th C.A Fine Tongan Island Club, French Polynesia, 18th/19th century. The cylindrical shaft and ovate blade with overall intricate geometric chip carving. Sometimes called "hoe" after the Tahitian word forSee Sold Price
Sold2017George Chann (1913 - 1995 Los Angeles, CA)''And Little Blue Islands are One with the Sky'' Oil on canvas Signed lower left: Geo. Chann and with the artist's device, titled on a gallery label affixed verso 30'' H x 38'' W Provenance: Ankrum GaSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Marquesas Islands Wooden U'u ClubOceania, 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 classiSee Sold Price
5 days LeftCapitoliumart s.r.l.Pair of hardwood (ironwood) sceptres or war clubs from the Fiji Islands. Polynesia, 19th cent. .€800
5 days LeftCapitoliumart s.r.l.Three clubs or throwing weapons from the Fiji Islands. Polynesia, 18th cent. .€1,600
1 day LeftBK Auctions2022 Cook Islands $10 The Lord of the Rings Frodo 2oz Silver Coin NGC MS70 Antiqued$1(1 bid)
6 days LeftSwann Auction Galleries(HAWAII.) Hiram Bingham. A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands.$300
5 days LeftForum AuctionsZoology.- Bennett (Edward Turner) The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated, 2£75(1 bid)
7 hrs LeftTrillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksHarris - Map of the West Indies or Antilles Islands with Florida, Louisiana, part of Mexico and$80(2 bids)
Jun 29Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksHarris - Map of India and East Indies Islands (Part of China & East Asia)$75