Early 20th C. Tlingit Polychrome Wood Canoe Paddle

**First Time At Auction** Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States and Canada, Tlingit people ca. early 20th century CE. An elegant ceremonial canoe paddle, hand-carved from chocolate b

**Originally Listed At $750** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably from the Massim area of Milne Bay, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A gorgeous example of a carved wooden paddle with ornate motifs w

PAPUA NEW GUINEA CANOE SPLASHBOARDNew Guinea (Massim), early 20th century, polychrome wood. Painted white, red, and black in swirls and abstractions.22 x 24 in. (55.9 x 61 cm.)

**Originally Listed At $450** Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Ibanic Dayak or Sea Dayak people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A marvelous and massive canoe paddle, skillfully hand-carved from r

**Originally Listed At $600** South America, Upper / Western Amazon Basin, Peru, Ucayali River, Shipibo / Conibo peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden canoe paddle with a len

A Rare Yoruba Boat for a Shrine Eastern Nigeria/Benin, early to mid 20th century Constructed of numerous polychrome wood pieces. The narrow canoe is floated on an animal with long leg

Native American carved wood polychrome fox rattle, Haida or Tlingit, early 20th century. Measures: 12 1/4" long. Provenance: From a lifetime Greenwich Village, NY, Collection, formed in the 1950's-196

**First Time At Auction** Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast (probably southern Alaska), Tlingit people, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine ceremonial canoe paddle, hand-carved from well-grained

Late 19th/early 20th Century The carved and polychromed wood sculpture in the form of a seated Native American figure in a canoe with metal paddle-style arms 24" H x 35.25" W x 7" D

South Pacific, Polynesia, Tonga or Samoa, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden ceremonial club known as an 'akau tau in the shape of a canoe paddle inlaid with nacre shell and

Old NW Coast Style Canoe Model 33"x7"x9.5". A polychrome painted cedar canoe model with stylized u-form designs. It comes with three 11" cedar paddles. Light overall wear. Early to mid 20th century. N

Grouping of Two Large Early 20th Century Polychrome wood Carved Duck Decoys with Inset Eyes. Unmarked. Larger decoy measures 7-1/2" x 18-1/2" x 4". Remaining figure measures 6" x 19" x 4". Condition:

Early 20th century, polychrome wood with double-ended hide drum heads, hide lashings and handles, 23-1/2 x 13 in.; together with a wood drum stick with hide wrapped head Provenance: Dave and Chris Kno

Grouping of Two Early 20th Century Polychrome wood Carved Duck Decoys with Inset Eyes. Unmarked. Larger decoy measures 7-1/2" x 18-1/2" x 4". Remaining figure measures 6" x 19" x 4". Condition: Rubbin

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fine example of a hand-carved wooden helmet mask, featuring an anthropomorphic face with a large

North America, Pacific Northwest, Nuu-Chah-Nuilth peoples, ca. 1910 CE. A beautiful wooden mask, hand carved from a dark wood and finely painted with a tattoo-like design in green, red, and black hues

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EARLY 20TH C. POLYCHROME PAINTED WOOD CIVIL WAR SIGNAL CORP WHIRLIGIG. With quintessential top hat, beard, and green painted jacket, 26" H, total 44" H with stand

Pair of early 20th century painted canoe paddles

Late 19th / early 20th C. Carved & polychrome wood Pacific Northwest Coast Native American Indian model totem pole, 48 1/2" (height) Totem with 6 carvings that sits onto a stepped triangle form 4 1/2"

Pair of early 20th c. carved wood fruit and floral basket form 21" (h) x 11 1/2" (l) wall plaques together with a pair of early 20th c. silvered polychrome wood 7 3/4" (h) x 7 1/4" (l) x 5 1/2" (w) wa

West Africa, Burkina Faso, Bwa peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A splendid and sizeable wooden mask depicting a nature spirit in the form of a stylized hawk or vulture, known as a duho. Embe

**First Time At Auction** Indonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden paddle with elaborately delineated decoration at the juncture between th

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Polynesia, Samoa, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine hand-carved wooden boat oar known as a "foe" (literally "paddle") with a stocky handle, a diamond-shaped padd