SOLOMON ISLANDS SPEAR

A Melanesian Solomon Island carved barbed spear having twenty barbs and woven checker pattern cane wrapped handle on haft.

Updated. Group of tribal weapons, South Pacific Islands including Bougainville, Solomon islands, etc and Amazonian, Brazil or Amazon River Basin. Of the five bows: two are strung, one has a frayed and

Solomon Islands, inlaid head carving, 20th c, (poss. earlier), shell inlaid head carving with fiber hair, with mount hole to underside, 9.5"h x 7"w x 9"d Provenance: Property from the Collection of a

Royal Mint with certificates and original packing. #164 of 500

#79 of 500. In original boxing, includes certificates. Royal Mint

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

**Originally Listed At $2750** Oceania, Solomon Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A pair of striking, beautifully preserved arm bands, known as "ambegwaro", made of many different colors of shell, formed

Solomon Islands Wicker Fighting Shield, C.1900 Finely woven coiled cane with intricate clan designs in black dye. Size: 33.5'' x 10'' x 1'' (85 x 25 x 3 cm).

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

Solomon Islands, skull cave, 20th c., Oceania, hand crafted carved wood and woven rattan triangular box or hut, with drop front, adorned with carved shells, 16"h x 15.75"w x 15.5"d (skull cave) Proven

Savage Islands spear/club with design at base. Measures 87.25" long total

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

Includes large New Georgia island pectoral ornament with abstract decoration, Solomon Islands "Spirit Hands" shell charm, three shell armbands with incised designs, and six small Yua currency rings st

Solomon Islands Inlaid Parrying Shield / Club Qauata, San Cristobal. Mother-of-pearl inlaid hardwood. Provenance: Taylor A. Dale Collection, Santa Fe, NM. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size

**Originally Listed At $1000** Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful example of a kapkap, a head or pectoral ornament made of a shell disc with intricate

shell discs (white, black and red), thread on plant fibre, forming clan-specific geometrical patterns, plaited strings on both sides for attachment; arm cuffs have been worn by men and women. Like all

SOLOMON ISLANDS MALAITA ISLAND TRIBAL PENILE COVER, Mid 20th century. Tribally used hand carved incised alabaster penile sheath or cover collected in a northern village of the Malaita Island, Salomon

Solomon Islands Fish-Form Presentation Bowl. Carved shallow bowl with mother-of-pearl inlay. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: 27.25'' x 9'' x 1'' (69 x 23 x 3 cm).

Solomon Islands Shield, Early 20th C. Shield of coiled rattan twined with vine-strip, long with rounded ends. Size: 26'' x 8'' (66 x 20 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA.

Oceanic Canoe Prow "Toto Isu," Ornament, Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Classic carved wood ornament of man holding a frigate bird, accented with abalone shell eyes, ear plugs, a

Antique Shell Ornament Funerary Stick, Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Island. Carved shell and wood. On stand. Provenance: Interceptor International, Ltd, Fine Art Consultant/Arts Primitifs, Lon

A carved wooden sculpture with inlaid shell designs and classic form. In the Solomon Islands (Nguzu Nguzu) were used as a canoe prowl, such canoes provided for transportation, fishing, and warfare. No

Oceania, Melanesia, northern Solomon Islands, North Bougainville District, Takuu Atoll (also Mortlock Islands or Marqueen Islands), ca. 19th century CE. A finely preserved adze of an elegant and minim

Oceania, Solomon Islands, Melanesian Peoples 19th-20th c. Fine carved marble like ornament from fossilized Giant Clamshell (Tridacna Shell) depicting two opposing seated figures atop a circular form b