Fine Maori Wood Wheku Face Nacre Shell Eyes

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An expertly carved wooden abstract anthropomorphic wheku face with nacre shell disc eyes. The abstract visa

Originally offered at $500... Oceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An expertly carved wooden abstract anthropomorphic wheku face with nacre shell disc eyes. The abstract vis

20th century A.D. A wooden box with sliding lid; the vertical faces carved with geometric schemes and the lid bearing the head, face and arms of a god, eyes set with abalone shell inserts. 80 grams, 1

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari / Wari culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. Hand-carved from a single piece of wood, this is a palette or tablet (tableta) for holding and inhaling snuff. Much of the palette consis

Maori Tiki wall hanging carved wood mask with abalone shell eyes, unmarked, 19"h x 10"w

Striking hand carved wood figure with paua shell eyes. Issued: 20th c. Dimensions: 10.25"H Country of Origin: New Zealand

Signed 1973 Maori 16" H. Wood Tiki Carving. Signed L. J. Taylor. Paua Shell Eyes. Rotorua, New Zealand. Photo's are considered part of the description and condition.

Maori Tekoteko* hand carved wood tiki, dated and signed by the carver,1959. Tekoteko, Maori tribal ancestors. Dimension: 14.6" x 4". Carved wood with paua shell eyes. Signed and dated, Rotorua, New Ze

Unknown date/origin, comprising one shaped as a human face with cowrie shell eyes, and one shaped as a goat head with hollowed out eyes Heights from 9-1/2"h to 11"h Provenance: Property from the Estat

Signed Maori Carved Wood Figure,Tiki, New Zealand Signed Polynesian carved Maori Tiki figure with Paua shell inset eyes Signature: View signature on side Hand carved and signed by the artist Dimension

Maori carved paddle, New Zealand, the long, finely carved and elaborate paddle with well formed handle and three bends to shank, the broader portion with incised faces and inlaid shell eyes, (crack an

African Songye, Democratic Republic of the Congo carved wood janus figure; of male and female form; each face exhibiting inset cowrie shell eyes, and typical grooved linear patterning; H: 16" &#40

African Songye, Democratic Republic of the Congo carved wood janus figure; of male and female form; each face exhibiting inset cowrie shell eyes, and typical grooved linear patterning; H: 16" &#40

Papua New Guinea Ancestral Spirit House Face Mask. Hand carved wood with cowrie shell eyes. Painted black. Able to hang on wall., 10 x 3.5 in. Vintage , possibly c. 1970s Papua New Guinea spirit house

Oceania, New Zealand, ca. 1930s CE. A carved patu (war club), made of dark wood, with inlaid haliotis (abalone) shell forming a cross motif on one side and the eyes of Janus-faced zoomorphic motifs on

Also called Kotiate paraoa, has paua shell eyes to the face and pommel. Of exotic hardwood. Club measures 13-1/2" long, 5-1/4" wide. Frame measures 18-1/4" high, 10-1/4" wide..All sales are subject to

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with beautiful carvings across the surface and an inlay of nacre shells in the finial and just abo

Date: 1970's Origin/Tribe: Papua New Guinea Material: Wood Dimensions: 24 Additional Information: Carved out of wood and placed with inlayed shell eyes, this mask has a lot of fine carving details. Gr

GRöDNERTAL rare GRÖDNER wood doll with real hair hairstyle, c. 1820, small ladies wood head, fine carving, face is strongly worn, except of the eye painting without paint, black painted at bottom&nb

Papua New Guinea, Sepic Region, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A mesmerizing wooden flute stopper with a janiform face at the bottom featuring 4 cowrie shell eyes (2 on each face) and a lizard-like crea

**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, New Zealand, ca. 1950s CE. A fun carved wooden tiki lamp with two large pearlescent shell eyes embedded in its face. Relief carvings on three sides contribute to

Papua New Guinea Sepik Province figural suspension hook worked in polychrome wood, featuring a face surmounting a diamond-shaped body and double hook along bottom, with cowrie shell inlay to one eye.

Oceania, New Zealand, ca. 1930s CE. A carved patu (war club), made of dark wood, with inlaid haliotis (abalone) shell forming the eyes of an acrobatic anthropomorphc figure that is on one side. The ha

Native American, Pacific Northwest (probably southern Alaska), Tlingit people, ca. 1930 to 1940s CE. A fascinating cedar rattle with a carved face on it, abalone shell discs inlaid as eyes, and painte