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South American Hardwood Bow and Ten Arrows
Lot: 1Sold for: $294$250South American Hardwood Bow and Ten Arrows, c. early 20th century, the reed arrows with hardwood points and wrapped fiber decoration, (cracks, damage),lg. to 76 in. more ...
Painted Carved Wood Bird Mask
Lot: 2Sold for: $382$325Painted Carved Wood Bird Mask, Central America (?),20th century, in the form of an open-beaked bird, the eye holes at top of head, painted details, lg. 11 in. more ...
Three Polychrome Carved Wood Masks
Lot: 3UnsoldThree Polychrome Carved Wood Masks, two Mexican mid-20th century devil masks with animal horns, and a third possibly from Indonesia, ht. to 18 in. more ...
Four Polychrome Carved Wood Masks
Lot: 4UnsoldFour Polychrome Carved Wood Masks, three Sri Lankan masks purchased in 1938, and a c. mid-20th century New Guinea tourist mask, ht. to 19 1/2 in. more ...
Seven Carved Wood Mexican Masks
Lot: 5Sold for: $411$350Seven Carved Wood Mexican Masks, c. second quarter 20th century, includes both animal and human forms, four incorporating animal horns, (damage),ht. to 12 in. more ...
Three South American Carved Wood Masks
Lot: 6UnsoldThree South American Carved Wood Masks, c. 1940s, all with different expressions, all by the same carver, ht. to 11 in. more ...
Three Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessels
Lot: 7Sold for: $470$400Three Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessels, Costa Rica, a polychrome bowl with circular projection, a grayware bowl with anthropomorphic form, and a polychrome bowl in the form of a stylized head, more ...
Pre-Columbian Repoussé Silver Disc
Lot: 8Sold for: $1,175$1,000Pre-Columbian Repoussé Silver Disc, Peru, four stylized feline forms, zigzag border, (small hole in center),dia. 5 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Carved Stone Mace Head
Lot: 9Sold for: $881$750Pre-Columbian Carved Stone Mace Head, Costa Rica, carved in the form of a stylized human head in hard cream-colored stone, ht. 3 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Textile Panel
Lot: 10Sold for: $705$600Pre-Columbian Textile Panel, Peru, possibly a manta, three panels of multicolored interlocking abstract bird heads, unmounted, (damage),57 1/2 x 19 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Effigy Vessel
Lot: 11Sold for: $1,763$1,500Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Effigy Vessel, Nazca, c. 100-300 A.D., with projecting human head, strap, and spout, depicting a man holding a trophy head, his back painted with an elaborate more ...
Pre-Columbian Carved Stone "Zemi,"
Lot: 12Sold for: $3,408$2,900Pre-Columbian Carved Stone "Zemi," Taino, the triangular-shaped form with a stylized face on one side and a relief-carved abstract pattern on the reverse, ht. 5 1/4, lg. 8 in. more ...
South American Pre-Columbian Stirrup Spout Pottery Vessel
Lot: 13Sold for: $1,293$1,100South American Pre-Columbian Stirrup Spout Pottery Vessel, Peru, with a cream-color and red-brown slip and a sculpted erotic couple at the top, ht. 7, lg. 8 in. more ...
Three Carved Wood Ethnographic Items
Lot: 14Sold for: $264$225Three Carved Wood Ethnographic Items, a stool in the form of a stylized frog (?) and two pounders, one with a stylized monkey finial and the other with a head, lg. to 22 1/2 in. more ...
African Carved Wood Figure
Lot: 15UnsoldAfrican Carved Wood Figure, Hemba, standing male figure with oversized head and hands below the abdomen, dark patina, (cracks, wood loss),ht. 22 in. more ...
African Carved Wood Figure
Lot: 16UnsoldAfrican Carved Wood Figure, Cameroon, depicting a male figure astride a leopard, (cracks),ht. 19 in. Provenance: Sotheby's; Ernst Anspach collection. more ...
African Carved Wood Female Figure
Lot: 17UnsoldAfrican Carved Wood Female Figure, Mende, the standing figure with arms hanging forward, scarification marks, and elaborate coiffure, dark patina, (cracks),ht. 24 1/2 in. Provenance: Sotheby's; more ...
African Carved Wood Door Latch
Lot: 18Sold for: $411$350African Carved Wood Door Latch, Bamana, depicting a female with incised decorated torso, ht. 18 in. more ...
African Carved Wood Heddle Pulley
Lot: 19Sold for: $1,410$1,200African Carved Wood Heddle Pulley, Baule, the Janus-headed form with dark patina, (crack),ht. 10 in. Provenance: Helena Rubenstein collection. more ...
African Carved Wood Female Figure
Lot: 20Sold for: $881$750African Carved Wood Female Figure, Dogon, a curved form with arms to her sides, the oversized stylized head wearing a skull cap, (wood loss),ht. 23 in. Provenance: Collection of M. Pierre Verite, more ...
African Carved Wood Headrest
Lot: 21Sold for: $1,528$1,300African Carved Wood Headrest, Senufo, the elongated form on four round feet (one broken off),and a female head with stylized coiffure on one end, dark patina, ht. 2 3/4, lg. 30 in. more ...
Polynesian Carved Wood Kava Bowl
Lot: 22Sold for: $588$500Polynesian Carved Wood Kava Bowl, Fiji, c. 19th century, carved with six cylindrical legs and a stylized animal head, ht. 6, dia. 17 1/2 in. more ...
Easter Island Carved Wood Male Figure
Lot: 23Sold for: $499$425Easter Island Carved Wood Male Figure, c. late 19th century, a carved emaciated ancestral figure, (cut off at the ankles),ht. 16 in. more ...
Two Polynesian Carved Wood Items
Lot: 24Sold for: $1,528$1,300Two Polynesian Carved Wood Items, a Matty Island bowl, and a Fiji Island Tapa beater, lg. of bowl 18, lg. of beater 14 in. more ...
Polynesian Carved Wood Kava Bowl
Lot: 25Sold for: $3,408$2,900Polynesian Carved Wood Kava Bowl, Fiji, c. 19th century, in the form of a stylized animal with diagonal grooved rim, patina of use, ht. 6 1/4, dia. 20 1/2 in. more ...
Two Polynesian Wood Clubs
Lot: 26Sold for: $2,585$2,200Two Polynesian Wood Clubs, Fiji, 19th century, one a "gunstock" form, the other a "Pineapple" form, (cracks, wood loss),lg. to 39 1/2 in. Provenance: From a small New England museum. more ...
Polynesian Carved Wood Club
Lot: 27Sold for: $4,406$3,750Polynesian Carved Wood Club, Marquesas Islands, c. last quarter 19th century, the head carved with highly stylized designs and with small projecting anthropomorphic heads, dark patina, lg. 36 1/2 more ...
Two Polynesian Carved Wood Throwing Clubs
Lot: 28Sold for: $294$250Two Polynesian Carved Wood Throwing Clubs, one with flared and chip-carved grip, the other with a lobed head with serrated mother-of-pearl inlays, (some missing),lg. to 15 1/2 in. more ...
Polynesian Carved Jade Tiki
Lot: 29UnsoldPolynesian Carved Jade Tiki, Maori, c. last quarter 19th century, the stylized form with tilted head and recessed eyes, pierced at the top for suspension, ht. 3 1/4 in. more ...
Hawaiian Feather Lei
Lot: 30Sold for: $4,700$4,000Hawaiian Feather Lei, c. last half 19th century, with braided cloth ties, with a red, yellow, and green banded pattern, lg. 10 1/2 in. more ...