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Three African Carved Wood Passport Masks
Lot: 1Sold for: $308$250Three African Carved Wood Passport Masks, two with stylized coiffures, all pierced at the edge for attachments, ht. to 6 in. more ...
African Carved Wood Animal Helmet Mask
Lot: 2Sold for: $185$150African Carved Wood Animal Helmet Mask, Komo Society, Mali, or Burkina Faso, the stylized mask with open mouth, backswept horns, and encrusted patina, lg. 26 1/2 in. more ...
Bamana N'tomo Horned Mask
Lot: 3UnsoldBamana N'tomo Horned Mask, Mali, with incised decoration and cowrie shells at forehead and nose, dark patina, (wood loss),ht. 16 in. Tribal Art Online more ...
African Carved Wood Chair
Lot: 4Sold for: $615$500African Carved Wood Chair, probably Fon, incorporating six stylized lions, ht. 30, wd. 20 1/2 in. more ...
Yoruba Polychrome Carved Wood Shrine Group
Lot: 5Sold for: $615$500Yoruba Polychrome Carved Wood Shrine Group, Abeokuta area of Nigeria, a maternity figure with a female attendant on either side and two infants, attributed to Oniyide or his son, ht. 24, wd. 19 more ...
Yoruba Polychrome Carved Wood Shrine Group
Lot: 6Sold for: $492$400Yoruba Polychrome Carved Wood Shrine Group, Abeokuta area of Nigeria, depicting a noble with a flywhisk and two male and two female attendants, possibly the work of master carver Oniyide (c. 1875-c. more ...
Yoruba Polychrome Carved Wood Shrine Group
Lot: 7UnsoldYoruba Polychrome Carved Wood Shrine Group, Abeokuta area, Nigeria, a mounted warrior with weapons on one side and female attendant on the other, attributed to Oniyide or his son, ht. including more ...
Yoruba Beaded Cloth and Leather Diviner's Bandolier Bag
Lot: 8Sold for: $492$400Yoruba Beaded Cloth and Leather Diviner's Bandolier Bag, Nigeria, the leather bag covered with beaded cloth panels and with an elaborate trade bead strap, patina of long use, (some bead loss),bag 8 more ...
Igbo Ikenga Figure
Lot: 9Sold for: $1,476$1,200Igbo Ikenga Figure, Nigeria, a seated male figure holding a knife and severed head, his headdress with two birds on the top tier and four more severed heads below, ht. 28 1/2 in. Provenance: A more ...
New Guinea Carved Wood Sago Ladle
Lot: 10Sold for: $400$325New Guinea Carved Wood Sago Ladle, Huon Gulf, the scoop issuing from a stylized human, lime-filled detail, lg. 20 1/4 in. Provenance: Collected in the 1960s by Mark Lissauer; The Leo and Lillian more ...
New Guinea Carved Wood Lime Spatula
Lot: 11Sold for: $800$650New Guinea Carved Wood Lime Spatula, Massim area, the decoration with lime fill, custom stand, ht. 13 in. Provenance: Ex Beasley collection; The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
New Guinea Commercial Adze
Lot: 12Sold for: $738$600New Guinea Commercial Adze, Geelvink Bay, the decorated handle with dark patina, lg. 13 in. Provenance: Mme. Lemaire; The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Two New Guinea Carved Wood Kundu Drums
Lot: 13UnsoldTwo New Guinea Carved Wood Kundu Drums, the small retains the original lizard skin head, the other from Seassi Island in the Huon Gulf with incised decoration, ht. to 29 3/4 in. Provenance: The more ...
Dayak Knife and Carved Wood Sheath
Lot: 14Sold for: $369$300Dayak Knife and Carved Wood Sheath, c. 19th century, the knife with carved antler finial, the sheath with designs on one side and a braided cane strap, dark patina, (damage),lg. 22 1/2 in. more ...
Two Australian Aborigine Carved Wood Items
Lot: 15UnsoldTwo Australian Aborigine Carved Wood Items, c. 19th century, a boomerang with incised decoration, and a throwing club, old tag on club reads: "Australian war club," the boomerang with two old more ...
Fiji Islands Carved Wood Throwing Club
Lot: 16Sold for: $369$300Fiji Islands Carved Wood Throwing Club, Ula, c. 19th century, minor decoration, (cracks),lg. 14 3/4 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Fiji Islands Throwing Club
Lot: 17Sold for: $677$550Fiji Islands Throwing Club, Ula, c. 19th century, decorated grip with calendric dots, dark patina, lg. 16 1/2 in. Provenance: Ex Fagan collection; The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Fiji Islands Throwing Club
Lot: 18Sold for: $554$450Fiji Islands Throwing Club, Ula, c. 19th century, with decorated handle and dark patina, lg. 16 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Tonga Carved Wood Billet Club
Lot: 19Sold for: $523$425Tonga Carved Wood Billet Club, "Powai," c. 19th century, completely covered with finely carved geometric designs, probably cut down in the 19th century, lg. 28 3/4 in. Provenance: Christie's, more ...
Tongan Islands Carved Wood Club
Lot: 20Sold for: $461$375Tongan Islands Carved Wood Club, c. second half 19th century, overall chip-carved geometric designs, (a few edge chips),lg. 31 1/2 in. more ...
Samoan Carved Wood Palm Stock Club
Lot: 21Sold for: $677$550Samoan Carved Wood Palm Stock Club, c. second half 19th century, the upper half with chip-carved designs, (wood loss),lg. 27 1/2 in. Provenance: Te Pake and Hurst Gallery; The Leo and Lillian more ...
Maori Carved Wood Dance Paddle
Lot: 22Sold for: $738$600Maori Carved Wood Dance Paddle, c. late 19th century, with stylized Maori designs and four faces, lg. 36 1/4 in. Provenance: Christie's; The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Papua New Guinea Stone Headed "Pineapple" Club
Lot: 23UnsoldPapua New Guinea Stone Headed "Pineapple" Club, bamboo shaft with fiber wrappings, lg. 41 in. Provenance: Moriarty collection; The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Vanuatu Carved Wood War Club
Lot: 24Sold for: $677$550Vanuatu Carved Wood War Club, c. 19th century, with remnant bindings, lg. 23 in. Provenance: The Josef Mueller collection, Christie's; The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Fiji Islands Carved Wood Gunstock Club
Lot: 25Sold for: $554$450Fiji Islands Carved Wood Gunstock Club, "Gata," c. 19th century, the heavy form with dark patina, lg. 41 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Samoan Tapa Pattern Print Board
Lot: 26Sold for: $1,230$1,000Samoan Tapa Pattern Print Board, with different designs on each side, traces of multiple pigments, 37 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Hawaiian Carved Stone Pounder
Lot: 27Sold for: $492$400Hawaiian Carved Stone Pounder, Pohaku Ku'i Poi, with knob top and carved of basalt, ht. 6 1/2 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Melanesian Carved Wood Bowl
Lot: 28Sold for: $369$300Melanesian Carved Wood Bowl, with chip-carving at the rim and two relief-carved circles at each side, (cracked),ht. 5 1/2, dia. 17 1/2 in. Provenance: The Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. more ...
Solomon Islands Feather Money
Lot: 29Sold for: $17,220$14,000Solomon Islands Feather Money, Tevau, Santa Cruz, wood coils covered with red feathers from the Scarlet Honeyeater, the multiple strands of shell attachments with red cloth at the ends, braided more ...
Two Polynesian Bone Figures
Lot: 30Sold for: $308$250Two Polynesian Bone Figures, c. second half 19th century, possibly from the Tongan Islands, male and female standing figures, ht. to 3 3/4 in. more ...