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Large Marquesas Stone Pounder, Popoi
Lot: 87UnsoldLarge Marquesas Stone Pounder, Popoi, 19th or earlier, basalt, phallic in form, used in mashing and preparing popoi, ht. 8 1/4 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, Honolulu, ...
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Hawaiian Ring Pounder, Pohaku puka ku'i poi
Lot: 91Sold for: $2,125$1,700Hawaiian Ring Pounder, Pohaku puka ku'i poi, Kaua'i, 18th or early 19th century, basalt, used in the preparation of poi, with "Hawaii" written on one side, ht. 5 1/8, wd. 5 1/2 in. ...
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Hawaiian Stone Adze Blade, Ko'i
Lot: 92Sold for: $563$450Hawaiian Stone Adze Blade, Ko'i, 19th century, or earlier, black basalt stone adze from Island of Hawaii, probably used for canoe building, lg. 7 1/2 in. Provenance: The Rosman collection, New ...
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Pat Hickman (b. 1941) and Lillian Elliott (1930-1994) Skin Vessel White Textile Sculpture
Lot: 1486UnsoldPat Hickman (b. 1941) and Lillian Elliott (1930-1994) Skin Vessel White Textile Sculpture, Berkeley, California, 1986, skin wrapped over armature, painted, rattan, gut, acrylic, and linen, ht. 16, ...
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John La Farge (American, 1835-1910) Passing Storm, Samoa
Lot: 54UnsoldJohn La Farge (American, 1835-1910) Passing Storm, Samoa Inscribed, signed, located, and dated "To Mr. Bob Davis with/the compliments of the artist J. La Farge/Samoa 1894" in pencil l.r. ...
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Fourteen Pieces of American Emergency Issue Currency
Lot: 1110Sold for: $688$550Fourteen Pieces of American Emergency Issue Currency, four Hawaii: a $1, $5, and two $10; and ten North Africa: a $1, five $5, and four $10. ...
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Twenty-four American Small Size Emergency Issue Notes
Lot: 1111Sold for: $938$750Twenty-four American Small Size Emergency Issue Notes, twelve Hawaii: five $1, one $5, three $10, and three $20; and twelve North Africa: five $1, three $5, and four $10. ...
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New Guinea Shell Bow Guard
Lot: 1089Sold for: $188$150New Guinea Shell Bow Guard, Elema, Papuan Gulf, cut conus shell attached by fiber and sticks, ht. 3 1/2, wd. 7 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii. ...
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New Guinea Bone Dagger
Lot: 1103Sold for: $125$100New Guinea Bone Dagger, 19th century, possibly Maprik, polished cassowary leg bone with two incised circular designs on one side, with metal stand, lg. 12 1/2 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, ...
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New Guinea Woven Mask
Lot: 1105UnsoldNew Guinea Woven Mask, Blackwater River, woven cane helmet mask with dried clay and pigments, lg. 31, ht. 15 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii; Mark Lissauer, Sydney, ...
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Four New Guinea Bone Lime Sticks
Lot: 1107Sold for: $175$140Four New Guinea Bone Lime Sticks, Sepik River region, made from cassowary leg bone, one decorated with fiber and nassa shells, lg. 15, 15, 13, and 12 1/2 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, ...
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Three Melanesian Shell Disk Money Necklaces
Lot: 1108Sold for: $125$100Three Melanesian Shell Disk Money Necklaces, two shell disk necklaces from the Solomon Islands, the smaller from Huon Gulf, New Guinea, lg. 23, 11, and 8 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, ...
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Four Melanesian Shell Necklaces
Lot: 1109Sold for: $106$85Four Melanesian Shell Necklaces, a Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, shell money necklace, two New Guinea nassa shell necklaces, and a short cowrie shell necklace from the Sepik River region, New ...
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New Guinea Carrying Pole
Lot: 1111UnsoldNew Guinea Carrying Pole, Sepik River, mid-20th century, hardwood, decorated on each side with repeated geometric designs, dark patina, lg. 52 1/4 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, ...
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Two New Guinea Stone Head Clubs
Lot: 1112Sold for: $531$425Two New Guinea Stone Head Clubs, Collingwood Bay, long wood shafts each with circular stone disk at one end, held on the shaft with collar of woven fiber, lg. 35 1/2 and 32 in. Provenance: ...
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Six New Guinea Combs
Lot: 1113Sold for: $406$325Six New Guinea Combs, late 19th century, wood with bush string, splayed finials and each with eleven tines, lg. 8 3/4 to 8 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii; Christie's, ...
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Massim Betel Nut Mortar
Lot: 1120Sold for: $313$250Massim Betel Nut Mortar, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, late 19th/early 20th century, palmwood with incised scrollwork designs filled with lime pigments, lg. 4 3/4 in. Provenance: Fortess ...
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New Guinea Wood Pigment Dish
Lot: 1121UnsoldNew Guinea Wood Pigment Dish, Massim, boat-shaped pigment dish, incised with panels of scrolls and zigzags heightened with lime and with traces of reddish brown pigment, dark patina, lg. 12 in. ...
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Two Asmat Bone Nose Ornaments, Maka
Lot: 1127Sold for: $281$225Two Asmat Bone Nose Ornaments, Maka, Otsjanep area, southeast Irian Jaya, cassowary bone nose ornaments, with metal stands, each with inventory number Br862, lg. 4 1/2 and 4 1/2 in. Provenance: ...
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Two Admiralty Islands Coconut Implements
Lot: 1134UnsoldTwo Admiralty Islands Coconut Implements, a ladle with carved wood handle attached to a large half coconut shell, together with a coconut lime container, lg. 9 3/4 and 3 1/2 in. Provenance: ...
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Two Solomon Islands Shell Armbands
Lot: 1159Sold for: $281$225Two Solomon Islands Shell Armbands, tridacna shell, dia. 4 and 3 3/4 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii; Mark Lissauer collection, Sydney, Australia. ...
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Fijian Tapa Beater, Ike
Lot: 1169Sold for: $200$160Fijian Tapa Beater, Ike, 19th century, all four flat sides grooved, dark patina, lg. 17 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii. ...
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Two Fijian Fans, I iri buli
Lot: 1175Sold for: $313$250Two Fijian Fans, I iri buli, Daku, Tailevu, Fiji, 19th century, woven from young coconut leaf, the handles bound with sennit, lg, 15, 13, wd. 13, and 10 1/2 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, ...
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Two Polynesian Tapa Beaters
Lot: 1176Sold for: $125$100Two Polynesian Tapa Beaters, the larger example from Tonga, with wide and deeply cut grooves on three sides, the second later example shows little use, possibly from Hawaii, lg. 11 and 11 3/4 in. ...
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Samoan Wood Canoe Paddle
Lot: 1181Sold for: $63$50Samoan Wood Canoe Paddle, the narrow paddle terminating to a point, with long shaft, lg. 67 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii; Sherrod Anderson collection, Honolulu, Hawaii. ...
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Four Hawaiian Stone Fish Bait Mortars
Lot: 1186Sold for: $238$190Four Hawaiian Stone Fish Bait Mortars, 19th century or before, fish bait stone mortars, ht. 1 1/4 wd. 2 3/4, ht. 2 wd. 1 3/4, ht. 1 wd. 2 3/4, and ht. 1 1/4 wd. 2 in. Provenance: Fortess ...
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Three Hawaiian Stone Octopus Lure Sinkers
Lot: 1187Sold for: $213$170Three Hawaiian Stone Octopus Lure Sinkers, the sandstone example from Hiihau, the dark basalt example from Lagoon shore, Hookene, Kona, Hawaii, and the third from Ewa beach, Oahu, lg. 3, 3 3/4, and ...
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Three Polynesian Stone Pounders
Lot: 1193UnsoldThree Polynesian Stone Pounders, the smaller two from Tahiti, 19th century or earlier, ht. 6, 4 1/2, and 4 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii. ...
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Three Maori Stone Adze Blades
Lot: 1197Sold for: $938$750Three Maori Stone Adze Blades, New Zealand, two small stone adze blades, one nephrite, with a nephrite cutting tool, lg. 2 3/4, 2 1/2, and 2 1/4 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, ...
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Two Maori Stone Adze Blades
Lot: 1198Sold for: $406$325Two Maori Stone Adze Blades, New Zealand, the larger nephrite, the smaller chisel basalt, lg. 4 1/4 and 2 in. Provenance: Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii; Alfred Stendahl collection, Los ...