British New Guinea. Solomon Islands New Hebrides Melanesia. STANFORD 1904 map

The 18th/19th century carved wood feast bowl attributed to the Melansian People of Admiralty Island, Papua, New Guinea the bird form with pronounced head and openwork 'wing' handles, raised on four in

GOULD (JOHN) AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, Including Many New Species Recently Discovered in Australia, 25 original parts, FIRST EDITION, 320 han

A fine Kerewa spirit board (Titi Ebiha), Kerewa people, Goaribari Island; Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. First half 20th Century). Of classical style for the region, the upper portion of the boar

PaJaMa Group (Paul Cadmus (1904-1999), Jared French (1905-1987), and Margaret Hoening French (1889-1973)). Photograph depicting Cadmus and Margaret French on the beach at Fire Island, New York with Fr

MACLEOD, Alexander Samuel (1888-1956). A Map of Honolulu and the Sandwich Islands which we now call the Hawaiian Islands. 1927. New York: Henry M. Snyder. Scarce and detailed map of Honolulu, with an

Massim People, dance paddle, 19th c., Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, intricately carved and decorated in red and black pigment as stylized birds with elaborate plumage, beari

John Bowles (British 1709 - 1779) "A New and Exact Map of America Laid Down from the Latest Observations and Discoveries", circa 1750 Two sheet map engraving of the "Representation of the Customs and

This original period document is a World War II Instrument of Surrender by Japanese Forces in New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and adjacent islands. It is signed by Lieutenant Genera

POWNALL, Thomas (1720-1805). A New Map of North America with the West India Islands, divided according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace, Signed at Versailles, 20, jan 1783, wherein are particularl

Historic Maps 1721 Hand-Colored "A New Map of America from the Latest Observations" with "California" Shown as an Island 1721 Hand-Colored Engraved Western Hemisphere Map titled, "A New Map of America

JOHN SPEED (BRITISH, 1552-1629) MAP OF THE WORLD, (UPDATED 6/14/16) hand-colored engraving on laid paper, titled "A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne according to ye truest Descriptions latest D

Christo and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2020 and 1935-2009) SURROUNDED ISLANDS PROJECT FOR BISCAYNE BAY, GREATER MIAMI, FLORIDA (SCHELLMANN 132) Color screenprint, photograph, collotype and collage of map, ma

Simeon Solomon British, 1840-1905 Night, 1896 Initialed and dated S S/1895 (lr) Watercolor and bodycolour on paperboard 13 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches (34.3 x 25.7 cm) C

186 Pieces of Gorham "Mythologique" Sterling Silver Flatware the pattern designed in 1894 by Florent Antoine Heller (1840-1904), Providence, Rhode Island, including a dozen fifteen-piece place setting

GUINEA 1st half 20th c. Wood, paint 30 1/2" x 15" Provenance: Tambaran Gallery, New York Allan Stone Collection, New York (acquired from the above in July 1981) Most battles in Melanesia were fought w

William Faden, rare Revolutionary War Map of NY, William Faden (British, 1749-1836), "A Plan of the Operations of the Kings Army under the Command of General Sr. William Howe, K.B. in New York and Eas

(British, 1904-1983) Francis Bacon on Primrose Hill, signed, gelatin silver print 13-1/2 x 11-1/2 in.; unframed Provenance: Phillips de Pury, New York, NY, 2010. This lot is accompanied by copy of ori

This lot contains 6 coins from the British Virgin Islands, 2 silver coins from Portugal dated 1988 and 1990, coins from Hungary, Great Britain, 7 coins from New Zealand; 20 non-silver coins from misce

wood, feathers, rattan, plant fibre cord, blackish mass, anthropomorphic head on stylized body (legs recognizable in back view), plume of twenty-six trimmed frigate bird feathers, old collection numbe

wood ("Alstonia scholaris"), shell inlay ("Turbo Phetolatus opercula"), lime, red ochre, black pigment, hairdo from short cut brush-like plantfibre tufts, which were pressed in blackish mass, thin ver

Papua New Guinea Abelam Wooden Figure of a Man With shell eyes, decorated with red and black pigments. Height of figure 35 inches (88.9 cm)

Wosera, New Guinea lintel, complete and intact. Wosera people, Middle Sepik Region. Decorated in polychrome red, yellow, white and black traditional paints. Line of eleven clan ancestor depictions in

lime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tat

Felix Kelly (British/New Zealand, 1916-1994) "The London to Oxford, with Silos" oil on canvas board signed lower right, signed and dated en verso. Framed. 17" x 22" Provenance: Felix Kelly Gallery , L