Sold2020Solomon Islands Melanesia paddle or oarSolomon Islands Melanesia paddle or oar, with shell inlaid stylized frigate birds and fish, 4'5''l Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, CaliforniaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fijian Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, 19th C., MelanesiaFijian Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, 19th C., Melanesia. Of classic form with carved head and hand grip, dark red brown patina from age and use. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: 17.5'' x 4See Sold Price
Sold2022Fijian Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, 19th C. MelanesiaFijian Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, 19th C., Melanesia. Fine classic example with carved head, dark red brown patina from age and use. Antique paper label reading: "Club from the Santa Cruz Is/the gossSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fijian Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, 19th C., MelanesiaFijian Ula Tavatava Throwing Club, 19th C., Melanesia. Of classic form with carved head and hand grip, dark red brown patina from age and use. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: 17'' x 4''See Sold Price
Sold20222 New Caledonian Kanak War Clubs, Melanesia2 New Caledonian Kanak War Clubs, Melanesia. Often referred to as phallic clubs, one with cloth and plant fiber bound handle and chip carved decoration at head. From the collection of Joseph SalamancaSee Sold Price
Sold2022New Caledonian Kanak War Club, MelanesiaNew Caledonian Kanak War Club, Melanesia. Often referred to as phallic clubs, with chip carved decoration at head. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: 31'' x 4'' x 4'' (79 x 10 x 10 cm).See Sold Price
Sold2022Battle Club, Kanak People, New Caledonia, Melanesia, 19th-Early 20th C.Battle Club, Kanak People, New Caledonia, Melanesia, 19th-Early 20th C. Often referred to as phallic clubs. This example with chip decorations beneath head and slight serpentine curve to shaft that enSee Sold Price
Sold2024. Venetian glass bead necklace. Melanesia, Biak culture, 19th cent.. Venetian glass bead necklace. Melanesia, Biak culture, 19th cent. . Cm 35,00.See Sold Price
Sold2024New Zealand Sandwich Galapagos Islands. Papuan Archipelago. Melanesia 1860 mapCAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'New Zealand. // Sandwich Islands, or Hawaiian Group, // Galapagos Islands // Papuan Archipelago' The islands of New Zealand are named with their early colonial and MaorSee Sold Price
Sold2023New Zealand Sandwich Galapagos Islands. Papuan Archipelago. Melanesia 1859 mapNew Zealand. // Sandwich Islands, or Hawaiian Group, // Galapagos Islands // Papuan Archipelago' by John Bartholomew (1859). Antique engraved atlas map with original hand colour/color, 37.0 x 53.5cm,See Sold Price
Sold2021Melanesia Wood MaskWood mask with abstract design, long nose, pointed chin, shell eyes. 16-1/2" L; Weight: 15 oz. Prpvenance: Ex Estate Greenwich Village, NY NOTE: This lot has a reseve.See Sold Price
Sold2020MelanesiaMelanesia A Short Ethnography Cranstone, B. A. L. London: British Museum (1961). English Text/Edition 117 pages Numerous b/w illustrations and 1 map Softcover 24,8 x 18,6 cm. 332 g CHF 20 / 40<brSee Sold Price
Sold2020Melanesia carved wood food bowlMelanesia carved wood food bowl, Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu and probably more specifically from North Ambryn Island, where the culture is known for its magic and sorcery, the bowls are used to sSee Sold Price
Sold2024SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC. Melanesia Micronesia Indonesia Philippines 1952 old mapTITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'South-West Pacific' Netherlands New Guinea (Dutch: Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea), the West Papua region is shown as Dutch: it was an overseas territory of the Kingdom of the NetherlaSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pacific Islands. Polynesia Micronesia Melanesia. Fiji Caroline &c TIMES 1900 mapTITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'Polynesia' DATE PRINTED: 1900 IMAGE SIZE: Approx 26.0 x 39.5cm, 10.25 x 15.5 inches (Large) TYPE: Antique colour atlas map CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Please check thSee Sold Price
Sold20242018 PACIFIC STATES OF MELANESIA, MICRONESIA &POLYNESIA 20 DOLLAR CRISP UNC POLYMER, COLORIZED BILLSee Sold Price
Sold2024MELANESIA. Melanesia. Interior of Dubu, Toripi; 1900 old antique printCAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'Interior of Dubu, Toripi - A dubu serves as a club-house and sleeping-place for the men of the village. The buildings are in many places lavishly decorated with weaponsSee Sold Price
Sold2023MELANESIA. Melanesia. Totem Shrine; Torres Straits Islands 1900 old printCAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'Totem Shrine - Restoration of an old Totem Shrine in one of the Torres Straits Islands. The small enclosure at the top left-hand corner shows the shrine as it probablySee Sold Price
Sold2018MENDI, SHOULDER SHIELD (ELAYABOOR), PAPUA NEWGUINEA 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 wSee Sold Price
Sold2017An Oceanic Stone Carving of Seated Figure . Ex. JosephMelanesia, early 20th century A seated porous (volcanic?) stone figure, holding a stylized skull in his hands, a large fish between his legs. ex: Joseph Gerena collection, NYC. Dimensions 14" (35.6 cmSee Sold Price
Sold2022Huge 20th C. Melanesian Vanuatu Slit Drum / TamtamOceania, Melanesia, Vanuatu, ca. early 20th century CE. A splendid and sizeable slit drum or tamtam, skillfully hand-carved from butterscotch-hued wood in the abstract form of a spirit or an ancestor.See Sold Price
Sold202319th C. Solomon Islands Shell Kapkap (Head / Pectoral)**Originally Listed At $1000** Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful example of a kapkap, a head or pectoral ornament made of a shell disc with intricateSee Sold Price
Sold202319th C. Fijian Wood Effigy Bird Pedestal Bowl**Originally Listed At $750** Oceania, Melanesia, Fiji, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A wooden pedestal dish, carved from a single piece in the form of a bird, the surface lustrous and smooth. EfSee Sold Price
Sold202119th C. Solomon Islands Wood Adze Snail Shell BladeOceania, Melanesia, northern Solomon Islands, North Bougainville District, Takuu Atoll (also Mortlock Islands or Marqueen Islands), ca. 19th century CE. A finely preserved adze of an elegant and minimSee Sold Price