CHURINGA121 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

CHURINGA251.5 cm. highProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

CHURINGA182 cm. highProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

PAPUAN GULF SMALL GOPE BOARDold label ’18 Nahol name Koha’ and ‘New Guinea’ in black, chalked number 6937The reverse with ‘New Guinea’ painted in ...

LARGE BOWL68.5 cm. diameterProvenanceSotheby’s, Melbourne, 15-16 November, 2005, lot 24Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

THREE ZULU KNOBKERRIES63.5 to 67 cm. longProvenanceNorman Hurst, Cambridge, MA Bonhams, New York, 12 May 2012, lot 164 for the one on the rightAll...

THREE KANAK CLUBS64 to 79.5 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

KANAK BIRD HEAD CLUB76 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

KANAK CLUB64 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

KANAK HOUSE FINIAL183 cm. highProvenanceDaniel Hourdé, ParisSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

KANAK FEMALE FIGURE22.5 cm. highProvenanceChristie’s, South Kensington, 22 November 1988, lot 75Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

KANAK DOOR JAMB158 cm. highProvenanceCollected at the beginning of the 1930s Loudmer, Paris, 6 December 1986, lot 149Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...

KANAK FIGUREThe 1977 Christie catalogue records that the figure was purchased in Chelsea, London, in the 1920s, by Mrs. Topolski and her husband, ...

RAROTONGA POLE CLUB , ‘Akatara239 cm. longProvenanceChristie’s, London, 6 December 1995, lot 12Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

TWO AUSTRAL ISLANDS SPEARS, aito235 and 236 cm. longProvenancePeter Adler, London, 28 October 1992, for oneSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FIGURE FOR MALAGAN98 cm. highProvenanceCharles W. Mack, Northboro, MASotheby’s, New York, 16 May 1985, lot 18Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FOUR POLYNESIAN COMBS16 to 32 cm. longProvenance(from left to right)1 - unknown2 and 3 - Nelly van den Abbeele, Brussels; Christie’s, Amsterdam, 2...

THREE PACIFIC COMBS20.5 to 27.5 cm. longProvenance(From left to right)1 - L. Bretschneider, Munich; Nelly van den Abbeele, Brussels; Christie’s, A...

VANUATU COMBCf. Speiser. F., "Ethnology of Vanuatu: an Early Twentieth Century Study", Bathurst, 1990, pl.34, fig.48, for a similar comb in the na...

YAP COMBCf. Heermann, I., "Südsee-Oasen Leben und Überleben im Westpazifik", Stuttgart, 2009, p.118, fig.13534 cm. longProvenanceNelly van den Abb...

FIJI PADDLE CLUB , culacula110 cm. longProvenanceMorris Pinto, Paris/New York Sotheby’s, London, 9 May 1977, lot 69Sotheby’s, New York, 15-16 Nove...

FIJI PADDLE CLUB, culacula106 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

MAORI TREASURE BOX AND COVER, papahou44 cm. longProvenanceAlphonse Kahn (probably Kann)Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 15 October 1977, lot 661Sot...

MAORI TREASURE BOX AND COVER , wakahuia42 cm. longProvenanceSotheby’s, New York, 2 December 1983, lot 58Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FOUR FIJI THROWING CLUBS , ula39 to 43 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FOUR FIJI THROWING CLUBS , ula41.5 to 44.5 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FIVE MELANESIAN COMBSEach about 23 cm. longProvenanceFenton, London, November 1896; Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham; Nelly van den Abbeele,...

FOUR MELANESIAN COMBS21 to 36 cm. longProvenance(from left to right)1 – Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham;Nelly van den Abbeele, Brussels; Ch...

ADMIRALTY ISLANDS COMB37 cm. longProvenanceChristie’s, Amsterdam, 29 May, 2001, lot 210Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

EFATE COMBCf. Bonnemaison, J. (Ed.) et al., "Arts of Vanuatu", Bathurst, 1996, p.143, fig.15731 cm. longProvenanceGeneviève Rodier, ParisAder-Pica...

NEW BRITAIN MASK37 cm. highProvenanceHerz-Jesu Mission, HiltrupJef Vanderstraete, Lasne, acquired from the Hiltrup Mission Museum in 1968Baron Fre...

PAPUAN GULF GOPE BOARD155 cm. longProvenancePeter Adler, LondonSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs, acquired from the above 18 November 1989 ...[more]

FIJI ROOTSTOCK CLUB , vunikau104 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FIJI ROOTSTOCK CLUB , vunikau107 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

TWO FIJI ROOTSTOCK CLUBS, bulikia and vunikau107 and 112 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs

EASTER ISLAND FIGURE, moai tangata44 cm. highProvenanceSotheby’s, London, 27 March 1985, lot 141Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

THREE MICRONESIAN HAIR ORNAMENTS18 to 32.5 cm. longProvenanceProvenance1 – With old label “Wooden comb from an island called Rook one of the Hogil...

FOUR NEW GUINEA COMBS AND A LIME STICKThe longest 45 cm. longProvenance(from left to right)1 – Christie’s, Amsterdam, 29 May 2001, lot 2102 and 4...

AUSTRAL ISLANDS PADDLE170 cm. longProvenanceLeendert Van Lier, AmsterdamChristie’s, Amsterdam, 15 April 1997, lot 231Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...

MAORI PADDLE, hoethe blade engraved ‘JIG’Image reproduced by kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library. Add.9455, vol.8,p.224...

MAORI STAFF-CLUB, taiaha178.5 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

MAORI STAFF-CLUB , taiaha147 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FIJI ROOTSTOCK CLUB79 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

FIJI CLUB , bulibuli103 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

AUSTRAL ISLANDS PADDLE102 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

AUSTRAL ISLANDS PADDLE120 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

MALAGAN CARVING107 cm. highProvenanceJoop Schafthuizen, Schiedam/Machelen-aan-de-LeieChristie’s, Amsterdam, 12 May 1998, lot 101Seymour Lazar, Pal...

TONGA POLE CLUB115 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

TONGA POLE CLUB113 cm. longProvenancePhillips, London, 6 July 1989, lot 312Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

TONGA CLUB, apa'apai113 cm. longProvenanceChristie’s, South Kensington, 26 September 1989, lot 239Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

TONGA CLUB , apa'apai114 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

TONGA CLUB, apa'apai127 cm. longProvenanceSeymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

ABELAM FIGUREGeorge C. Kennedy was professor of Geophysics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He made a number of trips to New Guinea i...

ABELAM FIGURE157.5 cm. highProvenanceProfessor George C. Kennedy (1919-1980), Los Angeles Christie’s, Los Angeles, 14 February 1981, lot 76Seymour...

MASSIM LIME SPATULA36 cm. longProvenanceChristie’s, South Kensington, 22 November 1988, lot 65Seymour Lazar, Palm SpringsLiteratureRubin, W. (Ed.)...

TWO MASSIM LIME SPATULAS26 and 35 cm. longProvenanceChristie’s, South Kensington, 12 December 1989, lot 117Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs ...[more]

THREE MASSIM LIME SPATULAS27.5 to 44 cm. longProvenance(from left to right)1 - Collected in situ by Ellis Silas in 1921/24; Sotheby’s, London, 24...

SIX SOLOMON ISLANDS COMBS20 to 24 cm. longProvenance(from left to right) 2, 4 and 6 - Nelly van den Abbeele, Brussels; Christie’s, Amsterdam, 24 M...

FOUR PACIFIC COMBS28 cm. to 39 cm. longProvenance(from left to right)1, 2 and 3 - Nelly van den Abbeele, Brussels; Christie’s, Amsterdam, 24 May 2...

FOUR PACIFIC HAIR ORNAMENTS18 to 30 cm. longProvenanceFor the comb on the right - Edwin Bentley Savage, London Missionary Society, in the Pacific ...