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A Tschokwe ceremonial scepter The rounded shaft terminating into a square-cut, flat plaque with fine incised designs, below a Janus head with clas...

A Southern African beaded cache-sexe and wire decorated gourd The cache-sexe with three beaded rolls above the multilayered beaded drops, with a g...

Two Southern African gourds Zulu, the larger with a slightly twisted neck with opening, decorated with copper and silver wire, the smaller with co...

A contemporary South African colored wire plate The tightly woven colored wire tray worked in multicolored geometric patterns, with a wall mount a...

Ian Garrett South African, (b. 1971), a blackware pottery jar designed with long-stemmed flowers on a carved ground, signed along the base. ht. ...

Three Zaramo wood dolls Tanzania, the three female dolls with abbreviated torsos, round necks with abstract heads with crest coiffures above, each...

A Sakalava female funerary figure Madagascar, standing on a short, square base, with straight legs, beneath an elongated torso wearing a garment, ...

A Sakalava or Vezo funerary post, Madagascar Intricately carved with a female figure standing on a rectangular base, her left hand raised to her h...

A collection of books on African art Including a collection of maps of the Belgian Congo. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams...

A collection of Tribal Art Auction catalogues A large collection of Sotheby's, New York and London, and Christie's tribal auction catalogues. For ...

A Nepali tribal mask West Nepal, early 20th century, the hollowed-out hardwood with dark patina and pigments, (wood loss around the rim and cracks...

A West Nepali tribal mask Late 19th/early 20th century, the hollowed-out wood mask with metal attachments, nails, and traces of fur moustache, enc...

A large Nepali mask West Nepal, early 20th century, the hollowed-out wood mask with pigments, plant fiber, hair, and metal teeth. ht. 15 1/2, wd....

A Batak wood effigy stopper The carved wooden stopper for a container depicts a human figure mounted on a horse-like creature—the mythical singa w...

A Batak kulcapi harp Sumatra, Indonesia, the instrument decorated with carved figural elements at both ends, the top with a figure riding a singa,...

A Dayak amulet figure Early 20th century, the standing male figure with hands outstretched on the abdomen, with lug at the base, dark, smooth pati...

An Indonesian dance shield Salawaku Seram Island, Maluku Islands, Moluccas, 19th century, the wood hourglass-shaped shield inlaid with shell, with...

A Philippine carved wood effigy spoon Ifugao, northern Luzon, c. early 20th century, the handle carved in the form of a female figure with a headd...

An Asmat Figure Probably Mimika River Region, Irian Jaya, standing on narrow arched legs, the front of the torso flat, the rear intricately carved...

A New Guinea Ramu river mask Of hard wood with original red pigmentation, pierced around the rim for attachments, the face with classic diminutive...

A New Guinea Spirit Board kwoi Purari Delta Peoples, Papua New Guinea, decorated with chevron devices around the perimeter, with a central ancesto...

A New Guinea lime spatula Massim people, Trobriand Islands, 19th century, the finial carved as seated figure, with typical Massim engraved scrollw...

A New Guinea lime spatula Massim people, Trobriand Islands, 19th century, the palmwood spatula with two seated figures at the handle finial, with ...

Two Abelam Yam Masks, baba mene Papua New Guinea, 20th century, each intricately woven and highlighted with white, yellow, dark-red and brown poly...

A New Guinea Yam Mask Maprik, Papua New Guinea, the oval cane mask with large central ridged nose, protrusions and one ear at crown, with traces o...

A New Ireland Malagan attachment Northern New Ireland, late 19th/early 20th century, a carved wood bird attachment for a larger figure or mask, pa...

An Aboriginal bark painting Painted by Jumbo Dowulinga, dreamtime imagery of two figures holding a rock and being speared, with a paper label vers...

A Samoa Islands-style bronze club A cast club used as tribal regalia for the Improved Order of Red Men fraternal organization, inscribed on the bl...

A Tongan dance paddle 19th century, the short handle with wide paddle-shaped blade, with old inventory number, 'N 110A,' (minor wood loss and a ho...

A Fijian war club tōtōkia 19th century, carved to represent the fruit of the pandanus tree, the heavy think shaft with angled collar with raised k...

Two Māori house panels, Poupou Late 19th century, two heavy wood house boards, carved by the same hand, one fully carved figure with hands on abdo...

Two Māori painted house boards Late 19th/early 20th century, two cut wood planks, one side decorated with Koru scrollwork designs in white paint o...

A Punuk harpoon head Carved from walrus tusk, decorated with linear designs ending in dotted circles. length 4 1/8in, width 5/8on Footnotes: See W...

An Inupiaq bowguard Finely carved from caribou bone or antler, one end bisecting into curved terminals. length 2 3/4in, width 1 3/8in Footnotes: A...

An Inupiaq net shuttle Constructed from caribou bone or antler, of traditional form with pairs of curved tines at either end, the grip pierced at ...

Two Thule harpoon heads One a monumental whale hunting example, with whalebone shaft and fragmentary slate point; the smaller variant similarly wi...

Three Thule or Inupiaq dart points or harpoon heads The two larger examples fashioned from walrus tusk, the smallest from caribou bone or antler. ...

An Inuit effigy needle case Carved in the form of a seal with interior hide strip, the cap stippled. lg. 5 1/4, wd. 2 in. This lot is subject to ...

An Alutiiq wood effigy ladle 19th century, Kodiak Island, Alaska, the teardrop-shaped scoop with the head of a seal for the handle, with a smooth,...

An Inuit wood Janus head 19th century, the large head projecting from a short shaft, one face smiling, the other side with downturned mouth, each ...

An Inuit effigy net float Alaska, 19th century, the round wood float in the form of a human head, with raised features and round shell-inlaid eyes...

An Inuit amulet In the form of a reclining sea otter, with finely carved tail and backfins, with three incised holes on the abdomen, and with engr...

An Inuit effigy carving Weathered, carved as a stylized male figure standing with legs slightly spread, with rectangular torso and curved shoulder...

Two Inuit wood heads 19th century, including a large wood head with small slit mouth, long squared nose, and heavy brow, pierced at the crown; tog...

An Inuit caribou teeth woman's belt Circa second half 19th century, designed with two rows of caribou incisor teeth attached to a thick leather be...

An Inuit doll with a stone head Canada, with carved stone head on a cloth body, dressed in a fabric parka and boots. ht. 15 in. For further info...

An Inuit torso St Lawrence Island, Okvik period, made from walrus tusk, the torso with engraved designs on both sides, (missing the front of the h...

An Inuit torso Pre-contact period, carved from walrus tusk, the flat figure with large, pointed head, with simple cuts for eyes and mount, pierced...

A Den'a (Athapascan) hide quiver The soft hide quiver decorated on one side with quillwork, with hide and twisted quill fringe from the central mo...

An Inuit cribbage board St. Michael, Alaska, early 20th century, made from a walrus tusk, decorated on all four sides with black pigmented scrimsh...

Two Inuit baleen baskets and a carved figure Including: a finely woven circular baleen basket with walrus-head finial, signed on the interior base...

An Inuit carving of two polar bears Alaska, 19th century, carved from walrus tusk, with one bear behind the other, the snouts marked with black pi...

A Contemporary Northwest Coast silver and argillite pendant A double-sided inlaid argillite pendant, each side with the head and wing of a bird on...

A Northwest Coast carved amulet Depicting a male figure with elongated cap seated with hands on knees atop a large animal head, with old inventory...

A Northwest Coast totem pole The pole carved in the round, with a crouching clan crest figure at the base, above a killer whale with a seal in its...

A Northwest Coast painted pictorial drum Possibly Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (Kwakiutl), of stretched hide on a bent cedar frame, painted with an eagle wing ...

A Northwest Coast polychrome painted paddle Carved in typical form and decorated on one side with complex formline designs in black, green and red...

A Northwest Coast carved figure Likely Haida, of carved antler, depicting the bust of a gentleman, pierced through the lower center. ht. 2 7/8, w...

A Tlingit model totem Carved and polychrome painted with stacked animals, raised on a rectangular wood base. ht. 16, wd. 3 1/2 in. For further inf...

A Tlingit model totem pole Carved with stacked animal figures and raised on a carved fish-form base. ht. 19 3/4, d. 6 3/4 in. Footnotes: Inscribe...