Two Melanesian Carved Wood Items, a Sepik River canoe bailer with stylized head finial, and a Solomon Island paddle. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-19
Three Melanesian Carved Wood Items, two elaborate Betel mortar and pestle sets, and an elaborate lime spatula, all carved from hardwood, lg. of spatula 18 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-01-06
Three Melanesian Carved Wood Items, a New Guinea spear, a long palm wood club with paddle, and a Solomon Islands staff with frigate bird design, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-12-08
Ten Melanesian Carved Wood Items, nine various size clubs and a New Guinea spatulate form, (damage), lg. to 30 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-09-26
Two Melanesian Carved Wood Lime Spatulas, Trobriand Islands, with abstract janus figures and incised scroll designs, lg. to 21 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-09-26
Two Melanesian Carved Wood "Swords," Trobriand Islands, c. early 20th century, both decorated with incised curvilinear designs filled with white pigment, lg. to 31 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-01-13
Two Ethnographic Carved Wood Items, an old Balinese polychrome carved wood mask and a Chinese camphor wood carving. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-01-19
Two Shona Carved Wood Items, a headrest with stylized geometric designs, and a knife with chip-carved wood handle and sheath, both with dark patina, headrest Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-07
Two African Carved Wood Items, Yoruba, a headdress in the form of a four-lobed coiffure, and a small divination bowl with stylized mudfish supports, (cracks, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-02-16
Two African Carved Wood Items, a bellows, the two hollowed cavities connected by a carved stylized head; and an abstract animal figure with incised detail, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-09-20
Two African Carved Wood Items, a highly stylized Mossi doll with incised detail, and a Lobi carved head with long cylindrical neck, (insect damage), ht. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-05-22
