Melanesian Carved Wood Figure, Tobi Island, the stylized squatting form with shell inlaid eyes, (repair to one foot), ht. 9 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-09-26
Melanesian Carved Wood Figure, New Guinea, Milne Bay, highly stylized seated form with lime inlay, ht. 10 1/2 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-01-15
Rare Melanesian Carved Wood House Post, New Caledonia, carved in the form of a standing male figure wearing European clothing, (possibly representing a missionary), the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-01-29
Melanesian Carved Wood Mortar, New Guinea, a stylized anthropomorphic male-female Janus figure on a round base, dark patina, ht. 5 1/2 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-01-15
Melanesian Carved Wood Canoe Prow, Solomon Islands, c. first half 20th century, in the shape of an abstract human figure holding a human head in Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-08-24
Melanesian Carved Wood Club, c. 19th century, with lobed head and butt end carved in a four-petal design, dark patina, (wood loss), lg. 42 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-05-12
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
Melanesian Carved Wood Bowl, with chip-carving at the rim and two relief-carved circles at each side, (cracked), ht. 5 1/2, dia. 17 1/2 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-05-06
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 Implements, a Sepik River adze handle with relief-carved face, a food stirrer with incised decoration, and a Solomon Island dance paddle, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-02-12
Melanesian Carved Wood Dance Club, Santa Cruz Islands, the prowed form with two stylized animal head projections, coconut fiber attachments and red and black stylized Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-09-26
