HIAPO TAPA CLOTH , NIUE, CA 1890

measures 56 x 47 inches
This hiapo is made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree. It has been decorated with hand-drawn motifs. In the 1880s, many hiapo were produced with a new style of fine freehand decoration. Comprising intricate line work and detailed motifs based on various species of plants, a distinctly Niuean iconography developed. Some scholars believe that many hiapo from this period were made by a single small community on Niue.

LARGE MANAIA CARVING

Large manaia carving, (possibly cut from a pou pou) exhibiting unusual surface decoration known as “Taratara o Kai” or “Taratara a Kai” which means “prickly” or “barbed”, and is presumably applied to this pattern from the variant form consisting of a row of pointed triangles. Taratara a kai consists of parallel strips of raised zigzag notching, separated by a ridge or, sometimes, by a plain space. The pattern is practically confined to the Arawa and Matatua tribes of Rotorua and the Bay of Plenty and the Ngati Maru of the Thames area. In these areas the pattern is used on pataka (storehouses) and only rarely on other buildings. It is also present on a palisade post from a pa near Wairoa, Hawke's Bay.

 

EARLY NEW ZEALAND CHIFFONIER ,TOTARA ,CA 1840

A very early New Zealand made Chiffoneer in the Regency style, made from solid Totara, ca 1840 , this is an exciting find as I have not seen an example this early made in New Zealand.
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Portrait of Maddys Mother, Charles MacIver Grierson RI (1864-1939)

"Maddys Mother" signed watercolor by

Charles MacIver Grierson RI (1864-1939)

Born in Queenstown Co. Cork, Grierson studied at the
Crawford School of Art and later at the Westminster School in London. Here in 1892, he became a member of the RI and exhibited over 80 works with them over the following years. In the late 1890s Grierson returned to Ireland, meeting his future wife in Co. Sligo. His works are thus found in several private collections around Sligo as well as in the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. In his own lifetime they were also shown at the RA, the RHA, Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery, the Society of Artists in Birmingham and the Abbey Gallery, London.
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HILO 625 HAWAIIAN STEEL GUITAR 1920'S

HILO 625 HAWAIIAN STEEL GUITAR 1920'S, KOA WOOD BODY, HOLLOW NECK, AS FOUND, A FEW SPLITS IN BODY BUT VERY NICE sold, Thanks Brisbane

Straw work picture of The Menai Strait ca 1850

19th century English painting with . The painting depicts a wonderful picture of the and the Britannia Bridge in Wales. It is constructed with natural and dyed pieces of straw which has been applied to a watercolor painting. It is identified on the base with an inscription. The framed piece measures 27 x 22.5 inches. There is some loss to some of the straw work and a couple spots of staining. Still a wonderful early piece of English folk art. SOLD