"Monika Ruke" ca 1910,

Original large hand tinted photo of Monica Ruke Ca 1910

sold thanks Christchurch

NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED VEST CA 1900

Mans Vest.Buckskin silk lined with glass bead decoration, pictorial back circa 1900. good condition and showing signs of being worn 23 inches long

VARIOUS KETE

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RARE ULA OR BELT CLUB, FIJI

See Oldman collection, plate 55 for similar examples

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MAORI KETE MUKA, AND HARAKEKE CONTAINER

CA1900
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AUSTRAL ISLAND PADDLE

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45 inches long
ca1820

UZBEK LAKAI FELT TENT BAG

Central Asian Felt Tent Bag Second half 20thC UZBEK LAKAI FELT TENT BAG or OK BASH
Felted wool, flatwoven wool (inner), goat hair
Uzbekistan, Central Asia 39 inches long
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MASSIM SWORD CLUB

LARGE CARVED MAORI SERVING TRAY CA 1900

Carved bread tray by John Henry Menzies
1840 -1919
of Menzies Bay Banks Peninsular

Kauri 24 inches x 16 1/2 2nches signed JHM in four places

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KONSO FUNERARY FIGURES, ETHIOPIA

Pair of Konso posts, early 20th century
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MASSIM LIME SPATULA

Lime infill early 20th century
13 3/4 inches
From old local collection, collected by Colonel John Durnford-Slater
British Army, India, Ca1935
sold thanks Australia
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ITEMS OF PERSONAL ADORNMENT, SOLOMON ISLANDS

Collection of turtle shell earrings, 4 nose bones, Jacobs Tears rattle arm bands and a beaded arm band all early 20th century and all from an old local collection
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comb sold thanks London

RARE MASSIM MWALI, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The Kula is the most famous trading journey in Oceania large canoes from throughout the Masssim area had trading partners on other islands, with whom they traded their own surplus produce clay pots, taro, pigs, shell money, etc. At the same time, each kula trader had a trading partner on the other island with whom he exchanged gifts, and these gifts passed form hand ot hand within the kula ring. There was a strict procedure for the exchange. Red shell disk necklaces (bagi)) were always exchange in a clockwise direction and white clamshell armbands (mwali) in an anti-clockwise direction. The most famous kula items were named and each item changed hands frequently. The participants politicked (and employed magic wherever possible) to obtain the choicest examples and hold them for a while as they were publically displayed and conveyed great status. It is very unusual for a mwali of this size and age to be sold
Mwali armband made from sinnet strung glass beads, vegetable fibers, shells and conus millepunctus shell. Massim Region. Early 20th century, collected by Colonel John Durnford-Slater
British Army, India, Ca1935 for more information
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PIG TUSK ADORNMENT PNG CA1920

This adornment comes from the Purari River delta and is very rare because it is one of the very few that have been collected intact. Made with bush fibre rope, spondylus shells, seed rattles, crepe paper and of course a full circle pig tusk. It presents wonderfully and although similar to a massim pig tusk necklace can be identified immediately as Papuan Gulf by the intricate knot work that attaches the spondylus necklace to the tusk. It would date to the 1920’s.Aquired from and old local collection, collected by Colonel John Durnford-Slater
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LARGE TABUA, FIJI, MID 19TH CENTURY

Tabua wa magimagi

Sperm Whale tooth suspended from a chain of looped sinnet fibre, magimagi. Teeth from the upper jaw of a Sperm Whale were regarded with reverence, perhaps the most important of the Fijian valuables. Acceptance of a tooth presented to a chief bound him to the request made with the tooth, such as a desired course of action. They were also made as presentations in marriage and as tokens of personal esteem.

Tooth measures 7 inches and is very heavy, great patina, original sinnet suspension cord, from old local collection, collected by Colonel John Durnford-Slater
British Army, India, Ca1935

FINE MAORI KETE MADE FROM KEIKEI

Very finely woven maori kete made from Keikei fibre circa 1930 mint condition
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IROQUOIS BEADED MOCCASINS

Very lightly worn circa 1900, perfect condition

ANTIQUE PACIFIC TAPA CLOTH

I have just started a new blog devoted entirely to vintage tapa cloths of the Pacific.
see VINTAGE TAPA CLOTH
All tapas are available for sale. Over the past years I have sold unique tapa to various museums and collectors. Please have look and let me know if anything is of interest.
Deric

RARE TAPA CLOTH WITH HALLEY'S COMET MOTIF CA 1911

tapa Tonga, Sun moon and Halley's Comet,2.3m X 2m,ca 1911

RARE TAURANGA SPORTS CLUB BADGE

RARE TAURANGA SPORTS CLUB BADGE
Tauranga Sports Club badge in sterling silver designed by Major General Horatio Gordon Robley and executed by Wellington silversmiths Littlejohn and Sons, Ca 1900, depicting Tomileo Te Mutu of Tauranga and mentioned in a letter from Robley to Horace Fildes, see excerpt from letter below.This is an exceedingly rare and unique item which incorporates the work of one of New Zealands' most colorful and distinguished artists and the skill of one of New Zealands well known colonial silversmiths, Littlejohn and Sons of Wellington. Measures 35mm x 12.5mm

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