The Pacific

Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia, Indigenous S. E. Asia, Aboriginal Australia

The selection of objects presented here is representative of the range of art offered by Hurst Gallery. Please contact us by telephone, email, or fax, if you have specific interests or would like a more complete description of our current holdings.

thumbnail Figure
Kiriwina; Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Wood with lime inlay
Late 19th - early 20th century
H: 10.5 in. (26.7 cm)

thumbnail Spear point, mataa
 Easter Island
Obsidian
c. 18th century
L: 3.5 in. (8.89 cm)

 
thumbnail Totokia
Fiji
Wood
L: 36 in. (91.44 cm)

thumbnail Coconut grating stool
Nukuoro Atoll, Pohnpei, Caroline Islands
Wood
H: 12.5 in (31.75 cm) 
                                                L: 19.75 in. (50.2 cm)
 
thumbnail Aboriginal spear thrower with clam shell counterweight
Australia
Wood and shell
L: 32 in. (81.28 cm)
thumbnail Wooden bowl with two figural handles
Ramu River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
                                                Wood
                                                L: 33 in. (83.82 cm)
 
 

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