Oceanic Offerings

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thumbnail 21. Necklace
Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea
Rodent teeth
Height:  inches
$350
thumbnail22. Polychrome bowl
Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea
Pottery with mineral pigment
Probably 2nd quarter of 20th century
                                                Diameter:  11 inches
                                                $450
 
thumbnail23. Dagger or scraper
Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea
Cassowary bone, shell, and berry beads
                                               Length: 7 inches
                                               $450
thumbnail24. Club
Vanuatu or New Caledonia
Dark Wood
19th century
Length:  22 inches
$ 450
 
thumbnail25. Hatchet
Solomon Islands
Iron, fiber, wood
Late 19th- early 20th century
Length: 35.5 inches
$1,200
thumbnail26. Spear thrower with clam shell counter-weight
Aboriginal, Australia
Wood, shell, resin
Length: 32 inches
$850
 
thumbnail27. Wooden bowl with two figural handles
Ramu river, East Sepik Province, Papua New
                                                Guinea
                                                Wood
                                                Length: 33 inches
                                               $3,500
thumbnail28. Toothed club, "nifo oti"
Samoa
Pau wood inlaid with lime
Third quarter 19th century
Length: 26 inches
$1,000
SOLD
 
thumbnail29. Compound barbed spear, "tala-o-le-lo"
Samoa
Pau wood
Third quarter 19th century
Length: 45 inches
$750
thumbnail30. Billet club
Samoa
Wood
Length: 30.75 inches
$300
                                               SOLD

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