July Auction - Session 1

Thirteen spears with wooden shafts: 12 with wooden points, one bone point, several with decorated shafts and remains of fletching, 89 in. to 133 in. P

Seventy-one arrows: 61 with metal tips, 10 with wooden tips, 66 cane or bamboo, five wood, seven with matching fletching, six with metal binding or de

Two Fiji Island wooden war clubs, flared form with two-section head, one with extensive carved geometric handle, glossy brown patina, 34 in. and 39-1/

Eight metal-tip spears with old wire hangers: three with bamboo or cane shafts, five with wooden shafts, two with decorated points, 64 in. to 80-1/2 i

Six shaped wooden clubs, three similar with woven fiber-wrapped handles with geometric polychrome decoration, various carved decoration including face

Six wooden paddles, flattened leaf-shaped blades, several ribbed, one with label "Maori Canoe Paddle," one marked "Samoan Paddle,&quo...

Carved wooden New Zealand staff (hani), flattened blade, handle with fine carving of stylized human face, very long tongue thrust in attitude of defia

Austral Islands paddle, extensively carved handle with circular arrangement of eight stylized faces, shaft and paddle with repeating rows of fine geom

Four carved wooden hand clubs: spatula shaped, carved on one side, rows of oval decoration with zigzag borders, possibly inlaid with kaolin, back with

Two carved and painted wooden paddles: horseshoe-shaped stylized human figure, tip with stylized shark and inlaid bone or mother-of-pearl eyes, shaft

Thirty-one bamboo or cane-shafted arrows or small spears, wooden points, many with applied black decoration to shaft, multiple tips with carved decora

Three weapons: iron throwing knife, curved and pointed blade, secondary interior blade, rows of geometric scribe marks, handle wrapped with reptile sk

American Indian beaded vest, black velvet back, fabric lining, green, blue, red and yellow floral decoration on ochre-stained hide field, 22 x 17 in.

Beaded hand-sewn vest, printed cotton fabric interior, eagles with red, white and blue shields on blue field below arrows and band of red triangles, r

Beaded collar, central section with multi-colored flowers on red velvet field, borders of bugle beads in green, blue and orange rows, probably Great L

Two pairs children's beaded moccasins: floral decoration on white field, 5 in.; sinew sewn, border of multi-colored beads, 7 in. Scattered bead ...

Pair beaded sinew-sewn leather leggings, elaborate blue, red, green, orange and purple arrow motifs on white field, approximately 18 in. Minor moth cr

Beaded horse collar, hand-sewn leather fringe, arrow designs in yellow, blue, white and green on red field, 50 in. Minor bead loss and separations.

Ten bows, two cane or bamboo, eight wood, six with strings present, one laminated, one with old paper label "Santa Cruz bow, Solomons," on...

Four wooden-handled weapons: one with paddle-style tip with raised rib, old paper label "Fiji Island fighting paddle"; one with wrapped fi...