MARQUESAS ISLANDS FIGURATIVE FAN HOLDERMarquesas Islands figurative fan holder, 19th century, rising on a custom stand, 4"h Provenance: ex. Harvard Art Historian Harry Bober...
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LATE 19TH C. MARQUESAS ISLANDS WOOD& STONE ADZE**Originally Listed At $1500**
Oceania, French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hefty utilitarian tool known...
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UNUSUAL DECORATED WHALE RIB 19TH CENTURYLENGTH APPROX. 46".UNUSUAL DECORATED WHALE RIB, 19th Century, Nearly entirely covered with brown-black inked or painted pictographs including palm trees, whales, ships,...
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MARQUESAS ISLANDS PAEKAHA KING'S HEADDRESSPossibly 19th c., Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, conch and tortoise shells, fibers, mother-of-pearl, the curved rectangular dark shell plaques incised with geometer...
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Late 19th C. Marquesas Islands Wood& Stone Adze: **Originally Listed At $1500**. . Oceania, French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hefty utilitarian tool...
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19th C. Marquesas Islands Stone PoiPounder: French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. An intriguing and elegant poi pounder, hand-carved from light gray basalt...
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18th C. Marquesas Islands Enata BasaltPoi Pounder: **Originally Listed At $1400**. . French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. An intriguing and elegant poi pounder,...
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20th C. Marquesas Islands Wooden TikiFigure: Oceania, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), ca. 1940s CE. A fabulous wooden tiki sculpture of a figure with both hands placed on his bulbous belly. Naturally presenting...
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Massive 19th C. Marquesas Island WoodTiki Figure: Oceania, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), ca. 19th century CE. A massive wooden tiki figure, depicting a stylized ancestor figure standing atop a disembodied...
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18th C. Marquesas Islands Stone PoiPounder: **Originally Listed At $1500**. . French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. Stunning and hand-carved from dark-gray...
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Marquesas Islands U'U Staff or Club:South Pacific, probably 19th century, carved from blackened toa or other hard wood, the classic form with cylindrical shaft leading to a highly stylized head with relief carved...
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South Pacific Fan Handle, Ke'e MarquesasIslands, first half 19th century, mellow brown patina, tapering spike for fan attachment, three rectangular plinths framing addorsed tikis, one tiki grasping double-headed...
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