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bis pole, mangrove wood, New Guinea, Asmat — Bis Pole, 20th century
Asmat (Bismam group)

G256

wood frieze carved with birds whose eyes are made of green turbo shell opercula; painted serpents wind their way across the relief; covered with lime and painted in red, black, and white pigments; carved for use in the Malanggan rites when it would be placed in a special hut with other sculptures — Malagan Frieze, 19th century
Papua New Guinea

G256

carved wood, standing male figure; hair bound in a topknot; inlaid paua shell eyes; larger scale head, face adorned with tattooing; arms akimbo and large hands spread over abdomen; raised disc belly button; erect penis; raffia loin cloth in separate vitrine — Post Figure (poutokomanawa), c. 1840
Ngāti Kahungunu Māori

G256

standing figure with panpipes encircled by serpents and birds; wood with opercula inserts and pigments; carved for Malanggan rites — Malagan Figure, c. 1890
Papua New Guinea

G256

Mallangan, wood and pigments — Malagan Pole, c. 1910
Papua New Guinea

G256

reclining male and female figures engaged in sexual intercourse; man wears headdress with two birds; body and face markings in white, brown, orange and yellow — Plaque, mid 20th century
Abelam

G256

figure, called Moai-Kava-Kava; toromiro wood — Moai Kavakava, 18th century
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

G256

Kapkap tortoise shell, giant clam — Kapkap, 19th century
Solomon Islands

G256

large bowl with 2 scrolling handles with openwork triangles; 4 circular feet; geometric band carved at lip — Prestige Bowl (purukei), c. 1900
Admiralty Islands

G256

long cylinder, ends conical shaped; alligator stands along top facing drum surface; sets of triangular shapes adorn sides and bottom, used to support drum when rope is strung through; low relief carving over body and alligator painted with black field and white recesses — Hand drum (kundu), 20th century
Iatmul

G256

Round, smooth white shell with openwork tortoise shell attached to center of shell with a beaded cord (2 beads on front with string of beads on back) — Kapkap, 19th century
Solomon Islands

G256

paddle-shaped with small hole in one end; back side smooth and curved; front side flat and carved with incised decoration of hatched lines forming irregular rows of diamonds; reddish brown — Ceremonial Bull Roarer, c. 1900
Aborigine

G256

ocher, red, white and black pigment on eucalyptus bark panel (unmounted), panel divided into three areas by geometric motifs, each filled with similar compositions of suns, fish, plant and geometric motifs; the panel is somewhat rippled — Bark Painting with Suns, Fish and Plants, 20th century
Djunmal

G256

Feather Currency (tevau), Solomon Islands — Feather Currency (tevau), 19th century
Solomon Islands

G256

flat rectangular base with horizontal open cylinder above, supporting a wide rectangular top — Neckrest, 19th century
Fiji Islands

G256

standing male figure carved from board; carved on one side; relief carving at interior, appearing to represent bone structure and colored with white pigment; hole at top of head for hanging — Bioma Figure, 20th century
Papua New Guinea

G256

paddle-shaped club; tapering to handle with hole and 3 horizontal ribs at end; green stone with black swirls — Mere Pounamu, Date Unknown
Māori

G256

2 fantastic figures, one standing on the head of the other, with open mouths with hanging tongues and incised organic designs on bodies; shell eyes — House Panel, c. 1880
Pāoa Māori

G256

short stool with curving seat; 4 thick, outward-turned legs with teardrop shaped feet — Chief's Stool (no'oanga), 1800-1825
Cook Islands

G256

many tiny braided strands of dark brown hair in two large clusters; central large hook-shaped ivory pendant; each hair cluster bound near top/back with cording; braided tan cording neck ties — Necklace (lei niho palaoa), c. 1800-1850
Kānaka Maoli

G256

ceremonial paddle, carved with an all-over design of interlocking lozenges which are arranged in bands on the paddle; the handle ends in a knob decorated with a rim of bottle-horned beasts' heads in full relief; the carving was done with a sharks tooth — Ceremonial Paddle, 1820-1840
Austral Islands

G256

Kapkap, 18th-20th century

Solomon Islands

G256

Kapkap, 20th century

Solomon Islands

G256

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