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bis pole, mangrove wood, New Guinea, Asmat

Bis Pole, 20th century

Asmat (Bismam group)

G256

figure, called Moai-Kava-Kava; toromiro wood

Moai Kavakava, 18th century

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

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

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

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

Feather Currency (tevau), 19th century

Solomon Islands

G256

Kapkap tortoise shell, giant clam

Kapkap, 19th century

Solomon Islands

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

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

Unknown

G256

standing figure with panpipes encircled by serpents and birds; wood with opercula inserts and pigments; carved for Malanggan rites

Malagan Figure, c. 1890

Unknown

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

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

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

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

flat rectangular base with horizontal open cylinder above, supporting a wide rectangular top

Neckrest, 19th century

Fiji Islands

G256

Mallangan, wood and pigments

Malagan Pole, c. 1910

Unknown

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

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

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

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

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Bark Painting with Suns, Fish and Plants, 20th century

Djunmal

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

Kapkap, 20th century

Solomon Islands

G256

Kapkap, 18th-20th century

Solomon Islands

G256

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