Discover the art of native peoples from around the world in our spring auction. Featuring a diverse array of treasures, including African masks and figures, Polynesian artefacts from Hawaii, Fiji, Tonga, and New Zealand, as well as clubs and stone tools from Melanesia. Standout items include a rare and early water storage gourd from Hawaii, a Fijian cannibal fork shaped like a flying fox, and a remarkable Suku helmet mask from the Congo.In addition, our Native American collection boasts exceptional pieces such as a vast selection of Plains beadwork, a rare and early Northern Plains beaded hide robe, and an early Northwest Coast copper-bladed dagger from the Tlingit tribe of southern Alaska. Representing the Southwest, we offer a captivating range of Pueblo pottery, both historic and contemporary, along with Navajo weavings, and exquisite silver and turquoise jewellery.

A decorated  Hawaiian water storage gourd, umeke pawehe ht. 10 1/4, wd. 8 in.

A pair of Eskimo scrimshaw pipes lg. 13, and 9 in.

A Diné (Navajo) Germantown textile 48 x 33 in.

A historic beaded strike-a-lite bag and awl case lg. of bag 6, lg. of awl case 12 1/2 in.

A Guro heddle pully ht. 7 3/4 in.

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Native American & Tribal Art

Native American

African, Oceanic & Pre-Columbian Art

Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

United States

Three New Guinea bone spatulas

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