Artemis Gallery will hold its
Pre-Columbian | Tribal | Oceanic Auction
on Jan 13, 2022 11:00 AM GMT-6. Featuring Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, so much more. All items legally acquired, legal to sell and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Convenient in-house shipping. In this image: Estimate $30,000 - $40,000.
19th C. Solomon Islands Feather Currency, ex-Sotheby's
. Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Temotu Province, Santa Cruz Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A stunning and tightly coiled red feather form of currency known as a tevau that is traditionally used to pay for goods such as root crops, canoes, turtles, and pigs. Estimate $18,000 - $30,000.
18th C. PNG East Sepik Wood Drum Section, C-14 Tested
. Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik region, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A large hand-carved wooden section from a garamut drum with intricate patterns on the exterior face. Estimate $9,000 - $12,000.
17th C. Spanish Colonial Iron Lance + 8 Spear Heads
. Latin America, Mexico, Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A collection of 9 forged iron lance and spear heads, each bearing a conical socketing shaft on the bottom or a thick tang. Estimate $3,500 - $5,000.
19th C. Filipino Ifugao Wood / Boar Tusk Staff w/ Bulul
. Southeast Asia, Philippines, Ifugao culture, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. This is an impressive wooden staff covered in a black pigment with a finial of a seated man flanked by boar tusks! Estimate $3,600 - $5,400.
Rare 19th C. Solomon Islands Rattan Palm Male Girdles
. Oceania, Melanesia, eastern Solomon Islands, Malaita Province, central Malaita Island, Kwaio peoples, ca. 19th century CE. An intriguing and rare pair of girdle belts known as fo'osae meant to be worn by a man high above his waist. Estimate $3,600 - $5,400.
Large Maya Omphacite Jade Earspool w/ Beads (3 pcs)
. Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. This is a gorgeous collection of 3 Maya omphacite jade adornments: an earspool, a tubular bead, and a spherical bead finial. Estimate $3,000 - $4,500.
19th C. Philippine Ifugao Wood Ritual Duyu (Bowl)
. Southeast Asia, Philippines, Northern Luzon, Ifugao province, Ifugao culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A remarkable bowl known as a duyu, skillfully carved from a single block of wood to present in the form of a human. Estimate $2,400 - $3,600.
Rare 19th C. Solomon Islands Wood Dance Staff w/ Nacre
. South Pacific, Solomon Islands, San Cristobal Island, ca. 19th to early 20th century. Carved from a single piece of wood in the form of a large Bonito fish or shark, this lengthy sculpture is inlaid with dozens of nacre shell inlays. Estimate $2,400 - $3,600.
Polished Madagascar Triassic Petrified Wood Slab
. Eastern Africa, Madagascar, early to mid-Triassic period, ca. 252 to 220 million years ago. A massive and gorgeous slab of fossilized or petrified tree trunk, sliced crossways and highly polished on both planar faces to showcase the gorgeous, mottled surface, highlighted by orange and russet inclusions on a creamy white-beige surface that clearly showcases the preserved ring structures from the original organic tree matter. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000.
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