The Pacific

Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia, Indigenous S. E. Asia, Aboriginal Australia

The selection of objects presented here is representative of the range of art offered by Hurst Gallery. Please contact us by telephone, email, or fax, if you have specific interests or would like a more complete description of our current holdings.

thumbnail Figure
Kiriwina; Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Wood with lime inlay
Late 19th - early 20th century
H: 10.5 in. (26.7 cm)

thumbnail War charm
 Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Wood
19th century
L: 5.5 in. (13.9 cm)

 
thumbnail Knife
Wosera, Abelam
Cassowary bone
Early 20th century
L: 8 in. (20.32 cm)

thumbnail Betel mortar
Tarawai Island, Sepik River region, Papua New Guinea
Wood
Late 19th or early 20th century
H: 5 inches (12.7 cm)
SOLD
 
Aboriginal churinga
Central Australia
Ochred stone
19th century
L: 12.75 in. (32.4 cm)
Boomerang, Australia Boomerang with serpent image
Central Desert, Australia
Wood, red, black, and white pigment
L: 29.25 in. (74.3 cm), W: 2.5 in. (6.4 cm)
 
 

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