Michael Evans Fine Tribal Art
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William H. T. Partington (1855 – 1940) Portrait of a Maori Woman Circa 1900 Silver-gelatin print 145 x 90 mm Partington was the son of early Auckland settlers whose windmill, Partington's Windmill, was a well-known landmark. When his Auckland studio burnt down, he moved to Wanganui and established a studio there. The photographs in this group were taken in the Wanganui at the end of the 19th and very beginning of the 20th centuries. The photographs document a people in transition. As well as this historical significance, the photographs stand as works of art - displaying Partington's careful eye, fine sense of composition and technical excellence.
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William H. T. Partington (1855 – 1940) Portrait of a Maori Woman Circa 1900 Silver-gelatin print 210x 165 mm
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William H. T. Partington (1855 – 1940) Portrait of a Maori Woman Circa 1900 Silver-gelatin print 145 x 90 mm Â
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William H. T. Partington (1855 – 1940) Portrait of a Maori Man Circa 1900 Silver-gelatin print 165 x 120 mm
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William H. T. Partington (1855 – 1940) Portrait of two Maori Women Circa 1900 Silver-gelatin print 165 x 210 mm
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Raoelina Antshabe Malagasy Gentleman and Bearers 1891 Oil on cotton fabric Signed & dated, May 1891 Size: 88.5 x 100 cm Provenance: From the collection of the Rev. Arthur Samuel Huckett (1853 – 1923) a Madagascan missionary for 40 years. Collection label verso.
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Civilisation of Fiji 1879 Print on cotton handkerchief Reputed to have been printed in the Machinery Department, Crystal Palace, 1879. Size: 59 x 59 cm Published: Far Away and Long Ago. Michael Graham-Stewart 2000. No. 60. Â
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Model sled Dene or Inuit Fort Resolution, North West Territory, Canada Late 19th Century Wood, hide & sinew Length: 62 cm Inscribed on the bottom “ Alfred McKay Fort Resolution … N.W.T Canada”
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Large Ceremonial Bowl uunong Truk, Micronesia Late 19th century Wood & paint Length: 56cm Height: 28 cm Provenance: Private collection, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Lime Spatula Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea Late 19th Century Wood Length: 55.3cm Provenance: Dr. Albert Hahl (1868 – 1945), Governor of German New Guinea from 1902 – 1914. By descent, acquired from the family.
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Ancestor reliquary Porapora River, Lower Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea 19th century Wood, human skull & rattan Length: 208 cm Provenance: Collected by the Australian geologist Tony Gates in 1964-6, the piece remained in his collection until 2014. Rattan restored. Â
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Mask Keram River, Papua New Guinea Early 20th Century Wood & natural pigments Size: 35 x 16 cm Provenance: Private Collection, Munich, Germany. Collection of Xavier Lehner, Munich, collected before 1939.
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Betel nut mortar Boiken, Coastal Prince Alexander mountains, Sassoya area, Papua New Guinea Wood Early 20th Century Height: 13 cm
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Betel Nut mortar Manam Island, Papua New Guinea Early 20th century Wood Height: 15 cm.
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Bird snare mutu kaka Maori, New Zealand, Polynesia Early 19th Century Wood Length: 34 cm  Provenance: Schmitz & Laurent auctioneers, Germain-en-Laye, June 13-14 2009, lot 519; Collection of Dr. Norbert Murie, Rennes, France. Â
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Dance club Kanak, New Caledonia Early 19th century Wood & fabric Height: 50.5 cm Provenance: Jean-Yves Coue, Nantes, France; Private collection, Bordeaux, France.
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Beaded woman’s apron British Guyana Glass beads & cotton fabric Early 20th Century Size: 17.5 x 30 cm
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Group of Demerara Guyana Indians Dated 1886 Albumen photograph Size: 137 x 102 mm
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Feather & hair sash Jivaro, Columbia Early 20th Century Parrot feathers, human hair & fabric Length: 96 cm Provenance: Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany; Private Collection, Stuttgart, Germany. Â
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