Oceanic Tribal Art

Oceanic Weapons “ Selected prestigious tribal art from Tonga, Samoa, New Zealand and Fiji

Nicholas Wells Antiques are Specialist Tribal Art Dealers in London. We offer superb ceremonial quality tribal weapons such as the Fijian Sali, with tidy piercing into the head of the club were also perfectly capable combat weapons, the hard Vesi / ironwood was both dense and incredibly strong. These weapons with a pronounced edge may be compared to the European battle-axe. Slowly cut and intricately detailed only with shells these early tribal artworks are truly incredible and pre-date the arrival of metal utensils.