Sold202020th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Spear, Boat Prow Ornament**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine spear and canoe prow ornament, hand-built from several painted bark panels which are fastenSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Zoomorphic ProwOceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden canoe prow in the form of a mystical fish with a long snout, a large eye, and a bird perched atop the tip oSee Sold Price
Sold2022IATMUL FIGURAL CANOE PROWIATMUL FIGURAL CANOE PROWFirst half 20th century, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Region, carved wood triangular form prow having figural carved hornbill. 25" height, 10" width, 8" depthSee Sold Price
Sold2021Tami Islands, Papua New Guinea Carved Wood CeremonialMelanesian carved wood boat-shaped bowl, 19th/20th c., Most likely Papua New Guinea, Tami Islands used for large feast or ceremonial occasions. Measuring approx 32" wide x 16" deep and 7" tall. Some lSee Sold Price
Sold2018Asmat "Wuramon" Spirit Boat, Papua New GuineaAsmat "Wuramon" Spirit Boat, Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood. A large Asmat spirit boat with 3 men carrying a trophy head. Mid 20th century. Size: 64'' x 8'' x 10'' (163 x 20 x 25 cm). ProveSee Sold Price
Sold20182 Melanesian objects. 20th century.A group of two Melanesian objects. 20th century. ++ Massim splash board. Massim. Trobriand Islands. 28 1/2" x 29." ++ Middle Sepik canoe prow ornament. Middle Sepik. Papua New Guinea. 42" x 31."See Sold Price
Sold202319th C. Papua New Guinea Tami Wood Feast BowlOceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Huon Gulf Region, Tami Island, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wood bowl in the form of a boat, the exterior carved with relief and incisedSee Sold Price
Sold2015A Sepik River Tribe Carved Wood Male Ancestor Figure,A Sepik River Tribe Carved Wood Male Ancestor Figure, Papua New Guinea, 20th Century, Having fiber, feathers, twine and cowrie shell ornaments. H: 37 W: 16 D: 18 in. French Gallery in Papeete, Tahiti,See Sold Price
Sold20238PC Papua New Guinea Oceanic SpearsPapua New Guinea,20th Century Includes eight various multi tribe spears with regular, barbed, and serrated points. Wood, metal,Each approx. 67". From the collection of a Narragansett, Rhode Island estSee Sold Price
Sold2021Papua New Guinea Polychrome Canoe ProwPapua New Guinea Polychrome Canoe Prow, 19th/ 20th century. A beautiful Massim canoe prow "masawa" - finely carved from a single piece of wood and embellished with polychrome pigment in intertwining cSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C Papua New Guinea Wood Transformation TotemOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A fascinating, hand-carved, transformative wooden totemic figure, depicting a pregnant woman in sexual congress with a crocodiSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Ancestor w/ Shell EyesOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fabulous hand-carved wooden head of an ancestral figure. The elongated visage features inlaid white shell eyes, one wSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Carving - Crocodile**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure of a crocodile's head. The carving is detailed, with raised rSee Sold Price
Sold2021Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Figural PanelOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dramatic, brightly painted wooden decorative carving of a seated figure. Presenting as a panel and painted on one sidSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C Papua New Guinea Wood Skeletal Trophy HeadOceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A large, hand-carved wooden skull - replete with large eye orbitals, a deep nasal cavity, and a gaping toothy grin. In the past, headhunting was aSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Taro StirrerOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A huge, hand-carved wooden stirrer with a delightful relief anthropomorphic face at the base of the paddle. A long, slightly cSee Sold Price
Sold2018Pair of 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Trophy HeadsPapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Iatmul people, ca. 20th century CE. A highly-detailed set of two carved wooden trophy heads, each with fine facial details and painted mask-like face in huSee Sold Price
Sold2020Large 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Figural Carving**Originally Listed At $600** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A handsome wood figural carving featuring many of the classic forms of Papuan carving - a woman at the center, with crSee Sold Price
Sold2021Large 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Bowl w/ Handle**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, central Papua New Guinea, Wahgi Valley, Mount Hagen, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden bowl of a massive size with a rounded but stableSee Sold Price
Sold2020Two 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Carvings**Originally Listed At $350** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A pair of carved, matching wooden figures. First, an anthropomorphic standing figure with white, red, and ocher yellow detSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Gope BoardOceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A hand-carved, oval wooden panel called a gope board; this smaller example was probably made for an uninitiated boy. The surface has a low relief motifSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Papua New Guinea Wood and Reed Yam MaskOceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelam, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fascinating woven mask with an avian, owl-like oval face, split in half by a thin projection that resembles a narrow beak, witSee Sold Price
Sold2020Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Cane w/ Snake**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely carved wooden walking stick or ceremonial staff depicted with an integral serpent winding its way aroundSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mid 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Figure**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fascinating hand-carved wooden figure depicting a bearded ancestral human wearing a large bird-headed headdress. TheSee Sold Price
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