CONTEMPORARY PAPUA NEW GUINEA MASK & SPEAR WOOD CARVING

Group Oceanic style tribal carvings, Incl. Papua New Guinea and Nias Island, carved wood masks and figures, 41"h x 3"w x 5.5"d (largest), 20"h x 4.5"w x 3"w (smallest) Provenance: Estate of Distinguis

(lot of 2) Papua New Guinea wood carving group, the polychrome one in the style of a house mask with swirling lines, the black one a figural hook with compelling face, 34.5"h x 11"w

New Guinea carved wood trading mask. Features an oval exaggerated facial form with deep relief carving. Measures 19" x 6 1/2". Good overall condition with minor wear. In house, Hill Auction Gallery co

Old Murik Lakes Canoe Mask Carving on Stand 22''x6''. A canoe mast carved wood fragment with remnants of its original red paint. Early to mid 20th century, Papua New Guinea.

Lot consists of large shell inlaid carved wood food bowl and two mortars with fish design. Also includes ancestor mask and decorative fish and bird carving.

**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 r

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dramatic, brightly colored wooden decorative carving in the form of a magical anthropomorph

**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 det

**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 cr

**Originally Listed At $400** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, mid-20th century CE. A delightful carving of a large-beaked bird - probably a hornbill - standing atop an integrated platform

New Guinea Carved Wooden Mai Mask With Seashells. Tag Reads: Mai Mask, Korogo, Sepik River Basin, New Guinea, Purchased From Paulian Assn. New Guinea Primitive Art Nov 1981. Approximately 24.25L x 5.2

Papua New Guinea Palembai Wood Carving With Polychrome Painted Features And Cowry Shell Eyes. Estimated more than 50 yrs old. Oceanic art is the creative works made by the native peoples of the Pacifi

Papua New Guinea Mask. Carved wood, pigment. Size: 13" x 6" x 3" (33 x 15 x 8 cm).

Papua New Guinea Sepik River wood carving 10.5" wide x 59.5" long Davids notes: This came out of storage unit in Ossining NY, that belonged to Dr. Gregory Siskind.

Carved wood mask from Papua New Guinea, possibly from the Ramu River region, and dating to the first half of the 20th century. Of elongated oval form with pointed ends, protruding nose with a hole car

A PNG wood mask, ca. early 20th century, polychorme, lomg nosed, bearded, face surrounded by hair and collared mantle. Old collector's label and number on reverse. Dimensions: 14" H x 6" W; Weight: 3

**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 fasten

Group of three Papua New Guinea carved wood masks; possibly of the Sepik River region; each with inset cowrie shell eyes; L: 22 1/4" (largest, approx.)

Papua New Guinea Mask. Oceania. Carved wood,fiber, pigment. Size: 28" x 18" x 9" (71 x 46 x 23 cm). Provenance: from the collection of the late Robert A. Scalapino, a Robson Research Professor of Gove

Papua New Guinea Wood Mask with raffia , painted clay or mud decoration with embedded cowry shells and horn decoration, 25 inches tall

Papua New Guinea wood Mask, Mbando Village, Lower Sepik River, early 20th C., with typical curvilinear designs, with animal totem atop. cf: Original gallery label from Australia attached. Dimensions:

Large and unusual Papua New Guinea polychrome wood mask; elaborately detailed with shells and exaggerated features, the tongue of crocodile form; Provenance: Estate of Ralph Turner, Los Angeles; H: 36

Papua New Guinea figural food hook wood carving, 35.5"h x 9.5"w

Vintage Papua New Guinea painted carved wood mask with braided embellishments and rattan border; minor wear and flaws; H 16 1/2" (Approx.)Provenance: Acquired by present owner Papua New Guinea cc. 198