Dear Dad - Letters from New Guinea

Dear Dad - Letters from New Guinea Account of the Ben S. Boyce exped. into the interior of Pacific New Guinea (Mekeo-region), being letters to his father W.D. Bo

US 1942 .303 shell case, trench art letter opener, New Guinea made from brass shell casings and sold to US troops by Australian soldiers, often with elaborate stories designed to inspire high amounts

WWII Japanese-American US Soldier 1944 V-Mail & Photos Group. Named to Army soldier George Blart of the 33rd Signal Company. The letter mentions he is in New Guinea and it is a hell hole. Good conditi

Personal letters from Douglas L. Oliver to Louis Pierre Ledoux dated Feb. 1938 and May 1937. 1938 letter, written on Harvard University stationary, sent to Louis Pierre Ledoux in New Guinea, is very p

TLS on United Paramount Theatres, Inc. letterhead, no date. The letter read, "Dear Bets, I am so excited as is your father about my new series "A Star is Born" It is hard to believe that I am nervous.

ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR. Typed Letter Signed, to "Dear Mrs. Ellis," quoting a letter from Museum of the City of New York founder Henry Collins Brown concerning a lecture about Poughkeepsie and the Hudson R

125. Stein, Gertrude.Autograph Letter Signed, to "My Dear Ford" [Ford Maddox Ford], in English, about his work. 1 page. 4to, on Hotel Pernollet stationary, decorated paper portfolio holder with typed

45a. Kennedy, John F. Typed Letter Signed, "John Kennedy," as Representative, to "Dear Marguerite," asking for help collecting signatures for his Senate nomination papers. 1 page. 4to, typed, on House

GOULD (JOHN) AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, Including Many New Species Recently Discovered in Australia, 25 original parts, FIRST EDITION, 320 han

wood, feathers, rattan, plant fibre cord, blackish mass, anthropomorphic head on stylized body (legs recognizable in back view), plume of twenty-six trimmed frigate bird feathers, old collection numbe

wood ("Alstonia scholaris"), shell inlay ("Turbo Phetolatus opercula"), lime, red ochre, black pigment, hairdo from short cut brush-like plantfibre tufts, which were pressed in blackish mass, thin ver

Papua New Guinea Abelam Wooden Figure of a Man With shell eyes, decorated with red and black pigments. Height of figure 35 inches (88.9 cm)

Wosera, New Guinea lintel, complete and intact. Wosera people, Middle Sepik Region. Decorated in polychrome red, yellow, white and black traditional paints. Line of eleven clan ancestor depictions in

lime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tat

Papua New Guinea New Ireland Malagan mask, hand carved wood, polychrome decoration, cloth & fiber covering, 14-1/2" h

New Guinea, ca. late 19th - early 20th century. A fine carved early Sepik hook figure. Custom base. MEASUREMENTS Height: 15 inches / 38 cm SHIPPING $35 flat-rate shipping in the continental U.S. (insu

Karem River, Papua New Guinea, carved wood shield, the face or mask standing out 1"-2" in relief, the zigzag designs all over quite extensive and dramatic optically, the back with its shield's handle

The auction featuring items from the Saul Brandman Foundation. Sculpture in carved wood fabrication. Region of origin: Korewori River area, Middle Sepik, PapuaNew Guinea. The sculpture is a Yipwon fig

The 18th/19th century carved wood feast bowl attributed to the Melansian People of Admiralty Island, Papua, New Guinea the bird form with pronounced head and openwork 'wing' handles, raised on four in

wood, pigments, shell inlay, black clay like mass, base The term "malagan" refers collectively to a complex series of ceremonies and the visual art forms associated with them. Most of these impressive

wood, pigments, missing parts, rest.The "brag" spirit is characerised as male and warlike, seducing women and devouring young initiates before spitting them back to their mothers as adult men.The spir

iron wood, brown patina, deep hollowed eye sockets inlaid with red seeds pressed into clay-like mass, pierced septum with wooden stick, handwritten numbers "70" and "1933" on the bottom, min. dam., cr

wood, colour pigments, feathers, custom mount "Minja" figures were used in ceremonies to aid in hunting and yam fertility. Newton reports that the Kwoma regard the "minja" figures as representations o

wood, brown patina, remains of red and white pigment, carved in flat relief with the face of an ancestor spirit in the centre, holes on either side, old collection number "M 173" backside, slightly da