Hunstein Mountains Garra Cult Hook, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, with four

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden "food hook" in the form of an abstract mask-like visage with bold features, with a petite stylized figure, who intrigu

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden hook, carved to show a human face at the top with small creamy white cowry shell inset eyes, a large, pointed nose

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A nice example of a hand-carved wooden trophy hook, also known as a suspension hook. The

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a carved wood "food hook", that is guaranteed not a tourist piece! A (female?) figure, painted red with cream and blac

**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely carved wooden figural "food hook," possibly a female, with red, yellow, cream, and whi

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, Iatmul people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved female ancestral figure basket hook with an anchor form at the base for suspending b

AN IATMUL NATURALISTICALLY OVERMODELED AND PAINTED HUMAN SKULL, MIDDLE SEPIK RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, the finely modeled clay covered skull with portrait like facial features flank

Fine Guardian Spirit Hook Figure, Kandingai, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, early 20th c., featuring a grimacing crouching figure atop a horned spirit head, double-sided, retaining most of the

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. This is an atl atl, a weapon with a tremendous history and that is still used today in Papua New Guinea and other places throughout the

**Originally Listed At $300** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A heavy wooden figure of a crouching woman with long arms that she is using to leverage herself from the

Large Sacred House Food Hook Figure 136 Cm Sepik Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 136 cm Beautiful type of food hook, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wood figure, kneeling, with a long, beak-like nose and deep set eyes. Carved as part of his head is another head with wid

Old Authentic Food Hook Sepik Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks, are

Old authentic food hook - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks,

Old authentic food hook - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks,

Upper Karawari River, Southern margins of the Sepik, Yuma Papua New Guinea, late 19th / early 20th century; wood and shell; accompanied by documentation and appraisal 97 x 14 in. (246.4 x 35.6 cm.)

**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

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A pair of hand-carved wooden crocodile figures, each with a horned nose and deeply inlaid cowrie shell eyes. The bodies

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Washkuk area, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine low-fired ceramic mask, perhaps of an ancestor, of an ovoid form wit

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Washkuk area, ca. early 20th century CE. A remarkable redware mask, perhaps representing an ancestor, handmade to fe

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Washkuk Hills, Kwoma people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. An interesting earthenware vessel with a pair of large, abstract faces with aquilin

Large richly carved out sacred house food hook figure 160 cm - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 160 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably Middle Sepik River region, late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautifully carved and painted figural head representing a spirit and/or ancestor, boasting a chara

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle/East Sepik River Region, Korewori River area, ca. 1920s to 1940s CE. A hand-built red clay stone head representing an abstract ancestral figure. The head is of a mini