NEW GUINEA, SEPIK RIVER AREA POLYCHROMED DRUM

probably Sepik River area, possibly 20th century, various forms, carved and painted wood, two with fiber and cowrie shell embellishments, largest 22-3/8 x 5-1/4 in. Provenance: Collection from Blue Ha

New Guinea Sepik River Slit Drum. An elaborately-carved "garamut", measuring approximately 40" X 9" X 10". The drum has a magnificent patina; suggestive of considerable age, and much use. The American

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A sleek wooden drum carved from a single piece of hardwood, with repeating zoomorphic figures and geometric motifs down the side

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A sleek wooden drum carved from a single piece of hardwood, with repeating zoomorphic figures and

Oceanic Aibom Village Polychrome Pottery Sago Storage Jar, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, Chambri Lake Area, relief-molded with ancestral faces, h. 9 1/8 in. Provenance: Gene Willet, New Orlean

**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

Papua New Guinea, large Garamut drum, Sepik River Region, coral, white and black pigment on carved wood, the long hollowed canoe-form body decorated with incised circular pattern and painted link scro

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

Rare and important mask - Sepik River Area - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 63 cm Old rare Sepik dance mask. With natural pigments and a lot of detail. Collected around 1960. Acquired from an

Old and important dance mask - Sepik River Area - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 42, 5 cm Old rare and important Sepik dance mask. With natural pigments and a great shaped sepik nose. Collecte

A Vintage to antique carved wooden drum with elaborate incised designs and a monitor lizard skin as the drum head membrane. The Drum was carved in traditional hourglass form and has a carved wooden ha

Large Gable Spirit Mask. Blackwater area, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, mid to late 20th century, bark panels affixed with woven fibers over a bentwood & cane frame, decorated with natural pigments &

Black Palm Fishing Arrow from the Sepik River Area Tribes of New Guinea. It has a few scratches in the wood. It measures 56 inches long.

Middle Sepik River Area, Latmul people, 19th c. Canoe Prow of a Crocodile head with ancestral figure, mask and small full-body crocodile, all with scarring marks, crudely cut from a canoe, roughly 37"

**Originally Listed At $400** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall, hand-carved wooden drum in the form of a standing anthropomorphic figure with a crested

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall, hand-carved wooden drum with a long body and a handle in the form of an avian bill with a lo

Woven basketry ceremonial mask with applied pigments. Northern Sepik River area, Abelam Peoples. Mid 20th century. Looks to be well used. Height - 19” (48 cm) Width - 11 3/4" (30 cm) PROVENANCE:

A group of two Melanesian drums. 20th century. Papua New Guinea. ++ Telefomin handheld drum. 36" x 5." ++ Sepik River handheld drum. Sepik River. 44" x 8."_x000D_ Provenance: From the Estate of Lynda

Large Wood Carved Polychrome Tribal Mask with Shell and Plaited Fibers. Possibly from the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea area. Some losses and rubbing to paint. Measures 47" H x 13" W. Shipping: Third

A group of three Sepik River polychrome and wood objects. ++ (2) Handheld drums. ++ Doubled headed animal sculpture. PaPua New Guinea, Sepik River, 20th century. Provenance: The Alvin M. Cohen Collect

New Guinea Straw Yam Mask. Tag Reads: Yam Mask, Used To Honor The Yam During Sing Sings, At Harvest, Woseira Area, Jarna? Village, SepikRiver, New Guinea 1981.Approximately 11.375L x 9.0W x 3.50Din.

A Sepik River handheld drum with hide covered top. New Guinea. 1st half 20th century. 17"l x 4 1/2"dia. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: Drums

Kundu hand-carved wood drum, with intact tympanum, handle, and incised stylized faces on body with traces of pigment. Sepik River Region, New Guinea. Dimension: Length: 18 3/4 in. Condition: good over