Sold2021Lumi Culture Shield, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th/EarlyLumi Culture Shield, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th/Early 20th C. Carved wood with traditional spiral carved decoration. Provenance: David F. Rosenthal, Art and Artifacts of Oceania, San Francisco. Size:See Sold Price
Sold2024SEPIK RIVER NECKRESTSEPIK RIVER NECKREST PAPUA NEW GUINEA, LATE 19TH – EARLY 20TH CENTURY carved wood, snail shell and vegetal fibre, with relief carved ancestor masks to the ends, the reverse with incised design aSee Sold Price
Sold2018Tall / Early 20th C. PNG Carved Wood Ancestor FigurePapua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall wooden figure, hand-carved, in the form of a long-limbed male with his arms held at his sides and a prominent, flaccid phallus.See Sold Price
Sold2021Asmat Shield, Papua New Guinea, Early/Mid 20th C.Asmat Shield, Papua New Guinea, early/mid 20th c. Carved wood, pigment, plant fiber string and seeds. Flying fox motif. On metal stand. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Rowen, BeverSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Hand-Carved Wood TotemA Hand-Carved Wood Totem Papua New Guinea, Early 20th Century Height 53 x width 6 1/4 x depth 4 inches.See Sold Price
Sold20212 Abelam People's Men's Cult House Panels, PNGTwo Men's Cult House Panels, Abelam People, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century. One carved wood, the other paint on board (warped). Young Abelam men and boys traditionally underwent a series of initSee Sold Price
Sold2024Papuan, Lumi shieldPapuan Lumi shield Papua New Guinea, late 19th to early 20th centurypainted and carved wood, wicker, enameled steel shield: 37 h x 25 w x 3.5 d in (94 x 63 x 9 cm) stand: 34.25 h x 21 w x 6 d in (See Sold Price
Sold2024Lower Sepik River PNG Ancestor FigureLower Sepik River carved wood ancestor figure. Papua New Guinea, 19th - Early 20th century. Standing on a pedestal, with a long nose or beak extending into the stomach and hands at its sides. WearingSee 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
Sold2017Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Splash BoardOceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A symmetrically-carved light wood splash board with fantastical motifs. On the upper part is a highly abstract face composed of swirls, with two bSee Sold Price
Sold2017Papua New Guinea Wooden Kneeling Bird FigurePapua 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 widSee Sold Price
Sold2016Late 19th C. PNG Wood Food Hook, ex-KennedyPapua 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 blacSee Sold Price
Sold202219th C. PNG Maprik Wood Ancestor Panel Male, AviansOceania, Papua New Guinea, Maprik River region, Abelam people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved rectangular wood architectural panel with a central standing male figure wearing aSee Sold Price
Sold2024Tall / Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Ancestor Figure**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, Kararau, Iatmul, ca, early to early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wood figure with cowrie shell eyes and paintSee Sold Price
Sold2024Early Papua New Guinea Wood Finial (Abstract Face)**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden finial for a staff or an architectural element presenting an abstract anthropomorphic face. TheSee 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
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 Carved Wood CrocodilesOceania, 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 bodiesSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Papua New Guinea Palm Wood Carved Support**Originally Listed At $125** Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lengthy and finely-detailed support carved from a single piece of beige-hued palm wood. Each endSee Sold Price
Sold2022Papua New Guinea Carved Ancestral Spirit Gope Board, carved wood Tovei Village(Older) Monumental Papua New Guinea Gope Ancestral Spirit Board, carved geometric details, colored with pigments. Marked 'Tovei Vil (village).' on reverse. Early 20th century. 30lbs Approx. MeasuremenSee Sold Price
Sold2021Massive Early 20th C. PNG Maprik Wood Lintel**Originally Listed At $3500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Abelam tribe from the Maprik / Wosera area, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A massive wood carved lintel depicting six round, carved, anthroSee Sold Price
201520th C. PNG Sepik River Wood Mask, Elongated FacePapua New Guinea, East Sepik Madang Province, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A large and finely carved wood mask depicting an elongated human visage donning a fanciful headdress adorned with two loSee Sold Price
Sold2017Late 19th C. PNG Carved Wood Figural Panel**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, probably Astrolobe Bay or Lower Ramu River / Sepik River, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. Hand carved from a single piece of wood, a marker depictinSee Sold Price