TAPA CLOTH, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (ORO PROVINCE,

**Originally Listed At $250** Southwest Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Oro Province, ca. 1970 CE. A stunning tapa cloth presenting multiple decorative sinuous bands surrounded by upper and lower linear bo

**Originally Listed At $250** Southwest Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Oro Province, ca. 1970 CE. A stunning tapa cloth presenting multiple decorative sinuous bands surrounded by upper and lower linear bo

Two bark cloth skirts, Maisin people, Oro province; Papua New Guinea.Of beaten mulberry bark tapa, the cloths painted with elaborate curvilinear designs on a white field with black highlighting. Excel

A pair of carved wooden Tapa cloth beaters from Papua New Guinea, both heavy dense wood with well worn handles, the first has phallus shaped handle as well as incised designs and the name "Tonny Bain"

Papua New Guinea Tapa Cloth, 46 1/2" x 29".

Two Papua, New Guinea tapa bark cloths, early 20th c., 46'' x 48'' and 45'' x 52''.

**First Time At Auction** Pacific Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, Tonga, the Cook Islands, or Papua New Guinea, ca. 1970 CE. A stunning tapa cloth presenting multiple bands of stylized geometric motifs

Originally listed at $250 Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A fine tapa cloth beater, hand-carved from an espresso-hued hard wood. The beater has a short, flared handle and

Ca. early 20thC. Tapa, cane, pigments, chicken feathers. Very good original condition as shown with no major loss or apparent repairs. Elema conical style masks are worn by initiates during festivals

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Jiwaka Province, Wahgi people, ca. early 20th century CE. A gray-green schist axe set into a wooden cavity that extends outwards, mirroring the blade shape at one elongated

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Jiwaka Province, Wahgi people, ca. 19th century CE. A grey-green slate axe set into a wooden cavity that extends outward, mirroring the blade shape at one end, and providing

**Originally Listed At $450** Oceania, Eastern Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Angu (sometimes Kukukuku) peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An intimidating club with a lengthy slender wooden pole.

**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Ramu / Upper Keram River, ca. mid 20th century CE. A trio of hand-carved wooden ancestral masks with elongated ovoid forms, minimalist anth

Papua New Guinea Sepik Province figural suspension hook worked in wood, featuring a face surmounting a shield-shaped body and double hook of crescent form along bottom, with carved handle to reverse.

Bioma Spirit figure, Papua New Guinea, Gulf Province, Wapo/Era River, decorated in white and orange pigment with carved designs throughout, 27" h

Papua New Guinea Sepik Province figural suspension hook worked in polychrome wood, featuring a face surmounting a diamond-shaped body and double hook along bottom, with cowrie shell inlay to one eye.

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Janaka Province, Wangi people, ca. early 20th century CE. A wedge-shaped wooden axe set into a wooden cavity that extends outwards, mirroring t

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islands (sometimes Kiriwina Islands), Massim people, ca. 20th century CE. A beautiful wooden drum, known as a kundu, with a long, gently curved

A Papua New Guinea New Ireland Province Malagan Mandak Funerary ceremonial carved figural sculpture (19th Century) depicting a male tribe member wearing headdress with outstretched arms to each side w

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Ramu River region, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A hefty shield hand-carved from a large wood plank with rounded corners an

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably Gulf Province, Tovei Village, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. Sizeable to say the least, an expressive dance mask woven from colorful plant fibers, the body prese

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably Gulf Province, Tovei Village, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. HUGE and full of personality, a lively dance mask woven from colorful plant fibers, the body present

**Originally Listed At $500** Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islands (sometimes Kiriwina Islands), Massim people, ca. 20th century CE. A dark wood drum, known as a kundu, with a long,

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Maprik district, Abelam peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask plaque meant to be shown in c