Sold2022Eleven Oceanic Drums, Baskets, and Tools Height of largest 27 7/16 inches (69.7 cm).Eleven Oceanic Drums, Baskets, and Tools Papua New Guinea Height of largest 27 7/16 inches (69.7 cm). Property from the Estate of a Renowned Art Dealer, New York City, New York Provenance: with Air NiSee Sold Price
Sold2020Early Indonesian Dayak Adze ToolEarly Papua New Guinea Adze Tool, raffia, wood, iron, dark carved wood handle with decorative carved feature at base and carved design on shaft with small raffia wrapped crude iron blade. Item shows gSee Sold Price
Sold2017Massim CultureMassim Culture, Papua New Guinea, figurative wood tool or utensil used for the mending of nets used to hunt pigs, 10"h Provenance: published in Michael Hamson's "Art of the Massim & Collingwood Bay" 2See Sold Price
Sold2019Spear Tip 2 Crocodile Boat Prows28 ½” Spear Tip 2 Crocodile Boat Prows, Scalping Tool, all from Irina Java and Papua, New GuineaSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Pair of Stone Axe Heads from Papua New GuineaThis Lot contains two large and fine stone axe heads, Southern Highlands Province, Papua new Guinea. The two large stone blades that were used both as tools and as wealth, various colors of the stoneSee Sold Price
Sold20235 Stone Axe Heads from Papua New GuineaA group of five stone axe heads, Western Highlands Province, Papua new Guinea. The group with various stone blades that were used both as tools and as wealth, various colors of the stone and sizes. StSee Sold Price
Sold2022Petite 20th C. Papua New Guinea Greenstone Adze BladeOceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A petite adze blade that is hand-carved from mottled pistachio-hued stone with integral gray veins. The trapezoidal tool features a tapered butt eSee Sold Price
Sold2023Papua New Guinea Jade Axe HeadPapua New Guinea celt made from green jade. Smooth, polished exterior, no apparent signs of use as a tool. Reputed provenance from Depapre, a remote inland North Coast village. 15.5" long, 3" at widesSee Sold Price
Sold202420th C. Oceanic Incised Wood Tool**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea or Vanuatu, ca. 1950s CE. A fine carved-wood tool displaying a long tapered point and rounded rectangular handle with a half-moon shape at its bSee Sold Price
Sold2023Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Stone & Wood Adze**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1940s CE. A handmade cutting tool, known as an adze, featuring a long wooden handle in shades of light brown with a black stone blade preseSee Sold Price
Sold2021Threader, Weaving ToolThreader or weaving tool. rattan and vegetal fiber. Looks like it could be used for weaving basket bags, or other equipment. Locale: Lower Sepik RiverCountry: Papua New Guinea Date: 1936 or earlierMatSee Sold Price
Sold2023Lot of Six Stone Axe HeadsA group of six stone axe heads, Western Highlands Province, Papua new Guinea. The group with various stone blades that were used both as tools and as wealth, various colors of the stone and sizes. StoSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Group of Five Stone Axe HeadsA group of five stone axe heads, Western Highlands Province, Papua new Guinea. The group with various stone blades that were used both as tools and as wealth, various colors of the stone and sizes. StSee Sold Price
Sold2023Lot of Five Stone Axe HeadsA group of five stone axe heads, Western Highlands Province, Papua new Guinea. The group with various stone blades that were used both as tools and as wealth, various colors of the stone and sizes. StSee Sold Price
Sold2023Early 20th C. Papua New Guinean Wood & Stone Adze**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fine example of a wood and stone chopping adze, a tool primarily used for shaping and carving wood. The adzSee Sold Price
Sold2017War charm, around 1880 - Papua New Guinea - Bismarckwood, 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 numbeSee Sold Price
Sold2016Standing male "malagan" figure - Papua New Guinea -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 verSee Sold Price
Sold2016Papua New Guinea Abelam Wooden Figure of a ManPapua 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)See Sold Price
Sold2021Helmet mask "tatanua" - Papua New Guinea - Bismarcklime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tatSee Sold Price
Sold2023Papua New Guinea New Ireland Malagan MaskPapua New Guinea New Ireland Malagan mask, hand carved wood, polychrome decoration, cloth & fiber covering, 14-1/2" hSee Sold Price
Sold2017Karem River, Papua New Guinea, carved wood shield, theKarem 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 handleSee Sold Price
Sold2022YIPWON FIGURE KARAWARI RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA.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 figSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fragment of a "malagan" panel - Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Irelandwood, 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 impressiveSee Sold Price
Sold2021"Brag" spirit mask - Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik,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 spirSee Sold Price
4 days LeftGlobal Auctions CompanyPair of Papua New Guinea Abelam Pectoral Ornaments Karahuts shells, tusks$120
4 days LeftGlobal Auctions CompanyCarved Wood Polychrome Female Ancestor Figure, Papua New Guinea Sepik Abelam$250