Two bark cloth "tapa" - Papua New Guinea

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

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

Two Spirit Bark Masks. Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, mid to late 20th century, a paneled bark gable mask lashed with woven fibers to cane stays, decorated with natural pigments and raffia, measuring

**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

New Guinea Tapa Bark Cloth Beater, Ramu River. Well used. Size: 16'' x 1.5'' x 1.25'' (41 x 4 x 3 cm).

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

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"

lime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tat

Large Ritualistic Kavat Mask. Papua New Guinea, Central Baining People, mid 20th century, hand-stitched bark-cloth over a bentwood frame, decorated with natural pigments, areas of wear, measuring 36&r

Rindenmalerei, gerahmt Papua-Neuguinea Gerahmt (frame included) RInde. H 100 cm. B 60 cm. Provenienz: Lothar und Käthy Steinke, Luzern. CHF 400 / 800 EUR 344 / 688

**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

Tribal painted Tapa barkcloth textile. Measures 55" x 22"

Large scale New Guinea barkcloth painting, 20th c., natural pigment on tapa barkcloth, 54"h x 32"w (textile), 58"h x 34.25"w (frame)

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A beautiful pendant pair of bark paintings, most likely created to decorate the exterior of a home. The two paintings are nearly identical, each one dep

An Abelam bark panel, Abelam people, Maprik hills, East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea.The rectangular panel made of two large pieces of bark (possibly on full sheet that split while being prepared)

Two Highlands Kina necklaces, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.The necklaces of Yellow lipped clamshell, both entire shells with red trade-cloth necklace and fiber necklaces. Yellow-lipped clam sh

2 antique ethnographic Melanesian spears from Papua New Guinea. Bamboo, carved hardwood, woven plant and cloth fiber wrapped hilts, with decorative tribal pyography elements. Hollow cane point spear a

A Group Of Two Papua New Guinea War Clubs. Wood handles with stone heads Longest: 46"

a/f (age cracks and one with chip), height 15cm and 4.5cm (2)

Dance Caps, of conical form, with feather details to the apex, decorated in natural pigments of white, black, brown and yellow, height 43cm and 58cm (including feathers) (2)

Two antique masks from Papua New Guinea: one well carved Murik Lakes ancestor mask. Red paint likely a retouching or later addition. One mask of face with bird on forehead, thick, aged patina, pierced

Two Papua New Guinea Carved Wood Storyboards. Larger: 16" x 36"