Two spears - Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago -

wood, 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 impressive

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty / Bismarck Archipelago, Manus Island, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife (known locally as a gudom

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 Collection Of Fishing Spears. Comprising twenty two multi pronged fishing spears from Papua New Guinea. Reed spears, two with metal tips Longest: 63"

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine set of two hand-carved wooden spear tips with lengthy bodies, slender midsections, and abstract curvilinear motifs

wood, 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 numbe

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

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)

Three Bamboo Hunting Spears, Papua New Guinea. Some decorated with painted or incised designs. Sizes: 1) 58.5'' x .5'' (149 x 1 cm); 2) 63.25'' x .5'' (161 x 1 cm); 3) 59.75'' x .5'' (152 x 1 cm). Not

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

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

Three carved wooden figures, one statue of a seated elderly spirit, painted with cowrie shell inlaid eyes. One large Ramu bird-man figure, indigenous repair to insect damage present. One flute stopper

Two Papua New Guinea Middle Sepik, Angriman (Ambunti) ceremonial tribal sculptures. Includes (1) 70" Papua New Guinea Middle Sepik, Angriman (Ambunti) ceremonial sculpture made of wood, feathers and w

Two Papua New Guinea Cult flutes one with designs typical of the Middle Sepik. With remnants of red earth color, white limestone, and feather attachments on the crocodile head. 13" long. Second Carved

Collection of 8 Spears, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th/20th century. Provenance: John Friede, New York; most collected on the La Korrigane expedition of 1934-1936. Three with custom metal stands. Lengths

A group of two Papua New Guinea objects. 20th century. Papua New Guinea. ++ New Guinea Murik Lakes wooden v-shaped handle Sego pounder. New Guinea Murik Lakes. 11 1/4." ++ Ramu face mask. Ramu. 17 1/2

Two Papua New Guinea ceremonial masks from Bosman Village, lower Ramu River, Madang Province. Carved wooden masks with dark painted finish and crocodile head at forehead and chin. Some wear to finish,

A group of two Papua New Guinea kina shell necklaces. Smallest: 6" x 5 1/4". Largest: 8" x 8 1/2".Provenance: From the estate of Dianne Komminsk to benefit the Dayton Art Institute.

Two massive Papua new Guinea polychrome wood panels; each of ovoid mask-like form with painted abstract facial features, one with large round eyes and inset shells forming floral designs, the other wi

A Decorative Spear from Papua New Guinea. Having dimensions of approximately 51" X 3.5", this piece was collected and cataloged by an American expat living, and working in New Guinea in the mid-1970s.

Two Sepik, Papua New Guinea elaborately carved and painted wood suspension hooks (stand not included); H: 34 1/4" (taller, approx.)