Sold2017VERY FINE PAPUA NEW GUINEA SHELL & BEAD AMULETWith boar tusks.Dimensions: H 16.75" x W 4.25" x D 2.25"Condition: Wear throughout. Few chips and splits to tusks.See Sold Price
Sold2023Papua New Guinea AdornmentsGroup of Papua New Guinea adornments and jewelry. Includes one large Bailer Shell pectoral necklace, one Eastern Highlands Fofona, one Maprik woven headband with nassa shell beads, One Abelam HeadbandSee Sold Price
Sold2023Papua New Guinea carved Wood Medicine Box, Snake devouring bird on the lidPapua New Guinea carved Wood Medicine Box, Snake devouring bird on the lid, hole inside has been sealed with metal plate; with inlaid cowrie shells, beads. Carved horned faces on the sides. 7Lbs ApproSee Sold Price
Sold2018Papua New Guinea Snail Shell Money NecklaceA fine, complete Papua New Guinea money necklace, possibly Sepik River Tribe, composed of a a string of white sea-snail shells knotted together on a natural fiber string. 31" long end to end.See Sold Price
Sold2022Antique Kina Shell Papua New Guinea NecklaceA Fine Old Kina Shell necklace , a crescent-shaped cut and polished clam shells of the yellow-lipped clam. They are worn by the men in the highlands of New Guinea as ornaments for the neck or chest anSee Sold Price
Sold2018Iatmul People modeled ancestor skullIatmul People, Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea. Modeled ancestor skull- wood, shells, human hair 8"h.See Sold Price
Sold2018Korawari River Area Yipwon Amulet FigureEarly 20th C. Korawari River Area Yipwon Amulet Figure. Papua New Guinea. Length: 14.75 in. Reddish hard wood with varied, shiny, encrusted, darkened patina. Very fine condition with a small old lossSee Sold Price
Sold2021A WOOD AND COWRIE-SHELLS ANTHROPOMORPHIC SCULPTUREA WOOD AND COWRIE-SHELLS ANTHROPOMORPHIC SCULPTURE Papua New Guinea, Sepik 48 cm highProvenance: Italian private collection, purchased from New Guinea Primitive Arts, Sydney (label), in the late 1990sSee Sold Price
Sold2018Rare Amulet Mask Carved from a Galip Nut Iatmul SepikRare Amulet Mask Carved from a Galip Nut Iatmul - Sepik Papua New Guinea 1950 Nut Canarium tree, glass beads, casuari feathers 4,5 cm It was made by an old man in Tambunum village (Iatmul village, midSee Sold Price
Sold2022Papua New Guinea Pectoral NecklaceA large necklace made of cowie shells, mother of peal and wood beads on fiber backing, custom display stand included. 21 " HSee Sold Price
Sold2022ETHNOGRAPHIC NECKLACENecklace made from a single shell held by vegetable fibers. Papua New Guinea. 20th century. Base included. Height: 25 cmSee Sold Price
Sold2021Oceanic Art: Papua New GuineaStanding Man, large carved and painted wood statue with shells, rope and grass appointments mounted to composite base, overall 66 ½” tall, 18” diameter composite base, approximately 4See Sold Price
Sold2021Papua New Guinea Tribal Mwai Carved Ritual MaskHand carved tribal wooden ritual mask, carved in a Mwai (Mwei, Mvai) style, portraying a clan ancestor. Cowrie shell eyes, other natural materials. Original pigment, fine old vintage to antique patinaSee Sold Price
Sold2019Mindimbit Papua New Guinea Wood Ceremonial MaskFine tribal dance mask from the Mindimbit people of New Guinea. Features a figural form with a face below, embellished with natural cowrie shell inlay. Measures 28" x 8". Good overall condition with mSee Sold Price
Sold2020Papua New Guinea Mid Sepik Sawos Amulet MaskPapua New Guinea Mid Sepik Sawos Amulet Mask (Mid-20th Century)carved wood, natural pigments, cowrie shells depicting spirit figure with polychrome geometric pattern carved and painted on the face.See Sold Price
Sold2020Rare Talipun Bride Price Collected before 1970 by EdlerA Very fine and rare Talipun, bride price. Consisting of a wonderful spiral sea shell and a woven rattan grass and Cassowary bird feather adornment. Boiken people, Papua New Guinea. Complete example wSee Sold Price
Sold2015Wooden korwar (ancestor) amulet, GeelvinckbayWooden korwar amulet, made of wood and trade beads.Ex-collection of the late Mr Hoogerbrugge who worked for Unesco in New Guinea during the 1960's and 1970's. Country of origin: North Coast Papua NewSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. Papua New Guinea Shell & Fiber Figure, Ex KomorSouth Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Kambanimbit Village, Sepik River, ca. 3rd quarter of the 20th century CE. Very attractive and unusual fiber and bark abstract figure - probably representing a figure iSee Sold Price
Sold2023PAPUA NEW GUINEA SHELL MASKLarge polychrome wood Papua New Guinea tribal primitive mask with shells. Measures approximately 35" x 14" wide.See Sold Price
Sold2022Papua New Guinea Shell Ornament Oceanic Adornment Mt Hagen Western HighlandsPapua New Guinea Shell ornament, pectoral Oceanic Adornment Mt Hagen Western Highlands. This, and many lots forthcoming were found at the massive central Florida estate of a true antiquarian who amassSee Sold Price
Sold2018Oceanic Papua, New Guinea Shell NecklaceOceanic Papua, New Guinea large shell necklace. Dimensions: 23" X 16"See Sold Price
Sold2022Papua New Guinea, Shell Overmodeled MaskLarge New Guinea Mask With Bird Head Nose Decorated With Shells. Tag Reads: A Sacred Mask TumbamerisHaus Tambarin, Chambri Lake, PNG. Approximately 23.625H x 9.8125W x 5.5625D in.See Sold Price
Sold2022Papua New Guinea shell Ornament Oceanic Adornment Mt Hagen Western HighlandsPapua New Guinea shell ornament, pectoral Oceanic Adornment Mt Hagen Western Highlands. This, and many lots forthcoming were found at the massive central Florida estate of a true antiquarian who amassSee Sold Price
Sold2018Oceanic Papua, New Guinea Shell NecklaceOceanic Papua, New Guinea Kina Shell necklace. Dimensions: 20" X 13"See Sold Price
2 days LeftLeonard Auction, a division of The Leonard CompanyPapua New Guinea and Oceanic Assortment$150
5 days LeftPiasaEngraved shell bracelet Papua New Guinea Shell Early 20th century H: 11 cm; D: 8-9 cm Provenance: Ex€200
6 days LeftSloans & KenyonPAPUA NEW GUINEA KINA SHELL NECKLACE, Mid-20th century. - Width: 7.75 inches.$50
6 days LeftSloans & KenyonPAPUA NEW GUINEA KINA SHELL NECKLACE, Mid-20th century. - length: 7.75 inches.$70
Jun 02Global Auctions CompanyPair of Papua New Guinea Abelam Pectoral Ornaments Karahuts shells, tusks$120