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New Guinean — Tribal

Lots 97—192 Found 3,907

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Fighting shield, Wahgi valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Wahgi shields are believed to be the largest in the world.…
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Massim lime spatula fine, figural form, Massim lime spatula. Squatting figure in the classic knees-to-elbows pose. Ovoid head,…
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Ancestor stool, natural pigments on carved wood, Papua New Guinea. 155 cm high. Provenance: Robert Ypes
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An early war shield, North West Asmat Region, Papua, (early twentieth century), carved wood and natural pigments, 195.3 cm high…
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An extremely rare Massim Soul boat, carved from single piece of dark hardwood offering remarkable patina in extremely fine…
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An ethnographic over modelled ancestor skull, c. Early 20th century, of human bone, the visage sculpted in clay decorated with…
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An Ambrym Island mask. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 75 cm long, 39 cm high
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Nine superb feather headdress, Eastern Highlands Provence, [9], finely woven with beautiful feather work. Provenance: Collected…
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An early and fine New Britain Sago paddle, the central portion carved on either side with a stylized human head, each face with…
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Iatmul orators stool, ancestral figure with boar tusk, and sea shell decorations, height 240 cm, a/f missing shells
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A mid 20th century hardwood Lunet friction drum, New Ireland. Provenance: Private Collection, Victoria, height 51 cm, length 18…
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A superb Ramu river shield, a stone carved, of flat oval form, and pierced on either side, the front decorated with an abstract…
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Admiralty Islands spear, pre 1910, carved with a figural motif with obsidian spear, on metal stand, length 135 cm. Provenance:…
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A shield, Mendi Valley Southern Highlands 124 cm
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A large central Highlands shield Mt. Hagen area, Papua New Guinea possibly Mengen, of bowed rectangular form, boldly painted…
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Papua New Guinea figure & mask. Small carved male ancestor figure; & deeply carved mask. Age splits. Height 48 cm
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Head rest. Huon, Papua New Guinea. Unusual figurative headrest with pipe clay highlights. Canoe prow profile under support. 16…
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Masawa Kula canoe lagim (splashboard). Collected Amphlette Islands, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Jutta Malnic…
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Three old Marapai charms, Papuan Gulf 19th century, [3], all finely incised with anthropomorphic faces and infill lime…
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Large ceremonial dance helmet, Sassopya Region, Prince Alexander Mountains, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea for a similar…
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Superb Iatmul figure stone carved with a small cylindrical neck and body. Arms resting to hips, teardrop shaped face with…
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A New Ireland Malangan figure, 513 cm
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Very rare Papua New Guinea carved shield, New Britain. Formed from three split logs lashed with cane. Carved whorls with lime…
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An Asmat ancestor skull, Irian Jaya. 17 cm long and 18 cm, with stand
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An old war shield, Simbai, Bismarck Schrader Ranges, Madang Province; finely carved from hardwood with upraised designs and…
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A war shield, Mendi Valley, Southern Highlands Province, an old and used shield carved from hardwood with incised and painted…
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An old war shield, Ialibu area, Southern Highlands,Papua New Guinea; old and well used shield with a fine ochre painted designs…
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A New Guinea Highlands shoulder shield together with a Sepik river ancestral figure collected in the 1960s mount Hagen 68 cm,…
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A war shield, Mendi, Papua New Guinea Highlands 116 cm
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Forty eight Arrows and an ancient wood bow, these arrows are of the highest quality; collected by Todd Barlin. 'In 1985 I…
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War shield Mendi Valley, Southern Highlands Province, this oval type of shield known as worrumbi was the most important type of…
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Carved female figure, Waskuk Village, Mid Sepik. Height 1,20 cm
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Five New Guinea carvings including an Asmat figural kundu drum, a Iatmul mei mask, and three other Iatmul style masks, largest.…
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A Standing Figure, Massim, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, (circa 1900), carved wood and natural earth pigments, 36 cm…
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A shield, Iwam people, May River, East Sepik Province, a finely carved and painted shield comprised of four panels of abstract…
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An old war shield, Lumi area, Torricelli Mountains, West Sepik,Papua New Guinea, 19th century; shield collection no. M-940.…
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A Western Highlands war shield, Waghi Valley, Papua New Guinea 145 cm
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Baining ceremonial mask, Northern New Britain, Papua New Guinea, constructed of a tapa cloth painted in orange and black…
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A finely worked New Ireland butterfly totem dance mask, tapa and rattan, elongated eyes, large carved central nose, 38 cm, base…
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A rare ancestor figure, Porapora river Region, Papua New Guinea, collected in the 1970's. Figurative carving from this region…
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A superb Papua New Guinea war canoe prow, a rare and superb example of a large crocodile prow from a traditional war canoe,…
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Three old Massim lime spatula's, all finely carved with traces of lime infill; left: in the form of a stylized turtle with fine…
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An Omu figure, north West Asmat, Irogo village, Jerep River NW Asmat; an unusual form with both female and male genitalia. Omu…
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A ceremonial bat figure, middle Sepik, this finely carved hard wood bat figure has incised circular designs on its wings, the…
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War shield, Wahgi Valley area, Western Highlands Province, this large and well used older shield has many battle scars and…
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A fine New Britain mask,Papua New Guinea, of conical shape with elaborate feather headdress, designs painted in black on a…
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Papua New Guinea Biwat flute stopper. Lower Sepik disc faced carved spirit with, shell, cord and grass decorations. Ex…
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A Kamindibit village female fertility figure, Sepik Region, a torso holding her breasts, shell eyes, a boar's tusk as nose…
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Huon Gulf bowl, of hollowed, oval form with thin rim, decorated with two panels of rectangular bands with arched ÈÇÿUÈÇÖ shapes…
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Lumi war shield, carved wood, 102 x 67 cm, Papua New Guinea
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A large and impressive splashboard (Lagim), Trobriand Islands, mid 20th century carved wood This large and impressive…
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An orators stool, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, a figural ceremonial stool carved from Kwila wood decorated with applied clay…
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A Sepik skull rack, Papua New Guinea. Tradtionally used to display the skulls of slain enemies, but after the 1920s skulls of…
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A collection of nine old Kina pearl shell pectoral ornaments, Southern Highlands and Papuan Gulf areas,Papua New Guinea; gold…
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Sepik ancestral hook, with a face to one side and a inset lug to rear for suspension. Unusual figure design on verso. Used to…
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A Western Highlands war shield, Waghi Valley, Papua New Guinea 155 cm
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An fine and early Massim wealth axe, late 19th century; finely carved with stylized bird heads on the top and handle, the axe…
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A giant clamshell ring, 'Yua', a very large Yua, with perfect circular centre, decorated with fine and carefully graded nassa…
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19th century Marupai Papuan Gulf charm. Carved immature dwarf coconut with crocodile, clan design. Lime infill. Good patina.…
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A fine early Papuan Gulf fibre mask, comprising a stylized human face with raised ridges delineating the features and with…
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Fine betel nut mortar, of unusual form, the top portion carved open as a mortar with typical scrollwork carved in high relief;…
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An ethnographic over modelled ancestor skull, c. Early 20th century, of human bone, the visage sculpted in clay decorated with…
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A painted Sepik male figure. 130 cm high
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A headhunted skull, Marind-Anim People, Tomerau Village, Merauke, Irian Jaya. 14 cm high, 21 cm wide. 29 cm high including stand
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Old Southern Highlands war shield. An old war shield, Lalibu area, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. An old and well used…
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An old war shield, Eastern Highlands,Papua New Guinea, this shield has soft ochre painted designs over a pecked designs.…
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A Limestone figure, East Coast, New Ireland Acquired from Edward Tull 1968. Provenance: Stan Moriarty collection. 61 cm
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Coastal Sepik ancestor figure C.1930 carved wood with ochre pigment paint 102 cm (height)
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A giant clamshell ring, yua, Yangoru, Papua New Guinea, diameter 20.5 cm
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Six Cassowary bone daggers, including: four from the Abelam area, one which is a very fine and old dagger with a spirit face,…
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Roof finial figure, Sepik river Region, Papua New Guinea. Figure has traces of blue paint on torso and old repairs of tin plate…
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A dance mask, Used in ceremony, coastal Ramu river area, Papua New Guinea 50 x 21 cm
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A Buka paddle, Solomon Islands, an ancestral head carved on blade, 157 cm long
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Large Sepik canoe prow wooden carved prow with abstract crocodilian form to front extending to a raised, beaked, hooked spine…
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Masawa Kula canoe lagim (splashboard). Collected Amphlette Islands, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Jutta Malnic…
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Sepik river shield, carved and painted wood, 185 x 64 cm, 185 x 64 cm
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A small orator's stool, Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, the ancestral figure with applied clay patterning the…
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A Betel Nut Mortar, Mendam Village, Murik Lakes, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved wood, 10.3 cm high.…
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A Ramu shield, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: David Baker Collection. 90 cm
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A war shield, Mendi Valley, Southern Highlands Province, an old and used shield carved from hardwood with incised and painted…
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Iatmul carved food hook, 'Samban', middle Sepik river Region, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, wood with natural pigments…
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Two fine old Asmat Drums, one with finely carved human figure to top of handle, collected at Basim village from the Catholic…
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A Limestone figure, East Coast, New Ireland. Ex Moriarty collection: M1847 Acquired from Edward Tull 1968 . 80 cm
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A fine old Magic bag, Sepik river, this fine old Magic Bundle consists of a finely woven string bag with long tassels, the…
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An Omu figure, Northwest Asmat, Weo village, Jerep River NW Asmat; Omu is the name of the type of spirit figure and the…
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An Omu figure, Weo village, Jerep River NW Asmat; Omu is the name of the type of spirit figure and the ceremony that it belongs…
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A ceremonial headdress, Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands Province, finely made from bark cloth and resin over a cane frame,…
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Basket hook, coastal Sepik, basket hooks were carved with ancestor figures, hung from the inside of the house ceiling by a rope…
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Complex & rare dance mask. Anggoram people lower Sepik river region, New Guinea. Early 20th century. Wood, fibre, cane, boar…
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Standing male figure. Humbolt Bay, Papua New Guinea. Wood, with brown & black decoration, mounted on an acrylic base.…
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A middle Sepik suspension hook, female figure, carved boar's tusks on upper lip, chin extension underneath carved tattoo motifs…
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An Asmat large carved shield, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, the surface with curvilinear designs and incorporating…
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Papua New Guinea Massim wealth spatula. Pierced and craved turtle shell trimmed with shell rings. Early 20th century. Height 29…
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Buka Island paddles, superb pair with detailed raised carving to blades, traces of black and red pigments evident, length 158 &…
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Papua New Guinea suspension hook, middle Sepik River, male figure with carved tattoo motifs, height 94 cm
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An old stone figure, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: Collected by an Australian film maker whilst making a film in Papua New…