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New Guinean — Tribal
Lots 769—864 Found 3,907
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A giant clamshell ring 'Yua', Yangoru area, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea, an important bride price wealth…
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A giant clamshell ring 'Yua', Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea, used as the most important part of bridge price by…
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A spirit mask, carved wood, feather and fibre with earth pigments, Missingi village, middle Ramu, Papua New Guinea, 89 cm high
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An impressive carved wooden fish studded with trade beads and shell eyes (one missing), Trobriand Islands, south Eastern Papua…
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A giant clamshell ring, Yua, Prince Alexander mountains, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, used as wealth objects, important…
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A large old dance mask, Rai coast, Papua New Guinea, the mask is large and dramatic, with shell eyes, a strong nose, knobs…
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A stone chalice, Mendi valley, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, a rare and beautiful stone bowl of chalice-shape. Inside…
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A fine Boiken dance mask, of wood in ovoid form with projecting terminals, the visage with bulbous forehead above a projecting…
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A Papua New Guinea Sepik mask, lintel panel of. The man's house early 20th century. Decorated in black, white and red pigments.…
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Magic Lantern and Slides: W. Butcher & Sons Ltd Magic lantern c1920, updated and restored; together with large collection of…
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A basket hook, carved wood and shell, Kanganaman village, middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, 113 cm high
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165 cm high rare Tumbuan woven body shroud with attached wooden mask, Minimbit village, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, mid…
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An impressive figural food hook, carved wood, feather, shell and fibre with remains of earth pigments, Papua New Guinea, 177 cm…
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Papua New Guinean short war club, with discoidal flower-like carved stone head, tapering wooden handle, and woven cane. 68 cm…
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New Britain cassowary bone dagger. With fine natural fibre strap, glass beads and, incised spiral motif carving. Length 32.5 cm
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A late Ethnographic Massim canoe Splashboard, of wood sculpted in classic asymmetrical form, the anterior decorated with…
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Papua New Guinea ancestral mask, Sepik River, carved coastal palm wood, with polychrome decoration, hair beard, boar tusk &…
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A large fighting shield, Kamano or Okapa people, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, the top segmented circle is said to…
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Papua New Guinea Abelam painted carving, carved and painted polychrome wood mask, 51 x 17 cm, 51 x 17 cm
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A Malagan Standing Figure, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, (late twentieth century), carved wood, shell and natural earth…
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Two Papua New Guinea, Gogodala, woven ceremonial dance caps, of conical form, with feather details to the apex, decorated in…
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An Abelum people ancestor figure, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, carved wood on metal stand with wood block base, 145 x…
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Group of Papua New Guinea masks of large hollow form decorated with fibre and feathers, height 67 cm and 80 cm
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An Asmat dance costume (jip'e), of woven fibre with grass tassels, decorated with polychrome pigments, Irian Jaya, 161 cm
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Dilly bag. New Guinea. Finely woven with bands of natural colour pigment, decorated with shells 43 cm
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A fine Southern Highlands shoulder shield, of wood in classic ovoid form with sectioned apex, the anterior with old resin…
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Elongated Fang Ngil Sorcerer hunting mask, with good surviving pigments, Gabon, good old rendition of a powerful Fang ngil…
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A Gope board, with stylised figure incised to front with exaggerated head, decorated with natural earth pigments, Papuan Gulf…
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A huon Gulf paddle and one dark wood paddle, with profuse intricate incised design at paddle base, some damage to one side,…
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An early New Britain dance mask, wood with natural ochre decoration, inside mask is written 'Aua is, New Britain Papua New…
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Two Papua New Guinean anthropomorphic vessels, c. 1980, clay, with natural pigments, one (A/F) (2), height 32 cm, 28 cm
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Admiralty Islands spear, with obsidian spear head, above a carved figural body, in painted ochre, with lower natural fibre…
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Papua New Guinea Ramu river ancestral figure, carved in the form of bird man, on stand, height 15 cm. Provenance: Werner…
