Lot 0298

Iatmul Seated Figure, Papua New Guinea

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Middle Sepik River Figure, Papua New Guinea.: A Middle Sepik River Figure, possibly Iatmul Janus Figure. Wood, pigment. Papua New Guinea. 21 1/4" x 4 1/2". Condition: Cracks, pigment loss, and gouges. Provenance: From a Virginia Private Collectio

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PNG Iatmul Figure: Papua New Guinea Iatmul Figure. Size: 20" x 6" x 6" (51 x 15 x 15 cm).

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Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Figural Panel: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dramatic, brightly painted wooden decorative carving of a seated figure. Presenting as a panel and painted on one sid

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Collection of Indonesian and Papuan Artifacts: Massim Trobriand Offering Bowl, Papua New Guinea. Carved and incised wood with long handle and detachable seated figure. Size: 10'' x 14'' x 7'' (25 x 36 x 18 cm). Together with a group of Indonesian

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ELABORATE SEPIK WOOD ROOF FINIAL FIGURE: Elaborate Papua New Guinea, Sepik roof finial/gable figure; the tall carved and polychrome wood female fertility figure seated atop a patterned post, with alligator head, surmounted by a bird with win

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SEPIK PAPUA NEW GUINEA OVER MOLDED HUMAN SKULL: Ancestor figure with skull Papua New Guinea Middle Sepik Iatmul people clay substance, skull, shells, and human hair. Dimensions: H 10.5" x W 7.5" x D 4.75" Condition: Wear. Some loss to hair.

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$SEPIK PAPUA NEW GUINEA OVER MOLDED HUMAN SKULL: Ancestor figure with skull Papua New Guinea Middle Sepik Iatmul people clay substance, skull, shells, and human hair. Dimensions: H 8.5" x W 8" x D 5.25" Condition: Few fracture lines. Wear.$

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Papua New Guinea Iatmul Ceremonial House Male Figure: Papua New Guinea Iatmul Ceremonial House Male Figure, carved wood, natural pigment, natural fiber, carved standing male figure on round plinth

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Papua New Guinea carved figural suspension hook: Stylized figural suspension hook (Iatmul), depicting a masked figure with inset shell eyes, decorated with red, black, grey, and white pigments, and vestiges of feathers and rafia, Sepik River, New Gu

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Papua New Guinea carved figural suspension hook: Carved wood figural suspension hook (Iatmul), depicitng a masked figure with inset shell eyes, decorated with red, black and white pigments, resting on a crcodile head, Sepik River, New Guinea, 26.5"h

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA JUGATE SPIRIT FIGURE, CIRCA 1930: Iatmul Peoples, Middle Sepik River, Ancestral Spirit carrying Mask on Back, the figure reaching up to touch his tongue, carved and painted wood, of one piece, slightly concave, on 4 1/2" x 9 1/4" x 9

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Iatmul seated figure, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood decorated with Cowrie shells and Cassowary bird feathers. Large conical eyes adorned with conch shells, boars tusk in nose (1 missing). Size: 37'' x 11'' x 10'' (94 x 28 x 25 cm). Provenance: The Estate of Mary Bert Gutman, Pennsylvania.