Green River War Shield, Papua New Guinea

An Oceanic Wood Ancestral Shield Green River Region, Papua New Guinea, Circa 20th Century A.D. Height 56 3/4 inches (144 cm). Property of the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa Provenance: Doroth

wood, white and black pigment, red and yellow ochre, raised middle ridge, painted with six ancestor spirit heads, plant fibre tassels along rim and through pierced septum (partly missing or brittle),

Papua New Guinea Yuat / Sepik River Biwat style war shield (20th century) carved wood, painted pigment black ash, white clay, and red and yellow ochres, and fiber carved front having carved figures at

Papua New Guinea Yuat / Sepik River Biwat war shield (mid-20th century) carved wood, painted pigment black ash, white clay, and red and yellow ochres, and fiber carved front depicting three raised abs

Papua New Guinea Sepik River Faces War Shield. 67 Inches H.

Papua New Guinea carved wood and polychrome decorated shield, of strong, abstract graphic design, Green River region, Western Sepik, the back of the shield with a sinew cord secured by two holes at th

A Waghi Valley war shield, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea.Of classical form, the shield made from a single piece of wood, the surface with two large “X” patterns and painted with oran

A Fine Middle Ramu River shield, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.Of classical style for the type, the shield with raised wedge-shaped portion from the top incised with typical patterning, the sides

A Fine Middle Ramu River shield, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.Of classical style for the type, the shield with raised wedge-shaped portion from the top incised with typical patterning, the sides

A fine and old Washkuk war shield, Kwoma-Washkuk; Papua New GuineaThe shield of classical form, and carved in near-hemispherical shape, the surface with typical clan designs of the Washkuk region poss

A Fine upper/Middle Ramu River shield, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.Of unusual form, the small shield narrow with triangular area with incised design against white and the entire ground painted r

a Yuat River ceremonial shield, East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea.Of elaborate form, the shield with three registers of stylized faces in red/pink against a white ground, the field with swirling m

Large Upper Sepik River mask or shield, 20th c., Papua New Guinea, carved wood, woven reed, and adorned with feathers, 45"h x 14"w Provenance: The Estate of Arnold Scaasi, NY

A Papua New Guinea Shield, Sepik River, with classical designs; secured to sturdy steel base, height: 63". Provenance: Irv Fischer Collection, Michigan

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River Shield. With a figural head 39.5" x 11"

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River Shield. With handle intact on reverse 49.5" x 20" x 3"

A carved and painted wooden shield. Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, 20th century. 46 1/2"h. Provenance: The Alvin M. Cohen Collection, Bethesda MD.

Papua New Guinea Ambunti Mountain Region War Shield. 69 inches H.

A New Guinea Shield Fragment. Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. 13 1/2" x 42 1/2". Shipping: Shipping for our Collector's Series Ethnographic Auction will be handled by our trusted Shipping Partner UPS S

Torricelli Mountains, Papua New Guinea. 38 1/2" high, carved from a single piece of wood. The face with curvilinear abstracted motifs in high relief. Pierced to secure the grip anchors, the holes plug

Kandrian Papua-New Guinea, carved wood & rattan 3-part War Shield, 58" h x 10-1/2" w

Papua New Guinea Sepik River Biwat Shield. 62 Inches H X 12 W.

Papua New Guinea Lower Sepik Asmat Storyboard War Ceremonial Shield, carved wood and natural pigment a solid piece of wood with carved relief of abstract animal and human motifs with central crocodile

A Superb and Rare Central Province war shield, Likely 19th Century. Cloudy Bay, Central Province, Papua New Guinea. (Border with Milne Bay province).Of elegant form, the shield bowed from side to side