Sold2019Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Shield**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden shield of a narrow, ovoid form with a convex face adorned with an abstract illustration. The obverseSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Large Papua New Guinea Wood Shield**Originally Listed At $600** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A large wooden shield with an overall rectangular composition and finely-carved details that form a symmetrical designSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Spear w/ BarbsOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful, hand-carved wooden spear portion with a slender shaft, a grip bound with tightly-wrapped and knotted cord, and a thSee Sold Price
Sold2023Sepik River Dance MaskMid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Dance Mask. Polychrome decorated dance mask from Angoram in the lower Sepik. Originally purchased from Ulrich Kortmann. 18" long. Hewn interior, overall good conditSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Spoon**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, lower Ramu River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. An interesting spoon, hand-carved from wood, with a small scoop and an abstract anthSee Sold Price
Sold2020Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Betel Nut Mortar**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Ramu River region, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mortar for grinding betel nuts. The bowl of the mortar is supported by two absSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mid 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Figure**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fascinating hand-carved wooden figure depicting a bearded ancestral human wearing a large bird-headed headdress. TheSee Sold Price
Sold201720th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Bird and Mask FigurePapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, mid-20th century CE. A delightful and totemic carving of a large-beaked bird - probably a hornbill - standing on a mask-like human face atop a rounded pedeSee Sold Price
Sold2020Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Food Hook**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely carved wooden figural "food hook," possibly a female, with red, yellow, cream, and whiSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Ancestor Figure**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden ancestor figure with very thin shell inlays for eyes that give them a startling, glowing appearanSee Sold Price
Sold2020Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Abelam Wood Male Figure**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Abelam peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure standing with wide-spread legs and delineaSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden MortarOceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A beautiful hand-carved mortar with a shallow, flat bowl at the top and a flat base, its sides decorated with high relief birds and fins, tSee Sold Price
Sold202020th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Spear Tips (pr)**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine set of two hand-carved wooden spear tips with lengthy bodies, slender midsections, and abstract curvilinear motifsSee Sold Price
Sold2024Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Bow**Originally Listed At $100** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, early to mid 20th century CE. A sizable wooden bow, likely made for hunting or warfare. The bow is constructed from a long palm tree shaft withSee Sold Price
Sold2017Papua New Guinea Wooden Kneeling Bird FigurePapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wood figure, kneeling, with a long, beak-like nose and deep set eyes. Carved as part of his head is another head with widSee Sold Price
Sold2021Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Ramu Wood Ancestor Figure**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Lower Ramu River region, ca. 1950s CE. A hand-carved wooden figure depicting an ancestor standing with feet fused to an integral semicircular pSee Sold Price
Sold2023Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Stone & Wood Adze**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1940s CE. A handmade cutting tool, known as an adze, featuring a long wooden handle in shades of light brown with a black stone blade preseSee Sold Price
Sold201720th C. Large Papua New Guinea Carved Wood Shield- BirdOceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A magnificent, carved wooden shield in the form of a mask with an elongated nose that extends down to the form a handle and terminates in a sleek sea biSee Sold Price
Sold202020th C. Papua New Guinea Carved Wooden Paddle**Originally Listed At $75** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A relief-carved, teardrop-shaped wooden "paddle" form with an abstract, vine-like motif on both sidSee Sold Price
Sold2017Papua New Guinea Painted Wooden MaskPapua New Guinea, Sepik River, perhaps from Iwam along the May River (East Sepik), mid-20th century CE. A long-faced, hand-carved wooden mask, made not to be worn but to be placed protectively over aSee Sold Price
Sold2021Asmat Shield, Papua New Guinea, Early/Mid 20th C.Asmat Shield, Papua New Guinea, early/mid 20th c. Carved wood, pigment, plant fiber string and seeds. Flying fox motif. On metal stand. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Rowen, BeverSee Sold Price
Sold2015Sepik River carved & painted wood shield, 20th c.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.See Sold Price
Sold2015Dance shield, GeelvinckbayDance shield Geelvinckbay (korwar-ancestor head on top). Made of wood, dating to the early/mid 20th Century. Country of origin: North Papua New Guinea. Size: 122 cm (49 inches). Private collection theSee Sold Price
Sold2017Large shield from the Hunstein Mountains region ofLarge shield from the Hunstein Mountains region of Papua New Guinea, mid-20th Century, with a flowing abstract design encompassing five rounded faces, polychrome pigments, handle on back, 87.5"h ProveSee Sold Price
Jun 02Global Auctions CompanyPair of Papua New Guinea Abelam Pectoral Ornaments Karahuts shells, tusks$120