Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Wosera Polychrome Jar

**Originally Listed At $350** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Wosera-Gawi region, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful ceremonial terracotta jar with a rounded, apple-shaped body and a wide mouth. The inte

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Wosera-Gawi region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A beautiful ceremonial terracotta jar with a rounded, apple-shaped body and a wide mouth. The inte

Mid-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 condit

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River province, North Coast, Boiken peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A wonderful and vibrant wooden ceremonial mask featuring fiber cords and cowrie shells. The

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Washkuk Hills, Kwoma people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. An interesting earthenware vessel with a pair of large, abstract faces with aquilin

Early -Mid 20th Century Sepik River Totem Papua New Guinea - Possibly Yatmul People with Eagle and Crocodile and Ancestral Figures wood, polychrome, cowrie shells, with fibre and feather decoration. 4

Papua New Guinea Helmet Mask. Baba (bapa) helmet mask, Abelam/Wosera, Papua New Guinea, Fiber and pigment remnants. Mid 20th C. 15" H x 10" x 12" D. These masks are used to chase non-initiates, women

**Originally Listed At $3500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Abelam tribe from the Maprik / Wosera area, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A massive wood carved lintel depicting six round, carved, anthro

Large 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 Prove

Large Abelam polychrome figural pole, Maprik region, Papua New Guinea, circa mid-20th century, approx. 122"h. Provenance: Collection of Vanna and N. Lee Lacy (Palm Springs, California)

A PRIMITIVE LOW RELIEF AND POLYCHROME TEAK CANOE PROW SPLASH BOARD, POSSIBLY MASSIM TRIBE, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, MILNE BAY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, EARLY/MID 20TH CENTURY, the ancestral figure squats at center

**Originally Listed At $200** Papua New Guinea, Washkuk region, Kwoma people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-built pottery head with openwork eye holes and mouth, a pronounced nose and pierced ears -

**Originally Listed At $150** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, mid-20th century CE. A fine example of a kamana, a ceramic, incised and painted conical bowl used to serve sago, the starchy

Papua New Guinea Mid Sepik Sawos Amulet Mask (Mid-20th Century)carved wood, natural pigments, cowrie shells depicting spirit figure with polychrome geometric pattern carved and painted on the face.

Oceania, 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 th

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelam, ca. 20th century CE. A fascinating mask, formed from woven vegetal fiber and hand-painted with brilliant hues of red, yellow, white, and black to emphasi

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Lower Ramu River region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A tall standing zoomorphic figure, hand-carved from hardwood, with a characteristically abstract presentation. This anthrop

**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 obverse

**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 abs

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A gorgeous handmade pottery bowl with a pointed base and broad, annular rim. The exterior of the immense vessel is adorned wit

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, North/West Papua New Guinea, Maprik region, near the Torricelli Mountains, Lumi peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fascinating example of a Lumi money stick compose

**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. The

**Originally Listed At $400** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Washkuk Hills, Kwoma peoples, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A hand-built pottery cult head known as a "wasau" wit

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A lovely knitted fiber hat, with alternating grey and pale blue threads knitted together to form a tall hat with a broad,