New Guinea & Papuan Archipelago. Solomon & Bismarck islands. THE TIMES 1900 map

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty / Bismarck Archipelago, Manus Island, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife (known locally as a gudom

CAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'New Zealand. // Sandwich Islands, or Hawaiian Group, // Galapagos Islands // Papuan Archipelago' The islands of New Zealand are named with their early colonial and Maor

New Zealand. // Sandwich Islands, or Hawaiian Group, // Galapagos Islands // Papuan Archipelago' by John Bartholomew (1859). Antique engraved atlas map with original hand colour/color, 37.0 x 53.5cm,

A PAPUA NEW GUINEA GOPE BOARD (BULL-ROARER). Elema people, Urama Island, Papuan gulf Papua New Guinea, circa 1900-1950. 55.5cm length x 5.7cm width. Provenance: Original purchase receipt from Tribalhu

TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'Malay Archipelago or East India Islands' Vignettes: Victoria Mount - New Guinea; Near Sarawak - Borneo; Natives of New Guinea; The Bee Bear. The map covers the area from Burma a

wood, pigments, shell inlay, black clay like mass, base The term "malagan" refers collectively to a complex series of ceremonies and the visual art forms associated with them. Most of these impressive

GOULD (JOHN) AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, Including Many New Species Recently Discovered in Australia, 25 original parts, FIRST EDITION, 320 han

wood, feathers, rattan, plant fibre cord, blackish mass, anthropomorphic head on stylized body (legs recognizable in back view), plume of twenty-six trimmed frigate bird feathers, old collection numbe

lime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tat

The 18th/19th century carved wood feast bowl attributed to the Melansian People of Admiralty Island, Papua, New Guinea the bird form with pronounced head and openwork 'wing' handles, raised on four in

Artist: GOULD, John (1804-1881) and HART, William Matthew (1830-1908)Title: Sauromaystis GaudichaudiPublisher: London: Henry SotheranPublication: The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Island

Artist: GOULD, John (1804-1881) and HART, William Matthew (1830-1908)Title: Oriolus Decipiens, Sclater.Publisher: London: Henry SotheranPublication: The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Isl

A Biwat Mask Yuat River, Papua New Guinea, c. 1900 Carved wood with black, red-orange, and white natural pigments, a woven basketry flange with loops around perime

Totem board, 2 spears and Bracelet, Papua- New-Guinea, middle Sepik territory, around 1890-1900, board with flat carving and remainsancient cold painting, L. approx. 120cm; 2 spears L. approx. 220cm;

A fine Kerewa spirit board (Titi Ebiha), Kerewa people, Goaribari Island; Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. First half 20th Century). Of classical style for the region, the upper portion of the boar

Massim People, dance paddle, 19th c., Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, intricately carved and decorated in red and black pigment as stylized birds with elaborate plumage, beari

Papuan artist Slit drum (garamut) New Guinea, 20th Centurycarved wood53 w × 13 d × 21.5 h in (135 × 33 × 55 cm) Provenance: Collection of Michael and Gabr

Among the tribes of Papua New Guinea warriors are awarded gope boards for each act of bravery they perform in battle. The boards are often made from the remains of an enemy's canoe. Gope boards have a

Typvs Orbis Terrarvum, Antwerp, dated 1587, with hand-coloring; Spanish text on the back credits the cartographer's sources in this updated edition showing the Solomon Islands and a corrected South Am

This original period document is a World War II Instrument of Surrender by Japanese Forces in New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and adjacent islands. It is signed by Lieutenant Genera

Paris France. C. 1890 to 1900. Just in time for the lunar new year of the rabbit, here is a Roullet & Decamps rarity. Underneath and within it is completely original: clockwork motor, 1 tune musical m

Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828 - 1901 Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828 - 1901) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Brunswick / Canada. Edward Bannister is known for Idealized landscap

Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828 - 1901) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Brunswick / Canada. Edward Bannister is known for Idealized landscape, marine, portrait and still life pain

MACLEOD, Alexander Samuel (1888-1956). A Map of Honolulu and the Sandwich Islands which we now call the Hawaiian Islands. 1927. New York: Henry M. Snyder. Scarce and detailed map of Honolulu, with an