PIROGUE DE PAPOUASIE-NOUVELLE-GUINÉE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA CANOE

Description française: PAPOUASIE-NOUVELLE-GUINÉE Originaire du moyen Sepik, le masque à igname sert à costumer les beaux ignames à la récolte et devait être brûlé après leur consommation dan

Inhabitant of Viti New Irland and New Guinea Islands. 1844.Print of steel engraving titled „Habitant des Iles Viti De La Nouvelle Irland De La Nouvelle Guinee.Author Demoraine.Engraved by Taillant.F

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine, hand-carved section from a wooden canoe prow in the form of a double-headed fish, the center part of its

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden canoe prow topped by a dolphin, its long body stretched out horizontally, with its nose forming the tip of the pro

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, probably Iatmul people, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden canoe prow in the form of a catfish. In the past and today, the prows of large canoes in

Carved and painted battle shield for a Papuan war canoe from the Gulf of Papua region of Papua New Guinea.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA CANOE SPLASHBOARDNew Guinea (Massim), early 20th century, polychrome wood. Painted white, red, and black in swirls and abstractions.22 x 24 in. (55.9 x 61 cm.)

Authentic Papua New Guinea Splash Board from the Blackwater River Basin. Carved out of dense wood and the top of the splash board shows traditional abstract and geometric designs with red, white and b

Papua New Guinea Canoe Paddle. This elaborately-carved, wooden paddle was collected and cataloged by an American expat living and working in New Guinea in the mid 1970s. It measures roughly 66.75" X 4

Papua New Guinea Canoe Prow. Size: 50.5" x 10" x 6.5" (128 x 25 x 16 cm).

Canoe Prow Ornament, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Canoe prow ornament composed of small abstract bird head and larger element of stylized scrolling design with several open

Lot of five Papua New Guinea canoe carvings, including large painted Massim splashboard, weathered with some water damage, Humboldt Bay figurative canoe prow, finely carved Kula canoe prow, Kula wave

Papua New Guinea Canoe Prow. Prov: Richard and Jean Kellaway; Danforth Museum, Framingham, Mass. Size: 34" x 20" x 4" (86 x 51 x 10 cm).

Description française: KORVAR Korvar en bois sculpté, avec le bras droit qui s'encastre. Le mot korvar signifie l'âme des morts, et représente un être cher. Le korvar sert de réceptacle à l'esp

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A beautiful example of a wooden canoe prow with an avian form - a long-beaked, heron-like bird whose head meets emerges proudly

Having ancestral portrait, lizard and bird, stylized crocodile on sides, with remnants of pigment. Upper Sepik River. Circa 1900. 27 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 10". Wear from age and use.

Papua New Guinea large canoe prow, well carved with mask face, 4'h Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Papua New Guinea Polychrome Canoe Prow, 19th/ 20th century. A beautiful Massim canoe prow "masawa" - finely carved from a single piece of wood and embellished with polychrome pigment in intertwining c

170cm x 46cm x 30cm

A group of 4 Sepik River style objects. c.20th century. ++ Oceanic style paddle. ++ Papua New Guinea style canoe prow. Papua New Guinea. 13 1/4"h x 6 1/2"w x 2 3/4" (not including stand). ++ Sepik sty

c.1970s, of bird form, painted in tones of yellow, orange, black and white, a/f (chip to beak) length 46cm and width 24cm Catalogue Note: This is the full size prow piece of one of the elaborately car

Papua New Guinea Model Dugout Canoe, signed Berna D Bara, 56 1/2" length.

**Originally Listed At $400** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sissano, ca. 1960s CE. A large wooden paddle with intricately carved motifs on the paddle face and the handle. Brightly colored Western trade p

Possibly Sepik River Region. Large (approximately 100") steering paddle with the image of a crocodile carved into the handle. From the carefully curated collection of a Pan Am flight attendant, in ser