Sepik River New Guinea Terra Cotta Bust

Aibom Pot (Chambri), Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. Terra Cotta, Kaolin. This is a storage pot featuring a warthog for a face, with a large belly that tapers upwards to the vessel's neck and head. The

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, Sawos people, mid to early 20th century CE. A terracotta bowl with incised geometrics and stylized faces accented with natural mineral pigments. Quite la

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, Aibom Village, ca. early 20th century CE. A dramatic terracotta head effigy of a composite animal / human countenance, the face of a triangular form with horn-like exten

6 Papau New Guinea Ethnographic Objects. Carved wood idol with elongated beak, Ramu River; carved wood Trobriand Islands ancestor; terracotta head with incised designs, Sepik River; miniature Sepik Ri

Lower Sepik, Keram River, Papua Figural House Post Top, in carved wood with ochre, terra cotta and white pigment decoration, 20th c., having a hornbill bird above and below a mask, on rough-sawn base,

Sepik River, New Guinea mask, wood. 18'', 7 1/2''

Carved in the style of a Sepik River culture ancestor mask. Carved masqueron above face, figural crocodile at chin, with applied cowrie shell and grass accents. Condition commensurate with age. 26"H x

Carved Wood Figure, Sepik River, New Guinea, 1st half 20th C.,, of typical form with hooked nose, cowrie shell eyes and polychrome. (LUCE8236)(LUCE8236) Measurements: 22 h Condition: Condition commens

Sepik River New Guinea Polychrome Mask Shield, carved double stacked mask shield in remnant red, white and yellow polychrome paint patterned decoration, 57"H, baring a tag reading "Extremely rare Sepi

2 masks - per consigner from the Sepic River region of New Guinea. Both are hand carved wooden masks. One mask is approximately 6-1/2 x 11-1/2" while the other is 6-1/4 x 10-1/2".

Ethnographic Assortment (3) items including a Sepik River New Guinea style maternity figure having feather and shell attachments mounted on a painted wood base, a Guatemalan beaded micro-mosaic on car

Carved wood figural suspension hook (Iatmul), depicitng a masked figure with inset shell eyes, decorated with red, black and white pigments, resting on a crcodile head, Sepik River, New Guinea, 26.5"h

Abelem Basketry Yam Mask, Sepik River, New Guinea, 1st half 20th C., with polychrome.(LUCE8225) Measurements: Condition: Condition commensurate with age and use.

DESCRIPTION: Middle Sepik River, New Guinea polychrome female ancestor figure wearing cloth loincloth with heart shaped face and hook nose. Attached to wood pedestal. PROVENANCE: From the Saul and Flo

Ceremonial Board, Sepik River, New Guinea, 20th C., enhanced with 3 heads of a later date, with shells and polychrome. (LUCE8227)(LUCE8227) Measurements: 50 H x 18 W Condition: Condition commensurate

DESCRIPTION: Large old tribal Mindimbit wood ancestor figure from Sepik River, New Guinea. MEASUREMENTS: Approximately 22” tall. CONDITION: Cracked across the base and one cowry shell eye has been r

DESCRIPTION: Middle Sepik River, New Guinea polychrome male ancestor figure with arms at sides. Attached to wood pedestal. PROVENANCE: From the Saul and Florence Putterman Collection, Sarasota, Florid

2 Amulet Masks from the Sepik people Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood 18,5 cm & 19,5 cm 2 Amulet Masks from the Sepik people, northeastern New Guinea who live along the Sepik River, New Guinea. Amulet masks

New Guinea Straw Yam Mask. Tag Reads: Yam Mask, Used To Honor The Yam During Sing Sings, At Harvest, Woseira Area, Jarna? Village, SepikRiver, New Guinea 1981.Approximately 11.375L x 9.0W x 3.50Din.

Unusually complex and pristine Karaut (Kara'ut) ornament from the Abelam people of New Guinea. While the abstracted figure with elongated head and dangling legs are the basis of the form, the meticulo

A large Garramut, Sepik River Papua New Guinea slit-drum, probably 19th century, with elaborate incised designs, classically Sepik, on the sides and a very artful and commanding head projecting from o

(lot of 3) Sepik River Papua New Guinea carvings, consisting of an ancestor mask having a pigment decorated abstract surface surrounding stylized zoomorph features; together with a cowrie shell encrus

Pre-Contact Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, old and apparently stone-carved spear thrower, atlatl, with bamboo shaft, resin remains, woven fiber ties, and a stone-carved wood traingle, 32.5"l

(lot of 2) Sepik River, Papua New Guinea carving, the pigment decorated surface surmounted by a naturalistic mask above stylized zoomorph features; together with Papua New Guinea bullroarer, largest 4