![Papua New Guinea and Oceanic Assortment: Papua New Guinea and Oceanic Assortment (7) items including a painted carved wood figural rafter hook having cowrie shell decoration, an oval wood bowl having carved crocodile head handles, a small re](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332224_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
Papua New Guinean Wood
![Papua New Guinea and Oceanic Assortment: Papua New Guinea and Oceanic Assortment (7) items including a painted carved wood figural rafter hook having cowrie shell decoration, an oval wood bowl having carved crocodile head handles, a small re](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/941/332473/179332224_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717622230)
![Papua New Guinea Wood Food Hook w/ Face: **Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden food hook bearing a stylized human face along the top, an openwork midsection](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180159755_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718405476)
![Papua New Guinea Iatmul Wood Mask w/ Shell Eyes: **Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Iatmul people, ca. 20th century CE. A sizable wooden mask of convex form exhibiting dark brown surface hues and expr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180001497_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718320432)
![19th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Ancestor Figure: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, Iryan Jaya region, ca. 19th century CE. A rare ancestor figure that is impressively carved from a single piece of wood. The stylized human face below feat](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180357608_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718746494)
![PNG Sepik River Wood Canoe Prow, Crocodilian Form: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden canoe prow of crocodilian form with a pair of abstract anthropomorphic faces protruding from the t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179233945_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717451666)
![Early Papua New Guinea Wood Kundus (Ceremonial Drums): Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Kavieng region, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A pair of wooden ceremonial drums, known as kundu, with intricate engraved motifs across the body and a lizard skin str](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080741_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
![Huge Papua New Guinea Painted Wood Shields (2): Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A set of 2 hand-carved wooden shields, each of tall rectangular form with sizable circular motifs carved across the obverse. The first shield is adorned](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179804342_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718147909)
![Papua New Guinea Sepik Wood Headrest, Turtle Form: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, ca. mid-20th century CE. A small headrest carved in the form of a turtle with incised motifs along the sides. Hair is an important status symbol amo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179804341_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718147910)
![Papua New Guinea Wood Mwai Mask, Male Ancestor: **Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, Iatmul people, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. An elaborate wooden mwai mask (also mai or mei mask) depicting a male ances](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180159756_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718405475)
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Wedgwood Liberty Ware archive emerges in third Rubin collection sale at Freeman’s Jan. 25
PHILADELPHIA — An archive related to the Wedgwood Liberty Ware project designed to raise money for victims of the First World War will be offered at Freeman’s on Thursday, January 25. It carries an estimate of $8,000-$12,000 as part of the third tranche of the remarkable Ellis and Suzanne Rubin collection of Wedgwood ceramics. The […]
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