![19th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Ancestor Figure: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, Iryan Jaya region, ca. 19th century CE. A rare and important ancestor figure from Korwar that is impressively carved from a single piece of wood. The styl](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180357608_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718746494)
Papua New Guinean Wood
![19th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Ancestor Figure: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, Iryan Jaya region, ca. 19th century CE. A rare and important ancestor figure from Korwar that is impressively carved from a single piece of wood. The styl](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180357608_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718746494)
![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 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)
![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 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)
![Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands: 1987.01.012 Lime Spatula for chewing betel nut, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Excerpt from Jerry Matins field notes...Chewing betel nut is common among many of the people living throughout much](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/177081644_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands: 1987.01.018 Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea wood lime spatula used for preparing betel nuts, lime, betel beans or leaves for chewing, Excerpt from Jerry Matins field notes...Chewing betel nut is c](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/177082053_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands: 1987.01.014 Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea wood lime spatula used for preparing betel nuts, lime, betel beans or leaves for chewing. Condition: Old and well used. Excerpt from Jerry Matins field](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/177081650_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands: 1987.01.017 Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea wood lime spatula used for preparing betel nuts, lime, betel beans or leaves for chewing, Excerpt from Jerry Matins field notes...Chewing betel nut is c](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/177082052_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands: 1987.01.011 Lime Spatula for chewing betel nut, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Excerpt from Jerry Matins field notes...Chewing betel nut is common among many of the people living throughout much](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/177081642_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Lime Spatula, Trobriand Island: 1987.01.020 Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea wood lime spatula used for preparing betel nuts, lime, betel beans or leaves for chewing, Excerpt from Jerry Matins field notes...Chewing betel nut is c](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/177082055_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Lime Spatula, Trobriand Island: 1987.01.021 Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea wood lime spatula used for preparing betel nuts, lime, betel beans or leaves for chewing, Excerpt from Jerry Matins field notes...Chewing betel nut is c](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/177082056_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Crocodile Canoe Prow Jananaut Village: 1984.02.023 Canoe prow in the shape of a Crocodile, Japanaut village Sepik River, PNG. Condition: Prow shows wear with hole a in the bottom, mounted on a stand. Dimensions: H 2 1/2” W 5” D](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/176695804_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands: 1987.01.016 Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea wood lime spatula used for preparing betel nuts, lime, betel beans or leaves for chewing. Condition: Old and well used. Excerpt from Jerry Matins field](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/177082051_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands: 1987.01.015 Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea wood lime spatula used for preparing betel nuts, lime, betel beans or leaves for chewing. Condition: Old and well used. Excerpt from Jerry Matins field](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/177081651_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Crocodile Canoe Prow Japanaut Villiage: 1984.02.021 Canoe prow in the shape of a Crocodile Japanaut Village, Sepik river PNG. Condition: prow shows wear, hole in bottom crudely cut from the canoe. Dimensions: H 1 3/4” W 5 1/4” D](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/176695803_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Crocodile Shaped Lime Bowl Sangriman Village: 1984.02.049 Lime bowl shaped like a crocodile from Sangriman #2 village Blackwater region, Middle Sepik River. The back is nicely carved with typical triangular and circular designs. The bowl section](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/176696054_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Mumeri Village Narrow Head Carving: 1984.02.46 Long narrow carving of a man's head with a lower carved extension. Provenance: Field collected in 1984 by Martin, Mumeri village, middle Sepik River, PNG. Dimensions: 36.5"H x 6"W x 3"D](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/176696047_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Kaimili, wood pestle, Trobriand Islands: 1987.01.013 Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea wood pestle (kaimili) used for crushing and preparing betel nuts, lime, betel beans or leaves for chewing. Condition: Old and well used. Excerpt from Je](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/177081645_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Spear Thrower Sangriman Village: 1984.02.48 Spear thrower Sangriman Village, Sepik River Papua New Guinea. Provenance: Field collected in 1984 by Martin, Sangriman village, PNG. Dimensions:38"H x 1.5"W x 4"D](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/176696051_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Collection of 8 carved bird cerimonial mouthpieces: 1984.01.008 Collection of 8 small carved birds held in the mouth during ceremonies while wearing Tatanua masks. Provenance: Langania Village, New Ireland island, Papua New Guinea, carved by Lagiri Pul](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/176694633_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Yena Yam Ceremonial Carving Sepik River: 1982.1.033 Yena yam ceremonial carving from the Waskuk area of upper Sepik River area of Papua New Guinea. The Yena ceremony is held during the yam harvest and associated with fertility, growth and pr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/176693853_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Gope Board Samoa Village area Papuan Gulf: 1985.03.003 Gope board from the Papuan gulf region of Papua New Guinea. These ancestral boards are among the most important objects in Papuan Gulf culture. They were protective spirits which, when hun](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/176759094_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
![Maprik Ceremonial Staff: 1982.1.036 Maprik ceremonial staff. Provenance: This item was in the collection of the World Museum in Tulsa Oklahoma and was collected by missionaries in the early 1960s. Note from catalogue: "I’m](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2723/327891/176694497_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719166729)
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