![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)
Oceanic/Pacific Rim 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)
![Micronesian Carved Man Palau Island Ca. 1946: Japanese era squatting figure with teardrop shaped head, featuring inset shell eyes and resin pupils. Nice wood grain. Has painted eyes. Measures 11.25" tall by 6.5" wide. Domestic shipping $12.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7135/325611/176970605_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716514712)
![Two New Zealand Ancient Kauri Wood Trays: Description: Two New Zealand Ancient Kauri Wood Trays, 30,000-50,000 Years Old, inscribed on bottoms '30,000-50,000 years old, New Zealand Ancient Kauri, Patrik' one dated '88, the other dated '9](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4098/332502/179395289_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717710292)
![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/1103/331106/178526168_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
![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)
![Large Papua New Guinea Kalam Wood Shield: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Madang Provence, Torricelli Mountains, Simbai area, Kalam tribe, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A wonderful wooden war shield from Kalam tribe of Simbai, Papua New Guinea](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178779899_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716932895)
![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)
![Early 20th C. PNG Sepik River Wooden Food Hook: **Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River District, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden food hook, also known as a cult hook or a suspension hook by anthr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178217341_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
![Papua New Guinea Sepik Wood & Inlaid Shell Mask: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, Iatmul people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden face mask of a stylized and elongated visage, inlaid with shells and attached raffia / ratta](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178217347_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
![AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE CARVED WOOD ZOOMORPHIC FIGURE: Early 20th century. 10” length. Carved wood in the form of a fish. The body skillfully carved with incised decoration including a fish silhouette on the back, in traditional earth pigments as fo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982489_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Polynesian Samoan Incised Wood Dance Club: **Originally Listed At $350** Oceania, Polynesia, Samoan Islands, ca. mid-20th century CE. An impressive carved-wood spear club with a diamond-shaped blade, barbed shoulders, and notched and openwork](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178217343_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
![Tall 19th C. Papua New Guinea Carving, Ritual Implement: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. 19th century CE. A hand-carved wooden object of triangular form that rises up to a point with surfaces decorated in deeply incised curvilinear motifs](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178526170_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
![Papua New Guinea Sepik River Wooden Food Hook: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River District, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A tall hand-carved wood food hook in the shape of ancestor figures and birds. Food was suspended from hooks like this](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178526169_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
![Early Polynesian Samoan Wood War Club - Nifo'oti: Oceania, South Pacific, Polynesia, Samoa / American Samoa, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden war club, known locally as a nifo'oti, of an intimidating form with a slightly h](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080739_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
![19th C. Sulu Islands Wood Boat Shaped Funerary Marker: Southeast Asia, Indonesia / Philippines, Maluku Islands / Sulu Islands, Sama-Bajau culture, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A long wooden canoe-shaped form sculpture that was used a burial marker (](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178779902_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716932895)
![Mid 20th C. Solomon Islands Wood Tapa Beater: **Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Solomon Islands, ca. mid 20th century CE. A wonderful one-sided, carved wooden tapa beater, boasting a polished surface of natural woodgrain in hues of caramel a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178217342_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
![Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Boiken Wood Food Bowl: **Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River Province, Boiken, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine circular bowl, hand-carved from hard wood, with a flat base decorated with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178217338_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
![20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Food Pounder: **Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Schouten Island group, ca. 20th century CE. A large wooden food pounder, with a heavy, globular grinding base and a long,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178217340_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
![Early Fijian Wood Kiakavo Club (Warfare or Dancing): Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A distinctive wooden kiakavo club with a hooked head, polished surface, and a scored area on the underside of the curved head. This](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178217327_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
![AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE CARVED WOOD ZOOMORPHIC FIGURE: Early 20th century. 12” length. Carved wood in the form of a lizard or skink. The body skillfully carved with incised decoration in traditional earth pigments as found on bark paintings. The sid](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982488_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Ancestral Sculpture: Rukai. Formosa Island (Taiwan). Wood. Figure H: 12.75" (32.4 cm), W: 6.25" (15.9 cm), D: 3.9" (9.9 cm). Wood sculpture showing two sitting male figures, each wearing a crown of deer antlers and holdin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7760/330451/178464382_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716610115)
![PNG Sepik River Wood Figure, Nude Ancestor: **Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A tall wood figure - perhaps representing an ancestor - standing upright on slender legs. The man](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178217332_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
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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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