New Guinea & Papuan Archipelago. Solomon & Bismarck islands. THE TIMES 1895 map

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty / Bismarck Archipelago, Manus Island, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife (known locally as a gudom

CAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'New Zealand. // Sandwich Islands, or Hawaiian Group, // Galapagos Islands // Papuan Archipelago' The islands of New Zealand are named with their early colonial and Maor

New Zealand. // Sandwich Islands, or Hawaiian Group, // Galapagos Islands // Papuan Archipelago' by John Bartholomew (1859). Antique engraved atlas map with original hand colour/color, 37.0 x 53.5cm,

Incl Palestine, Italy North, New Guinea/Papua, Asia Minor/Persia, European Russia, British Isles, Prussia/Westphalia etc, Germany. Lithograph Maps Published 1895, London for "The Times Atlas" Paper Si

TITLE/CONTENT OF MAP: 'Malay Archipelago or East India Islands' Vignettes: Victoria Mount - New Guinea; Near Sarawak - Borneo; Natives of New Guinea; The Bee Bear. The map covers the area from Burma a

wood, pigments, shell inlay, black clay like mass, base The term "malagan" refers collectively to a complex series of ceremonies and the visual art forms associated with them. Most of these impressive

GOULD (JOHN) AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, Including Many New Species Recently Discovered in Australia, 25 original parts, FIRST EDITION, 320 han

1987.01.002 Keveke mask with bark cloth (tapa) face used among tribes in the southern Papuan Gulf region of Papua New Guinea. Notes:This tall oval mask style occurs from Urama Island east into the Ele

wood, feathers, rattan, plant fibre cord, blackish mass, anthropomorphic head on stylized body (legs recognizable in back view), plume of twenty-six trimmed frigate bird feathers, old collection numbe

lime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tat

The 18th/19th century carved wood feast bowl attributed to the Melansian People of Admiralty Island, Papua, New Guinea the bird form with pronounced head and openwork 'wing' handles, raised on four in

Artist: GOULD, John (1804-1881) and HART, William Matthew (1830-1908)Title: Sauromaystis GaudichaudiPublisher: London: Henry SotheranPublication: The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Island

Artist: GOULD, John (1804-1881) and HART, William Matthew (1830-1908)Title: Oriolus Decipiens, Sclater.Publisher: London: Henry SotheranPublication: The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Isl

A fine Kerewa spirit board (Titi Ebiha), Kerewa people, Goaribari Island; Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. First half 20th Century). Of classical style for the region, the upper portion of the boar

Massim People, dance paddle, 19th c., Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, intricately carved and decorated in red and black pigment as stylized birds with elaborate plumage, beari

Papuan artist Slit drum (garamut) New Guinea, 20th Centurycarved wood53 w × 13 d × 21.5 h in (135 × 33 × 55 cm) Provenance: Collection of Michael and Gabr

Eric SloaneAmerican, 1905-1985A Complete Map for Pilots Showing Long Island, New York and all nearby Pastures for Flying MachinesPrint on metalSigned and dated 1937. Detailed map in black on the, perh

DESCRIPTION: Papua New Guinea shield and paddle. Includes: 1) Trobriand Island paddle with stand. Carved with red and black pigments. Mask design to one side. 61-3/4". Losses to tip of paddle. 2) Larg

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Marind / Marind-Anim people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A rare example of a wood and seed covered bird headdress costume used during dema ri

Among the tribes of Papua New Guinea warriors are awarded gope boards for each act of bravery they perform in battle. The boards are often made from the remains of an enemy's canoe. Gope boards have a

Typvs Orbis Terrarvum, Antwerp, dated 1587, with hand-coloring; Spanish text on the back credits the cartographer's sources in this updated edition showing the Solomon Islands and a corrected South Am

This original period document is a World War II Instrument of Surrender by Japanese Forces in New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and adjacent islands. It is signed by Lieutenant Genera

South East Asia.- Ortelius (Abraham) Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus, map of southern Asia from India across to Java and New Guinea, and including China and Japan to the north, with

Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828 - 1901 Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828 - 1901) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Brunswick / Canada. Edward Bannister is known for Idealized landscap