Huge Papua New Guinea Mwai Mask Male Ancestor

Oceanic Latmul Ancestor Polychrome Male†Mask, Middle Sepik River, Papua, New Guinea, Melanesia {Dimensions 39 x 26 x 13 inches} [some losses to cowrie shells and mask]

Papua New Guinea Angoram Lower Sepik Mwai Mask, carved wood, tree resin, cassowary feathers, cowrie and nassa shells, depicting elongated male form face with nose extending down past the mouth with a

Hand carved tribal wooden ritual mask, carved in a Mwai (Mwei, Mvai) style, portraying a clan ancestor. Cowrie shell eyes, other natural materials. Original pigment, fine old vintage to antique patina

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Abelam tribe from the Maprik/Wosera area, ca. early 20th century CE. A massive woven mask representing an ancestor, with a huge, avian-like nose curved into a hook form. The

(lot of 2) Papua New Guinea decorative "Mwai" mask, with applied cowrie shells, 22"l; together with an African Soko Moto chimpanzee mask, Hemba people, D.R. Congo, age and use unproven, 9"h

Papua New Guinea Mwai carved wood mask fitted with feathers, cowry shells and boar tusks 30"l

Papua New Guinea/Asmat Wooden Male Ancestor Figure {Height 80 1/2 inches} Provenance: The Naomi Lindstrom Collection, mostly acquired during 1950-1970.

Iatmul Wood Carved Savi Mask, Papua New Guinea, mask depicting an ancestor, 20" H x 8" W x 3.5" D. Provenance: From a New York City collection. Keywords: Guardian, Hanging Art, Oceania, Oceanic Art, A

Extremely RARE - Extremely LARGE - A magnificent MASK! This is a beautiful old HUGE woven Yam Mask also referred to as a baba mask, originates from the Abelam people, along the East Sepik River Region

**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. 20th century CE. A carved and finely-detailed wooden mask of an ancestor. The face itself has a prominent nose, thin mouth, carved f

A Mwai mask Papua New Guinea, thin and with perhaps 200 small shells, some human hair set into a clay pack atop the wood, a well carved frigate bird depicted at the bottom, age and use uncertain as is

IATMUL (MWAI) MASKPapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River Region, Iatmul People, first half 20th century. Polychrome decorated carved wood mask having oblong face with elongated zoomorphic nose below a f

A elongated and exaggerated carved wood and painted "Mwai Mask" Iatmul peoples, Middle Sepik River, Papua new Guinea, South Pacific.Mai (or mwai) masks, were used by teachers in the young men's initia

A Sepik Tribe Tortoise Shell Ancestor Mask, Papua New Guinea, 20th Century, Having a clay formed face with incised shell eyes, woven fiber band with cowrie shells and feathers. H: 19 W: 16 D: 6 1/2 in

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably Gulf Province, Tovei Village, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. HUGE and full of personality, a lively dance mask woven from colorful plant fibers, the body present

This Oceanic/Pacific carved ancestor mask, possibly a bull roarer, is from Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Region. There is carving on both sides, red ochre paint highlights. Pre-WW11 item brought back

A Sepik River Tribe Carved Wood Male Ancestor Figure, Papua New Guinea, 20th Century, Having fiber, feathers, twine and cowrie shell ornaments. H: 37 W: 16 D: 18 in. French Gallery in Papeete, Tahiti,

A Papua Gulf Keveke ancestor board mask. Papua New Guinea. 2nd half of the 20th century. 63 1/2" x 24" x 9". “This is a traditional form, but it stops being a gope and becomes keveke. By sewing the

(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

Large Ancestor Wall Mask Sepik Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood, pigments 63,5 x 28 cm An impressive ancestor wall mask Lower Sepik Dance Mask. Carved from wood, this mask has the distinctive features of th

Nice example of a Papua New Guinea tribal mask. Mask is of a smiling male face with Cowry shells as eyes. Has been colored but that is wearing off with age. His tongue forms a handle to hold the mask

Ceremonial Ancestor wall mask - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood 41 cm Ancestor wall mask from Torembi village, Sepik region. Carved out of wood and painted by the artist, this mask has the distinct

Ceremonial Ancestor wall mask - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea 1970's Wood 41 cm Ancestor wall mask from Torembi village, Sepik region. Carved out of wood and painted by the artist, this mask has the distin

Ceremonial Ancestor Wall Mask - Sepik Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood 38,5 cm Ancestor wall mask from Avtip village, Sepik region. Carved out of wood and painted by the artist, this mask has the distinctiv