A Southern Highlands Axe

A Highlands axe. Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Axes of this type were made for ceremonial purposes and carried by men as a sign of wealth and importance. The blades themselves were often excha

A Highlands axe. Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Axes of this type were made for ceremonial purposes and carried by men as a sign of wealth and importance. The blades themselves were often excha

A Highlands axe. Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Axes of this type were made for ceremonial purposes and carried by men as a sign of wealth and importance. The blades themselves were often excha

This Lot contains two large and fine stone axe heads, Southern Highlands Province, Papua new Guinea. The two large stone blades that were used both as tools and as wealth, various colors of the stone

Two Highlands Kina necklaces, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.The necklaces of Yellow lipped clamshell, both entire shells with red trade-cloth necklace and fiber necklaces. Yellow-lipped clam sh

A Moka Kina chest plate, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. The plate made of resin with a crescentic, yellow-lipped clam shell (kina) set in the center with thin cane sticks above. The whole pigme

A Chuquibamba- Ceremonial Bag, Southern Highlands, Late Horizon, 1000-1550 CE Chuquibamba Multicolored camelid fiber in interlocked tapestry and plain weave complementary wefts with outlining and weft

A Southern Highlands Bark Belt. Waghi Valley, Southern Province, Papua New Guinea.Of typical form, the wide bark belt completely covered within sized geometric designs consisting of triangular forms a

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A Southern Highlands Bark Belt. Waghi Valley, Southern Province, Papua New Guinea.Of typical form, the wide bark belt completely covered within sized geometric designs consisting of triangular forms a

Bowl anthropomorphic geometric shape and patterns South Inca / Southern Highland Peru 1450 to 1532 AD - Weight: 200 g - Region: Amerique du Sud - Sizes: H : 75 mm D : 110 mm - Condition: wear / worn /

Two Highlands Kina necklaces, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.The necklaces of Yellow lipped clamshell, one cut into crescentic shape, incised, and attached to fiber bands pigmented red; the othe

A Moka Kina chest plate – Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. The plate made of resin with a crescentic, yellow-lipped clam shell (kina) set in the center with thin cane sticks above. The who

in a deep yellow, of cylindrical form, with a ribbed body to imitate bamboo, two character mark to base, h 18cm Private Collection Exeter, Southern Highlands

An old and worn Highlands Drum; Southern Highlands province, Papua New Guinea. Of elongated hourglass form, with long neck and wide flaring base. The head somewhat rounded for attachment of the tympan

A Kina necklace, Possibly New Britain or Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.The necklace of Yellow lipped clamshell, with original fiber necklace. Yellow-lipped clam shells were traded into the high

A Moka Kina chest plate, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. The plate made of resin with a crescentic, yellow-lipped clam shell (kina) set in the center with thin cane sticks above. The whole with

A Kina necklace, Possibly New Britain or Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.The necklace of Yellow lipped clamshell, with original fiber necklace. Yellow-lipped clam shells were traded into the high

of circular form, embossed with a continuous scene of dancing figures alternating with scrolled foliage, h 6cm, d 12cm Private Collection Exeter, Southern Highlands

A woven Highlands snake vertebrate currency or body decoration. Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Acquired by Marc Seidler in the Highlands c. 1981

A Moka Kina chest plate from the Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. The plate made of resin with a crescentic, yellow-lipped clam shell (kina) set in the center with thin cane sticks above. The who

A Southern Highlands Shield, Probably Mendi Valley. Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Of typical from but of late manufacture, the shield with central midrib and blackened surface, pigmented with

of flared form, carved with scholar, tree and pergoda, raised on a circular foot, a/f, d 18cm Private Collection Exeter, Southern Highlands

Two Shell Pendants, Papua New Guinea.The first a Kina shell of Yellow lipped Clam, already cut into the recognizable crescent-shaped form for wearing in the Western and Southern Highlands, the other,