Field Collected Kina Necklace

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 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 Era or Purari region spirit board (Gope); Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. 20th Century).Spirit boards of the Papuan Gulf were traditionally made in the Central and Eastern areas. They were routi

A dramatic carved wooden mask with stylized horns and elongated facial plane accented with hammered metal strips of aluminum. Toma people, Guinea and Liberia, west Africa. This wooden Angbai mask was

A Kikori area spirit board (Gope); Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. 20th Century).The board of classical style for the region, with central stylized face surrounded by spiral motifs above and below

A Carved wooden harp with natural form branches as the neck and a carved wooden face arms and torso as the body of the instrument. The Harp measures 28 inches tall ( 31 inches tall on professional cus

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 very fine and rare , and elaborately carved janus Garra initiation idol, painted with mineral pigments and featuring double hokks on either side. The Idol was apparently suspended from the rafters o

A finely carved wooden helmet mask with classic diminutive face, elaborate coiffure and signs of field use, Mende peoples, The mask was used exclusively by women of the Sande society among the Mende a

A fine Kerewa spirit board (Titi Ebiha), Kerewa people, Goaribari Island; Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. Early 20th Century).Spirit boards of the Papuan Gulf were traditionally made in the Centra

This is a very rare old carved wooden sculpture from the Mbole / Yela ethnic group, Congo, Africa. A carved wooden female effigy with dark patinated surface and kaolin clay painted face. The sculpture

A carved wooden pair of roof finials, ancestral totems known as "Kadauma" they are installed as protective talisman against sorcery, malevolent spirits and calamity. Traditionally considered male and

A Carved wooden mask with multiple appendages, embellished with metal tacks and an overall abstract and styled form. The mask measures 11 x 9.5 inches. Bete peoples, Liberia, West Africa. A metal disp

A very fine carved wooden female effigy known as a "Blolo Bla" . The Baule believe that, in the otherworld called Blolo, all human beings were married before birth. These spirit spouses called blolo b

A Kikori area spirit board (Gope), Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. 20th Century).The board of classical style for the region, with central stylized face surrounded by spiral motifs above and below

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 Fine Yaka Initiation Mask of carved wooden and fiber headdress. From the DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The mask measures 22 x 9 inches, a metal display stand can also be included for an additional $40

A dramatic carved wooden Anbai or Nyangbai mask from the Toma or Loma peoples of Liberia / Guniea, West Africa. The mask is carved from a dense heavy wood and features two large serpents carved on the

This is a rare and fine Nkanu helmet mask, carved wood with painted designs. Nkanu (Yaka) peoples, Congo, Africa. Provenance: Field collected by Lawson Mooney C. 1965, with a written authentication fr

A finely carved wooden helmet mask with classic diminutive face, elaborate coiffure and signs of field use, Mende peoples, The mask was used exclusively by women of the Sande society among the Mende a

A very rare archaic carved wooden helmet mask in janus form , Pare or Shaamba peoples, Tanzania, Africa. The mask shows handling and wear , and measures 18 inches tall x 17 inches wide. Provenance: Fi

A carved wooden passport maskette with well handled surface. Among the Dan peoples of the Ivory Coast region anyone who has a spiritual connection with a mask, or whose family owns an important mask,

A carved wooden wall panel featuring a Kifwebe society mask face and stylized form, heavy earthen pigments throughout. Please note the anthropomorphic figure carved on the back, also an area of erosio

Objects of this type are very rare. They seem to have been used in shrines to venerate ancestors or cultural heroes. The use of Fern Tree figures in west New Guinea is not well documented and only a f