Mask, New Guinea

Wooden and painted Sepik ancestor Mask ("nose" mask)Dating to the beginning of the 20th Century.Dimensions are 39 x 13 x 17 cms.Similar examples in A. Mayer.Oceanic Art,Koenemann, Koeln1995; pp.192/19

Sepik River Mask New Guinea- gable mask, wood & woven basketry. 16w x 8h x 4d.

Woven basketry ceremonial mask with applied pigments. Northern Sepik River area, Abelam Peoples. Mid 20th century. Looks to be well used. Height - 19” (48 cm) Width - 11 3/4" (30 cm) PROVENANCE:

Vintage Imbrando carved wood and monochromatic white-painted spirit mask, Papua New Guinea, mid-20th C. 18 1/2" = h. CONDITION: No issues identified.

Oceanic Mask and Plaque Assortment (7) items including (2) New Guinea masks, New Guinea clay and raffia mask, Sepik River mask with feathers and ancestral hanging mask, wall hanging painted mask and w

Origin: Papua New Guinea Date: 2nd half 20th century Materials: Wood Size: 24 cm Sepik River Amulet Mask, New Guinea. Amulet masks are kept in individual’s houses or carried in one’s bilum bag on

Double side Amulet mask for protection - Sepik - Papua New Guinea 1970's Wood 48 x 21 cm Double side Sepik River Amulet Mask, New Guinea. Amulet masks are kept in individual’s houses or carried in o

Double side Amulet mask for protection - Sepik - Papua New Guinea 1970's Wood 49 x 18 cm Double side Sepik River Amulet Mask, New Guinea. Amulet masks are kept in individual’s houses or carried in o

Lot of 2 Large New Guinea, Shell Mounted, painted Wood Masks. Size 32 1/2 - 29 1/4 inches length. 8 - 5 1/2 inches wide. Large carved wood decorated masks, New Guinea. Provenance: Ex Dr Arnold R.Saslo

wood, pigments, missing parts, rest.The "brag" spirit is characerised as male and warlike, seducing women and devouring young initiates before spitting them back to their mothers as adult men.The spir

20th c. Carved wood, shells 31" x 8" x 4" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York There are mask-making villages all along the Sepik, but the Middle River is the most densely populated with over

Abelam Karawut Mouth Mask, Papua New Guinea, Early 20th C. Karawut (also karahut or kara'ut), is a type of body adornment that is in a rough human body shape which is two dimensional aside from the el

Abelam Mask, Papua New Guinea. Polychrome carved wooden head with two fertility birds on top. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. Size: 29'' x 9'' x 5'' (74 x 23

A WOODEN MASKPapa New Guinea, Sepik Wood case with protective glass.76 x 38,5 x 12 the caseProvenance: Italian private collection.

Carved wooden mask with red and white pigment, elongated form, flat back. Approx. 35 1/2" L, 5" W, 3" D.

Large Ritualistic Kavat Mask. Papua New Guinea, Central Baining People, mid 20th century, hand-stitched bark-cloth over a bentwood frame, decorated with natural pigments, areas of wear, measuring 36&r

Large Gable Spirit Mask. Blackwater area, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, mid to late 20th century, bark panels affixed with woven fibers over a bentwood & cane frame, decorated with natural pigments &

Large Middle Sepik Latmul Body Mask, Papua New Guinea. Traditional tumban mask face, body with arm holes and centering a second, smaller mask, with grass skirt, rattan, cowrie shell, paint and mud. Si

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

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

Two Carved Masks. Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, mid to late 20th century, a carved softwood mask decorated with painted natural pigments, baked clay, shells & shredded fibers, measuring 40” hig

Abelam Tribal Mask From Papua New Guinea C1960s. Twisted Braided Coil Weave. Coloured With Natural Pigments Yellowish Ochre, White And Reddish Brown. Abelam Tribal Masks Are Not Worn But Used In Yam P

A Ramu River style mask. Papua New Guinea. 20th century. Wood. 25 1/2" x 9" x 4". Condition: some minor abrasions and chipping throughout. Provenance: Private New York Collection.

Iatmul Bush Spirit Mask, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood, pigment, cane cowrie shells. Size: 20'' x 10'' x 4'' (51 x 25 x 10 cm). Property from the Jim and Kit Horne Collection.