Sold2020Papua New Guinea large canoe prowPapua New Guinea large canoe prow, well carved with mask face, 4'h Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, CaliforniaSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Canoe Prow - CatfishOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, probably Iatmul people, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden canoe prow in the form of a catfish. In the past and today, the prows of large canoes inSee Sold Price
Sold2022Five Nautical CarvingsLot of five Papua New Guinea canoe carvings, including large painted Massim splashboard, weathered with some water damage, Humboldt Bay figurative canoe prow, finely carved Kula canoe prow, Kula waveSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Zoomorphic ProwOceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden canoe prow in the form of a mystical fish with a long snout, a large eye, and a bird perched atop the tip oSee Sold Price
Sold2019Crocodile-Shaped Prow, Iatmul People, PNGCrocodile-Shaped Prow, carved wood, conus shell, traces of pigment, Iatmul people, Papua New Guinea, Mindimbit village, Middle Sepik River. The prows of the large latmul war canoes were fashioned as hSee Sold Price
Sold2018Rare 19th C. Papua New Guinea Canoe Prow SectionOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine, hand-carved section from a wooden canoe prow in the form of a double-headed fish, the center part of itsSee Sold Price
Sold2018Rare 20th C. Papua New Guinea Canoe Prow w/ DolphinOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden canoe prow topped by a dolphin, its long body stretched out horizontally, with its nose forming the tip of the proSee Sold Price
Sold2015PNG Canoe ProwPapua New Guinea Canoe Prow. Size: 50.5" x 10" x 6.5" (128 x 25 x 16 cm).See Sold Price
Sold2018Canoe Prow Ornament, Trobriand Islands, PNGCanoe Prow Ornament, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Canoe prow ornament composed of small abstract bird head and larger element of stylized scrolling design with several openSee Sold Price
Sold2015PNG Canoe ProwPapua New Guinea Canoe Prow. Prov: Richard and Jean Kellaway; Danforth Museum, Framingham, Mass. Size: 34" x 20" x 4" (86 x 51 x 10 cm).See Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Papua New Guinea Carved Canoe Prow - BirdOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A beautiful example of a wooden canoe prow with an avian form - a long-beaked, heron-like bird whose head meets emerges proudlySee Sold Price
Sold2020PAPUA NEW GUINEA CARVED CANOE PROWHaving ancestral portrait, lizard and bird, stylized crocodile on sides, with remnants of pigment. Upper Sepik River. Circa 1900. 27 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 10". Wear from age and use.See Sold Price
Sold2021Papua New Guinea Polychrome Canoe ProwPapua New Guinea Polychrome Canoe Prow, 19th/ 20th century. A beautiful Massim canoe prow "masawa" - finely carved from a single piece of wood and embellished with polychrome pigment in intertwining cSee Sold Price
Sold20174 Sepik River style objects. c.20th century.A group of 4 Sepik River style objects. c.20th century. ++ Oceanic style paddle. ++ Papua New Guinea style canoe prow. Papua New Guinea. 13 1/4"h x 6 1/2"w x 2 3/4" (not including stand). ++ Sepik stySee Sold Price
Sold2023Rare Papua New Guinea, Walomo Village, Canoe Prow,c.1970s, of bird form, painted in tones of yellow, orange, black and white, a/f (chip to beak) length 46cm and width 24cm Catalogue Note: This is the full size prow piece of one of the elaborately carSee Sold Price
Sold2022Iatmul Crocodile Effigy Canoe Prow, Papua New GuineaIatmul Crocodile Effigy Canoe Prow, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood. On custom stand. Size: 4'' x 20'' x 7'' (10 x 51 x 18 cm). Property from the Jim and Kit Horne Collection.See Sold Price
Sold20173 crocodile figure heads. 20th century.A group of 3 crocodile figure heads. ++ New Guinea crocodile figure. Papua New Guinea. 20th century. ++ Sepik River Crocodile canoe prow. Papua New Guinea. 20th century.++ Sepik River Crocodile canoeSee Sold Price
Sold20173 crocodile figure heads and bowl. 20th century.A group of 3 crocodile figure heads and 1 bowl. ++ Sepik River Crocodile canoe prow. Papua New Guinea. 20th century.++Sepik River Crocodile canoe prow. Papua New Guinea. 20th century.++ Kava bowl FijiSee Sold Price
Sold2017Oceanic Sepik River Wood Crocodile Canoe ProwOceanic Sepik River Wood Crocodile Canoe Prow, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: Ethnographic Tribal Museum Collection (See Auction Catalog Description). Some Lots Have Been On Exhibition And Have A CustoSee Sold Price
Sold2024A 19th Century Massim Canoe Prow from Papua New Guinea, NO RESERVESA 19th Century Canoe Prow from Papua New Guinea. Measuring approximately 25.5" X 11.5", this Trobriand prow was collected and cataloged by an American expat, living and working in New Guinea in the miSee Sold Price
Sold2018Old Wooden Crocodil Canoe Prow SepikOld wooden crocodil Canoe prow - Sepik - Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood 42 cm Old Sepik Canoe prow with a great mysterious cut-out head. Canoes are the primary mode of travel for the villagers in the SepiSee Sold Price
Sold2017A large canoe prow or wave-splitterA large old New Guinea canoe prow or wave splitter, Massim Culture, Trobriand Islands area, sea-weathered and eroded revealing a sweeping wood grain, traces of polychrome pigments, excellent curvilineSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Lower Sepik / Ramu River Canoe ProwA Fine Lower Sepik/Ramu River Canoe prow. Madang province, Papua New Guinea. Of Typical form, the prow with classically carved ancestral spirit head at the apex,the topknot of hear becoming the attachSee Sold Price
