20th C. Papua New Guinea Cassowary Bone Knife

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, upper Sepik River, Telefol region, Mountain Ok people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A wonderful example of a prestigious type of bilum (string bag)

A group of three Papua New Guinea Cassowary feather adornments. 20th century ++ 2 headdress and 1 costume element. 16" x 7"; 103" x 5"; 10" x 14".

Papua New Guinea / Oceania, 20th century, tribal braided vegetable fiber dance mask surrounded by cassowary feathers with a painted face in red tone possibly to imitate a Cuscus. Approximate dimension

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty / Bismarck Archipelago, Manus Island, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife (known locally as a gudom

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A symmetrically-carved light wood splash board with fantastical motifs. On the upper part is a highly abstract face composed of swirls, with two b

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A fascinating, hand-carved, transformative wooden totemic figure, depicting a pregnant woman in sexual congress with a crocodi

South Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Kambanimbit Village, Sepik River, ca. 3rd quarter of the 20th century CE. Very attractive and unusual fiber and bark abstract figure - probably representing a figure i

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, lower Sepik River Valley, Abelam, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine anthropomorphic effigy hand-carved from red-hued basalt. The intriguing sculpture presents in the form of a

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fabulous hand-carved wooden head of an ancestral figure. The elongated visage features inlaid white shell eyes, one w

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure of a crocodile's head. The carving is detailed, with raised r

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sentani tribe, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved and expertly polished greenstone celt of ritual form that exhibits a conical handle, an exp

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dramatic, brightly painted wooden decorative carving of a seated figure. Presenting as a panel and painted on one sid

**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelam, early 20th century CE. A hand-made wood and feather whisk with an intricately carved handle and a generous array of cassowa

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelam, early to mid-20th century CE. A highly stylized woven vegetal fiber mask, vividly hand-painted in hues of russet, burnt sienna, cream, and ochre and ador

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A large, hand-carved wooden skull - replete with large eye orbitals, a deep nasal cavity, and a gaping toothy grin. In the past, headhunting was a

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden "food hook" in the form of an abstract mask-like visage with bold features, with a petite stylized figure, who intrigu

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelam, early to mid-20th century CE. A highly stylized woven vegetal fiber mask, vividly hand-painted in hues of russet, burnt sienna,

Oceania, 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 pro

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably Gulf Province, Tovei Village, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. Sizeable to say the least, an expressive dance mask woven from colorful plant fibers, the body prese

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

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelam, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fascinating woven mask with an avian, owl-like face, divided by a huge projection that resembles a narrow beak, with two round

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A beautiful pendant pair of bark paintings, most likely created to decorate the exterior of a home. The two paintings are nearly identical, each one dep

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A huge, hand-carved wooden stirrer with a delightful relief anthropomorphic face at the base of the paddle. A long, slightly c

Oceania, 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 o