Sold202319th C. Papua New Guinea Stone Adze Blade, ex-Sotheby's**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An elegant adze blade of rectangular form, hand-whetted from dark grey basalt. The fascinating implemenSee Sold Price
Sold202119th C. Papua New Guinea Stone, Wood & Rattan Adze**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, Iryan Jaya region, ca. 19th century CE. An elegant adze featuring a hand-carved wooden handle and flat stone head wrapped tiSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early Iryan Jaya Papua New Guinea Stone Adze**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, Iryan Jaya region, ca. 19th century CE. A wood and reed instrument used for shaping wood such as carvings and dugout canoesSee Sold Price
Sold2023Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Stone & Wood Adze**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1940s CE. A handmade cutting tool, known as an adze, featuring a long wooden handle in shades of light brown with a black stone blade preseSee Sold Price
Sold201719th C Papua New Guinea Jiwaka Wood, Wicker & Stone AxeOceania, Papua New Guinea, Jiwaka Province, Wahgi people, ca. 19th century CE. A grey-green slate axe set into a wooden cavity that extends outward, mirroring the blade shape at one end, and providingSee Sold Price
Sold2022Petite 20th C. Papua New Guinea Greenstone Adze BladeOceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A petite adze blade that is hand-carved from mottled pistachio-hued stone with integral gray veins. The trapezoidal tool features a tapered butt eSee Sold Price
Sold202319th C. PNG Admiralty Islands Adze Handle w/ Blade**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden adze handle of an angled form suited for performing myriad utilSee Sold Price
Sold2017Papua New Guinea CeltA green stone (nephrite jade) Celt, ca 19th century. Nicely veined and perfectly shaped. Dimensions: 4-1/2" H; weight: 4.5 oz. Provenance: Ex. Private collection, New England, USASee Sold Price
Sold202118th C. Papua New Guinean Stone Adze**Originally Listed At $400** Oceania, Western Papua New Guinea, Lake Setani area, ca. 18th century CE. A beautiful pre-contact adze blade, hand-carved from a mottled gray stone with both light and daSee Sold Price
Sold202219th C. Papua New Guinea Adze, Bird / Crocodile Pommel**Originally Listed At $350** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful wooden adze handle, with a hand carved geometric and abstract anthropomorphic motif. The pommelSee Sold Price
Sold2020(lot of 3) Stone artifacts from the South Pacific(lot of 3) Stone artifacts from the South Pacific, including a Papua New Guinea stone adze blade, together with an octopus lure made of worked volcanic stone as a weight and lashed with sennit to a seSee Sold Price
Sold201719th C. Rare Papua New Guinea Obsidian Blade KnifeOceania/South Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife with a Paranarium Nut resin handle colored with earthy red, charcoal, and lime pigment. ThSee Sold Price
Sold2020Papua New Guinea Stone CeltPNG Stone Celt, dating to pre-1950 AD. Smooth polish, no nicks or scratches. Dimensions: 9-3/4" H; Weight: 2 lbs. Provenance: Ex Sotheby's, presently ex. Private collection, New York, NYSee Sold Price
Sold2021Antique Asmat Axe Handle, Papua New GuineaAntique Asmat Axe Handle, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood. Original stone blade absent. On stand. Size: 30.5'' x 3.25'' x 2.25'' (77 x 8 x 6 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA.See Sold Price
Sold2019Stone Axe with Handles Papua New Guinea Late 19th CStone axes with wooden handles, Papua New Guinea, late 19th century or early 20th century from the Sepik River Region. A variant of the Mount Hagen type, the deep gray stone head finely hand-ground, bSee Sold Price
Sold2020Stone Axe Head, Papua New GuineaStone Axe Head from Papua, New Guinea, Tungei Territory, Wahgi Valley, likely later half of 19th C. Dimensions: 7 1/2" (DTAG7146)(MM)See Sold Price
Sold2022Huge 19th C. Abelam Wood Yam Digging Stick, ex BonhamsOceania, Papua New Guinea, Maprik River region, Abelam peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An enormous example of a stick meant for digging large yams from the ground known as a gisa. The gisaSee Sold Price
Sold2023Early 20th C. Papua New Guinean Wood & Stone Adze**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fine example of a wood and stone chopping adze, a tool primarily used for shaping and carving wood. The adzSee Sold Price
Sold2024Admiralty Island Obsidian Dagger, 20th c.Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands (Manus Province) 20th century or earlier. Obsidian stone cut blade with bark painted handle constructed of tree nut resin, fibers, and pigment. Symbols ofSee Sold Price
Sold20232 Stone Mace War Clubs, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th/Early 20th C.2 Stone Mace War Clubs, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th/Early 20th C. A hand carved stone star head fitted over woven rattan fiber and affixed to a tapering wooden shaft, and the other with a smooth, rounSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. PNG Jiwaka Wood Adze w/ Schist AxeOceania, Papua New Guinea, Jiwaka Province, Wahgi people, ca. early 20th century CE. A gray-green schist axe set into a wooden cavity that extends outwards, mirroring the blade shape at one elongatedSee 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
Sold202119th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Flute StopperPapua New Guinea, Sepic Region, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A mesmerizing wooden flute stopper with a janiform face at the bottom featuring 4 cowrie shell eyes (2 on each face) and a lizard-like creaSee Sold Price
Sold201819th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Ancestor Figure**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall, hand-carved wooden ancestor figure. The figure has a simple body, with joined legs, no feet, a narrow torso,See Sold Price
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