Sold2020A Rare Old Papuan Gulf Gope Board Ex Julius CarlebachAmong the tribes of Papua New Guinea warriors are awarded gope boards for each act of bravery they perform in battle. The boards are often made from the remains of an enemy's canoe. Gope boards have aSee Sold Price
Sold2021Papuan Gulf Gope Board Ex Evan Maurer CollectionAmong the tribes of Papua New Guinea warriors are awarded gope boards for each act of bravery they perform in battle. Gope boards are carved in relief and then painted with lime powder, red ochre, andSee Sold Price
Sold2022Spirit Boards in the Style of the Papuan Gulf Gope Boards. Late 20th Century, PNGSpirit Boards in the Style of the Papuan Gulf Gope Boards. Late 20th Century, PNG. With ornate raised designs accented with kaolin clay and organic pigments. Size: Ranging from: 29.5'' x 8'' x 1.5'' (See Sold Price
Sold2019Two Tribal CarvingsA Senufo bird sculpture; and a Papuan Gulf gope board Length: 37 1/2in and 38 1/2inSee Sold Price
Sold2022FOUR ETHNOGRAPHIC CARVED PIECESFOUR ETHNOGRAPHIC CARVED PIECESConsisting of a Papuan Gulf Gope board, a colonial figure, a figure of a standing man and a figural staff. Gope board 39" lengthSee Sold Price
Sold2020Fine Old Kuba Pwoom Itok mask Ex Julius Carlebach, NYA highly stylized mask with curled horns and large flattened nose. Carved from a hard wood and painted with geometric tribal motifs. This mask type, called "Pwoom Itok" or "Ishen Maal" is occasionallySee Sold Price
Sold2022A PAPUA NEW GUINEA GOPE BOARD (BULL-ROARER)A PAPUA NEW GUINEA GOPE BOARD (BULL-ROARER). Elema people, Urama Island, Papuan gulf Papua New Guinea, circa 1900-1950. 55.5cm length x 5.7cm width. Provenance: Original purchase receipt from TribalhuSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Rare Old Era River DrumAn Era River Drum. Era River area, Papuan Gulf; Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.Of typical form, the drum of conical form tapering to a stylized crocodile’s head, the terminus incised with typiSee Sold Price
Sold2023Three Papuan Gope Spirit BoardsThree Gope Ancestor boards from Papua New Guinea. Two figural Papuan Gulf boards, one Purari River board. Carved wood with natural pigments, 33"-36"See Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Old Wapo Spirit BoardA fine Wapo /Era/Gope region spirit board (Gope); Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. 20th Century).A fine and typical board for the region, the figure depicted in white against a reddish-brown backgrSee Sold Price
Sold2017A very finely carved old drumA very finely carved old drum, possibly Pre-contact, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, lacking its skin drum-head, mounted, 29.5"h Provenance: ex. San Francisco collection, Michael Hamson, American privaSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Very Old Yoruba Opon Ifa Divination BoardA Very Fine and rare Old Opon Ifa or Divination board from the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, Africa.The Board measures 18 x 10.25 inches.Provenance: Ex Collection: Dr Brian Healy estate, New York, USA. TSee Sold Price
2022A Very Rare Tiv Mirror Board Divination Ex BeckerA carved wooden Mirror board with ancestor face, carved cowrie shells and old mirror inside. Such objects are exceedingly rare and were presumably used in divination ceremonies. Tiv peoples, Nigeria,See Sold Price
Sold2024A Rare Gope or Spirit Board Collected by George Craig in 1966A fine and large Kerewa spirit board (Titi Ebiha), Kerewa people, Goaribari Island; Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. First half 20th Century)Of classical form the large board with a typical KerewaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Rare Korwar Dance Figure, Irian Jaya, IndonesiaRare Korwar Dance Figure with Mask-Like Face, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Cenderawasih Bay, MacCluer Gulf Provenance: Originally acquired from an old collection in Oregon. Ex. Tad Dale, Santa Fe, NM. Size:See Sold Price
Sold2021A Very Rare Old Lawalwa Mask Ex Mark EglintonA very fine and highly stylized "Mfondo" mask created by a Lawalwa or Lwalu artist. Such masks were produced masks with facial representations that are composed of purely geometric elements, sharply aSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Kikori Spirit BoardA fine 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 andSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Rare Cross River Dance Crest Ex Bill Wright GalleryA Very Rare Old carved wooden Cross River dance crest with stylized female form, ornate decorative appendages and areas of weathered organic pigments. The dance crest measures 23 x 16 inches on its cuSee Sold Price
Sold2016Spirit board "gope" - Papua New Guinea - Golf, Purariwood, brown patina, remains of red and white pigment, carved in flat relief with the face of an ancestor spirit in the centre, holes on either side, old collection number "M 173" backside, slightly daSee Sold Price
Sold201518TH C CONCAVE HIGH SETTLE BENCH -Rare Form Settle in18TH C CONCAVE HIGH SETTLE BENCH -Rare Form Settle in bead and board pine with old ochre paint, shaped to trap the heat from an open fireplace, the form consisting of two compound curves, with hoodedSee Sold Price
Sold2021PILGRIM CENTURY PA DESK ON FRAMEPILGRIM CENTURY PA DESK ON FRAME, VERY RARE FORM, POPLAR WOOD, OLD SURFACE, ALL ORIGINAL, PA CIRCA 1690-1730, 34 X 22 X 37 EX. H L CHALFANT ANTIQUESSee Sold Price
Sold2018Britains #318 Royal Artillery at the haltsteel helmets, with mounted officer and gunners, Ex Miele collection (1940) Very rare, Good (17 pieces)See Sold Price
Sold2019A Rare Dogon Kneeling Female Ex SothebyA very old female effigy, carved from a dense hard wood with well handled surface patina and incised / raised designs. Dogon peoples, Mali, Africa. The figure measures 20 inches tall. Provenance: SothSee Sold Price
Sold2021VERY RARE WILLIAM AND MARY BALL FOOT DESKVERY RARE WILLIAM AND MARY BALL FOOT DESK, WALNUT WITH TIGER MAPLE SIDES, BOSTON, MA., CIRCA 1720, ORIGINAL BALL FEET AND MULTI STEPPED TIERED INTERIOR, OLD STAINED SURFACE, 34 X 19 X 40 EX. PETER EATSee Sold Price
May 19The Heritage Gallery at Sayville Antiques, IncBeautiful Leon Richet Late 19th c. O/B Landscape PaintingUS$70(3 bids)
May 11Auction WallstreetVery rare oil painting on Masonite board by Mary Ann Carroll "Harvest Moon" paintingUS$2,050(2 bids)
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May 12Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books1835 GOLD GILT King James Holy Bible Oxford Old/New + Book Common Prayer 2v SETUS$78(7 bids)