Carved Stone Adze, Probably Papua New Guinea

Carved Stone Adze, Probably Papua New Guinea. Decorated With Kneeling Figure. Approximately 31.50L x 7.25W x 2.0625D in.

Oceania, 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 e

**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 ti

**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 da

Two Massim Carved Stone Bunukwa Figures, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Rowen, Beverly Hills, California. Size: 1) 2.5'' x 4'' x 2'' (6 x 10 x 5 cm); 2) 3.25'' x

(3) old Tribal wood carved figures, 20th c., probably Papua New Guinea, incl. a hook figure and one with collection marks, smallest: 10.5"h, largest: 14.5"h Provenance: From the Estate of Clement Gree

**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 implemen

**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 canoes

A Papua, New Guinea carved stone mask with custom made iron display. Provenance: Sag Harbor, Sale 2008Dimensions: 12" X 5 1/2:

(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 se

2 Kukukuku Pineapple Stone War Clubs, Papua New Guinea. Hand carved stone "pineapple" heads fitted over woven rattan fiber and affixed to a tapering wooden shafts. Size: 1) 28.5'' x 5'' x 3.5'' (72 x

**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 prese

Kukukuku Pineapple Stone War Club, Papua New Guinea. A hand carved stone "pineapple" head fitted over woven rattan fiber and affixed to a tapering wooden shaft. Size: 33'' x 3.5'' (84 x 9 cm).

Papua New Guinea Carved Bowl. Probably for sago consumption, this hand carved bowl measures approximately 3.75" X 12" X 6". It was collected, and cataloged in the mid-1970s by an American expat living

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, roun

Pre-Contact Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, old and apparently stone-carved spear thrower, atlatl, with bamboo shaft, resin remains, woven fiber ties, and a stone-carved wood traingle, 32.5"l

Papua New Guinea Hooked Spirit Figure. Probably carved by people living in the Ramu Valley, this fine, old carving measures approximately 21.25" X 2.5". It was collected in the mid-70s by an American

Two large Oceanic carved and painted wood masks: tall oblong face with long nose and small mouth, in red, black and white, probably Sepik, Papua New Guinea; together with a small face showing round ch

**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 util

Antique 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.

**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 adz

Early Papua New Guinea Adze Tool, raffia, wood, iron, dark carved wood handle with decorative carved feature at base and carved design on shaft with small raffia wrapped crude iron blade. Item shows g

**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, probably Astrolobe Bay or Lower Ramu River / Sepik River, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. Hand carved from a single piece of wood, a marker depictin

**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 pommel