Sold2018Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Decorated Food HookPapua 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 intriguSee Sold Price
Sold2020Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Food Hook**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely carved wooden figural "food hook," possibly a female, with red, yellow, cream, and whiSee Sold Price
Sold2016Late 19th C. PNG Wood Food Hook, ex-KennedyPapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a carved wood "food hook", that is guaranteed not a tourist piece! A (female?) figure, painted red with cream and blacSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden MortarOceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A beautiful hand-carved mortar with a shallow, flat bowl at the top and a flat base, its sides decorated with high relief birds and fins, tSee Sold Price
Sold2019Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Carved Coconut Bowl100% of the Hammer price of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Sepik River regionSee Sold Price
Sold202119th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Food Pounder**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Schouten Island, Abelam peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A large wooden pounder with a bulbous head and a short handle. The heaSee Sold Price
Sold2018Old Authentic Food Hook SepikOld Authentic Food Hook Sepik Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks, areSee Sold Price
Sold2018Old Authentic Food Hook - SepikOld authentic food hook - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks,See Sold Price
Sold2018Old Authentic Food Hook SepikOld authentic food hook - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks,See Sold Price
Sold2022Oceania, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century.Oceania, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century.A massive, hand-carved wooden slit drum with a long body. Polychrome decorated with a full figure to one end.75 inchesSee Sold Price
Sold2018Carved Out Sacred House Food Hook Figure SepikLarge richly carved out sacred house food hook figure 160 cm - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 160 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cultSee Sold Price
Sold2018Large Sacred House Food Hook Figure 136 CM SepikLarge Sacred House Food Hook Figure 136 Cm Sepik Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 136 cm Beautiful type of food hook, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooksSee Sold Price
Sold2024Food Spatula, Geelvink Bay, Northwest Coast Papua New Guinea, Early 20th C. or OlderFood Spatula, Geelvink Bay, Northwest Coast Papua New Guinea, Early 20th C. or Older. On stand. Carved scroll and spiral finial tops a small Korwar figure that forms the handle of the flattened bladeSee Sold Price
Sold2019NEW GUINEA CARVINGFine Guardian Spirit Hook Figure, Kandingai, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, early 20th c., featuring a grimacing crouching figure atop a horned spirit head, double-sided, retaining most of theSee Sold Price
Sold201619th C. PNG Iatmul Wood Basket Hook - FiguralOceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, Iatmul people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved female ancestral figure basket hook with an anchor form at the base for suspending bSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. PNG Sepik River Wood Trophy Hook**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A nice example of a hand-carved wooden trophy hook, also known as a suspension hook. TheSee Sold Price
Sold2023African Upper Karawari River Hook Figure-YipwonUpper Karawari River, Southern margins of the Sepik, Yuma Papua New Guinea, late 19th / early 20th century; wood and shell; accompanied by documentation and appraisal 97 x 14 in. (246.4 x 35.6 cm.)See Sold Price
Sold2024Early / Large Papua New Guinea Wood Bowl w/ Faces**Originally Listed At $600** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful wood food bowl hand-carved with twin, openwork handles and heads fSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. PNG Wood Ceremonial Staff Avain Form100% of the Hammer price of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, SepikSee Sold Price
Sold2018Huge 20th C. PNG Abelam Woven Ancestor MaskOceania, Papua New Guinea, Abelam tribe from the Maprik/Wosera area, ca. early 20th century CE. A massive woven mask representing an ancestor, with a huge, avian-like nose curved into a hook form. TheSee Sold Price
Sold2016PNG Sepik River Basket HookPapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden hook, carved to show a human face at the top with small creamy white cowry shell inset eyes, a large, pointed noseSee Sold Price
Sold2019Sepik River Carved Wood Ceremonial Bird HookPapua New Guinea,20th Century Figural representation of a bird, potentially a hornbill, decorated in red, blue, and white polychrome paint. Wood,Overall 17 2/8" x 9", From the collection of a Bristol,See Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Splash BoardOceania, 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 bSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C Papua New Guinea Wood Transformation TotemOceania, 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 crocodiSee Sold Price
May 22PiasaEngraved shell bracelet Papua New Guinea Shell Early 20th century H: 11 cm; D: 8-9 cm Provenance: Ex€200
May 22PiasaBat-shaped spoon Papua New Guinea Coconut Early 20th century L: 11 cm Provenance: Ex collection Ben€200
May 19Leonard Auction, a division of The Leonard CompanyPapua New Guinea and Oceanic AssortmentUS$150
May 22PiasaSepik hook Papua New Guinea Wood and polychrome H: 55 cm Provenance: Ex Ben Tursch collection,€500