Monumental PNG Standing Male Ancestor Figure

Monumental PNG Standing Male Ancestor Figure. Carved wood with paint decoration, cowrie shells, mud, and hair. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. With metal base. Size: 86'' x 15'' x 10'

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Maprik River region, Abelam people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved rectangular wood architectural panel with a central standing male figure wearing a

A standing male ancestor figure, Nigeria, Urhobo style. 20th century. Provenance: The Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. "The Urhobo have two distinct sculptural traditions

Indonesian Toraja Tau-Tau Standing Male Ancestor Figure, Sulawesi, early/mid 20th century, jackfruit wood. Size: 53'' x 11'' x 16'' (135 x 28 x 41 cm). Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserv

A group of two standing figures. ++ A standing male ancestor figure, Niheria, Urhobo. 20th century. 56" x 13" x 17". ++ A Colonial wooden figure, Nigeria. 20th century. 70" x 12 1/2" x 8". Provenance:

Standing male figure, likely the ancestor figure of the ideal chief, Chibinda Ilunga, here shown in chief's headdress, flanked by two smaller, similar figures. Old loss to one forearm. Approx. 18 1/2"

Massive Papua New Guinean carved and polychromed wood figure; of a male ancestor, standing atop a conical base; H: 6' (approx.); wood base

wood, dark brown patina, prominent genitals, missing parts, fine cracks, base; probably an ancestor's figure representing a local chief or a royal lineage. H: 39 cm, H: 15,4 inch Provenance: collected

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bassikassingo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved standing male ancestral figure known as a "misi." The figure has a stocky, lightly-rou

African Lobi Wood Ancestor Figure Burkina Faso or Mali. A hard wood carved stylized standing male figure with bulging eye lids, jutting jaw, hands to sides and angular breasts. A good old piece. Size

A group of three East African figures. 20th century. ++ Sukuma style wood male ancestor figure. 69" x 12" x 8". ++ Sukuma style wood female ancestor figure. 70" x 10" x 10". ++ Makonde style standing

Headrest, Lake Sentani, PNG (Pupuan Side)Stylized crocodile form with a male and female ancestor figure placed at the head and the tail. Incised scroll design, typical of the Lake Sentani Region carve

An African D.R.C. Congo Hemba Wooden Ancestor Figure sculpture (19th Century) carved wood depicting male figure standing on a circular base having short legs, elongated torso, and hands resting on the

PNG IATMUL CARVED WOOD ANCESTRAL FIGUREPapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River Region, 20th century, Iatmul People. Polychrome decorated, carved wood figure of a standing male with cowry shell inset eyes

20th century, including a male and female figure, both standing, high quality casting. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October 3 (Lots 1-948) 16.5 in. From the Complete and Important Collect

Pair of monumental Chinese male and female Sancai glaze ceramic seated Buddhist lion figures on stands, the male standing on a brocade ball and the female with her cub. Apparently unmarked. Provenance

Circa 1890, rare, a pair of oversized silverplated vases with male and female figures standing on either side of bases, decorated with dancing Putti around the bases, 26.75" tall, 19" wide

A large Papua New Guinea food hook from Kandangai Village, Sepik River, East Sepik Province. Carved wooden figure with dark painted finish, featuring a standing male with inset spiral carved shell eye

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall wooden figure, hand-carved, in the form of a long-limbed male with his arms held at his sides and a prominent, flaccid phallus.

Carved wooden commemorative sculpture of a "D'mba" or Nimba standing male figure with classic treatment to the face and form.Baga peoples, Guinea, West Africa.The D'mba, which was long interpreted as

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Maprik region, Abelam peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An enormous hand-carved wooden ancestral figure standing upon a pair of lengthy legs with delineated male genitalia

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, ca. 1940 CE. A masterful figural group carved from wood and adorned with earth pigments, depicting a smiling male figure, sitting on a stool, with his elbows resting upo

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, ca. 1940 CE. A masterful figural group carved from wood and adorned with earth pigments, depicting a smiling male figure, sitting on a stool, with his elbows resting upo

wood, blackish brown shiny patina, encrusted in some areas, characterized by a strong body with big head and bulky coiffure, nevertheless fine worked, regarding even facial features, well-formed body