New Guinea knife

Oceania/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. Th

A group of five ethnographic objects. 20th century. ++ 2 New Guinea style wooden knives and scabbards. 25 1/2" x 2 3/4" x 1 1/2"; 22 3/4" x 2 3/4" x 1 1/4". ++ Terracotta quadruped. 3 1/2" x 6 3/4" x

Dimensions: H 9.75" x W 2.25" x D 1.5" Condition: Some cracking to handle. Wear and dirt consistent with outdoor exposure.

Obsidian Knife and Spears, Admiralty Islands / Papua New Guinea, C.1900. Wood, parinarium putty nut paste, pigment, obsidian. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: Lengths ranging from 10'' (

100% of the Buyer's Premium of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Ad

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty / Bismarck Archipelago, Manus Island, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife (known locally as a gudom

Totem of standing figure, mask-like face, arms at side, second pair of arms holding knives. Remains of pigment. With metal base. Dimensions: H 64.5" x (Base) W 9.5" x D 8.5" Condition: Rubbing, loss o

GOULD (JOHN) AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, Including Many New Species Recently Discovered in Australia, 25 original parts, FIRST EDITION, 320 han

wood, feathers, rattan, plant fibre cord, blackish mass, anthropomorphic head on stylized body (legs recognizable in back view), plume of twenty-six trimmed frigate bird feathers, old collection numbe

wood ("Alstonia scholaris"), shell inlay ("Turbo Phetolatus opercula"), lime, red ochre, black pigment, hairdo from short cut brush-like plantfibre tufts, which were pressed in blackish mass, thin ver

Papua New Guinea Abelam Wooden Figure of a Man With shell eyes, decorated with red and black pigments. Height of figure 35 inches (88.9 cm)

Wosera, New Guinea lintel, complete and intact. Wosera people, Middle Sepik Region. Decorated in polychrome red, yellow, white and black traditional paints. Line of eleven clan ancestor depictions in

lime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tat

Papua New Guinea New Ireland Malagan mask, hand carved wood, polychrome decoration, cloth & fiber covering, 14-1/2" h

New Guinea, ca. late 19th - early 20th century. A fine carved early Sepik hook figure. Custom base. MEASUREMENTS Height: 15 inches / 38 cm SHIPPING $35 flat-rate shipping in the continental U.S. (insu

Karem River, Papua New Guinea, carved wood shield, the face or mask standing out 1"-2" in relief, the zigzag designs all over quite extensive and dramatic optically, the back with its shield's handle

The auction featuring items from the Saul Brandman Foundation. Sculpture in carved wood fabrication. Region of origin: Korewori River area, Middle Sepik, PapuaNew Guinea. The sculpture is a Yipwon fig

The 18th/19th century carved wood feast bowl attributed to the Melansian People of Admiralty Island, Papua, New Guinea the bird form with pronounced head and openwork 'wing' handles, raised on four in

wood, pigments, shell inlay, black clay like mass, base The term "malagan" refers collectively to a complex series of ceremonies and the visual art forms associated with them. Most of these impressive

wood, pigments, missing parts, rest.The "brag" spirit is characerised as male and warlike, seducing women and devouring young initiates before spitting them back to their mothers as adult men.The spir

iron wood, brown patina, deep hollowed eye sockets inlaid with red seeds pressed into clay-like mass, pierced septum with wooden stick, handwritten numbers "70" and "1933" on the bottom, min. dam., cr

wood, colour pigments, feathers, custom mount "Minja" figures were used in ceremonies to aid in hunting and yam fertility. Newton reports that the Kwoma regard the "minja" figures as representations o

wood, 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 da

20th c. Carved wood, shells 31" x 8" x 4" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York There are mask-making villages all along the Sepik, but the Middle River is the most densely populated with over