New Guinea Pumice Stone Carving

Small tribal stone carving of an echidna (spiny anteater,) as found; in an old Papua New Guinea bilum bag of woven natural fiber, the bag inside a wooden box. Accompanying handwritten note says: "Echi

**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

**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

African Signed Carved Stone Art Sculpture Bust by C.Albert. Early 1900s. Height 14 cm. Also a carved wood tribal bust and a Vintage Lae New Guinea tribal carving. (3 Items)

(lot of 2) Sepik River, Papua New Guinea carving, the pigment decorated surface surmounted by a naturalistic mask above stylized zoomorph features; together with Papua New Guinea bullroarer, largest 4

PNG Stone Celt, dating to pre-1950 AD. Smooth polish, no nicks or scratches. Dimensions: 9-3/4" H; Weight: 2 lbs. Provenance: Ex Sotheby's, presently ex. Private collection, New York, NY

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle/East Sepik River Region, Korewori River area, ca. 1920s to 1940s CE. A hand-built red clay stone head representing an abstract ancestral figure. The head is of a mini

A New Guinea stone headed war club. 36" long.

Fine 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 the

**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

NEW GUINEA HOUSE POSTSepik River, New Guinea carving, house post, carved with boar tusks, shell eyes, cowrie shell beard, rimmed in fiber, (ex. Eldred Auction, Cape Cod), from a Newton, MA collection,

(lot of 2) New Guinea carving group, consisting of a figural spirit board, together with a ceremonial staff finial, largest: 31"l

Papua New Guinea carved figure. 30" Ht..

Papua New Guinea Stone Ax. Used for exchange and bride gifting. Late 19th early 20th century. Size: 9.75'' x 3'' x 1.5'' (25 x 8 x 4 cm).

**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 $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

Dimensions: H 13" x W 2" x D 1.75" Condition: Split to wood handle. Wear.

Measures approx. 3.75" X 2.5". The instrument was collected and cataloged by an American expat living and working in New Guinea in the mid-1970s. Please review our terms of sale/ shipping information,

Measures approx. 4" X 2.25". The instrument was collected and cataloged by an American expat living and working in New Guinea in the mid-1970s. Please review our terms of sale/ shipping information, a

Measures approx. 4.25" X 3". The instrument was collected and cataloged by an American expat living and working in New Guinea in the mid-1970s. Please review our terms of sale/ shipping information, a

(lot of 3) Sepik River Papua New Guinea carvings, consisting of an ancestor mask having a pigment decorated abstract surface surrounding stylized zoomorph features; together with a cowrie shell encrus

Papua New Guinea Carvings. Oceania. Size: 32" x 10" x 4", 81 x 25 x 10 cm (largest). Provenance: Howard Nowes Gallery, NY.

3 Papua New Guinea Carvings including a 23" Latmul House Post Finial, 20" h A korwar skull bowl ca. 1920, Papuan Gulf Kakame Spirit Figure 28" long.

Lot consists of two Sepik river carved wooden suspension food hooks, an Asmat carved wooden food bowl, and an intricate carved and pigmented white Asmat wall panel. 28", 28", 28.75", 33.5"