NEW GUINEA. Roasting a Pig, New Guinea. C1880

Roasting a Pig, New Guinea. C1880. From the collection of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria Este. Good contrast and tonality. Photographer: Kerry. 5.5 x 4.125 in. 13.97 x 10.48 cm

Papau New Guinea- rare - round woven pig mask. 11w x 11h x 6.5d.

Type: Heddress, helmet Materials: Natural fibers, feathers, cowrie shells Markings & Inscriptions: Unmarked Date: Mid 20th century Maker: Papuan Description: A woven ceremonial figural pig headdress

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A charming pig, its skin composed of woven and braided thin rope stretched over a bark frame. Cowrie shells form the eyes and tiny flaps of woven fa

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. This little piggy went to market . . . A hand-carved wooden pig - quite an adorable little guy standing on all fours with his protruding round sno

Vintage woven animal figurine from New Guinea. Features the form of a boar or pig with cassowary feathers and cowries for eyes along with polychrome decoration. The woven material is over an ovular fo

Vintage woven animal figurine from New Guinea. Features the form of a boar or pig with cassowary feathers and cowries for eyes along with polychrome decoration. The woven material is over an ovular fo

Incl Mariana Islands, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji, Polynesia, and The Solomon Islands. Wood Engraving (Reverse side blank) Published 1876-94, London for "The Universal Geography" by Elisee Reclus.

New Guinea/New Caledonia, Pacific and Pacific Temperature/Density of Sea Surface. Lithograph Maps Published 1875-98, Edinburgh & London for "Encyclopaedia Britannica" Ninth Edition. Paper Size: 10.5 x

Papua New Guinea Ancestor Figure (33 1/2") & Woven Fibre Pig (18"L).

A Pig Killing Club Ranon Village, North Ambrym, Vanuatu (mid twentieth century) carved hardwood 64 cm long PROVENANCE John Pasquarelli, Papua New Guinea Acquire

Carved marupai charm with face of an animal, possibly a pig. First half 20th century. Made from dwarf coconut. 4 inches long. Please note that this lot has a confidential reserve. When you leave a bid

An unusual Highlands drum with carved designs. Western Highlands (?), Papua New Guinea.Of somewhat unusual form, the drum with an uncharacteristic handle, narrow band of incising to the center, and ra

This is a rare and superb Kwoma War Chief’s Pig Skin shield, Kwoma Washkuk, east Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Wood and rattan frame with stretched wild boars hide, signs of use and wear. Field

A Washkuk Pig-Skin shield. Nkuma Washkuk, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Of typical form, the shield made of heavy cane bent into an oval shape and pig skin, with fur still attached tied to it

Massim Culture, Papua New Guinea, figurative wood tool or utensil used for the mending of nets used to hunt pigs, 10"h Provenance: published in Michael Hamson's "Art of the Massim & Collingwood Bay" 2

A group of four Melanesian objects. 20th century. Papua New Guinea. ++ New Guinea axe with wrapped stone. New Guinea. 14" x 13." ++ Boiken wooden bowl. Boiken. Approximately 18 1/2" diam. ++ Boiken wo

A group of two Papua New Guinea objects. 20th century. Papua New Guinea. ++ New Guinea Murik Lakes wooden v-shaped handle Sego pounder. New Guinea Murik Lakes. 11 1/4." ++ Ramu face mask. Ramu. 17 1/2

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