Papua New Guinea Boars Tail Loincloth

Papua New Guinea Boars Tail Loincloth. Plant fiber, red pigment and boars' tails. Size: 12'' x 9'', (30 x 23 cm) (apron); 37'' (94 cm) (belt).

Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea woven wild boar figure. Reinforced with bamboo legs and bands to the inside, with polychrome coloring to body in burnt orange, brown and yellow. Mimicking that of a wild

Oceanic, mounted with boar's tusks and natural fibers. Mask: 14.5" H; on stand: 19.5" H. Age-appropriate wear.

Vintage Tumbuan / Tambanum ceremonial mask from New Guinea. Features an elongated facial form decorated with inlaid cowrie shells set in mud as well as boars tusks and polychrome decoration and genuin

rattan, boar tusks, nassa snails, resin, Abrus precatorius (paternoster pea), plant fibure, This rare pectoral ornament was worn both as a personal adornment and in combat to protect the warrior from

plant fibre, red and yellow ochre, boar tusks, nassa snails, feathers, in addition: Sepik breast ornament with cymbium shell, nassa and cowrie snails, feathers, fabricL: 34 cm & 40 cm, L: 13,4 inch &

Papua New Guinea Mwai carved wood mask fitted with feathers, cowry shells and boar tusks 30"l

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

With boar tusks.Dimensions: H 16.75" x W 4.25" x D 2.25"Condition: Wear throughout. Few chips and splits to tusks.

20th C. Spirit Figure Sepik Papua New Guinea. Having cowry shells for eyes and grass for a loin cloth. Height: 16 in.

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

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)

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

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

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