Waken (Wagen) Cowrie Mask Papua New Guinea Sepik

Mask from the Sepik New Guinea region. Features the from of a face with inlaid shells and grass fringe. Measures 15" x 8". Good overall condition with losses and wear. In house, Hill Auction Gallery c

Rare New Guinea Mai Mask from the Sepik region. Features an elongated form of a face with cowrie shell inlay and cassowary feathers. This type of mask is the second most important mask on the Sepik ri

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

Rare New Guinea Mai (Mwai) Mask from the Sepik region. Features an elongated form of a face with cowrie shell inlay and natural human hair. This type of mask is the second most important mask on the S

A large Sepik Papua New Guinea Initiation helm mask decorated with cowrie shells and raffia for a 'beard', 39"h

Mwai Palembai spirit mask from Sepik region in New Guinea. Features a facial form with elongated features, cowrie shell inlay, woven grass and applied faux hair. This type of mask is the second most i

Large Middle Sepik Latmul Body Mask, Papua New Guinea. Traditional tumban mask face, body with arm holes and centering a second, smaller mask, with grass skirt, rattan, cowrie shell, paint and mud. Si

Angoram peoples woven basket mask. Features a facial form crafted from woven natural materials. Embellished with polychrome decoration, grass fringe and cowrie shell border. Measures 14" x 14". Good o

Three large Papua New Guinea carved wood masks, including: two of ovoid form, elongated foreheads with geometric patterning, tongues protruding from mouths, and inset cowrie shell eyes; together with

Oceanic Latmul Ancestor Polychrome Male†Mask, Middle Sepik River, Papua, New Guinea, Melanesia {Dimensions 39 x 26 x 13 inches} [some losses to cowrie shells and mask]

Carved wood "Savi" mask, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, with red, black, and white kaolin pigments, embellished with cowrie shells and feathers, animal tusks protruding from nose, carved wooden crocod

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River province, North Coast, Boiken peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A wonderful and vibrant wooden ceremonial mask featuring fiber cords and cowrie shells. The

Carved Wood Wall Hanger, painted with ocher and lime and having cowrie shells as eyes, a bird in flight superimposed on the forehead, circa 1960s, Roughly 31" x 15" x 5 1/2". Worn, weathered.

A Sepik Tribe Tortoise Shell Ancestor Mask, Papua New Guinea, 20th Century, Having a clay formed face with incised shell eyes, woven fiber band with cowrie shells and feathers. H: 19 W: 16 D: 6 1/2 in

Tall and elaborate Sepik, Papua New Guinea polychrome wood figure; wearing a long mask with horns and cowrie shell eyes; H: 47" (approx.)

Papua New Guinea Mid Sepik Sawos Amulet Mask (Mid-20th Century)carved wood, natural pigments, cowrie shells depicting spirit figure with polychrome geometric pattern carved and painted on the face.

Papua New Guinea Iatmul Middle Sepik men's house mask, darkened wood, white and black natural pigment, cowrie shell eyes.

Papua New Guinea Angoram Lower Sepik Mwai Mask, carved wood, tree resin, cassowary feathers, cowrie and nassa shells, depicting elongated male form face with nose extending down past the mouth with a

Large Sepik, Papua New Guinea carved wood and painted panel; showing several masks and bird motifs; with inset cowrie shell eyes and raffia embellishments (stand not included); H: 65 3/4"

Large Sepik, Papua New Guinea carved wood and painted panel; showing several masks and bird motifs; with inset cowrie shell eyes and raffia embellishments (stand not included); H: 65 3/4"

Group of three Papua New Guinea polychrome and carved wood masks, including: two of mei form from the Iatmul; together with Sepik River mask with inset cowrie shell eyes (stands not included);

Group of three Papua New Guinea polychrome and carved wood masks, including: two of mei form from the Iatmul; together with Sepik River mask with inset cowrie shell eyes (stands not included);

Group of three Sepik, Papua New Guinea polychrome and carved wood masks; each of various forms; two with inset cowrie shell eyes (stands not included); L: 20" (largest, approx.)

(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