Old Medicine Bag Adorned with Feathers from New Guinea

Antique woven grass basketry type bag adorned with various seeds and feathers and painted with organic pigments. Likely from the Papuan highlands region, Papua New Guinea. The bag Measures 12 x 15 inc

A charming antique woven grass medicine bag adorned with beads, shells and feathers and showing handling and apparent traditional field use. The Bag measures 9 x 18 inches, not counting the strap. Pro

Lot of 11 objects of adornment, Papau New Guinea. Woven grass bag, Cassowary bird feather belt, feather hair piece, shell belt, bead belt, 2 bags adorned with shells, 2 combs. Ranging in size from 8''

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, upper Sepik River, Telefol region, Mountain Ok people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A wonderful example of a prestigious type of bilum (string bag)

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

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

20th Century; Gogodala people, Papua New Guinea The polychromed wood headdress adorned with feathers mounted on metal base 14" H x 6.375" W x 7" D approximately

Large Upper Sepik River mask or shield, 20th c., Papua New Guinea, carved wood, woven reed, and adorned with feathers, 45"h x 14"w Provenance: The Estate of Arnold Scaasi, NY

A Suki carrying bag, Suki people, middle fly river western province, Papua New Guinea.Of classical form the bags with geometric designs woven into the basic shape in raised fiber and carefully pigment

Two Vintage Hand Twined Bags. Including one indigo-dyed and the other a bilum bag from Papua New Guinea made using a process called knotless netting, 20th C. Sizes: 1) 24'' x 19'' (61 x 48 cm); 2) 37'

A fine old Betel nut carrying Bag known locally as a Aluk, from the Lelonama district of Western Timor Indonesia. Intricate woven fabric adorned with textile tassels were used in making this betel bag

Two painted shell masks with clay buildup and inlay cowries and feathers and reed weave border, each 11” x 8”, with bill of sale dated 1973 stating one to be 50 years old from Aad van der Heyde of

A fine old Betel nut carrying Bag known locally as a Aluk, from the Lelonama district of Western Timor Indonesia. Intricate woven Ikat fabric adorned with tassels, beads and coins used in making this

Vintage to antique hand woven rattan grasses and Tortoise shell dance mask adorned with shells and human hair. From the Sepik river region, Papua New Guinea. The mask measures 19 x 15 inches.

Papua, New Guinea old and much used heavy, thick carved wood mask, heavily patinated on back, pierced for feather attachments, 16"l. Provenance: Property from the estate of Thomas J. Perkins, San Fran

Rare miniature facial - mask depiction, hand-carved from a Galip nut. Hollowed back. Amulets like this example were attached to bags, belts and sacred flutes. Wear from long tribal use. Early to Mid 2

Fine old reticulated basket hook. From the Kanganaman (Kanganamon) people from New Guinea. Basket or suspension hooks are used to hang net bags or baskets containing food or clothing and would be susp

Rare Amulet Mask Carved from a Galip Nut Iatmul - Sepik Papua New Guinea 1950 Nut Canarium tree, glass beads, casuari feathers 4,5 cm It was made by an old man in Tambunum village (Iatmul village, mid

(Lot of 5) Old New Guinea spears, largest: 8'9''l

Old medicine bag Description: Made of caribou skin with decorations and painted patterns. Dimension (PO): 11" x 8" Dimension (CM): 27.9 x 20.3 cm Condition report: Upon request, We

Old medicine bag Description: Made of caribou skin with decorations and painted patterns. Dimension (PO): 11" x 8" Dimension (CM): 27.9 x 20.3 cm Condition report: Upon request, We

A large old New Guinea canoe prow or wave splitter, Massim Culture, Trobriand Islands area, sea-weathered and eroded revealing a sweeping wood grain, traces of polychrome pigments, excellent curviline

Good old Papua New Guinea drum with two strong figures carved on its handle, fine patina of use, lacking its skin drum-head, from Schouten Island on the Papua New Guinea coast, 23.5"h Provenance: Mich

Carved wood mask from Papua New Guinea, possibly from the Ramu River region, and dating to the first half of the 20th century. Of elongated oval form with pointed ends, protruding nose with a hole car