. Wooden command stick from the Sepik River culture in Papua New Guinea. Irian Jaya, 19th century.

**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 $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

Fine Sepik River 6-Prong Skull Hook, Papua New Guinea, 19th Century. On metal stand. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Rowen, Beverly Hills, California. Size: 35'' x 9'' x 7'' (89 x

Carved "Minja" Cult Figure, Kwoma People, Washkuk Hills, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, 19th/20th century. Carved bark. On stand. Such carvings were believed to promote the growth of yams and were use

Stone axes with wooden handles, Papua New Guinea, late 19th century or early 20th century from the Sepik River Region. A variant of the Mount Hagen type, the deep gray stone head finely hand-ground, b

**Originally Listed At $150** Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. 20th century CE. A finely-detailed wooden ancestral face connected to a lengthy spike. The face has a chalky white ground on whi

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, lower Sepik River, Murik Lakes region, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. This is an extraordinary wooden mask with a lengthy nose that resembles a mosquito! The mask is com

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine, hand-carved section from a wooden canoe prow in the form of a double-headed fish, the center part of its

A large Garramut, Sepik River Papua New Guinea slit-drum, probably 19th century, with elaborate incised designs, classically Sepik, on the sides and a very artful and commanding head projecting from o

Papua New Guinea human skull, possibly Irian Jaya, late 19th Century Early 20th Century, having a handle of woven fiber, strongly attached to the front, used as a magical memento to worship or revered

Papua New Guinea human skull, possibly Irian Jaya, late 19th Century Early 20th Century, having a handle of woven fiber, strongly attached to the front, used as a magical memento to worship or revere

SEPIK RIVER NECKREST PAPUA NEW GUINEA, LATE 19TH – EARLY 20TH CENTURY carved wood, snail shell and vegetal fibre, with relief carved ancestor masks to the ends, the reverse with incised design a

A carved and painted wooden shield. Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, 20th century. 46 1/2"h. Provenance: The Alvin M. Cohen Collection, Bethesda MD.

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, Iatmul people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved female ancestral figure basket hook with an anchor form at the base for suspending b

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, West Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-built earthenware bowl with a hemispherical form, a slightly conical bottom, a deep

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a carved wood "food hook", that is guaranteed not a tourist piece! A (female?) figure, painted red with cream and blac

Antique oar or spear handle. Naturalistic colors, cowrie shell eyes. A hand made and decorated Sepik River carved wooden tribal crocodile head, which once formed the handle portion of a native tribal

Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik River, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous stylized ancestor figure that fits snugly into a fiber and shell bilum bag. The guardian has an anthropomorphic

A group of four Middle Sepik River objects. 20th century. Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. ++ A Nogwi Yam festival figure. 44 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 6". ++ Wooden mask. 25 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 3 1/2". ++ Wooden ma

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Ramu River region, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A hefty shield hand-carved from a large wood plank with rounded corners an

**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, probably Astrolobe Bay or Lower Ramu River / Sepik River, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. Hand carved from a single piece of wood, a marker depictin

Upper Karawari River, Southern margins of the Sepik, Yuma Papua New Guinea, late 19th / early 20th century; wood and shell; accompanied by documentation and appraisal 97 x 14 in. (246.4 x 35.6 cm.)

**Originally Listed At $600** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful wood food bowl hand-carved with twin, openwork handles and heads f

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably Middle Sepik River region, late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautifully carved and painted figural head representing a spirit and/or ancestor, boasting a chara