Papua New Guinea Flute

Papua New Guinea, Sepic Region, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A mesmerizing wooden flute stopper with a janiform face at the bottom featuring 4 cowrie shell eyes (2 on each face) and a lizard-like crea

Ceremonial flute from the Chambri people in the Sepik region of New Guinea. Decorated with a figure at the top and cassowary feathers at the base. Measures 32" long. Good / fair condition with losses.

Two Papua New Guinea Cult flutes one with designs typical of the Middle Sepik. With remnants of red earth color, white limestone, and feather attachments on the crocodile head. 13" long. Second Carved

Three carved wooden figures, one statue of a seated elderly spirit, painted with cowrie shell inlaid eyes. One large Ramu bird-man figure, indigenous repair to insect damage present. One flute stopper

Large Bamboo Flute, Papua New Guinea. Bamboo with plant fiber feathers and pigment. Provenance: Estate of Aviva and Jack Robinson, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Size: 32'' x 5'' x 5'' (81 x 13 x 13 cm).

Oceanic Flute Stopper, Papua New Guinea, Field Collected in 1940 Sepik River Location. Hand Painted Wood Instrument Used To Plug A Bamboo Flute. Provenance: Ethnographic Tribal Museum Collection (See

New Guinea tribal flute from the Sepik River region. Features a geometric pattern with blackened coloration and pin prick embellishments. Measures 14 1/2" x 1 1/2". Good overall condition with no dama

Lot of seven ornamental flute stoppers and two bamboo flutes from Papua New Guinea. Great examples of different tribal styles and forms.

Four wood carved ancestor flute masks from the Ramu river of Papua New Guinea. The masks would be attached to flutes for ornament in ceremonies. Some chips and cracks present. 14"-27"

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

20th c. Carved wood, shells 31" x 8" x 4" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York There are mask-making villages all along the Sepik, but the Middle River is the most densely populated with over

African or Papua New Guinea Head / Bust Statue. Measures 30 inches in height. Metal construction with a custom made stand. Property of an Upper East Side Townhouse.

wood, white and black pigment, red and yellow ochre, raised middle ridge, painted with six ancestor spirit heads, plant fibre tassels along rim and through pierced septum (partly missing or brittle),