Ancestral figure, 19th/20th century; Papua New Guinea,

A PRIMITIVE LOW RELIEF AND POLYCHROME TEAK CANOE PROW SPLASH BOARD, POSSIBLY MASSIM TRIBE, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, MILNE BAY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, EARLY/MID 20TH CENTURY, the ancestral figure squats at center

Early -Mid 20th Century Sepik River Totem Papua New Guinea - Possibly Yatmul People with Eagle and Crocodile and Ancestral Figures wood, polychrome, cowrie shells, with fibre and feather decoration. 4

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A highly abstract, hand-carved wooden ancestor figure. Colored dark brown with a mineral-based pigment. Size: 18.5" H (47 cm);

An Oceanic Wood Ancestral Figure Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, Circa 20th Century A.D. Height 28 inches (71 cm). Property of the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa Provenance: Doro

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

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Maprik region, Abelam peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An enormous hand-carved wooden ancestral figure standing upon a pair of lengthy legs with delineated male genitalia

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fabulous hand-carved wooden head of an ancestral figure. The elongated visage features inlaid white shell eyes, one w

**Originally Listed At $300** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A heavy wooden figure of a crouching woman with long arms that she is using to leverage herself from the

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

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Lower Ramu River region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A tall standing zoomorphic figure, hand-carved from hardwood, with a characteristically abstract presentation. This anthrop

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fascinating hand-carved wooden figure depicting a bearded ancestral human wearing a large bird-headed headdress. The

AN INDONESIAN TRIBAL PAINTED AND CARVED WOOD FIGURAL ANCESTRAL TOTEM POLE FRAGMENT, ASMAT PEOPLES, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, THIRD QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, with reticulated abstract embracing figures painted in

AN INDONESIAN TRIBAL WOOD ANCESTRAL MALE FIGURAL POST, ASMAT PEOPLES, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, THIRD QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, detailed as a slender male figure with short hairstyle above a smiling expression wi

Carved ancestral figure or "kumbianmu", Tigowi tribe, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, regarded as a dwelling place for ancestral spirits, rendering aid and good fortune to living family members, compri

Three female, tribal ancestral figures from Papua New Guinea. Some losses.

(2) Ramu River carved wood figures, 19th/20th c., Northern Papua New Guinea, 9"h x 3.5"w x 2.5"d (slightly larger figure) Provenance: The Estate of Mary Ann Van Rensselaer Strong, NYC

A Maprik Abelam standing figure. Mid 20th century. Maprik Abelam. Papua New Guinea. Approximately 105" x 10."

A Minja ancestor figure. 20th century. Middle Sepik River. Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. 49 1/2" x 12 1/2" x 1 3/4".

Papua New Guinea Carved Ancestral Figure By Joseph Timbin, 27" high.

Vintage carved wood ancestral figure from the Sepik region in New Guinea. Features a stylized figural form with inlaid cowrie shell eyes and bird form at the top. These would have been placed in speci

A group of two Oceanic style figures. c.20th century. ++ Korewari style figure. Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River. 10 7/8"h x 2"w (w/o stand); stand: 3 7/8"h x 2 1/2"w x 1 1/2"d ++ Marquesas style

Tall PNG spirit figure carved out of wood with pigment, cowrie shells, fiber, fur and feathers. The spirit figure appears to be leaned against a painted stool, with his phallus exposed and painted. Th

Vintage carved wood tribal ancestral figure from the Sepik region in New Guinea. Features a stylized figural form with inlaid cowrie shell eyes and cassowary bird features at the top. Further embellis

A group of two Melanesian objects. 20th century. Papua New Guinea. ++ Boiken standing figure. Boiken. 28" x 7 1/2." ++ Middle Sepike Yamok Village painter skull rack. Middle Sepike Yamok Village. 29"