Papua New Guinea Stone Celt

PNG Stone Celt, dating to pre-1950 AD. Smooth polish, no nicks or scratches. Dimensions: 9-3/4" H; Weight: 2 lbs. Provenance: Ex Sotheby's, presently ex. Private collection, New York, NY

A green stone (nephrite jade) Celt, ca 19th century. Nicely veined and perfectly shaped. Dimensions: 4-1/2" H; weight: 4.5 oz. Provenance: Ex. Private collection, New England, USA

Three Stone Axe Heads from Papua New Guinea, used for exchange or utility. One Massim hardstone axe head from Milne Bay, polished with chips. One obsidian axe head. One unused celt. 6"x3", 10.5"x3" 8.

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle/East Sepik River Region, Korewori River area, ca. 1920s to 1940s CE. A hand-built red clay stone head representing an abstract ancestral figure. The head is of a mini

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

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An elegant adze blade of rectangular form, hand-whetted from dark grey basalt. The fascinating implemen

Papua New Guinea Stone Ax. Used for exchange and bride gifting. Late 19th early 20th century. Size: 9.75'' x 3'' x 1.5'' (25 x 8 x 4 cm).

**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

**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1940s CE. A handmade cutting tool, known as an adze, featuring a long wooden handle in shades of light brown with a black stone blade prese

Dimensions: H 13" x W 2" x D 1.75" Condition: Split to wood handle. Wear.

Measures approx. 3.75" X 2.5". The instrument was collected and cataloged by an American expat living and working in New Guinea in the mid-1970s. Please review our terms of sale/ shipping information,

Measures approx. 4" X 2.25". The instrument was collected and cataloged by an American expat living and working in New Guinea in the mid-1970s. Please review our terms of sale/ shipping information, a

Measures approx. 4.25" X 3". The instrument was collected and cataloged by an American expat living and working in New Guinea in the mid-1970s. Please review our terms of sale/ shipping information, a

Papua New Guinea celt made from green jade. Smooth, polished exterior, no apparent signs of use as a tool. Reputed provenance from Depapre, a remote inland North Coast village. 15.5" long, 3" at wides

(lot of 3) Stone artifacts from the South Pacific, including a Papua New Guinea stone adze blade, together with an octopus lure made of worked volcanic stone as a weight and lashed with sennit to a se

**Originally Listed At $450** Oceania, Eastern Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Angu (sometimes Kukukuku) peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An intimidating club with a lengthy slender wooden pole.

A Papua, New Guinea carved stone mask with custom made iron display. Provenance: Sag Harbor, Sale 2008Dimensions: 12" X 5 1/2:

Papua New Guinea Incised Stone & Seeds Necklace. For measures please refer to the pictures taken with a measuring tape. Weight: 61 Grams. This is a NO RESERVE AUCTION: there are no hidden or confident

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sentani tribe, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved and expertly polished greenstone celt of ritual form that exhibits a conical handle, an exp

2 Kukukuku Pineapple Stone War Clubs, Papua New Guinea. Hand carved stone "pineapple" heads fitted over woven rattan fiber and affixed to a tapering wooden shafts. Size: 1) 28.5'' x 5'' x 3.5'' (72 x

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Jiwaka Province, Wahgi people, ca. 19th century CE. A grey-green slate axe set into a wooden cavity that extends outward, mirroring the blade shape at one end, and providing

Pre-Contact Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, old and apparently stone-carved spear thrower, atlatl, with bamboo shaft, resin remains, woven fiber ties, and a stone-carved wood traingle, 32.5"l

Kukukuku Pineapple Stone War Club, Papua New Guinea. A hand carved stone "pineapple" head fitted over woven rattan fiber and affixed to a tapering wooden shaft. Size: 33'' x 3.5'' (84 x 9 cm).