Sold2018A PAPUA NEW GUINEA ANGA GROUD WARCLUBOf characteristic form, with finely handground and polished hardstone head, possibly jade. On its hardwood haft, head fixed with pitch, the grip finely carved. 19th c. Minor wear. With old collectionSee Sold Price
Sold2024Decorative Trobriand Warclub - Papua New Guinea, NO RESERVESDecorative Trobriand Warclub - Papua New Guinea. Measuring approximately 32" X 4", this club was collected and cataloged by an American expat living, and working in New Guinea in the mid-1970s. || PleSee Sold Price
Sold2022Kukukuku Pineapple Stone War Club, Papua New GuineaKukukuku 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).See Sold Price
Sold2023Large Antique Star Mace War Club, Papua New GuineaLarge Antique Star Mace War Club, Papua New Guinea. Size: 8'' x 52.5'' x 8'' (20 x 133 x 20 cm).See Sold Price
Sold2017Lethal Papua New Guinea Wooden ClubOceania, Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik River, ca. 1920 CE. A large, dark wood war club with a human figure forming its handle. The figure's face is long, with wide eyes and a pronounced nose; he wearsSee Sold Price
Sold2015Ironwood Nulla-Nulla War Club, Dutch New GuineaA Nulla Nulla ironwood war club, used by natives of Dutch New Guinea ( Papua and West Papua New Guinea) to fend off enemy natives. Carved and etched with a raised geometric motif on both sides. MeasurSee Sold Price
Sold2017War charm, around 1880 - Papua New Guinea - Bismarckwood, 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 numbeSee Sold Price
Sold2016Standing male "malagan" figure - Papua New Guinea -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 verSee Sold Price
Sold2016Papua New Guinea Abelam Wooden Figure of a ManPapua 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)See Sold Price
Sold2021Helmet mask "tatanua" - Papua New Guinea - Bismarcklime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tatSee Sold Price
Sold2023Papua New Guinea New Ireland Malagan MaskPapua New Guinea New Ireland Malagan mask, hand carved wood, polychrome decoration, cloth & fiber covering, 14-1/2" hSee Sold Price
Sold2017Karem River, Papua New Guinea, carved wood shield, theKarem 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 handleSee Sold Price
Sold2022YIPWON FIGURE KARAWARI RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA.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 figSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fragment of a "malagan" panel - Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Irelandwood, 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 impressiveSee Sold Price
Sold2021"Brag" spirit mask - Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik,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 spirSee Sold Price
Sold2016Replacement skull "kus" - Papua New Guinea, Asmatiron 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., crSee Sold Price
Sold2020Yam cult figure "minja" - Papua New Guinea, East Sepikwood, 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 oSee Sold Price
Sold2016Spirit board "gope" - Papua New Guinea - Golf, Purariwood, 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 daSee Sold Price
Sold2018IATMUL, MASK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA20th 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 overSee Sold Price
Sold2017African or Papua New Guinea Head / Bust StatueAfrican 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.See Sold Price
Sold2017War shield - Papua New Guinea - Yuat Riverwood, 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),See Sold Price
Sold2016Abelam Papua New Guinea carved figure, early 20hAbelam Papua New Guinea carved figure, early 20h Century, large and old polychrome decorated in red, orange, mustard yellow and black, having a large head, bent arms and legs, descending phallus, surrSee Sold Price
Sold2018Papua New Guinea Shield & PaddleDESCRIPTION: Papua New Guinea shield and paddle. Includes: 1) Trobriand Island paddle with stand. Carved with red and black pigments. Mask design to one side. 61-3/4". Losses to tip of paddle. 2) LargSee Sold Price
Sold2023Fine and Rare Elema Mask Gulf Province Orokoko Bay Papua New Guinea PNCCa. early 20thC. Tapa, cane, pigments, chicken feathers. Very good original condition as shown with no major loss or apparent repairs. Elema conical style masks are worn by initiates during festivalsSee Sold Price
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3 days LeftJeffrey S. Evans & AssociatesASSORTED AFRICAN AND ASIAN CARVED WOOD ARTICLES, LOT OF FOUR$50