Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood & Shell Food Hook

Large richly carved out sacred house food hook figure 160 cm - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 160 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult

Large Sacred House Food Hook Figure 136 Cm Sepik Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 136 cm Beautiful type of food hook, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks

Old Authentic Food Hook Sepik Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks, are

Old authentic food hook - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks,

Old authentic food hook - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks,

Wood, shells. Papua New Guinea, Mid-Late 20th C. Height: 38 3/4", Length:10 1/4", Width: 1 1/2". A figural basket hook made of carved hardwood. Black finish and cowry shell eyes.

**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely carved wooden figural "food hook," possibly a female, with red, yellow, cream, and whi

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

Papua New Guinea, Mid 20th Century. Made of wood, straw, shell and feather by the Latmul people, Middle Sepik river region, Papua New Guinea. Used as a dance costume or on the wall of a ceremonial hou

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

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

**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Murik Lakes region, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A coconut half-shell ladle or dipper with a hand-carved wooden handle. The handle is atta

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A nice example of a hand-carved wooden trophy hook, also known as a suspension hook. The

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A pair of hand-carved wooden crocodile figures, each with a horned nose and deeply inlaid cowrie shell eyes. The bodies

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River province, North Coast, Boiken peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A wonderful and vibrant wooden ceremonial mask featuring fiber cords and cowrie shells. The

Type: Mask Materials: Wood, grass, cowrie shells Markings & Inscriptions: Unmarked Date: Mid 20th century Maker: Papuan Description: A carved and painted ceremonial mask ca. 1960, adorned with grass

PNG Gable Hook. Carved wood and pigment. Mid 20th c. Size: 57'' x 20.5'' x 6'' (145 x 52 x 15 cm).

Papua New Guinea Mid Sepik Sawos Amulet Mask (Mid-20th Century)carved wood, natural pigments, cowrie shells depicting spirit figure with polychrome geometric pattern carved and painted on the face.

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.)

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, Massim, ca. mid-20th century CE. A delicately-carved dark wood lime spatula used to obtain powdered lime from burnt shell and coral remains and prepare it

**Originally Listed At $275** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, ca. mid 20th century CE. A delicately-carved dark wood lime spatula used to obtain powdered lime from burnt shell and coral

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden hook, carved to show a human face at the top with small creamy white cowry shell inset eyes, a large, pointed nose

Carved Wood Wall Hanger, painted with ocher and lime and having cowrie shells as eyes, a bird in flight superimposed on the forehead, circa 1960s, Roughly 31" x 15" x 5 1/2". Worn, weathered.

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