Pair VTG Sepik New Guinea Basket & Cowrie Masks

Angoram peoples woven basket mask. Features a facial form crafted from woven natural materials. Embellished with polychrome decoration, grass fringe and cowrie shell border. Measures 14" x 14". Good o

Vintage Tumbuan / Tambanum ceremonial mask from New Guinea. Features an elongated facial form decorated with inlaid cowrie shells set in mud as well as boars tusks and polychrome decoration and genuin

Rare New Guinea Mai (Mwai) Mask from the Sepik region. Features an elongated form of a face with cowrie shell inlay and natural human hair. This type of mask is the second most important mask on the S

Old tribal dancing Tumbuan ceremonial woven basket mask from the Sepik region of New Guinea. Features a hand woven form crafted from natural grasses and decorated with rich polychrome decoration and c

Rare New Guinea Mai Mask from the Sepik region. Features an elongated form of a face with cowrie shell inlay and cassowary feathers. This type of mask is the second most important mask on the Sepik ri

Mask from the Sepik New Guinea region. Features the from of a face with inlaid shells and grass fringe. Measures 15" x 8". Good overall condition with losses and wear. In house, Hill Auction Gallery c

A Superb and rare pair of Lower Sepik masks, Lower Sepik River; Papua New GuineaThe masks of avian form, each with a crest rising from above the beaked noses, pigmented elaborately with yellow, red, b

A large Sepik Papua New Guinea Initiation helm mask decorated with cowrie shells and raffia for a 'beard', 39"h

Vintage woven animal figurine from New Guinea. Features the form of a boar or pig with cassowary feathers and cowries for eyes along with polychrome decoration. The woven material is over an ovular fo

Vintage woven animal figurine from New Guinea. Features the form of a boar or pig with cassowary feathers and cowries for eyes along with polychrome decoration. The woven material is over an ovular fo

Chambri peoples basket hook from the Sepik region in New Guinea. Features a finely carved figural basket hook decorated with rich polychrome detail and cowrie shell eyes. Measures 26" x 5". Good overa

Oceanic Latmul Ancestor Polychrome Male†Mask, Middle Sepik River, Papua, New Guinea, Melanesia {Dimensions 39 x 26 x 13 inches} [some losses to cowrie shells and mask]

Two Sepik River Raffia Baskets, New Guinea, mid 20th, C., with leather thongs and cowrie shells, one leather clad. (LUCE8265/2)(LUCE8265/2) Measurements: 8 Dia. Condition: Condition commensurate with

Tall and elaborate Sepik, Papua New Guinea polychrome wood figure; wearing a long mask with horns and cowrie shell eyes; H: 47" (approx.)

Large Sepik, Papua New Guinea carved wood and painted panel; showing several masks and bird motifs; with inset cowrie shell eyes and raffia embellishments (stand not included); H: 65 3/4"

Large Sepik, Papua New Guinea carved wood and painted panel; showing several masks and bird motifs; with inset cowrie shell eyes and raffia embellishments (stand not included); H: 65 3/4"

Three Sepik, Papua New Guinea polychrome and carved wood masks; each of various forms; two framed with basket-like weave (stands not included); L: 22 1/4" (tallest, approx.)

Group of three Sepik, Papua New Guinea polychrome and carved wood masks; each of various forms; two with inset cowrie shell eyes (stands not included); L: 20" (largest, approx.)

Three Sepik, Papua New Guinea polychrome and carved wood masks; each of various forms; two framed with basket-like weave (stands not included); L: 22 1/4" (tallest, approx.)

Carved wood "Savi" mask, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, with red, black, and white kaolin pigments, embellished with cowrie shells and feathers, animal tusks protruding from nose, carved wooden crocod

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.

Carved in the style of a Sepik River culture ancestor mask. Carved masqueron above face, figural crocodile at chin, with applied cowrie shell and grass accents. Condition commensurate with age. 26"H x

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

Basket hook, Kamanibit, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, suspended from rafters in order to hang objects for safekeeping, the carved wood male figure with applied cowrie shell and hair decoration, surro