Sold2024GOLF OF PAPUA - Figural combPapua New Guinea, Gulf of Papua, 19th/20th century, carved wooden comb with geometric motifs and spirit head. Signs of use. Dim.:28cm.See Sold Price
Sold2023Papua New Guinea Hair Combs and PinCollection of carved wooden hair combs from Papua New Guinea, including unique figurative crab hairpin with inlaid cowrie shells. Thirteen combs and one pin.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
Sold2017Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Splash BoardOceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A symmetrically-carved light wood splash board with fantastical motifs. On the upper part is a highly abstract face composed of swirls, with two bSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Spear w/ BarbsOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful, hand-carved wooden spear portion with a slender shaft, a grip bound with tightly-wrapped and knotted cord, and a thSee Sold Price
Sold201819th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Ancestor Figure**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall, hand-carved wooden ancestor figure. The figure has a simple body, with joined legs, no feet, a narrow torso,See Sold Price
Sold202120th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Fly Whisk w/ Feathers**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelam, early 20th century CE. A hand-made wood and feather whisk with an intricately carved handle and a generous array of cassowaSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Spoon**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, lower Ramu River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. An interesting spoon, hand-carved from wood, with a small scoop and an abstract anthSee Sold Price
Sold2019Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Shield**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden shield of a narrow, ovoid form with a convex face adorned with an abstract illustration. The obverseSee Sold Price
Sold2019Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Drum**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall, hand-carved wooden drum with a long body and a handle in the form of an avian bill with a loSee Sold Price
Sold2019Sepik Papua New Guinea Wooden Ancestral FigureVintage 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 speciSee Sold Price
Sold201720th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Bird and Mask FigurePapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, mid-20th century CE. A delightful and totemic carving of a large-beaked bird - probably a hornbill - standing on a mask-like human face atop a rounded pedeSee Sold Price
Sold2022Papua New Guinea Wooden Male Fertility StatuePapua New Guinea Wooden Male Fertility Statue. Tall carved wooden sculpture of a male figure featuring a large prostate and shell eyes. Condition commensurate with age, loss to wood (see photos).Size:See Sold Price
Sold2020Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Food Hook**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 whiSee Sold Price
Sold2017Papua New Guinea Wooden Kneeling Bird FigurePapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wood figure, kneeling, with a long, beak-like nose and deep set eyes. Carved as part of his head is another head with widSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Ancestor Figure**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden ancestor figure with very thin shell inlays for eyes that give them a startling, glowing appearanSee Sold Price
Sold2020Antique Papua New Guinea Wooden Sculpture 93" TallAntique Papua New Guinea Wooden Sculpture. Measures 93" Tall.See Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden MortarOceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A beautiful hand-carved mortar with a shallow, flat bowl at the top and a flat base, its sides decorated with high relief birds and fins, tSee Sold Price
Sold2023Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Drum**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1930s. A hand-carved wooden drum (known as a kundu) of a traditional hourglass shape with an animal skin/hide membrane. The exterior wallsSee Sold Price
Sold2020VINTAGE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOODEN FIGUREHand carved; cowrie shell eyes. Used in Malagan ceremonies. Malagan ceremonies are traditional cultural events that take place in New Guinea where malagan carvings are used mortuary rituals. Issued: 2See Sold Price
Sold202020th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Spear Tips (pr)**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine set of two hand-carved wooden spear tips with lengthy bodies, slender midsections, and abstract curvilinear motifsSee Sold Price
Sold2020VINTAGE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOODEN FIGUREHand carved tall polychrome design with cowrie shell eyes. Depicts man wearing mask as the Papuan tribes. Issued: 20th c. Dimensions: 17"H x 5.5"W Country of Origin: Papua New GuineaSee Sold Price
Sold2024Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Bow**Originally Listed At $100** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, early to mid 20th century CE. A sizable wooden bow, likely made for hunting or warfare. The bow is constructed from a long palm tree shaft withSee Sold Price
Sold2020VINTAGE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOODEN BASKET HOOKHand carved figural wall hook used for traditional Papuan bags. Hanger intact. Issued: 20th c. Dimensions: 17"H x 5.25"W Country of Origin: Papua New GuineaSee Sold Price
Oct 17Weatherham Estate Treasures5" x 5" Purple Mountain Swallowtail Specimen - Graphium Weiskei Arfakensis.$70
5 days LeftRivich AuctionCollection African, Papua New Guinea Carved Wood and Horn Articles$75(1 bid)