A Rare Old Papuan Gulf Gope Board Ex Julius Carlebach

Among the tribes of Papua New Guinea warriors are awarded gope boards for each act of bravery they perform in battle. The boards are often made from the remains of an enemy's canoe. Gope boards have a

Among the tribes of Papua New Guinea warriors are awarded gope boards for each act of bravery they perform in battle. Gope boards are carved in relief and then painted with lime powder, red ochre, and

Spirit Boards in the Style of the Papuan Gulf Gope Boards. Late 20th Century, PNG. With ornate raised designs accented with kaolin clay and organic pigments. Size: Ranging from: 29.5'' x 8'' x 1.5'' (

A Senufo bird sculpture; and a Papuan Gulf gope board Length: 37 1/2in and 38 1/2in

FOUR ETHNOGRAPHIC CARVED PIECESConsisting of a Papuan Gulf Gope board, a colonial figure, a figure of a standing man and a figural staff. Gope board 39" length

A highly stylized mask with curled horns and large flattened nose. Carved from a hard wood and painted with geometric tribal motifs. This mask type, called "Pwoom Itok" or "Ishen Maal" is occasionally

A PAPUA NEW GUINEA GOPE BOARD (BULL-ROARER). Elema people, Urama Island, Papuan gulf Papua New Guinea, circa 1900-1950. 55.5cm length x 5.7cm width. Provenance: Original purchase receipt from Tribalhu

An Era River Drum. Era River area, Papuan Gulf; Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.Of typical form, the drum of conical form tapering to a stylized crocodile’s head, the terminus incised with typi

Three Gope Ancestor boards from Papua New Guinea. Two figural Papuan Gulf boards, one Purari River board. Carved wood with natural pigments, 33"-36"

A fine Wapo /Era/Gope region spirit board (Gope); Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. 20th Century).A fine and typical board for the region, the figure depicted in white against a reddish-brown backgr

A very finely carved old drum, possibly Pre-contact, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, lacking its skin drum-head, mounted, 29.5"h Provenance: ex. San Francisco collection, Michael Hamson, American priva

A Very Fine and rare Old Opon Ifa or Divination board from the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, Africa.The Board measures 18 x 10.25 inches.Provenance: Ex Collection: Dr Brian Healy estate, New York, USA. T

A carved wooden Mirror board with ancestor face, carved cowrie shells and old mirror inside. Such objects are exceedingly rare and were presumably used in divination ceremonies. Tiv peoples, Nigeria,

Rare Korwar Dance Figure with Mask-Like Face, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Cenderawasih Bay, MacCluer Gulf Provenance: Originally acquired from an old collection in Oregon. Ex. Tad Dale, Santa Fe, NM. Size:

A very fine and highly stylized "Mfondo" mask created by a Lawalwa or Lwalu artist. Such masks were produced masks with facial representations that are composed of purely geometric elements, sharply a

A fine Kikori area spirit board (Gope); Gulf province Papua New Guinea. (C. 20th Century).The board of classical style for the region, with central stylized face surrounded by spiral motifs above and

A Very Rare Old carved wooden Cross River dance crest with stylized female form, ornate decorative appendages and areas of weathered organic pigments. The dance crest measures 23 x 16 inches on its cu

wood, 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 da

18TH C CONCAVE HIGH SETTLE BENCH -Rare Form Settle in bead and board pine with old ochre paint, shaped to trap the heat from an open fireplace, the form consisting of two compound curves, with hooded

PILGRIM CENTURY PA DESK ON FRAME, VERY RARE FORM, POPLAR WOOD, OLD SURFACE, ALL ORIGINAL, PA CIRCA 1690-1730, 34 X 22 X 37 EX. H L CHALFANT ANTIQUES

steel helmets, with mounted officer and gunners, Ex Miele collection (1940) Very rare, Good (17 pieces)

A very old female effigy, carved from a dense hard wood with well handled surface patina and incised / raised designs. Dogon peoples, Mali, Africa. The figure measures 20 inches tall. Provenance: Soth

VERY RARE WILLIAM AND MARY BALL FOOT DESK, WALNUT WITH TIGER MAPLE SIDES, BOSTON, MA., CIRCA 1720, ORIGINAL BALL FEET AND MULTI STEPPED TIERED INTERIOR, OLD STAINED SURFACE, 34 X 19 X 40 EX. PETER EAT

A fine and old Teke or Tsaye disk mask, Teke or Tsaye ; Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), central Africa.A old carved wooden mask of classical form, conceived as a flat disk with shallow geometric carv