PNG New Ireland Malagan Ceremony Totok Figure Sculpture

A Papua New Guinea New Ireland Province Malagan Mandak Funerary ceremonial carved figural sculpture (19th Century) depicting a male tribe member wearing headdress with outstretched arms to each side w

African Carved Wood Ceremonial Figure. 12" H x 4.50" W x 4" D. Provenance: From a New York City collection. Keywords: African Art, Ceremony, Male figure, Sculpture, Fetish

**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably New Ireland, ca. early 20th century CE. A large wooden carving of a large head above a smaller head, both with round, staring eyes. In

wood, 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 impressive

A model outrigger canoe used for ceremonies, from the Tolai people, probably Duke of York Islands, between New Britain and New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, having a polychrome decorated "Tubuan" figure

Hand 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: 2

A Rare Old Double Hunstien Garra figure - Field collected by John C. Edler, C. 1988 in Papua New Guinea. This carved wooden mask like sculpture was kept within ceremonial houses among the Bahinemo peo

Papua New Guinea New Ireland Malagan mask, hand carved wood, polychrome decoration, cloth & fiber covering, 14-1/2" h

A large polychrome New Ireland for Malangan sculpture, fragmented, 49"h, Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

A head fragmented from a larger Malangan sculpture, New Ireland, of fine older workmanship, probably pre-WWII, polychrome with a rust-red dominating, hair of plant fiber, 8.5"h Provenance: Sotheby's a

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 ver

Malangan Burial Spirit Figure. Papua New Guinea, New Ireland, late 20th century, carved softwood decorated with natural pigments, natural fibers replicating hair, measuring 53” high x 21”

a Fine Lower Sepik figure. Lower Sepik/Ramu. Madang province, Papua New Guinea.The figure of characteristic form with pointed coif and concave face, the body elongated with thin arms carved akimbo, ha

Two Massim Carved Stone Bunukwa Figures, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Rowen, Beverly Hills, California. Size: 1) 2.5'' x 4'' x 2'' (6 x 10 x 5 cm); 2) 3.25'' x

Louise Nevelson (Ukrainian/American, 1899-1988). Black plaster abstract sculpture depicting a figure on a marble base, ca. 1935.Exhibitions: Washburn Gallery, New York, "Louise Nevelson: Sculptur

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 fig

wood, 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 o

Relief carved circular marble sculpture, Arethusa of Greek mythology, signed in the marble below the figure R. Rogers (Randolph Rogers, New York, 1825-1892), .75'd, 10.75" diameter, Start Price: $600.

Relief carved circular marble sculpture, Demeter of Greek mythology, signed in the marble below the figure R. Rogers (Randolph Rogers, New York, 1825-1892), .75'd, 10.75" diameter, 7.5lbs Start Price:

STEUBEN GLASS ''ICE HUNTER'' SCULPTURE: circa 1970, designed by James Archibald Houston of Corning New York, the rhodium plated sterling silver figure of an Inuit hunter in a kayak paddling through an

USA, circa 1970, designed by James Archibald Houston of Corning New York, the rhodium plated sterling silver figure of an Inuit hunter in a kayak paddling through an opening in a partially frosted ice

Group of Three (3) Small African and PNG Wood Figures. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Sizes: 1) 4"x 2" x 1.5" (10 x 5 x 4 cm).; 2) 5.5" x 1" x 1" (14 x 3 x 3 cm).; 3) 5.5" x 2" x 2"

French Carved and Polychromed Wood Sculpture of the Virgin and Child ca. 1800, with pierced metal crowns and remnants of linen gowns, the delicately carved figure of the Virgin set atop a blue spheric