A Rare Humboldt Bay Drum, Papua New Guinea

A Rare Humboldt Bay Drum, West New Guinea, Filed collected by Todd Barlin, 1980’s

Kundu Drum, Humboldt Bay Papua New Guinea. Hourglass shape. Top half is unadorned. Bottom half has two bands of horizontal zig-zag patterns topped with various linear and spiral designs with residual

A rare and very old carved wooden Humboldt Bay hand drum with painted designs and animal skin membrane over the drum frame. Humboldt Bay, West New Guinea/Irian Jaya - Field collected by Todd Barlin, e

A Fine and rare Telefolmin drum from the Oksapmin language group, Star mountains, Sandaun province, Papua New Guinea. Of classical form, the elongated and narrow hour-glass shaped drum with well-patin

Ca. early 20thC. Tapa, cane, pigments, chicken feathers. Very good original condition as shown with no major loss or apparent repairs. Elema conical style masks are worn by initiates during festivals

A Fine and rare Tolai drum. Tolai People, New Britain; Papua New Guinea.Of unusual form, the drum with long narrow neck, small, raised ring, the lower flaring portion with stylized images of people an

Lot of five Papua New Guinea canoe carvings, including large painted Massim splashboard, weathered with some water damage, Humboldt Bay figurative canoe prow, finely carved Kula canoe prow, Kula wave

A Superb and Rare Central Province war shield, Likely 19th Century. Cloudy Bay, Central Province, Papua New Guinea. (Border with Milne Bay province).Of elegant form, the shield bowed from side to side

Fine Massim drum, Trobriand Island group; Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Of classical elongated form, the drum carved form characteristic hardwood, the body narrow with a thing rib with raised

A Suki carrying bag, Suki people, Middle Fly River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.Of classical form the bags with geometric designs woven into the basic shape in raised fiber and carefully pigmen

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

Fine Massim drum, Trobriand Island group; Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Of classical elongated form, the drum carved form characteristic hardwood, the body narrow with a thin rib with raised h

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islands (sometimes Kiriwina Islands), Massim people, ca. 20th century CE. A beautiful wooden drum, known as a kundu, with a long, gently curved

Objects of this type are very rare. They seem to have been used in shrines to venerate ancestors or cultural heroes. The use of Fern Tree figures in west New Guinea is not well documented and only a f

**Originally Listed At $500** Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islands (sometimes Kiriwina Islands), Massim people, ca. 20th century CE. A dark wood drum, known as a kundu, with a long,

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Marind / Marind-Anim people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A rare example of a wood and seed covered bird headdress costume used during dema ri

wood, base L: 50,5 cm (incl. handles), L: 19,9 inch Provenance: Alexander Kubetz, Munich, Germany

Oceania/South Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife with a Paranarium Nut resin handle colored with earthy red, charcoal, and lime pigment. Th

c.1970s, of bird form, painted in tones of yellow, orange, black and white, a/f (chip to beak) length 46cm and width 24cm Catalogue Note: This is the full size prow piece of one of the elaborately car

Baimaru Kundu Drum, Papua New Guinea. The cylindrical carved body, ending with two prong mouth, carved with abstract figural decoration. Provenance: Steven's Art & Antiques, Lot 249, 4/28/2018. Size:

Rare Antique (over 100 years old ) Native PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood Board Sculpture Figure. Large piece. Height :37 in. Width: 10 in . No Reserve!

Small Drum, Papua New Guinea. Size: 23.5'' x 4'' x 4'' (60 x 10 x 10 cm).

A PRIMITIVE LOW RELIEF AND POLYCHROME TEAK CANOE PROW SPLASH BOARD, POSSIBLY MASSIM TRIBE, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, MILNE BAY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, EARLY/MID 20TH CENTURY, the ancestral figure squats at center

Large Rare Papua New Guinea Mixed Media Polychrome Painted Carved Wooden Totem Wall Hanging Entrance Mask. Measures 69" x 20". Condition: Rubbing otherwise good condition. Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00