AN ADMIRALTY ISLANDS NEW GUINEA FRIGATE BIRD BOWL

The 18th/19th century carved wood feast bowl attributed to the Melansian People of Admiralty Island, Papua, New Guinea the bird form with pronounced head and openwork 'wing' handles, raised on four in

Massim Oceanic Bird Bowl (mid- 20th Century) Wood Dimensions: 20" (long) x 9" (wide) x 3" (high) Papua New Guinea, Trobiand Islands Lot Essay: Avid ethnographers, including Nelson Rockefeller, collect

Obsidian Knife and Spears, Admiralty Islands / Papua New Guinea, C.1900. Wood, parinarium putty nut paste, pigment, obsidian. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: Lengths ranging from 10'' (

Dimensions: H 9.75" x W 2.25" x D 1.5" Condition: Some cracking to handle. Wear and dirt consistent with outdoor exposure.

with Obsidian blade and undecorated Putty Nut, Parinarium laurinum handle, length 27.5cm

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

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden adze handle of an angled form suited for performing myriad util

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands (Manus Province) 20th century or earlier. Obsidian stone cut blade with bark painted handle constructed of tree nut resin, fibers, and pigment. Symbols of

Papuan artist Schouten Island bowl New Guinea, late 19th centurycarved wood 6.5 h × 36.75 w × 11.5 d in (17 × 93 × 29 cm) Sold with a certificate of authenticity from M

A fine Huon Gulf Feast Bowl, Huon Gulf; Tami or Siassi Islands; Papua New GuineaThe long ovoid bowl beautifully carved with thin walls and darkened, the sides with raised designs in the form of a styl

Two very old Tami or Siassi Island (Umboi Isalnd) Feast bowls. Tami or Siassi Islands, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The two bowls of classical elongated form with raised designs to the outer per

Tami Island Trading Bowl. Tami Islands, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th/ early 20th C. Carved hardwood. Size: 36.25"W x 17.25"D x 6.5"H (92 x 44 x 17 cm). PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are located in CHI

wood, feathers, rattan, plant fibre cord, blackish mass, anthropomorphic head on stylized body (legs recognizable in back view), plume of twenty-six trimmed frigate bird feathers, old collection numbe

100% of the Buyer's Premium of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Ad

A Mwai mask Papua New Guinea, thin and with perhaps 200 small shells, some human hair set into a clay pack atop the wood, a well carved frigate bird depicted at the bottom, age and use uncertain as is

Melanesian carved wood boat-shaped bowl, 19th/20th c., Most likely Papua New Guinea, Tami Islands used for large feast or ceremonial occasions. Measuring approx 32" wide x 16" deep and 7" tall. Some l

Lightweight carved wood bowl with handles. Measures 16" x 7 1/2" x 4". Provenance: Al Gehrman collection of artifacts from the South Pacific Islands. Al Gehrmann and his wife Helen were listed in the

Monumental Trobriand Massim Bird-form Feast Bowl, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Rowen, Beverly Hills, California. Size: 70'' x 12'' x 12'' (178 x 3

Trobriand Island bowl and various implements, Papua New Guinea. Carved wooden feast bowl and spatula with several small staffs and animal forms, all intricate designs. Size: 3'' x 16'' x 7'' (8 x 41 x

GOULD (JOHN) AND RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, Including Many New Species Recently Discovered in Australia, 25 original parts, FIRST EDITION, 320 han

**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Schouten Island, Abelam peoples, ca. 1920s CE. A lovely bowl with a rounded base, rolling walls, a deep interior cavity, and a thin rim, hand-c

Oceanic Canoe Prow "Toto Isu," Ornament, Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Classic carved wood ornament of man holding a frigate bird, accented with abalone shell eyes, ear plugs, a

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty / Bismarck Archipelago, Manus Island, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife (known locally as a gudom

Hand carved wood canoe form bowl with stylized bird heads at each end. Age crack with remnants of old reddish pitch type repair. 21" L x 7.25" approx.