Double shell food bowl - Papua New Guinea, Admirality

Lot consists of large shell inlaid carved wood food bowl and two mortars with fish design. Also includes ancestor mask and decorative fish and bird carving.

wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, slightly hollowed, underside and rim decorated with engraved ornaments, raised round emblem in the centre, plaited band from plant fibre for suspension, slightly

A Papua New Guinea food bowl from Bosman Village, lower Ramu River, Madang Province. Carved wooden bowl with dark painted finish and carved crocodile head handles. Wear to finish, areas of damage to w

**Originally Listed At $600** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful wood food bowl hand-carved with twin, openwork handles and heads f

Lot consists of two Sepik river carved wooden suspension food hooks, an Asmat carved wooden food bowl, and an intricate carved and pigmented white Asmat wall panel. 28", 28", 28.75", 33.5"

2 Massim Trobriand Fish Bowls, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood and shell eyes. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Rowen, Beverly Hills, California. Size: 1) 2.5'' x 20.75'' x 8.5'' (6 x

A Papua New Guinea Iatmul Middle Sepik Savi Head Carving carved wood, natural fiber, cowrie shell, having double sided anthropomorphic polychrome painted face with animal motifs including crocodiles.

COCONUT SHELL SPOON PAPUA NEW GUINEA carved and polished coconut shell, with a deep bowl and anthropomorphic handle(11cm long)Footnote: Provenance: Private collection, United Kingdom

A large Papua New Guinea food hook from Kandangai Village, Sepik River, East Sepik Province. Carved wooden figure with dark painted finish, featuring a standing male with inset spiral carved shell eye

Six tribal carvings from Papua New Guinea including: Iatmul mythological carving with bird, fish and ancestor figures, painted with shell inlaid eyes; double ancestor figure; totem carving with multip

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! **First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, West S

Papua New Guinea and Oceanic Assortment (7) items including a painted carved wood figural rafter hook having cowrie shell decoration, an oval wood bowl having carved crocodile head handles, a small re

100% of the Hammer price of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region

Papua New Guinea Sepik Province figural suspension hook worked in polychrome wood, featuring a face surmounting a diamond-shaped body and double hook along bottom, with cowrie shell inlay to one eye.

Papua New Guinea Duk-Duk dance wand with raffia fiber beard. The blade double edged and painted to the face with a human like decoration and geometric pattern of hair. The reverse inlaid in shell and

A Fine Old Kina Shell necklace , a crescent-shaped cut and polished clam shells of the yellow-lipped clam. They are worn by the men in the highlands of New Guinea as ornaments for the neck or chest an

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

Massim Trobriand Offering Bowl, Papua New Guinea. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Rowen, Beverly Hills, California. Size: 9.25'' x 10.5'' x 10.5'' (23 x 27 x 27 cm). Note: There Ar

A large carved wooden feast bowl with raised tribal motifs and handle grips with incised designs. The Bowl measures 15 inches across x 2 inches deep. Boiken peoples, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Se

Melanesian Carved Wood Bowl, Papua New Guinea, the ovoid boat shaped form carved in relief with stylized forms around the rim. Dimensions: 7 in.h. x 32 in.l. x 32 x 16 in. w.

Ramu River Feast Bowl, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood. Size: 3'' x 14.5'' x 6'' (8 x 37 x 15 cm).

Wood, grass, cowry shells. Papua New Guinea, 20th C. Height: 50", Width: 13 1/2", Depth: 7 1/2". A large standing female figure carved from hardwood. Large cowry shell eyes and rust colored grass neck

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

Massim Trobriand Offering Bowl, Papua New Guinea. Carved and incised wood with long handle and detachable seated figure. Size: 10'' x 14'' x 7'' (25 x 36 x 18 cm). Together with a group of Indonesian