Leg of a bed "patapat" - Papua New Guinea - Bismarck

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

lime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tat

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

**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

A group of two Melanesian objects. 20th century. ++ Boiken standing figure fragment. Boiken. Papua New Guinea. Figure's leg has broken. Figure 36." ++ Blackwater River Hook figure. Blackwater River. P

Dimensions: H 44" x W 6.75" x D 1" Condition: Paint loss. Some splintering to wood. Left leg needs to be reattached.

Abelam Papua New Guinea carved figure, early 20h Century, large and old polychrome decorated in red, orange, mustard yellow and black, having a large head, bent arms and legs, descending phallus, surr

Unusually complex and pristine Karaut (Kara'ut) ornament from the Abelam people of New Guinea. While the abstracted figure with elongated head and dangling legs are the basis of the form, the meticulo

Papua New Guinea Lower Sepik River Female Figure Avian transforma figure with fiber ears, arms conjoining with legs; black base Provenance: The Estate of George 'Yorgo' Demetrakopoulos; professor, ass

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall, hand-carved wooden ancestor figure. The figure has a simple body, with joined legs, no feet, a narrow torso,

This Papua New Guinea wood carved figure is featured with his hands on hip and bent legs and painted with black, red and lime pigments throughout the body. L:26 1/2in(67.3cm)

Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea woven wild boar figure. Reinforced with bamboo legs and bands to the inside, with polychrome coloring to body in burnt orange, brown and yellow. Mimicking that of a wild

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Abelam peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure standing with wide-spread legs and delinea

Body ornament with tightly braided and woven cord and rattan band (for arm or leg) with Nassa shell and large Kieg (shell money ring). Locale: Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik RiverCountry: Papua New GuineaDa

Life-size Oceanic carved wood crocodile, 20th c., Papua New Guinea, green, yellow and white painted wood, embellished with woven grass and feathers, raised on four short legs, in two parts, approx. 12

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Maprik region, Abelam peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An enormous hand-carved wooden ancestral figure standing upon a pair of lengthy legs with delineated male genitalia

Papua New Guinea, 20th century, tall finely carved polychrome Bioma figure, mounted to a wooden base with carved supports shaped to fit the legs. Approximate dimensions: statue h. 76.375", w. 8.5"; ba

Sepik River, Papua New Guinea (PNG), ca. middle 20th century. Blackware pottery figural vessel depicting a seated elder, holding his left hand to his chin, right hand to his chest, legs crossed. Rear

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

Papua New Guinea Abelam Wooden Figure of a Man With shell eyes, decorated with red and black pigments. Height of figure 35 inches (88.9 cm)

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

Karem River, Papua New Guinea, carved wood shield, the face or mask standing out 1"-2" in relief, the zigzag designs all over quite extensive and dramatic optically, the back with its shield's handle

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, pigments, missing parts, rest.The "brag" spirit is characerised as male and warlike, seducing women and devouring young initiates before spitting them back to their mothers as adult men.The spir