Mask of a spiritual being - Papua New Guinea - Ramu

Carved wood mask from Papua New Guinea, possibly from the Ramu River region, and dating to the first half of the 20th century. Of elongated oval form with pointed ends, protruding nose with a hole car

A Melanesian Ramu River mask. Papua New Guinea. 13" x 6 1/2" x 4"._x000D_ Provenance: From a private collection, New York.

A Ramu River style mask. Papua New Guinea. 20th century. Wood. 25 1/2" x 9" x 4". Condition: some minor abrasions and chipping throughout. Provenance: Private New York Collection.

A Ramu painted face mask. 20th century. Ramu. Papua New guinea. 17" x 8 1/2."

A group of four Melanesian masks. 20th century. ++ Sepik River style mask. Papua New Guinea. 30 1/4" x 10" x 5". ++ Ramu River style mask. Papua New Guinea. 32 1/2" x 12 1/4" x 7". ++ 2 New Guinea sty

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Ramu / Upper Keram River, Madang Province, ca. mid-20th century CE. A set of two beautiful ancestral masks, hand-carved from hard wood, each with c

A large carved wood mask from Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 Village, located near the mouth of the Ramu River. Carved from a solid piece of wood and oval-shaped with inset eyes and characteristic hooked

Three masks from Papua New Guinea: One middle Sepik painted dance mask with palm border, one lower Sepik wooden mask, and one Ramu mask with faded pigments. 21.7", 29", and 17.4"

A Carved wooden house mask, Possibly Keram or Ramu; Madang province , Papua new Guinea.The mask of classical flat-style, with long nose and smiling mouth, the surface encrusted, likely Mid-century, th

**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Ramu / Upper Keram River, ca. mid 20th century CE. A trio of hand-carved wooden ancestral masks with elongated ovoid forms, minimalist anth

Four wood carved ancestor flute masks from the Ramu river of Papua New Guinea. The masks would be attached to flutes for ornament in ceremonies. Some chips and cracks present. 14"-27"

Two Lower Sepik masks, Possibly Keram or Ramu; Madang province (?), Papua new Guinea.The masks of classical flat-style, the first with a somewhat well-worked out face with long nose and smiling mouth,

Spirit Mask. Papua New Guinea, mid to late 20th century, a carved hardwood mask decorated with incised spiritual motifs, shells & natural pigment, measuring 16” high x 6.5” wide.

Two Papua New Guinea ceremonial masks from Bosman Village, lower Ramu River, Madang Province. Carved wooden masks with dark painted finish and crocodile head at forehead and chin. Some wear to finish,

Mask showing a bird-man face. Ramu river region, Papua-New-Guinea. 30cm.

A Lower Sepik drum, Sepik or Ramu River, Madang province, Papua New Guinea.Of typical hourglass form, the drum with rounded handle and two stylized mask-like figures, the upper and lower quadrants wit

A Ramu River Area Mask. Wood, shell, tortoise shell earrings, fiber, and raffia. 20th century. Papua New Guinea. 28" x 11" x 8". Condition: Shedding of raffia. Some shells are cracked and broken. Prov

A group of two Papua New Guinea objects. 20th century. Papua New Guinea. ++ New Guinea Murik Lakes wooden v-shaped handle Sego pounder. New Guinea Murik Lakes. 11 1/4." ++ Ramu face mask. Ramu. 17 1/2

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

20th c. Carved wood, shells 31" x 8" x 4" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York There are mask-making villages all along the Sepik, but the Middle River is the most densely populated with over

Abelam Karawut Mouth Mask, Papua New Guinea, Early 20th C. Karawut (also karahut or kara'ut), is a type of body adornment that is in a rough human body shape which is two dimensional aside from the el

Abelam Mask, Papua New Guinea. Polychrome carved wooden head with two fertility birds on top. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. Size: 29'' x 9'' x 5'' (74 x 23

Carved wooden mask with red and white pigment, elongated form, flat back. Approx. 35 1/2" L, 5" W, 3" D.

Large Ritualistic Kavat Mask. Papua New Guinea, Central Baining People, mid 20th century, hand-stitched bark-cloth over a bentwood frame, decorated with natural pigments, areas of wear, measuring 36&r