Mid-20th C. PNG Wooden Ancestor Shrine Carving

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid-20th century CE. A lovely and large carved wooden ancestor head which rests on an integral, heart-shaped base. A diamond-shaped neck pr

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, ca. 1940 CE. A masterful figural group carved from wood and adorned with earth pigments, depicting a smiling male figure, sitting on a stool, with his elbows resting upo

**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden ancestor figure with very thin shell inlays for eyes that give them a startling, glowing appearan

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Australia, ca. mid 20th century CE. A handsome abstract wooden carving of a kangaroo, caught mid-leap with its legs extended and its body near vertical. The carv

**Originally Listed At $200** Southeast Asia, Burma, ca. mid 20th century CE. An unusual, large, dynamic wooden carving, depicting a seated musician perched atop a carved pillow; this is suspended on

**First Time At Auction** Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden anthropomorphic shrine figure known as an "ikenga." The figure has a pair of bro

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dramatic, brightly painted wooden decorative carving of a seated figure. Presenting as a panel and painted on one sid

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dramatic, brightly colored wooden decorative carving in the form of a magical anthropomorph

**Originally Listed At $250** Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved abstract anthropomorphic wooden shrine figure known as an "ikenga." The ikenga is a

NEW GUINEA CARVED ANCESTRAL FIGURE WAMBANGI SEPIK RIVER, Mid-to-early 20th Century. large wooden carved statue with carvings on both sides. - Length: 105 inches.

**Originally Listed At $300** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A heavy wooden figure of a crouching woman with long arms that she is using to leverage herself from the

**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably New Ireland, ca. early 20th century CE. A large wooden carving of a large head above a smaller head, both with round, staring eyes. In

A Carved wooden shrine effigy of a male and female with encrusted surface suggesting ritual offerings and the male embedded with small fragment of mirror, likely to act as a "Magic" charge. The couple

Mid 20th century. Wooden decoy with original paint and glass eyes, and carved feather details. Scratch carved initials "PC". Minor scuffs and neck has some chips. 18"l.

Full title: A large wooden carving of a Halloween-themed pumpkin head figure, mid 20th C. Description: H 118,5 cm

62" tall overall x 63" wide x 14" thick - great heavily detailed carvings. Excellent original carousel.

Mid 20th century. Wooden bellow with face of Native American man. Original paint. Red oil cloth bellows have loss.20.5"h. 11"w. including added base. And a cedar wood carved owl with traces of origina

**Originally Listed At $100** Southeast Asia/Oceania, New Guinea, Asmat peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden head of an ancestor, with exaggerated features such as a long an

A rare carved wooden shrine idol with stylized facial features, incised linear coiffure, the females hands are placed above the abdomen in a possible fertility pose, early to mid-20th c. Zigua peoples

Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely-aged example of a horned anthropomorphic shrine figure known as an "ikenga," hand-carved from lightweight wood. The ik

**Originally Listed At $175** West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved anthropomorphic wooden horned shrine figure known as an Ikenga. The Ikenga is a ritual

**Originally Listed At $175** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Goodenough Island, Diodio village, Massim peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden spatula used to obtain powdered lime

mid 20th c Inuit soapstone carving of a native hunter w/ fish, mounted on old wooden base, carving ht 10 3/4", some surface scratches

Central Africa, Cameroon, Mambila peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine, hand-carved wooden statue of an ancestor guardian figure known as a tadep shown standing atop slightly bent legs with arms f