Mid-20th C. PNG Wooden Lime Spatula w/ Currency Beads

**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

Figurative Lime Spatula, Sissano Lagoon, PNG. Carved wood, early/mid 20th Century. With Hallinan painted inventory #1060 on shaft. Provenance: Michael Hamson Oceanic Art, Palos Verdes Estates, CA; ex-

New World, Guatemala, ca. mid 20th century CE. A lovely festival mask, hand-carved from a single piece of hard wood, depicting an amusing reptile atop an expressive anthropomorphic visage. The lizard

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful, hand-carved wooden spear portion with a slender shaft, a grip bound with tightly-wrapped and knotted cord, and a th

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, Massim, ca. mid-20th century CE. A delicately-carved dark wood lime spatula used to obtain powdered lime from burnt shell and coral remains and prepare it

**Originally Listed At $275** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, ca. mid 20th century CE. A delicately-carved dark wood lime spatula used to obtain powdered lime from burnt shell and coral

**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

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islands (sometimes Kiriwina Islands), Massim people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A delicately-carved dark wood lime

**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

Three-step library ladder. Marked underneath: Made in Italy. Most likely mid-20th century. Wooden peg construction. Dimensions: H 48.5" x W 25.75" x D 23.5" Condition: Some finish wear, scratches, and

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

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A dark wood staff in the form of a human figure kneeling and holding up an elaborate bow-shaped headdress. The figure has classically Yor

Originally listed at $400 Southeast Asia, Indonesia, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful ceremonial sword known as a kris (keris). The handle is hand-carved from coffee-hued hard wood and displays a

Iron Currency on Custom Mount nigeria, mid-20th century 10" W x 4" D x 31" H Estimate $300-500

Mid-20th C. Ecuadorian wooden copy of Bavarian (Munich Main Square) Madonna and Child, 28 1/2"h., with wall mount bracket 11 1/2"h. x 22"w. x 9 1/2"d.

ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC & OTHER BROOCHES, EARLY-MID 20TH C., NINE, W 1 1/2":Including 4 Italian micro mosaic brooches, W.1 1/2"-1 3/4"; 1 Czechoslovakian brass filigree brooch with glass bead accents; 1 p

Native American, Pacific Northwest (USA and Canada), Alaska, Inuit, ca. mid 20th century CE. A wonderful pair of snow goggles, hand-carved from cedar, worn to protect one from snow blindness. Carved t

New Mexico, ca. mid 20th century CE, but wooden cross and base earlier. Wooden base with cross assembled with only pegs and dowels covered with green pigment to which Christ has been attached. Christ

Native American, Southwestern United States, Zuni, ca. mid-20th century CE. A wearable double stranded necklace strung with heishi shell beads, red coral accents, and mottled pink-tan rhodonite stones

Iron Currency on Custom Mount nigeria, mid-20th century 9.5" W x 4" D x 28.5" H Estimate $300-500

Native American, US Southwest, ca. mid 20th century CE. A trio of elegant necklaces made in the US Southwest, utilizing brilliant red coral, white, black, and brown shell, and, for one, a large white

First time at auction… Central Asia, Tibet / Nepal, ca. 19th to 20th century CE; Southeast Asia, Thailand, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is an outstanding necklace made from high qualit

Baluch, Afghanistan Handwoven Wool Bag Mid 20th C., H 22" W 17" | Length of woven handle 17". Brown ground with allover geometric design with white beads adorning sprays of fringe. Provenance: Propert

1 pair of rhinestone earclips w/ large silver pearl & rhinestone encrusted drops, stamped “Miriam Haskell”, 0.75”-1” x 3”, (minor tarnish to metal, minor bead loss w/ loose w