Necklace "soulava" - Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islands (sometimes Kiriwina Islands), Massim people, ca. 20th century CE. A beautiful wooden drum, known as a kundu, with a long, gently curved

**Originally Listed At $500** Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islands (sometimes Kiriwina Islands), Massim people, ca. 20th century CE. A dark wood drum, known as a kundu, with a long,

**Originally Listed At $225** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islands (sometimes Kiriwina Islands), Massim people, ca. 1940s CE. A delicately-carved dark wood lime spatula. Th

**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

A Superb and Rare Central Province war shield, Likely 19th Century. Cloudy Bay, Central Province, Papua New Guinea. (Border with Milne Bay province).Of elegant form, the shield bowed from side to side

A Papua New Guinea Sago Stirrer, Massim, Milne Bay Province, PNG, with signs of use, 32"h; Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

A PRIMITIVE LOW RELIEF AND POLYCHROME TEAK CANOE PROW SPLASH BOARD, POSSIBLY MASSIM TRIBE, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, MILNE BAY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, EARLY/MID 20TH CENTURY, the ancestral figure squats at center

Massim People, dance paddle, 19th c., Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, intricately carved and decorated in red and black pigment as stylized birds with elaborate plumage, beari

Fine Massim drum, Trobriand Island group; Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Of classical elongated form, the drum carved form characteristic hardwood, the body narrow with a thing rib with raised

A Fine Massim Canoe splashboard; Trobriand Islands, Massim Region, Milne bay province, Papua New Guinea.Of typical form the double lobed board with elaborate curvilinear motifs deeply carved on the su

A Massim Canoe splashboard; Trobriand Islands, Massim Region, Milne bay province, Papua New Guinea.Of typical form the double lobed board with elaborate curvilinear motifs deeply carved on the surface

Canoe Prow Ornament, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Canoe prow ornament composed of small abstract bird head and larger element of stylized scrolling design with several open

Fine Massim drum, Trobriand Island group; Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Of classical elongated form, the drum carved form characteristic hardwood, the body narrow with a thin rib with raised h

Two old miniature Massim drums, Trobriand Island group,Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Of classical elongated form, the drums carved from characteristic hardwood, the body narrow with a thin rib

An old Massim drum, Trobriand Island group,Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Of classical elongated form, the drum is carved from characteristic hardwood, the body narrow with a thin rib with rais

**Originally Listed At $750** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably from the Massim area of Milne Bay, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A gorgeous example of a carved wooden paddle with ornate motifs w

Massim people carved splashboard (lagim), Milne Bay Province, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, fragment from an indigenous canoe used to navigate the noted "Kula" inter-islands trading voyages, co

Three Stone Axe Heads from Papua New Guinea, used for exchange or utility. One Massim hardstone axe head from Milne Bay, polished with chips. One obsidian axe head. One unused celt. 6"x3", 10.5"x3" 8.

Antique Abelam Shell Necklace, Papua New Guinea. Displayed on board. Size: 19'' x 8'', 48 x 20 cm (object); 25'' x 13'', 64 x 33 cm (board). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA.

Antique Money Shell Necklace, Papua New Guinea. Size: 26'' , 66 cm (total length); and 3 Antique Shell Bracelets, Papua New Guinea. Each size approximately 3.75'' x 3.5'' x 0.25'' (10 x 9 x 1 cm).

A group of five Melanesian objects. 20th century. ++ Kina shell necklace. Papua New Guinea. 10 1/2" x 7 1/2" x 3/4". ++ New Guinea style mask. 10 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 1 3/4". ++ Sepik River style figure. P

A Highlands Kina necklace, Papua New Guinea.The necklace of Yellow lipped clamshell, with original fiber necklace. Yellow-lipped clam shells were traded into the highlands from the coast and were once

Oceanic Shell and Cowrie Shell Embellished Woven Fiber Pendant Necklace, Papua New Guinea, pendant l. 10 1/4 in., w. 11 1/4 in., overall l. 24 3/4 in Provenance: Lynn Harrington, New Orleans, 1994, as

a/f (age cracks and one with chip), height 15cm and 4.5cm (2)