NEW GUINEA FACE CARVING

Large curved panel with an abstracted face, original pigment. Holed at the top. Appears pre-WWII, possibly 19th century. Dimensions: H 22" x W 31.5" Condition: Tight splits. Loss to paint, rubbing, et

Asmat Shield, Papua New Guinea. Wood, Kaolin, Pigment. This shield features abstract geometric carvings painted white on the face, set against a tawny surface. It includes a handle on its back side. M

A Papua New Guinea Iatmul Middle Sepik Savi Head Carving carved wood, natural fiber, cowrie shell, having double sided anthropomorphic polychrome painted face with animal motifs including crocodiles.

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, mid-20th century CE. A delightful and totemic carving of a large-beaked bird - probably a hornbill - standing on a mask-like human face atop a rounded pede

(lot of 2) Papua New Guinea wood carving group, the polychrome one in the style of a house mask with swirling lines, the black one a figural hook with compelling face, 34.5"h x 11"w

(lot of 2) Sepik River, Papua New Guinea carving, the pigment decorated surface surmounted by a naturalistic mask above stylized zoomorph features; together with Papua New Guinea bullroarer, largest 4

Fine Guardian Spirit Hook Figure, Kandingai, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, early 20th c., featuring a grimacing crouching figure atop a horned spirit head, double-sided, retaining most of the

NEW GUINEA HOUSE POSTSepik River, New Guinea carving, house post, carved with boar tusks, shell eyes, cowrie shell beard, rimmed in fiber, (ex. Eldred Auction, Cape Cod), from a Newton, MA collection,

(lot of 2) New Guinea carving group, consisting of a figural spirit board, together with a ceremonial staff finial, largest: 31"l

Papua New Guinea carved figure. 30" Ht..

(lot of 3) Sepik River Papua New Guinea carvings, consisting of an ancestor mask having a pigment decorated abstract surface surrounding stylized zoomorph features; together with a cowrie shell encrus

Papua New Guinea Carvings. Oceania. Size: 32" x 10" x 4", 81 x 25 x 10 cm (largest). Provenance: Howard Nowes Gallery, NY.

3 Papua New Guinea Carvings including a 23" Latmul House Post Finial, 20" h A korwar skull bowl ca. 1920, Papuan Gulf Kakame Spirit Figure 28" long.

Lot consists of two Sepik river carved wooden suspension food hooks, an Asmat carved wooden food bowl, and an intricate carved and pigmented white Asmat wall panel. 28", 28", 28.75", 33.5"

Each a polychrome painted mask from the Sepik River region, likely the Iatmul tribe. The largest mask measuring 33" x 17" and the two smaller measuring 26" x 28"

(lot of 20) African decorative stone, wood, metal figures from Cameroon and Mali; together with Papua New Guinea face masks, largest:20"

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure of a crocodile's head. The carving is detailed, with raised r

Sepik River style, Papua New Guinea large face mask depicted with pronounced features encrusted in shells surrounded by red and white pigment facial art accented by shells and cassowary bird feathers,

**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

Small tribal stone carving of an echidna (spiny anteater,) as found; in an old Papua New Guinea bilum bag of woven natural fiber, the bag inside a wooden box. Accompanying handwritten note says: "Echi

Three carved totems of birds from Papua New Guinea, including hornbill painted balsa wood yam carving, painted hornbill carving, and heavy wooden carving of hawk atop human head with shell inlaid eyes

Antique hand carved wood panel of an Ancestral Papua New Guinea figure. 37" in height , 10.5" in width, 1.5" in depth, made of light tropical wood.

Sepik River style, Papua New Guinea large face mask depicted with pronounced features encrusted in shells surrounded by red and white pigment facial art accented by shells and cassowary bird feathers,

Carved and painted. Dimensions: H 4" x L 46" x W 8" Condition: Front feet broken; one reattached, one missing. Wear including scuffs and scratches to paint.