NEW GUINEA HOUSE POSTSepik River, New Guinea carving,

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,

Exceptional New Guinea House FigureA rare and fine Sepic River area carving of large size. With its superb carving and coloring, its 31"H , its cassowary bird feather attachments, its fine original co

(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

(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

Lower Sepik River House Papua New Guinea Hand Carved Hand Painted Mask. Purchased by the collector in the1970's. 10 inches x 30 inches x 12 inches

Papua New Guinea Sepik River wood carving 10.5" wide x 59.5" long Davids notes: This came out of storage unit in Ossining NY, that belonged to Dr. Gregory Siskind.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 20TH CENTURY Carved wood and polychrome painted Sepic river bird form hook carving. 16 1/2" tall

LARGE OCEANIC PAPA NEW GUINEA SEPIK RIVER TRIBAL WOOD CARVING STATUE FIGURE WALL HANGING-31" X 22" X 2" APPROX-PRE OWNED CONDITION-DP3123

This Oceanic/Pacific carved ancestor mask, possibly a bull roarer, is from Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Region. There is carving on both sides, red ochre paint highlights. Pre-WW11 item brought back

**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

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

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

To include: a carved figure with a parrot-like beak, the body with ridged sections like a grub, likely Papua New Guinea, Sepik River origin; an abstract anthropomorphic figure with cloven coiffure or

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

Carved "Minja" Cult Figure, Kwoma People, Washkuk Hills, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, 19th/20th century. Carved bark. On stand. Such carvings were believed to promote the growth of yams and were use

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, Iryan Jaya region, ca. 19th century CE. A wood and reed instrument used for shaping wood such as carvings and dugout canoes

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.

Sepik River Region Spirit House Mask, Papua New Guinea. From the village of Kuvenemas on the Blackwater River, a tributary of the Sepik River. Size: 28.5'' x 11'' (72 x 28 cm).

**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

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

**Originally Listed At $400** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, mid-20th century CE. A delightful carving of a large-beaked bird - probably a hornbill - standing atop an integrated platform

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 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"