NEW GUINEA WOODEN BAMBOO CANE OR TOOL

NEW GUINEA WOODEN BAMBOO CANE OR TOOL Carved wood shaft with wrapped handle. 22" Shipping: Shipping and

2 antique ethnographic Melanesian spears from Papua New Guinea. Bamboo, carved hardwood, woven plant and cloth fiber wrapped hilts, with decorative tribal pyography elements. Hollow cane point spear a

wood, bamboo, rattan, dark brown patina, split bamboo cane, the guide is carved in shape of a stylized hornbill, plaited rattan cuffs, slightly dam., abrasion of paint; together with the adze, the spe

A Papua New Guinea East Sepik Iatmul Sawos Ghost Painting (20th century) bamboo, wood, cane, natural fiber, natural pigment circular painting on palm and bamboo depicting figural spirit faces.

A very rare carved wooden New Guinea Highlands Axe or carvers tool with original rattan wrapping and classic form. The Axe measures 19.5 inches tall x 12.5 inches front to back. The Axe can also inclu

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A playful, brightly painted woven panel in the form of a mythological beast. Made by weaving cane over a wooden frame, with a ta

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, Iatmul peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A large gable mask composed of tightly woven cane fibers wrapped around a wooden frame. The face has a conc

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely carved wooden walking stick or ceremonial staff depicted with an integral serpent winding its way around

**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1940s CE. A handmade cutting tool, known as an adze, featuring a long wooden handle in shades of light brown with a black stone blade prese

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik River, ca. 1920 CE. A large, dark wood war club with a human figure forming its handle. The figure's face is long, with wide eyes and a pronounced nose; he wears

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A symmetrically-carved light wood splash board with fantastical motifs. On the upper part is a highly abstract face composed of swirls, with two b

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

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall, hand-carved wooden ancestor figure. The figure has a simple body, with joined legs, no feet, a narrow torso,

**Originally Listed At $250** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelam, early 20th century CE. A hand-made wood and feather whisk with an intricately carved handle and a generous array of cassowa

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, lower Ramu River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. An interesting spoon, hand-carved from wood, with a small scoop and an abstract anth

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden shield of a narrow, ovoid form with a convex face adorned with an abstract illustration. The obverse

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall, hand-carved wooden drum with a long body and a handle in the form of an avian bill with a lo

Vintage carved wood ancestral figure from the Sepik region in New Guinea. Features a stylized figural form with inlaid cowrie shell eyes and bird form at the top. These would have been placed in speci

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

Papua New Guinea Wooden Male Fertility Statue. Tall carved wooden sculpture of a male figure featuring a large prostate and shell eyes. Condition commensurate with age, loss to wood (see photos).Size:

**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely carved wooden figural "food hook," possibly a female, with red, yellow, cream, and whi

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wood figure, kneeling, with a long, beak-like nose and deep set eyes. Carved as part of his head is another head with wid

**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

Antique Papua New Guinea Wooden Sculpture. Measures 93" Tall.