Obsidian Knife and Spears, Admiralty Islands / Papua New Guinea, C.1900

Obsidian Knife and Spears, Admiralty Islands / Papua New Guinea, C.1900. Wood, parinarium putty nut paste, pigment, obsidian. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: Lengths ranging from 10'' (

Dimensions: H 9.75" x W 2.25" x D 1.5" Condition: Some cracking to handle. Wear and dirt consistent with outdoor exposure.

100% of the Buyer's Premium of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Ad

Oceania/South Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife with a Paranarium Nut resin handle colored with earthy red, charcoal, and lime pigment. Th

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty / Bismarck Archipelago, Manus Island, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife (known locally as a gudom

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands (Manus Province) 20th century or earlier. Obsidian stone cut blade with bark painted handle constructed of tree nut resin, fibers, and pigment. Symbols of

The 18th/19th century carved wood feast bowl attributed to the Melansian People of Admiralty Island, Papua, New Guinea the bird form with pronounced head and openwork 'wing' handles, raised on four in

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden adze handle of an angled form suited for performing myriad util

with Obsidian blade and undecorated Putty Nut, Parinarium laurinum handle, length 27.5cm

Papua New Guinea,20th Century Includes eight various multi tribe spears with regular, barbed, and serrated points. Wood, metal,Each approx. 67". From the collection of a Narragansett, Rhode Island est

Melanesian carved wood boat-shaped bowl, 19th/20th c., Most likely Papua New Guinea, Tami Islands used for large feast or ceremonial occasions. Measuring approx 32" wide x 16" deep and 7" tall. Some l

Three Bamboo Hunting Spears, Papua New Guinea. Some decorated with painted or incised designs. Sizes: 1) 58.5'' x .5'' (149 x 1 cm); 2) 63.25'' x .5'' (161 x 1 cm); 3) 59.75'' x .5'' (152 x 1 cm). Not

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

Tami Island, Papua New Guinea, mask, having a polychrome pigment-decorated strong face with stylized eyes, above an elongated nose with ring, 15"h Provenance: ex. German Colonial collection, ex. New Y

Splashboard, Trobriand Island, Papua New Guinea. Scrolling Avian head design elements, classic form. Size: 30'' x 24'' x 2'' (76 x 61 x 5 cm). Provenance: The Estate of Mary Bert Gutman, Pennsylvania.

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

Tami Island Trading Bowl. Tami Islands, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th/ early 20th C. Carved hardwood. Size: 36.25"W x 17.25"D x 6.5"H (92 x 44 x 17 cm). PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are located in CHI

Collection of 8 Spears, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th/20th century. Provenance: John Friede, New York; most collected on the La Korrigane expedition of 1934-1936. Three with custom metal stands. Lengths

A fine Huon Gulf Feast Bowl, Huon Gulf; Tami or Siassi Islands; Papua New GuineaThe long ovoid bowl beautifully carved with thin walls and darkened, the sides with raised designs in the form of a styl

A very nice older feast spoon from the Huon Gulf/Tami Islands, Papua New Guinea. The long wooden ladle features a finely carved ancestor head and well handled surface. The feast ladle measures 34 x 4.

A Pacific Islands mint hinged collection from the 1930's to the 1980's. Includes Norfolk Islands, Naura, Christmas Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Fiji, Tuvalu, Gilbert & Ellice Is

Trobriand Island Papua New Guinea ceremonial carved wood canoe paddle. Features a reticulated and carved wood handle with long narrow shaft and pointed flat paddle. Measures 64" x 7". Good overall con

A Decorative Spear from Papua New Guinea. Having dimensions of approximately 51" X 3.5", this piece was collected and cataloged by an American expat living, and working in New Guinea in the mid-1970s.

**First Time At Auction** Pacific Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, Tonga, the Cook Islands, or Papua New Guinea, ca. 1970 CE. A stunning tapa cloth presenting multiple bands of stylized geometric motifs