Papua New Guinea Carvings

(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 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

Papua New Guinea carved figure. 30" Ht..

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

**Originally Listed At $350** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A pair of carved, matching wooden figures. First, an anthropomorphic standing figure with white, red, and ocher yellow det

Lot consists of two carved wooden Asmat ancestor figures and two Kamoro ancestor poles. 22"-23"

(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

**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

**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

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.

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.

Oceania, PNG Carved Wood Figures on Stand. Size: 21"T x 5"W x 3"D

Oceanic PNG Carved Wood Figure. Size: 21'H x 3"D x 4"W

Lot of five Papua New Guinea canoe carvings, including large painted Massim splashboard, weathered with some water damage, Humboldt Bay figurative canoe prow, finely carved Kula canoe prow, Kula wave

**Originally Listed At $600** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A handsome wood figural carving featuring many of the classic forms of Papuan carving - a woman at the center, with cr

**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

Iatmul People, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea 1960s or later. Carved think openwork abstract Yipwon type charm used to promote successful hunting. Big and decorativeSize: 35-3/4" H + custom mount. Pro

Papua New Guinea Palembai Wood Carving With Polychrome Painted Features And Cowry Shell Eyes. Estimated more than 50 yrs old. Oceanic art is the creative works made by the native peoples of the Pacifi

Papua New Guinea polychrome ancestral carving of a man holding on to a large possibly Subut bird with human form hands ornately painted, 20th century mounted on a black gloss base. Approximate dimensi