Rare PNG Polychrome Wood Ancestral Figure

Papua New Guinea, ca. 1940 CE. Extremely rare and important wooden ancestoral figure painted in red, yellow and green. While finding polychrome ancestoral figures is not all that rare, this unusual ex

PNG IATMUL CARVED WOOD ANCESTRAL FIGUREPapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River Region, 20th century, Iatmul People. Polychrome decorated, carved wood figure of a standing male with cowry shell inset eyes

A Rare Tibetan Polychrome Wood Figure of Chitipati LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY 清中期 木雕彩繪尸陀林像 連木座 finel

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Maprik region, Abelam peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An enormous hand-carved wooden ancestral figure standing upon a pair of lengthy legs with delineated male genitalia

Polychrome carved wood ancestral figure; Sepik River Region, New Guinea; Measures approximately H 43 1/4 x W 7 x D 4 1/2 inches; Wear on the paint; Headdress is missing a piece. See photos ***In-house

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Western Folk Art Style. Unusual and rare carved and painted wood ancestral figure from Nepal. Wearing Western style clothing including a suit with a dress shirt. Possibly representing an official or b

Antique carved camphor wood polychrome Chinese ancestral figure / deity. 19th Century. Label affixed attributing the work to C. 1850 Shanxi. Remains of red wax export seal on piece. Sculpture: 15" x 9

Papua New Guinea Polychrome Wood Figure Sculpture Spirit Ancestral Figure. Measure 57" X 14.5" Tall. This, and many lots forthcoming, are from the estate of a true antiquity connoisseur in every sense

Early -Mid 20th Century Sepik River Totem Papua New Guinea - Possibly Yatmul People with Eagle and Crocodile and Ancestral Figures wood, polychrome, cowrie shells, with fibre and feather decoration. 4

large female figure with 10 smaller figures, 37 1/2 in. H. Towson University Art Collection

Pair large Chinese carved wood ancestral figures, Qing Dynasty (c. 1800), polychrome decoration, approx. 23"h x 10"w x 8"d (each)

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, Iatmul people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved female ancestral figure basket hook with an anchor form at the base for suspending b

An early Chinese polychrome wood temple figure with a fascinating depiction of a dog or tiger. A rare and immensely charming example of Chinese temple carving.Height: 10 1/4 in x width: 5 in x depth:

A rare carved wood and painted ceremonial mask worn by young boys during initiation rituals. They embody ancestral or spirit figures in human form. They serve as instructors and guardians to the initi

Pendulum driven by its own weight along the rack, movement with later pin pallet escapement. Rack balanced by a polychrome and parcel gilt carved wood figure, set upon a decorative ogee form wall brac

West Africa, Nigeria, left bank of the Benue River, Tiv peoples, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A beautiful standing female ancestral figure known as an "ihambe," hand-carved from hard wood, standin

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.

Polychrome painted on signed piece of carved wood, 7 x 5 x 15" high.

JAPANESE KAMAKURA STYLE CARVED POLYCHROME WOOD SCHOLAR: Realistically carved in Japanese Cypress (hinoki) the official is shown in a seated position with grasping hands. Head lifts to reveal secret in

Latin America, Mexico, Spanish Colonial, ca. 19th century CE. A rare wood carved Child of Atocha (El Nino de Atocha) figure painted in polychrome, with naturalistic features (including real eyelashes)

Carved wood PNG figure group, 31"H largest, in polychrome paint and shell decoration.

Chinese polychrome wood Tudigong deity carving. A lovely example of a rare figure, this one bears a remarkable amount of its original gilding and hair.Height: 10 3/4 in x width: 5 3/4 in x depth: 5 in

(5) West African carved wood masks & figures, 20th c., incl. a Baule figural mask, a fertility carving, a polychrome decorated British police figure from Sierra Leone, an ancestral seated figure (prob