Sold2019Sepik Papua New Guinea Wooden Ancestral FigureVintage 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 speciSee Sold Price
Sold2019Papua New Guinea Sepik 45" Wooden Ancestral FigureVintage 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. Measures 45" x 6" x 6". These would hSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. PNG Wooden Ancestral Figure**Originally Listed At $300** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A heavy wooden figure of a crouching woman with long arms that she is using to leverage herself from theSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Ancestor w/ Shell EyesOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fabulous hand-carved wooden head of an ancestral figure. The elongated visage features inlaid white shell eyes, one wSee Sold Price
Sold202020th C. Papua New Guinea Carved Wooden Ancestral Figure**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A highly abstract, hand-carved wooden ancestor figure. Colored dark brown with a mineral-based pigment. Size: 18.5" H (47 cm);See Sold Price
Sold2019Sepik Papua New Guinea 48" Wood Ancestral FigureVintage carved wood tribal ancestral figure from the Sepik region in New Guinea. Features a stylized figural form with inlaid cowrie shell eyes and cassowary bird features at the top. Further embellisSee Sold Price
Sold2020Papua New Guinea Sepik Mindimbit Male Ancestral FigureA Papua New Guinea Middle Sepik River Mindimbit ancestral male figure sculpture carved wood, natural fiber, red ochres pigment, and cowrie shells depicting a male ancestral figure on a small round pliSee Sold Price
Sold2018Huge / Early 20th C. PNG Maprik Wood Ancestral FigureOceania, 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 genitaliaSee Sold Price
Sold2021LARGE CARVED WOOD ANCESTRAL FIGURE, 45.5"HCarved wood ancestor figure, possibly Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, standing figure wearing a mask, decorated with red and black pigments, natural fiber fringe, approx 45.5"h Start Price: $100.00See Sold Price
Sold2017Papua New Guinea Wooden Kneeling Bird FigurePapua 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 widSee Sold Price
Sold2021An Oceanic Wood Ancestral Figure Height 28 inches (71An Oceanic Wood Ancestral Figure Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, Circa 20th Century A.D. Height 28 inches (71 cm). Property of the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa Provenance: DoroSee Sold Price
Sold2022Early-Mid 20th c Sepik River Totem with RiverEarly -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. 4See Sold Price
Sold201720th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Bird and Mask FigurePapua 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 pedeSee Sold Price
Sold202020th C. Papua New Guinea Carved Wooden Lime Stick**Originally Listed At $150** Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. 20th century CE. A finely-detailed wooden ancestral face connected to a lengthy spike. The face has a chalky white ground on whiSee Sold Price
Sold2020Papua New Guinea Sepik River Figural Boat ProwA Papua New Guinea Sepik River Pukpuk crocodile boat prow carved wood depicting a stylized crocodile head on the front and a carved ancestral figure on the inside that was once part of the front of aSee Sold Price
Sold2018Tall / Early 20th C. PNG Carved Wood Ancestor FigurePapua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall wooden figure, hand-carved, in the form of a long-limbed male with his arms held at his sides and a prominent, flaccid phallus.See Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Nkuma Nogwei FigureA carved wooden Nkuma Nogwei figure. Nkuma people, Washkuk Hills, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.Finely carved with the female figure standing with typically carved Nkuma face and depicting theSee Sold Price
Sold2017Carved ancestral figure, Papua New Guinea, 54"hCarved ancestral figure or "kumbianmu", Tigowi tribe, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, regarded as a dwelling place for ancestral spirits, rendering aid and good fortune to living family members, compriSee Sold Price
Sold201619th C. PNG Iatmul Wood Basket Hook - FiguralOceania, 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 bSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C Papua New Guinea Wood Transformation TotemOceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A fascinating, hand-carved, transformative wooden totemic figure, depicting a pregnant woman in sexual congress with a crocodiSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Carving - Crocodile**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 rSee Sold Price
Sold2020Rare Karawari Ancestor Sculpture Field collected 1978A rare carved wooden Karawari River Ancestor figure, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea -This sculpture is unusual for a Men's house figure as it was carved in full form as opposed to profile kamanSee Sold Price
Sold2021Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Stone Ancestor HeadOceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle/East Sepik River Region, Korewori River area, ca. 1920s to 1940s CE. A hand-built red clay stone head representing an abstract ancestral figure. The head is of a miniSee Sold Price
Sold2020Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Abelam Wood Male Figure**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Abelam peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure standing with wide-spread legs and delineaSee Sold Price
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