Sold2021PNG IATMUL CARVED WOOD ANCESTRAL FIGUREPNG 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 eyesSee 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
Sold2022A Sepik River Wood Standing Male Figure Height 34 1/2 (87.7 cm).A Sepik River Wood Standing Male Figure Papua New Guinea Height 34 1/2 (87.7 cm). Property from Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio Provenance: Mr. Gerald Berenson, gifted in 1991 (Inv. no. 1991.46).See Sold Price
Sold2016Standing male "malagan" figure - Papua New Guinea -wood ("Alstonia scholaris"), shell inlay ("Turbo Phetolatus opercula"), lime, red ochre, black pigment, hairdo from short cut brush-like plantfibre tufts, which were pressed in blackish mass, thin verSee Sold Price
Sold2017Yinman Hook Ancestral Spirit Figure Yipown Papua New44"h x 5"w with custom metal stand, Large-scale images like this one were owned by clans or subclans and kept in the men's ceremonial house, where they stood leaning against the back wall, the most saSee Sold Price
Sold2018Papua New Guinea style decorative figural sculpturePapua New Guinea style decorative figural sculpture, depicting a standing male figure, having an elaborate coiffure with cowry shell decoration above a stylized face, 52"hSee Sold Price
Sold2020Papua New Guinea Iatmul Ceremonial House Male FigurePapua New Guinea Iatmul Ceremonial House Male Figure, carved wood, natural pigment, natural fiber, carved standing male figure on round plinthSee 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
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
Sold202219th C. PNG Maprik Wood Ancestor Panel Male, AviansOceania, Papua New Guinea, Maprik River region, Abelam people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved rectangular wood architectural panel with a central standing male figure wearing aSee Sold Price
Sold2017Papua New Guinea spirit figurePapua New Guinea spirit figure, the male figures having shell eyes and a carved back, 33"h x 8"w x 4"dSee 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
Sold2022Papua New Guinea Polychrome Wood FigurePapua 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 senseSee Sold Price
Sold2020Papua New Guinea Sepik River Carved TotemA Papua New Guinea Sepik River carved figural totem carved from a single piece of wood depicting many male figures standing one on top of the other interlocking.See Sold Price
Sold2023PAPUA NEW GUINEA JUGATE SPIRIT FIGURE, CIRCA 1930Iatmul Peoples, Middle Sepik River, Ancestral Spirit carrying Mask on Back, the figure reaching up to touch his tongue, carved and painted wood, of one piece, slightly concave, on 4 1/2" x 9 1/4" x 9See Sold Price
Sold2017Massive Oceanic Carved Wood FigureMassive Papua New Guinean carved and polychromed wood figure; of a male ancestor, standing atop a conical base; H: 6' (approx.); wood baseSee 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
Sold2018Baule male figure, Ivory Coast. African artBaule male figure, Ivory Coast. Wood, fine dark brown patina, traces of erosion. This standing figure represents the spirit of an ancestral male spouse (Blolo-Bian). Upright on a circular base with naSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mid-20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Ancestral Bird FigureOceania, Papua New Guinea, Lower Ramu River region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A tall standing zoomorphic figure, hand-carved from hardwood, with a characteristically abstract presentation. This anthropSee Sold Price
Sold2022Kandangai PNG Food HookA large Papua New Guinea food hook from Kandangai Village, Sepik River, East Sepik Province. Carved wooden figure with dark painted finish, featuring a standing male with inset spiral carved shell eyeSee Sold Price
Sold2020AN INDONESIAN TRIBAL WOOD ANCESTRAL MALE FIGURAL POST,AN INDONESIAN TRIBAL WOOD ANCESTRAL MALE FIGURAL POST, ASMAT PEOPLES, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, THIRD QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, detailed as a slender male figure with short hairstyle above a smiling expression wiSee Sold Price
Sold2023Inyai-Ewa People, Aripa male figureInyai-Ewa People, Aripa male figure, c. 18th c., Papua, New Guinea, carved wood with white pigment, representing spirits to serve as hunting helpers, carbon dated to c. 1735 (copy of test from Univ. oSee Sold Price
Sold2018Miniature mask of an ancestral spirit - Papua Newwood, pigment, H: 15,5 cm, H: 6,1 inch Provenance: German Private Collection Lit.: Peltier, Philippe et.al., Tanz der Ahnen, Zürich 2015, p. 252 Continent: OceaniaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Malangan Burial Spirit Figure, Papua New GuineaMalangan Burial Spirit Figure. Papua New Guinea, New Ireland, late 20th century, carved softwood decorated with natural pigments, natural fibers replicating hair, measuring 53” high x 21”See Sold Price
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