Sold2020VINTAGE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOODEN BASKET HOOKHand carved figural wall hook used for traditional Papuan bags. Hanger intact. Issued: 20th c. Dimensions: 17"H x 5.25"W Country of Origin: Papua New GuineaSee Sold Price
Sold2020VINTAGE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOODEN BASKET HOOKHand carved figural wall hook used for traditional Papuan bags. These hooks were made to hang from ceilings of houses. Items were then protected from rats. Issued: 20th c. Dimensions: 15.25"H x 5"W CoSee Sold Price
Sold2019Sepik Papua New Guinea Basket Hook 47" Wood FigureVintage New Guinea Sepik basket hook. Features a figural form with extensive polychrome decoration. Embellished with natural fur at the ear as well as leather in the other ear and grass too. Basket orSee Sold Price
Sold2019Papua New Guinea Sepik Basket Hook 46" Wood FigureVintage New Guinea Sepik basket hook. Features a figural form with extensive polychrome decoration. Basket or suspension hooks are used to hang net bags or baskets containing food or clothing and woulSee Sold Price
Sold2019Papua New Guinea Sepik 17" Basket Hook Wood FigureVintage New Guinea Sepik basket hook. Features a figural form with polychrome decoration. Basket or suspension hooks are used to hang net bags or baskets containing food or clothing and would be suspeSee Sold Price
Sold2016PNG Sepik River Basket HookPapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden hook, carved to show a human face at the top with small creamy white cowry shell inset eyes, a large, pointed noseSee Sold Price
Sold2020VINTAGE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOODEN FIGUREHand carved; cowrie shell eyes. Used in Malagan ceremonies. Malagan ceremonies are traditional cultural events that take place in New Guinea where malagan carvings are used mortuary rituals. Issued: 2See Sold Price
Sold2020VINTAGE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOODEN FIGUREHand carved tall polychrome design with cowrie shell eyes. Depicts man wearing mask as the Papuan tribes. Issued: 20th c. Dimensions: 17"H x 5.5"W Country of Origin: Papua New GuineaSee Sold Price
Sold2020Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Food Hook**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A lovely carved wooden figural "food hook," possibly a female, with red, yellow, cream, and whiSee Sold Price
Sold2019Chambri Papua New Guinea Sepik Figural Basket HookChambri peoples basket hook from the Sepik region in New Guinea. Features a finely carved figural basket hook decorated with rich polychrome detail and cowrie shell eyes. Measures 26" x 5". Good overaSee Sold Price
Sold2019Papua New Guinea Sepik Kanganaman 23" Basket HookFine old reticulated basket hook. From the Kanganaman (Kanganamon) people from New Guinea. Basket or suspension hooks are used to hang net bags or baskets containing food or clothing and would be suspSee Sold Price
Sold2021African Papua New Guinea Polychrome Wooden PlaqueVintage African Papua New Guinea polycrhome carved wooden wall plaque depicting a face with inlaid shells for eyes. Measures approx. 30 3/4" height x 12" width.See Sold Price
Sold2016Figural basket hook, Papua New Guinea, 55"hBasket hook, Kamanibit, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, suspended from rafters in order to hang objects for safekeeping, the carved wood male figure with applied cowrie shell and hair decoration, surroSee Sold Price
Sold2017Carved Wood Black Basket Hook, Papua New GuineaWood, shells. Papua New Guinea, Mid-Late 20th C. Height: 38 3/4", Length:10 1/4", Width: 1 1/2". A figural basket hook made of carved hardwood. Black finish and cowry shell eyes.See Sold Price
Sold2021Vintage African New Guinea Wooden Fertility GodA vintage carved African Papua New Guinea painted and carved wooden statue depicting a fertility god. Measures approx. 43" height. Split seen to base.See Sold Price
Sold2023Oceanic Hook Figures, Papua New GuineaThis weathered wooden Papua New Guinea hook figure is mounted on custom stand: 11" W x 4" D x 23 1/2" H Another wonderful wooden hook figure depicting a female with scarification, braided hair (rope fSee 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
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
Sold2018Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Decorated Food HookPapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden "food hook" in the form of an abstract mask-like visage with bold features, with a petite stylized figure, who intriguSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. PNG Sepik River Wood Trophy Hook**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A nice example of a hand-carved wooden trophy hook, also known as a suspension hook. TheSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Rare Double Garra Hook Mask Hunstein Mountains, PNGA Rare Old Double Hunstien Garra figure - Field collected by John C. Edler, C. 1988 in Papua New Guinea. This carved wooden mask like sculpture was kept within ceremonial houses among the Bahinemo peoSee 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
Sold2019Sepik Papua New Guinea 13" Woven Basket Pig FigureVintage woven animal figurine from New Guinea. Features the form of a boar or pig with cassowary feathers and cowries for eyes along with polychrome decoration. The woven material is over an ovular foSee Sold Price
Sold2019Sepik Papua New Guinea 16" Woven Basket Pig FigureVintage woven animal figurine from New Guinea. Features the form of a boar or pig with cassowary feathers and cowries for eyes along with polychrome decoration. The woven material is over an ovular foSee Sold Price
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