War shield - Papua New Guinea - Yuat River

wood, white and black pigment, red and yellow ochre, raised middle ridge, painted with six ancestor spirit heads, plant fibre tassels along rim and through pierced septum (partly missing or brittle),

Papua New Guinea Yuat / Sepik River Biwat style war shield (20th century) carved wood, painted pigment black ash, white clay, and red and yellow ochres, and fiber carved front having carved figures at

Papua New Guinea Yuat / Sepik River Biwat war shield (mid-20th century) carved wood, painted pigment black ash, white clay, and red and yellow ochres, and fiber carved front depicting three raised abs

Papua New Guinea Yuat Sepik River Biwat Shield. 54 inches H.

Papua New Guinea Sepik River Faces War Shield. 67 Inches H.

a Yuat River ceremonial shield, East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea.Of elaborate form, the shield with three registers of stylized faces in red/pink against a white ground, the field with swirling m

A carved and painted wooden shield. Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, 20th century. 46 1/2"h. Provenance: The Alvin M. Cohen Collection, Bethesda MD.

A Waghi Valley war shield, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea.Of classical form, the shield made from a single piece of wood, the surface with two large “X” patterns and painted with oran

A fine and old Washkuk war shield, Kwoma-Washkuk; Papua New GuineaThe shield of classical form, and carved in near-hemispherical shape, the surface with typical clan designs of the Washkuk region poss

A Papua New Guinea Shield, Sepik River, with classical designs; secured to sturdy steel base, height: 63". Provenance: Irv Fischer Collection, Michigan

A Biwat Mask Yuat River, Papua New Guinea, c. 1900 Carved wood with black, red-orange, and white natural pigments, a woven basketry flange with loops around perime

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River Shield. With a figural head 39.5" x 11"

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River Shield. With handle intact on reverse 49.5" x 20" x 3"

Papua New Guinea Ambunti Mountain Region War Shield. 69 inches H.

Papua New Guinea, Mid to Late 20th Century. Made by the Biwat or related people from the Yuat river region in Papua New Guinea as a cult figure. Approx. 23.5 in.H x 311 in. W x 9.25 in.Dia. Weight 2 l

A New Guinea Shield Fragment. Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. 13 1/2" x 42 1/2". Shipping: Shipping for our Collector's Series Ethnographic Auction will be handled by our trusted Shipping Partner UPS S

Torricelli Mountains, Papua New Guinea. 38 1/2" high, carved from a single piece of wood. The face with curvilinear abstracted motifs in high relief. Pierced to secure the grip anchors, the holes plug

Kandrian Papua-New Guinea, carved wood & rattan 3-part War Shield, 58" h x 10-1/2" w

Papua New Guinea Sepik River Biwat Shield. 62 Inches H X 12 W.

Papua New Guinea Lower Sepik Asmat Storyboard War Ceremonial Shield, carved wood and natural pigment a solid piece of wood with carved relief of abstract animal and human motifs with central crocodile

A Superb and Rare Central Province war shield, Likely 19th Century. Cloudy Bay, Central Province, Papua New Guinea. (Border with Milne Bay province).Of elegant form, the shield bowed from side to side

An Oceanic Wood Ancestral Shield Green River Region, Papua New Guinea, Circa 20th Century A.D. Height 56 3/4 inches (144 cm). Property of the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa Provenance: Doroth

Karem River, Papua New Guinea, carved wood shield, the face or mask standing out 1"-2" in relief, the zigzag designs all over quite extensive and dramatic optically, the back with its shield's handle

Papua New Guinea Lower Sepik Asmat Storyboard War Ceremonial Shield (20th Century), carved wood and natural pigment a solid piece of wood with carved relief of nose pieces and a simple human face carv