PAPUA NEW GUINEA CARVED WOOD MASKDESCRIPTION:A Papua New Guinea hand carved wood mask. A hand carved and painted tribal masked, with rope threaded through the nose and ears of mask. CIRCA: Early 20th Century ORIGIN:...
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DAVID STONE (1922-2001) "JAPANESE LAND",ORIGINALDavid K Stone (Oregon, 1922 - 2001) "Japanese Land on New Guinea" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Masonite.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer...
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19TH C. INDONESIAN WOOD ANCESTOR FIGUREFOR A CANOEOceania, Indonesia, west New Guinea, Huon Gulf / Geelvinck Bay (Cenderawasih Bay), Poon village, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An impressive, hand-carved ancestor...
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18TH C. ENGLISH BRASS GUINEA COIN FOLDINGSCALENorthwestern Europe, England, Liverpool, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. A miniature travel-sized brass currency scale for weighing guineas to determine gold...
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20TH C. PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOOD PADDLEW/ CROCODILEThis is an oversized item that may require special shipping. Please inquire for a quote before bidding.
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Upper Sepik River region, ca....
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19TH C. SOLOMON ISLANDS SHELL KAPKAP(HEAD / PECTORAL)**Originally Listed At $1000**
Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful example of a kapkap, a head or pectoral...
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19TH C. PNG ADMIRALTY ISLANDS ADZE HANDLEW/ BLADE**Originally Listed At $500**
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden adze handle of an angled...
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LEDOUX BLACK CRATE FROM NEW GUINEA EXPEDITIONXLExtra Large Black Crate in which Louis Pierre Ledoux Shipped are stored items from his expedition in Papua New Guinea in 1936.
Includes newspapers from 1936, which were...
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LEDOUX'S 1930S SHIPPING EXPORT DOCUMENTSLouisPierre Ledoux custom form for shipping - 5 Documents. Declaration of New Guinea Antiquities and Permit for Export; Ledoux's cargo and passenger chit dated 8 July 1936 departing...
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LEDOUX'S 1930S CUSTOMS IMPORT SHIPPINGDOCUMENTS 6Ledoux's 1930s Customs Import Shipping documents into New Guinea 1936.
Sixteen documents from Louis Pierre Ledoux's 1930s Customs
Import Shipping documents into...
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2 LETTER OF INTRODUCTION 1935 FOR LEDOUX2Page Letter of introduction, December 1935, from the Commonwealth Treasurer (Australian) R.G. Casey to the Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea ("TNG"), Brigadier...
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MARGARET MEAD -REO F. FORTUNE EQUIPMENTLIST NOTESMargaret Mead / Reo F. Fortune equipment list and notes on the Murik
1927 Equipment List used by R F. Fortune, and Notes written by Margaret Mead and husband R....
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KUNDU HAND DRUM WITH HANDLE, MURIK LAKESKunduhand drum, hollowed and carved with signature spiral Murik design and ridged edge. Includes reptile skin cover. Locale: New Guinea Region: Lower Sepik River Country: Papua...
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LEAFLETS MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY, TOBACCOThreeleaflets by Albert B. Lewis, Assistant Curator of Melanesian Ethnology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. 1923 "The Use of Sago in New Guinea"; "1924 "Use of Tobacco...
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LEDOUX'S 1930S CUSTOMS IMPORT SHIPPINGDOCUMENTS16 of Louis Pierre Ledoux's 1930s Customs Import Shipping documents into New Guinea, 1936. A letter from J.H. McDonald to Mr. Ledoux, advising of import entries and...
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AXE, LOWER SEPIK RIVERWooden axe withintricate rattan design. The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, UK, describes a similar axe collected by Michael Leahy before 1937 (accession no. 1937.39.33) thus: "Isolated New...
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KUNDU HAND DRUM WITH HANDLE, MURIK LAKESKunduhand drum, hollowed and carved with signature spiral Murik design and ridged edge. Includes reptile skin cover.
Locale: New Guinea
Region: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua...
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LEAFLETS MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY, TOBACCOThreeleaflets by Albert B. Lewis, Assistant Curator of Melanesian Ethnology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. 1923 "The Use of Sago in New Guinea"; "1924 "Use of Tobacco...
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LEDOUX'S 1930S CUSTOMS IMPORT SHIPPINGDOCUMENTS16 of Louis Pierre Ledoux's 1930s Customs Import Shipping documents into New Guinea, 1936.
A letter from J.H. McDonald to Mr. Ledoux, advising of import entries and...
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AXE, LOWER SEPIK RIVERWooden axe withintricate rattan design.
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, UK, describes a similar axe collected by Michael Leahy before 1937 (accession no. 1937.39.33) thus: "Isolated New...
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SELECTION OF AFRICAN & NEW GUINEA WOODCARVINGS 20th century, including four from Sepik River Valley of New Guinea; one of uncertain culture, possibly New Guinea, with crocodile head; and a Fang style African figure....
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TRIBAL: NEW GUINEA ANCESTRAL FIGUREHOOK, SEPIK REGION, 20TH C., CARVED WOOD WITH GRASS AND SHELL DECORATION, STANDING MALE WITH COW...TRIBAL: New Guinea ancestral figure hook, Sepik Region, 20th C., carved...
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ANOK/ELEK BIRD FORM HEADDRESS, GUINEA,WEST AFRICA WEST AFRICA, Baga, Guinea, 20th Century, probably of Baga wood, h: 20 x l: 31 in....
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SIX ASSORTED CARVED WOOD ANCESTOR FIGURESSixAssorted Carved Wood Ancestor Figures, comprising an Indonesian Meihalita wood figure, Ian ndonesian ancestral figure, a Maori Tiki wood figure, a New Guinea Clay Head, a...
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TWO ASSORTED NEW GUINEA ARTISTS WORKSTwoAssorted New Guinea Artists Works, The first: Malagan figure by Edward Sale, on a metal stand, painted wood, used by the Walik group in the "Meku" ceremony, Laup Village,...
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FIVE CARVED WOOD ANCESTOR FIGURESFiveCarved Wood Ancestor Figures, comprising an Indonesian figure with hands crossed over knees (5 3/4 in. high), an Indonesian figure (8 in. high), a New Guinea ancestral figure...
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COLLECTION OF TWO NEW GUINEA POLYCHROMEFIBER YAM MASKS ANS BRIDE PRICE "HOMBILIE"Collection of Two New Guinea Polychrome Fiber Yam Masks ans Bride Price "Hombilie", comprising a Tumbuan mask (Blackwater Lakes,...
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PATRICK MAVROS (ZIMBABWE) SILVER GUINEAFOWL ON WOOD BASE LENGTH: 9 1/2 IN. (24.1 CM.) FOWL ON WOOD BASE, circular silver seal of artist to one side of base, with two guinea fowl on shaped wood base, and in original...
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ROBERT DUDLEY. CARTA PARTICOLARE DELLMARE OCEANO FRA LA COSTA DI GUINEA E LA BRASILIA. TAKEN FROM ARCANO DEL MARE 1645/6 OR 1661 SIGHT: 19 X 29 IN. (48.3 X 73.7 CM.), FRAME: 29 3/4 X 39 1/4 IN. (75.6 X 99.7 CM.)...
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A Goebel porcelain group of a childfeeding a guinea fowl impressed and printed marks 10in. Estimate ?120-180 Tip of beak of guinea fowl is lacking and there are some minute chips around the foot of the base...
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Contemporary tribal items including:Gope Board original hand carved piece from Kipi Village Goaribari Island Gulf of Papua New Guinea 1968-1971 period Certificate of Authenticity No. 105 #3-6 50'' h....
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Contemporary tribal items including:Spirit Mask original hand carved piece from Tambanum Middle Sepik River New Guinea 1964-1969 period with boar's tusks and cassowary bird feathers 36'' h. x 14'' w. (Certificate...
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A Maring or Wahgi River Painted WoodShield Papua New Guinea the curved plane painted with a central red medallion on a silver-white ground flanked by black yellow and red triangular designs the bottom portion...
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Staffordshire Creamware Guinea HensEnglish 19th century. A pair of Staffordshire creamware?Guinea hens ?each having a hollow body in black with white dots red combs on a green and tan base; ht.?5.25 lg.?9 in.?...
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Three New Guinea items: wooden spearthrower 20th C. carved softwood bamboo woven materials and feathers polychrome paint decoration bird shaped attachment surface wear loose weaving printed accession...
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Admiralty Islands Papua New Guinea ObsidianSpear Point length 11.5 in.mid-20th century...
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