- LOWER SEPIK RIVER FIGURE, MALE AMULET
KANDIMBONGLower Sepik River Figure, small male amulet figure Kandimbong or ancestor figure. Armbands of resin with inserted feather remains still present. Headdress with inserted...
[more like this] - A SEPIK RIVER ANIMAL MASK WITH APPLIED
COWRIE SHELLS A Sepik River animal mask with applied cowrie shells, hair and teeth, 30"h and a Sepik River totem figure modeled as winged bird wrapped with a cowrie shell...
[more like this] - TWO SEPIK RIVER CARVED WOOD FIGURES
Two Sepik River carved wood figures: the larger figure standing atop a mask and with a saw tooth finial 34"h; the smaller a figure with feather headdress, 20.5"h...
[more like this] - A SEPIK RIVER RED STAINED CARVED FIGURAL
PLAQUE WITH INSET COWRIE SHELLS A Sepik River red stained carved figural plaque with inset cowrie shells, 23"h x 22"w and a Sepik River initiation helm basket mask with applied...
[more like this] - TWO SEPIK RIVER COWRIE SHELL AND FEATHER
COD PIECES, THE LARGER INCORPORATING A CROCHETED FIGURE OF A REPTILE WITH ATTACHED FEATHERS Two Sepik River cowrie shell and feather cod pieces, the larger incorporating a...
[more like this] - PAPUA NEW GUINEA SEPIK FIGURAL SUSPENSION
HOOK Papua New Guinea Sepik Province figural suspension hook worked in polychrome wood, featuring a face surmounting a diamond-shaped body and double hook along bottom, with...
[more like this] - PAPUA NEW GUINEA SEPIK FIGURAL SUSPENSION
HOOK Papua New Guinea Sepik Province figural suspension hook worked in wood, featuring a face surmounting a shield-shaped body and double hook of crescent form along bottom,...
[more like this] - A PAPUA NEW GUINEA SEPIK RIVER STOOL
ON FIGURAL SUPPORTS WITH INSET COWRIE SHELLS A Papua New Guinea Sepik River stool on figural supports with inset cowrie shells, 15.5"h x 12.75"d...
[more like this] - Iatmul Male Figure, Sepik River, Papua
New Guinea, mid to late 20th century carved wood height 19.25 in — 48.9 cm...
[more like this] - SEPIK RIVER WOOD FIGURE Sepik River
wood figure, Papua New Guinea, raised on stand, 5'4"h (overall). Provenance: Field collected prior to WWII by an Austrian trader/collector; acquired in 1977 by the New Britain...
[more like this] - HOOK FIGURE, SEPIK RIVERHook figure,
sometimes also known as 'Samban", carved with both male and female elements, with red and black pigment. Typical geometric design at back of neck, mask-like face, standing...
[more like this] - KANDIMBONG ANCESTOR FIGUREAncestor figure,
Kandimbong, large, with conical headdress and mask-like face. Simple, clean lines, yet very expressive.
Traditional Lower Sepik River figures, representing clan founders,...
[more like this] - DOUBLE FIGURE, LOWER SEPIKLower Sepik
River Figure, double figure. Rare. Main figure with mask-like face and large slanted, oval stylized eyes, and smaller figure at below with similar stylized, oval, slanted...
[more like this] - COAST SEPIK CANOE PROW FIGURECanoe prow
figure, with exquisitely carved headdress, ear ornament, and designs on chest/shoulder/back of neck
Locale: Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date:...
[more like this] - LOWER SEPIK RIVER MALE CHARM FIGURESmall
male charm figure, with detail at back of head, includes original tag labeled " Kaup 3/31/36" and "Charm God as before".
Locale: Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua...
[more like this] - LOWER SEPIK RIVER FIGURE, MALE AMULET
KANDIMBONGLower Sepik River Figure, small male amulet figure Kandimbong, standing on pedestal, with very long pointed nose/beak reaching the floor. Includes original tag label...
[more like this] - LOWER SEPIK RIVER FIGURE, MALE AMULET
KANDIMBONGLower Sepik River Figure, male amulet Kandimbong with original tag
Lower Sepik River Figure, small male amulet figure Kandimbong, includes original tag labeled...
[more like this] - CANOE PROW FIGURE, LOWER SEPIK RIVERCanoe
prow figure, possibly of Papuan big-eared bat, which was once considered extinct since 1890 until finding a specimen in 2014.
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New...
[more like this] - LOWER SEPIK RIVER FIGURE, MALE ANCESTOR
FIGUREKandimbong male ancestor figure with stacked headdress, standing on pedestal, Murik oval spiral designs on shoulder blades and initiation rite design on chest. Beautiful...
[more like this] - OPENWORK FIGURE, KOPAR / ANGORAMOpenwork
carved figure, Kopar / Angoram style, with white stripes, red and yellow pigment, shell and rope ornamentation. Anthropomorphic.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art describes...
[more like this] - KAKAR SPEARKakar spear, with rattan
and rope band, face of ancestor figure. Kakar spears are some of the most sacred and important features of Murik society, as they are thought to possess spiritual powers to...
[more like this] - AMULET, LOWER SEPIK RIVER FIGUREAmulet
(malita) figure, with brag-mask face with hook nose, standing on pedestal. Very worn.
Locale: Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material:...
[more like this] - LOWER SEPIK RIVER FIGURE, MALE ANCESTOR
FIGUREKandimbong male ancestor figure with headdress and double face: the top has prominent large eyes and long nose, and the bottom face is much more mythical, with long...
[more like this] - Ancestral figure, Sepik River, PNG,
approx 34cm H x 79cm W...
[more like this] - PAPUA NEW GUINEA CARVED WOOD CHIEF CANOE
PROW Oceanic / Papua New Guinea. Lower Sepik crocodile and spirit figure canoe prow on stand. Provenance: From a Global Canadian Collection....
[more like this] - LOWER SEPIK RIVER FIGURE, MALE ANCESTOR
FIGUREKandimbong male ancestor figure with headdress and double face: the top has prominent large eyes and long nose, and the bottom face is much more mythical, with long...
[more like this] - STYLIZED MALE ANCESTRAL FIGURE, SEPIK
RIVER VALLEY New Guinea, mid-20th century....
[more like this] - TWO CARVED & PAINTED ARTIFACTS FROM
NEW GUINEA Comprising a large masculine power figure, Sepik River Valley; and an Asmat shield....
[more like this] - TRIBAL: NEW GUINEA ANCESTRAL FIGURE
HOOK, 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...
[more like this] - PAPUA NEW GUINEA JUGATE SPIRIT FIGURE,
CIRCA 1930 Iatmul 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...
[more like this] - LARGE OCEANIC MALE ANCESTOR SPIRIT FIGURE
PALAMBAI VILLAGE, IATMUL PEOPLE, MIDDLE SEPIK RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 43 1/2"H X 9 1/2"W X 9 1/2"DLarge Oceanic Male Ancestor Spirit Figure Palambai Village, Iatmul People, Middle...
[more like this] - MUNDUGUMOR WUSEAR FLUTE SPIRIT FIGURE,
EX KLEJMAN likely 19th/20th c., Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Yuat River region, wood, painted shell, Cassowary feathers, modeled as a stylized human figure with large head...
[more like this] - EAST SEPIK FINELY CARVED FIGURAL BETEL
MORTAR Ramu River, Papua New Guinea, the figure carved with large eyes and hooked beak, ovoid torso on squat legs, wearing a necklace or breast ornament and zig-zag belt,...
[more like this] - PR SEPIK RIVER CARVED TREE BARK EFFIGIES
New Guinea,20th Centuryincludes a smiling figure decorated with white and red geometric patterns and one with mouth slightly ajar decorated with a figural face along the bottom....
[more like this] - Oceanic carved wooden male figure, Papua
New Guinea; impressive assemblage in Middle Sepik River style, elongated painted masked head decorated with feathers, fibers, cowrie shells, and boar's tusk, carved effigy...
[more like this] - An Abelam Carved and Painted Wood Female
Figure Papua New Guinea Middle Sepik Area the standing geometrically carved figure surmounted by a large bird height 72 in. Provenance: Ex-Boylan Collection Sydney Australia...
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