Papuan Gulf Gope Spirit Board, PapuaNew Guinea, 20th century carved wood with natural pigments height 32 in — 81.3 cm...
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Yipwon/Yiman Hook Spirit Figure, KoreworiRiver, Papua New Guinea, 20th century carved wood with natural pigments, includes stand height 40.25 in — 102.2 cm...
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AN ETHNIC FIGURAL STAFF CARVED AS ASPIRIT FIGURE WITH INSET COWRIE EYES AND FEATHERS An ethnic figural staff carved as a spirit figure with inset cowrie eyes and feathers, probably Papua New Guinea, 45"l...
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A PAPUA NEW GUINEA TRIBAL STOOL OF TURTLEFORM A Papua New Guinea tribal stool of turtle form, the sides carved with spirit mask, cowrie shell embellishments, 8"h x 18"w x 6.75"d...
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AFRICAN BLACKWATER RIVER SPIRIT FIGURE20" x 9" x 3?" Carved wood spirit frigure f=rom the Blackwater River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea mounted on wood base....
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA CARVED WOOD SPIRITFIGURE Papua New Guinea carved wooden spirit figure with natural pigments. 24" H x 8.5" W....
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LARGE OCEANIC CARVED BOARD PAPUA NEWGUINEALarge Oceanic figural carved wood board/shield, Papua New Guinea, possibly Gope ancestral board, of elliptical form, carved central figure of a spirit, flanked by semi...
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Bioma Spirit figure, Papua New Guinea,Gulf Province, Wapo/Era River, decorated in white and orange pigment with carved designs throughout, 27" h...
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Papuan Gulf Gope Spirit Board, PapuaNew Guinea, mid 20th century carved wood with natural pigments height 77 in — 195.6 cm...
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NEW IRELAND MASK OR HEAD, HAVING ORIGINALPAINT AND HAI...New Ireland Mask or Head, having original paint and hair, depicting jumping fish on top as well as black snakes circling the face, small section missing from...
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PAPUAN GULF SPIRIT FIGUREPapuan GulfSpirit Figure Carved and painted Papua New Guinea wood Height 33 inches (as is)
Condition:
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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...
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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,...
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DOUBLE FIGURE, LOWER SEPIKLower SepikRiver 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...
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LOWER SEPIK RIVER MASK, KOPAR / ANGORAMSTYLECarved Wooden Mask with very long, pointed nose. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this kind of mask with its long, pointed beak-like nose is typical of Lower...
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OPENWORK FIGURE, KOPAR / ANGORAMOpenworkcarved figure, Kopar / Angoram style, with white stripes, red and yellow pigment, shell and rope ornamentation. Anthropomorphic.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art describes...
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KAKAR SPEARKakar spear, with rattanand 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...
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LOWER SEPIK RIVER MASK, KOPAR / ANGORAMSTYLECarved Wooden Mask, long pointed nose, stylized.
Damage and repair to bottom chin area.
According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this kind of mask with its long,...
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BULLROARER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTBullroarer,simple, plain design.
Bullroarers are used as musical instruments, as the blade howls or roars when it is whirled through the air with the attached string. In Papua New Guinea,...
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Kwoma Spirit Figure - Washkuk Mountains,Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. Approx L173cm. PROVENANCE John Magers Collection, Sydney....
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA, LARGE GARAMUT DRUMSepik River Region, coral, white and black pigment on carved wood, the long hollowed canoe-form body decorated with incised circular pattern and painted link scroll, with...
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA, LARGE CROCODILE SPIRITCARVING Possibly Sepik River, carved and painted wood with cowry shell and pigment, detailed ribs and vertebrae, with crocodile head at one end and animal with bared teeth...
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TURAMA PEOPLE, GOPE SPIRIT BOARD Late19th c., Papua New Guinea, oval shaped relief carved wood with white and brown pigment, depicting an imunu spirit, 51.5"h x 11"w...
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TURAMA PEOPLE, GOPE SPIRIT BOARD Likely19th c., Papua New Guinea, relief carved wood with white and brown pigment, 51.5"h x 11"w...
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA CARVED WOOD CHIEF CANOEPROW Oceanic / Papua New Guinea. Lower Sepik crocodile and spirit figure canoe prow on stand. Provenance: From a Global Canadian Collection....
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TWO PAPUA NEW GUINEAN CARVED WOOD ITEMSTwoPapua New Guinean carved wood items, Two works: A carved wood crocodile spoon Fourth-Quarter 20th Century; Sepik River, Papua New Guinea The stylized crocodile carving...
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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...
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YIPWON FIGURE, SEPIC RIVER REGION 1sthalf 20th c., Papua New Guinea, carved wood with pigment, representation of a primordial hunting spirit, in abstract human form, on custom mount, 23.25"h x 2.5"w x 3.5"d (figure),...
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INYAI-EWA PEOPLE, ARIPA MALE FIGURE18th 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. of Illinois...
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AN ABELAM PAINTED CARVED WOOD MASKAnAbelam painted carved wood mask, 20th century; Abelam Peoples, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea Appears unmarked Created for the celebration of the yam harvest, the...
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(2) Papua New Guinea tribal masks toinclude mask carved wood heart framed face, the holes running around the perimeter of this mask would originally have held a beard and hair of grass, raised on stand, 18"H...
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OCEANIC SPIRIT BOARD, POSSIBLY PAPUANEW GUINEA Oceanic spirit board, possibly from Papua New Guinea, polychrome hand-carved wood. 65.5" H x 13.5" W...
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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...
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Mai Spirit Board (Gope) From Papua NewGuinea Carved wood in the form of an elongated mask generously covered in pigment and cowrie shells applied pigments. Includes a custom metal stand. The Mai use spirit boards...
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Papua New Guinea Sepik River CrocodileMask, ca. 20th Century A hand carved wood mask of a clan spirit or totem crocodile (pukpuk) with a bird, painted with natural pigments and decorated with cowery and snail...
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