New Guinea Figure
Old Papua New Guinea Male Ancestral Figure
Located in Rochester, NY
Papua New Guinea standing male ancestral figure. Hand carved from a single piece of wood. Beautiful
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Shell, Wood
Yam Ancestor Figure TOTEM Pole Papua New Guinea with Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A yam ancestor TOTEM pole from the mid-Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea. Carved out of a
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early Papua New Guinea Weathered Sepik Stylized Hook Figure Mask
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea abstract hook figure or mask with two opposing hooks, and central looped
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Papua New Guinean Polychromed Carved Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Papua New Guinean carved polychromed ancestral figure with fiber and shell detail
Category
20th Century Unknown Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Chrome
Papuan Gulf New Guinea Bioma Standing Red/White Figure Tod Barlin col
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Papua New Guinea standing figure from the Bioma peoples with raised designs, stylized classic face
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Early Papua New Guinea Carved Coconut Scoop or Spoon with Figure
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Early Papua New Guinea Carved Coconut Scoop or Spoon with Figure
Scoop is 3 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Papua New Guinea, Carved Sepik figure
Located in London, GB
Wood
H60 x W19 x D19 cm
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Powerful Carved and Painted Figural Sculpture/ New Guinea
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Powerful and haunting carved figural sculpture of a standing female figure in close embrace with
Category
20th Century Asian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Genuine Papua New Guinea Sepik area Maternity figure , middle 20th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine statue from Papua New Guinea depicting a meternity (child on shoulders)
The Sepik are a
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 11.42 in W 2.56 in D 2.76 in
Rockefeller Irivake Figure
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
in Douglas Newton, New Guinea Art in the Collection of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1967
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
A Sepik 'panggal' sago spathe or tree bark painting of an ancestral figure
Located in Amsterdam, NL
spathe, bark of a sago palm, depicts an ancestral figure surrounded by a saw fish, two masks and several
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 54.73 in W 43.71 in D 1.97 in
Male Yipwon Figural Carved Wood Sculpture on Stone Base
Located in New York, NY
the Alamblak people from Papua New Guinea. The figure's strong, masculine head balances atop a tall
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
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Timbuwarra Figure, Wiru People, Southern Highland New Guinea
Located in New York, NY
of New Guinea.
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan
19th Century New Guinea Wooden Female Figure
Located in Copenhagen, Copenhagen
: "Lestrite, Middel Sepik District, New Guinea".
Category
Antique 1890s Papua New Guinean Folk Art Primitives
Materials
Shell, Wood
Spirit Figure, Yiman or Ewa peoples, Middle Sepik River
Located in Hershey, PA
discovered. A number of these pieces were exhibited at D'Arcy Gallery in New York in 1968.
Category
Antique 19th Century Papua New Guinean Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Carved Wooden Med Irion Java Asmet Tribe Man
Located in Bedford, NY
CEREMONIAL MAN FROM ASMET TRIBE OF NEW GUINEA. CARVED WOOD- FIGURE IS SPIRITUAL- THEY ARE
Category
Vintage 1960s Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Carved Suspension Hook Figure Papua New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
region in Papua New Guinea, made by PNG Iatmul people and associated groups. The anthropomorphic piece
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Hook Carved Wood Figure Papua New Guinea, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Hook figure Papua, New Guinea, late 19th century.
Measures: 48" H x 8.5"x 8.5" D.
Attractively
Category
Antique 1890s Papua New Guinean Tribal More Asian Art, Objects and Furni...
Materials
Wood
Yam Ancestor Figure on Stand from Padua New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A mid-Sepik river yam ancestor figure from abelam people, Papua New Guinea, circa early 20th
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Papua New Guinea Tribal Art Pigment Anchor with Hand Carved Figure Heads
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Papua New Guinea late 19th century tribal art hand carved wood pigment anchor with figure head on
Category
Antique 19th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
Large-Scale Carved Wood Spirit Figure Papua New Guinea, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
A spirit figure Papua New Guinea, late 19th century.
Measures: 52" H x 11" W.
Old spirit
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large New Guinea Stylized Wood Figure Papuan Gulf, Geometric Face and Body
Located in Point Richmond, CA
structure or men's house walls.
1940s-1950s, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Worn, weathered surface with
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 31.5 in W 5.25 in L 31.5 in
Woven Basketry Figural Pectoral Chest Ornament Figure Papua New Guinea tusks
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Woven basketry figural pectoral chest ornament with from Papua New Guinea. Woven yam mask style
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
H 18.75 in W 8.5 in D 6.5 in
Oceanic Sepik River Gable Figure Sculpture from Papua, New Guinea
Located in New York, NY
From a private collection comes this great Oceanic Papua New Guinea gable figure. This piece is
Category
Vintage 1960s Papua New Guinean Masks
Materials
Wood
Asmat Tribe Irian Jaya Indonesian New Guinea Carved Ancestral Wood Figure
Located in Studio City, CA
province of Irian Jaya in the western half of New Guinea.
This piece was initially collected in the
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Tall Elegant Maprik Standing Wood Figure from Papua New Guinea, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A tall thin standing figure carved of hard wood, with hands on hips, wearing armbands, with remains
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 39 in W 5 in D 3.5 in
New Guinea Old Fetish Fertility Stone
Located in South Burlington, VT
A one of a kind New Guinea abstract fetish fertility stone figure, with old collection label, 1952
Category
Early 20th Century Australian Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Oceanic Ambelam Figure Papua New Guinea
Located in London, GB
A fine Ambelam figure
Mapric river Papua new Guinea
Carved wood with yellow, red, white and black
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Carved New Guinea Tribal Mask Figure with Beard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brilliant statue of a man with button eyes and fringed beard. Great details of alligator on back and front.
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Sculptures
Fine Old Oceanic Ambelam Figure Papua New Guinea Oceanic Art
Located in London, GB
A fine Ambelam figure
Mapric river Papua new Guinea
Carved heavy hard wood with yellow, red
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mendi Shield painted shield Papua New Guinea
Located in London, GB
A Mendi war or dance shield with painted figure
Mendi Valley, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Sepik River Figure from Tribal Papua New Guinea
Located in Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire
A carved Sepik River figure from Papua New Guinea, with natural earth pigments cowrie shell
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Sculpture in the Style of a Papua New Guinea Ancestor Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic tall carved decorative Papua New Guinea
Ancestor Figure. The statue is over six feet
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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Mid-20th Century Tami Islands Papua New Guinea Tribal Wooden Feast Bowl
Located in Point Richmond, CA
mid-20th century Tami Islands Papua new guinea wooden feast bowl
Of classic form, each end carved with raised and incised imagery depicting stylized sea creatures with decorative in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Kaolin, Wood
North Western-Style Carved TOTEM Pole
Located in Queens, NY
North Western-style polychrome carved figural cedar wood totem pole, American 20th-century.
Category
20th Century American Country Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Woven Painted Basketry Wall Mask Blackwater Rivers, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large woven painted basketry wall mask created in Blackwater Rivers area, Papua New Guinea. With open expressive mouth and mask fringed with feathers, striking mask that easily hang...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Oceanic Vintage Shield, Tribal Wall Art, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th Century
Located in Odense, DK
A large decorative and rare hand carved tribal war shield in traditional colors, made in Papua New Guinea in the late 19th century. Functional as beautiful wall art.
This piece r...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Primitive Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 62.21 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in
Early 20th Century Shield, Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Shield, Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
This large, post contact, shield is traditionally decorated in bold colors with a central circle. This ...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Other Tribal Art
Materials
Enamel, Wire
African Helmet Mask 'Gelede' from Yoruba Nigeria
Located in San Francisco, CA
Blacked wood helmet mask (Gelede), large human head surmounted by a dog eating a snake which curves around the head. No perforation for attachment to costume from Yoruba, Nigeria. Pu...
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik Woven Raffia Talipun Mask With Pigments Custom Base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik tightly woven raffia mask from a talipun bride price currency.
Areas of white, black and red pigments. Wonderful heart shaped face with open eyes and mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
H 8.5 in W 5.25 in D 2.75 in
Toba Batak Singa House Ornament, Sumatra, Indonesia 20th Century, Ex-Sotheby's
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Large carved hardwood ornamental structure used as a support and a decorative frontispiece. It bears a stylized face embedded within an ornately carved and painted geometric pattern....
Category
20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
H 56 in W 14 in D 16 in
Abelam "Yam Festival" Mask on Stand from Papua New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Papua New Guinea yam festival mask of a horn-billed bird from the mid-20th century. This vintage ceremonial mask, also referred to as a baba mask, originates from the Abelam people...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Karaut 'Pectoral' Ornament, Abelam Culture, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This piece is an excellent example of an adornment used by Abelam warriors to frighten their enemies. They are held in a warrior’s mouth for courage and to intimidate their adversary...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Other Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber
Painted Wood Splash Boards on Stands from Papua New Guinea, 2 Available
Located in Atlanta, GA
Note: This listing is for 1 of the Papa New Guinea Splash Boards featured, so if you decide to purchase, let us know which one you'd like.
These decorative painted red and dark grey...
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
Early Papua New Guinea Painted Maprik Wood Head or Mask, Strong Expression
Located in Point Richmond, CA
From Papua New Guinea an early painted Maprik carved wood head sculpture or mask, intense expression showing teeth, and two opposing stylized birds on top. Mid 20th century. Faded po...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
H 10.75 in W 4.25 in D 2.25 in
Three Early Miniature Papua New Guinea Sepik Woven Yam Masks on Custom Bases
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Group of three early Papua New Guinea Sepik miniature tightly woven raffia yam mask with areas of heavy yellow and black pigments.
Different Bird imagery in each one. Possibly owl,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
H 7.5 in W 6.25 in D 3.75 in
Pair of Mendi Carved-Wood War Shields from Papua New Guinea on Custom Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Papua New Guinea Mendi wooden war shields on custom stands from the mid-20th century. This pair of war shields originate from the Mendi region, within the Southern Highland...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
H 55.25 in W 20.5 in D 12 in
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik Light Wood Yam Mask Elegant Flame Shaped Form
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik light wood yam mask. Elegant flame shaped form, old, oxidized wood with black accents, traces of yellow and white pigments. Small holes originally for at...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
H 17.5 in W 7 in D 2.25 in
Pair of Massim Canoe Splash Boards from Papua, New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of decoratively carved wood splash boards from the southeastern region of Papua, New Guinea, presented on custom stands. This pair of vintage tribal boards have been carved fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
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