Large Basketry Gable Mask from Papua New Guinea
Located in Highland, IN
A beautiful and large example of Oceanic art, this delightful woven mask would have been used on the gable of a middle Sepik meeting house. The wildly expressive form is accentuated ...
Cane, Rattan, Wood
Fiber Polychrome Mask Yam Ancestor Papua New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A well preserved Yam Ancestor mask professionally presented on a museum quality acrylic display stand. The mask was a classic tribal art piece from Abela...
Natural Fiber, Acrylic
Old Stone Axe With Carved Face, Pierced Nose, Papua New Guinea on custom Base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early hand carved stone axe with face, long nose with pierced nostrils, framed by loose oval form. Round eyes and slit mouth. Old worn surface. 8 1/2 inches high, early to mid 20th...
Stone
$1,715Sale Price|30% Off
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...
Organic Material
$942Sale Price|35% Off
Woven Painted Basketry Old Yam Mask with Sculptural Bird Face, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early woven painted basketry yam mask from Papua New Guinea. Bug eyed or bird faced mask with heavy incrustation from many years of use, a striking mask that ...
Organic Material
Two Ceremonial Weapon from Highlands of Papua New Guinea Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two Oceanic ceremonial weapons from PNG highlands circa 20th century. It consists of two pieces. The first is an ax with a wood shaft and a flat elongated he...
Rattan, Wood
Nocturnal Bird Mask, Nigeria, Africa, circa 1950
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very beautiful mask with large pronounced eyes with the circular cavity shape. The mask depicts a nocturnal bird that can see in the darkness and manifest the presence of divinities ...
Wood
$2,200
H 4.5 in W 26 in D 4.5 in
A Rare Papua New Guinea Kukukuku 'Pineapple' Stone War Club, Eastern Highlands
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This rare antique Kukukuku (pronounced "cookah-cookah") war club is from the remote Morobe Province located within the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The head is carved from...
Stone
Ancestral Dan Mask 'Deangle' with Cowrie Shells Large
Located in Torquay, GB
Large sized Dan Mask ('Deangle', 'Dan Gle') from Côte d’Ivoire W.Affrica, circa early 20th century. To the Dan people, the 'Deangle' embodies the spirit of an individual ancestor d...
Wood, Paint
$550
H 4.25 in W 2.25 in D 1.5 in
African Dan Passport Family Mask - Carved Wooden Mask from West Africa
Located in Chicago, IL
Created and used from the late 19th century into the 20th century, Dan passport masks served as personal talismans with spiritual connection and as portable identification symbol rep...
Wood
3 Mid-Century Tesselated Stone Aztec Masks
Located in Queens, NY
3 Mid-Century modern pre-columbian style Aztec masks made with various tesselated semi-precious stone (lapis,onyx, quartz, mother-of-pearl) (PRICED EACH)
Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Quartz
$3,950
H 8 in W 6.5 in D 3 in
Nepal Citipati Wood Dance Mask with Open Eyes Mouth Teeth, Black Skull Mask
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Oval very dark wood dance mask from Nepal with powerful expression, open eyes and oval mouth with finely carved teeth. Heavy projecting cheek bones. This mask represents the Tibetan...
Wood
$5,286
H 68.9 in W 8.67 in D 17.72 in
Anthropomorphic Baining Dance Mask – New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Circa 1990
Located in NICE, FR
Anthropomorphic Baining Dance Mask – New Britain, Papua New Guinea Rare and spectacular anthropomorphic Baining dance mask, made of tapa painted with natural pigments, originating f...
Other
Rare 2 Faced Twin Lega Mask DRC Large Sized
Located in Torquay, GB
Rare large twin faced Lega mask of the Bwami society in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), circa 1930s. This mask is very rare in that it is a large size ceremonial mask and would h...
Wood, Paint
Massim Food Bowl Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea
Located in Sharon, CT
Ornately decorated rim, with abstract carvings on bottom. Beautiful rich patina.
Wood
Papua New Guinea Talipun, Boiken, Sepik River Region
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Papua New Guinea: Talipun, Boiken, Sepik River Region Northern Papua New Guinea, 20th Century A fine example of the rich cultural heritage of Papua New ...
Shell, Paint, Feathers, Wicker
Cone Shell Necklace on Stand, Papua New Guinea
Located in New York, NY
A male necklace from the Asmat Village, Papua New Guinea. Large cone shells in concentric rows, seamlessly sewn onto a cotton macrame base, which has been hand-knotted around a sem...
Shell, Cotton, Bamboo
Sold
H 18.75 in W 8.5 in D 6.5 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 face with traces of red, black and yellow pigments, rings of attached cowrie shells an...
Organic Material
Sold
H 13 in W 11.5 in D 3 in
Woven Basketry Flat Yam Mask with Sculptural Face Papua New Guinea bird face
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Woven basketry yam helmet mask from Papua New Guinea. Flat form with projecting nose and eyes, encrusted surface. 13 inches high, mid 20th century. Will look great on the wall!
Organic Material
Rare New Guinea Maprik Painted Mask on Palm Frond, Geometric Design
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A very rare mask with faded but still bright yellow, black and red paint on a triangular shaped or carved palm frond, from the Maprik peoples of Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century. F...
Organic Material
Sold
H 9.5 in W 5.5 in D 4.25 in
Two Small Tightly Woven Basketry New Guinea Yam Masks, Incrusted Paints
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Two small tightly woven Basketry New Guinea Yam masks, with incrusted paints and surfaces. Used to decorate large yams during the annual harvest ceremonies. G...
Organic Material
Carved Suspension Hook Figure Papua New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
This well carved and polychrome decorated suspension hook figure was from the Middle Sepik river region in Papua New Guinea, made by PNG Iatmul people and associated groups. The anthropomorphic piece features a large human ancestor face in the center. The relief carved face has shell inlays for the eyes, a raised nose and a carved mouth. The face is decorated with white and orange ochre earth paints in the classical manner found in the region. The lower part morphed into a bi-furcated hook in the shape of a crescent moon. This type of figure was widely used in the house as a hanging device while serving ancestor worshipping function. Two old paper labels remain on the back. Provenance: Purportedly from the collection of Ralph Ellison...
Wood
Abelam Papua New Guinea Woven Yam Mask
Located in Rochester, NY
An Abelam Papua New Guinea finely woven yam mask decorated with vegetable based pigment paint over clay. From a prominent local collection. This is a beautifu...
Clay, Paint, Organic Material
Vintage Baining Fire Dance Mask, Papua New Guinea
Located in New York, NY
A Baining fire dance helmet mask (Kavat), late 20th century, Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia. Made out of bark cloth, bamboo cane, pigment a...
Bamboo, Raffia
Heavy Oceanic Papua New Guinea or African Carved Wood Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully carved, heavy tribal mask. The mask is from the collection of famed American writer Gore Vidal who was an avid collector of tribal masks and artifacts. It was listed as...
Wood
Large Oceanic or African Tribal Hand Carved Wood Deity Devil Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A rather large, frightening and strange mask. We are not quite sure what region or country this is from but our best guess is that it is from an Oceanic tribe of the Pacific Ocean. I...
Wood
Large Sepik River Tribe Carved Wood Mask from Papua New Guinea
Located in Studio City, CA
Truly a spectacular piece in Scope and design. Carved by a master wood carver from a single piece of wood and decorated with traditional pigments. This particular mask is from the...
Natural Fiber, Wood
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 both beautiful from the hand-carving to the symbolism. Gable figures are almost alway...
Wood
Large Antique Mask, Papua New Guinea Oceanic, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
Antique mask from the estate/collection of Gore Vidal, 19th century. We believe it to be oceanic, perhaps from the Papua New Guinea region but to be p...
Wood