Ledoux Black Crate From New Guinea Expedition

Extra 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 used to pack and secure items t

New Guineana 1942 - 1964 A Bibliography of Books Printed Between 1942 and 1964 Relating To The Territory of Papua and New Guinea Author: W. A. McGrath Dated:

Personal letters from Douglas L. Oliver to Louis Pierre Ledoux dated Feb. 1938 and May 1937. 1938 letter, written on Harvard University stationary, sent to Louis Pierre Ledoux in New Guinea, is very p

A group of two black palm bows and four arrows. East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. ++ Black palm bow with bamboo string. ++ Black Palm bow. ++ 4 Bamboo arrows. Largest: 77" x 5" x 1 1/2". Smallest

Simbai Papua New Guinea flat black shield, 48"h x 29"w. Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Wood, shells. Papua New Guinea, Mid-Late 20th C. Height: 38 3/4", Length:10 1/4", Width: 1 1/2". A figural basket hook made of carved hardwood. Black finish and cowry shell eyes.

Korewori River, Papua New Guinea, with black, white and iron red pigments and accented with cowrie shell, h 244cm

Carved wood "Savi" mask, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, with red, black, and white kaolin pigments, embellished with cowrie shells and feathers, animal tusks protruding from nose, carved wooden crocod

FOUR HIGHLANDS STONE AXE HEADS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Including a black hardstone axe, of elongated tear drop form, with a curved cutting edge and tapering to a point; a small axe with a wide curved cuttin

Wosera / Arapesh Lintel, Papua New Guinea. Wood, Red, Yellow, Black, and White Pigment. This carved wood lintel features large faces on each end and 13 small figures in the center, with polychrome dec

Two large Oceanic carved and painted wood masks: tall oblong face with long nose and small mouth, in red, black and white, probably Sepik, Papua New Guinea; together with a small face showing round ch

Abelam people, Maprik Hills, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, basketry painted with black, orange, yellow and white earth pigments. Overall good condition. Some surface wear. Approx. dimensions

TWO HIGHLANDS STONE AXE HEADS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Both formed of black hardstone, with a curved cutting edge tapering to a flat butt, 23.6cm & 23.5cm long, (2) Provenance: Collection of Professor Robert

Black Palm Fishing Arrow from the Sepik River Area Tribes of New Guinea. It has a few scratches in the wood. It measures 56 inches long.

A Massim Lime Spatula, New Guinea Finely carved geometric patterns Black and shiny patina Length: 20 inches Great compliment to any tribal, primitive or Oceanic arts collection Provenance: Astrid & Dr

A pair of New Ireland stone axe heads, Papua New Guinea, both in a dark black stone, one rather ovoid in shape with original polish and rounded cutting edge, 5 ¼ x 2 7/8 in (13.3 x 7.3 cm), the secon

wood ("Alstonia scholaris"), shell inlay ("Turbo Phetolatus opercula"), lime, red ochre, black pigment, hairdo from short cut brush-like plantfibre tufts, which were pressed in blackish mass, thin ver

Papua New Guinea Abelam Wooden Figure of a Man With shell eyes, decorated with red and black pigments. Height of figure 35 inches (88.9 cm)

Wosera, New Guinea lintel, complete and intact. Wosera people, Middle Sepik Region. Decorated in polychrome red, yellow, white and black traditional paints. Line of eleven clan ancestor depictions in

lime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tat

wood, pigments, shell inlay, black clay like mass, base The term "malagan" refers collectively to a complex series of ceremonies and the visual art forms associated with them. Most of these impressive

wood, white and black pigment, red and yellow ochre, raised middle ridge, painted with six ancestor spirit heads, plant fibre tassels along rim and through pierced septum (partly missing or brittle),

Abelam Papua New Guinea carved figure, early 20h Century, large and old polychrome decorated in red, orange, mustard yellow and black, having a large head, bent arms and legs, descending phallus, surr

DESCRIPTION: Papua New Guinea shield and paddle. Includes: 1) Trobriand Island paddle with stand. Carved with red and black pigments. Mask design to one side. 61-3/4". Losses to tip of paddle. 2) Larg