Middle sepik hominoid figure

A Middle Sepik River Figure, possibly Iatmul Janus Figure. Wood, pigment. Papua New Guinea. 21 1/4" x 4 1/2". Condition: Cracks, pigment loss, and gouges. Provenance: From a Virginia Private Collectio

Unusually complex and pristine Karaut (Kara'ut) ornament from the Abelam people of New Guinea. While the abstracted figure with elongated head and dangling legs are the basis of the form, the meticulo

Maprik hills fertility fire OCeania/Malanese; Maprik hills district. Northeast New Guinea. This Abelam ancestral wood figure is featured with carved bird figures on both top and bottom and a man-like

An Oceanic Wood Ancestral Figure Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, Circa 20th Century A.D. Height 28 inches (71 cm). Property of the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa Provenance: Doro

A finely carved wooden hook idol which were considered patron spirits of warfare and hunting. This small handheld example was carried in net bags by their owners to bring success in hunting and battle

A Papua New Guinea Middle Sepik River Mindimbit ancestral male figure sculpture carved wood, natural fiber, red ochres pigment, and cowrie shells depicting a male ancestral figure on a small round pli

A Minja ancestor figure. 20th century. Middle Sepik River. Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. 49 1/2" x 12 1/2" x 1 3/4".

A group of two Oceanic style figures. c.20th century. ++ Korewari style figure. Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River. 10 7/8"h x 2"w (w/o stand); stand: 3 7/8"h x 2 1/2"w x 1 1/2"d ++ Marquesas style

Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea woven wild boar figure. Reinforced with bamboo legs and bands to the inside, with polychrome coloring to body in burnt orange, brown and yellow. Mimicking that of a wild

DESCRIPTION: Middle Sepik River, New Guinea polychrome female ancestor figure wearing cloth loincloth with heart shaped face and hook nose. Attached to wood pedestal. PROVENANCE: From the Saul and Flo

DESCRIPTION: Middle Sepik River, New Guinea polychrome male ancestor figure with arms at sides. Attached to wood pedestal. PROVENANCE: From the Saul and Florence Putterman Collection, Sarasota, Florid

The auction featuring items from the Saul Brandman Foundation. Sculpture in carved wood fabrication. Region of origin: Korewori River area, Middle Sepik, PapuaNew Guinea. The sculpture is a Yipwon fig

GUINEA 1st half 20th c. Carved wood, paint, woven fiber Without stand: 94 1/2" x 17" x 9" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York The Sawos people of the Middle Sepik River region of New Guinea a

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Washkuk Hills, Kwoma people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. Impressive in both scale and skill - a magnificent hand-carved wood figural sculptu

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, probably Middle Sepik River region, late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautifully carved and painted figural head representing a spirit and/or ancestor, boasting a chara

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Washkuk Hills, Kwoma people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. Impressive in both scale and skill - a magnificent hand-carved wood figural sculptu

A group of four Middle Sepik River objects. 20th century. Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. ++ A Nogwi Yam festival figure. 44 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 6". ++ Wooden mask. 25 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 3 1/2". ++ Wooden ma

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 concave, on 4 1/2" x 9 1/4" x 9

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, mid-20th century CE. A delightful and totemic carving of a large-beaked bird - probably a hornbill - standing on a mask-like human face atop a rounded pede

**Originally Listed At $300** Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A heavy wooden figure of a crouching woman with long arms that she is using to leverage herself from the

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, early-mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wood figure, kneeling, with a long, beak-like nose and deep set eyes. Carved as part of his head is another head with wid

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Abelam peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure standing with wide-spread legs and delinea

PNG IATMUL CARVED WOOD ANCESTRAL FIGUREPapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River Region, 20th century, Iatmul People. Polychrome decorated, carved wood figure of a standing male with cowry shell inset eyes

Archaic New Guinea female spirit figure, carved with primitive implements from a solid piece of dense, heavy wood, from the middle Sepik River region, 1920s-1930s, 34-1/2" h