spears - New Guinean
17 item(s) found:
Papua New Guinea collection, of bows, spears and arrows
Two Bougainville spears, of wood one with cane bound barbs, Papua New Guinea, 206 cm Provenance: Ex-collection Dr. Harry Beran, donated to the Oceanic Art Society and now offered for sale in order to raise funds
New Guinea 2 Prong Kwila spear. Length 240 cm
Six various New Guinea bamboo spears. Fishing and hunting spears including bone and cassowary toe. Collected in 1960s. Length 142 cm (Longest)
A Sepik spear point and a walking stick, of wood, Papua New Guinea, 103-106 cm (2)
Spear thrower, Papua New Guinea, a split bamboo shaft with wooden carved ornament in form of a stylised bird and end stopper, attached with cane binding blackened varied patina. Sepik river. Length 98 cm .
Three (3) spears. Papua New Guinea. One with carved decoration and barbed tip, one plain, the last with serrated tip. 203, 211 and 212 cm
An Asmat spear, of wood with openwork terminal and bone spike at apex, 206 cm
Ceremonial Malekula fishing spear, the wooden shaft above an ancestor visage, with three palm wood prongs, polychrome pigments, 204 cm. Provenance: Purchased from New Guinea arts, mid 1998 Note: This lot is sold with the purchase receipt
Five (5) spear and arrow tips. Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands.
Five (5) spears. Pacific Islands and New Guinea .
Three (3) spears. Papua New Guinea . One plain, one with broad head and remains of colouration, the other with barbed tip. 218, 227 and 229 cm
Three (3) spears. Papua New Guinea . Bamboo shafts, wooden tips with woven fibre bindings. 216, 221 and 258 cm
Spear. New Ireland. Fine wooden shaft with obsidian volcanic glass tip, mounted in gum resin and carved with triangular design. Remains of colouration. 148 cm
Three (3) New Guinea ebony spears. Undecorated. Original patina. 280, 285 and 287 cm
Group of three (3) Trobriand harpoon spears. Traditional carved hand-grips. Beautifully weighted and aged. 312, 322 and 331 cm
Two (2) spears. Papua New Guinea, one adorned with fibre, feather and shell decoration, the other with a stylised barbed tip carved in the form of fish eating fish. 220 and 266 cm