Abelam Yam Harvest Festival Mask
A yam mask, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, middle 20th century. Used in yam harvest festivals by the Abelam people of the Prince Alexandre mountains. Yam growing is integral to Abelam life; a man's status is interwined with his long yam growing abilities.…
Luke Bill's Papua New Guinea Mask Pair
A pair of masks by Luke bill, Angoram village, Papua New Guinea, 20th century. Two ovoid faces carved from hardwood. With wrapped cane edging and decorated with cassowary feathers. Coloured black with natural pigments. Largest length 28 cm, width 12 cm.…
Sepik Ancestral Figure Mask with Elaborate Carvings
A middle Sepik River ancestral figure mask, Papua New Guinea, squatting figure raised on a curvilinear triangle, elbows resting on the thighs, elongated nose reaches the base, imposing headdress, body shaped as another ancestral figure, rattan structure…
Ramu River Cassowary Feather Mask
A Ramu River mask from the Madang Province, facial features carved in high relief and painted with umber and black pigments, framed with cassowary feathers. Metal hook with fiber binding for suspension, 81 cm height
Sepik River Yam Mask: Woven Fiber Art
A Papua New Guinea Sepik River yam mask, woven fiber, 46 cm height
Ramu River House Board and Mask
A Papua New Guinea Ramu River house board and mask, carved wood figures from the Madang Province. Some losses. Collected in 1972, 80 cm, 75 cm height
Papua New Guinea Wood Carvings and Mask
A Papua New Guinea mask and figure, a carved wood Ramu River flute mask with painted black, red and Kaolin pigments, and a Romkun figure, 39 cm, 40 cm height
Papua New Guinea Mask with Cassowary Feathers and Boar Tusks
Papua New Guinea mask, decorated with cassowary feathers, boar tusks and cowrie shells, Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 55 cm height
Sepik River Mei Mask
Papua New Guinea middle Sepik River Latmul Mei mask, 20th century Mei mask. Wood, pigments, cowry shells, boar tusk, hair and clay, Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 76 cm height
Sepik River Gable Mask from Dame Gibbs Collection
A Papua New Guinea middle Sepik River mask, painted carved wood. Original label affixed to reverse: 'David Jones, gable mask, Palembai, Provenance: Dame Jenny Gibbs collection, 67 cm height
Sepik River Mask Wall Hanging with Cassowary Feathers
Papua New Guinea Sepik River mask wall hanging with cassowary feathers, 49 cm height
Papua New Guinea Tribal Mask with Natural Decorations
A Papua New Guinea clay on raffia painted mask, decorated with boar tusk, cowrie shell, and cassowary feathers, 31 cm height
Witu Islands Dance Mask with Shell Accents
Papua New Guinea, Witu Islands dance mask, decorated in tones of red, white and black and accented with shells, with fabric covering for neck, a/f (damage to fabric), height 105 cm
Abelam Maprik Mask with Natural Pigment Traces
Papua New Guinea, Abelam Maprik mask, with traces of natural pigment in tones of red, white and black, height 18 cm and width 8 cm
Abelam Yam Mask: Rare Quality and Great Form
Papua New Guinea, Abelam, yam mask, small, tightly woven and very well patinated Maprik yam mask of the type used to decorate individual long yams at harvest exchange ceremonies. Classic example of rare quality, showing good age, tight weaving, excellent…
Papua New Guinea Tribal Masks by John Lean Pender
Two tribal masks, carved wood and fibre with remains of earth pigment decoration, Papua New Guinea origin, collected by John Lean Pender, an Australian ex-pat living in New Guinea in the 1930s and 40s who returned to Australia in 1942 upon the Japanese…
Papua New Guinea Shell & Feather Mask: Decorative Delight
A decorative shell and feather mask, Papua New Guinea, 34 cm diameter
Papuan Gulf Gope Board and Abelam Mask: Indigenous Artifacts
A Papuan Gulf Gope board together with an Abelam mask, the board 67 cm long, the mask 49 cm long
A ceremonial shell inlaid mask, coastal Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, 70 cm high
A large Papua New Guinea mask, height 78 cm
Papua New Guinea Sepik River house mask, of lozenge form, in the form of elongated mask with animal nose, accented with cowrie shells and natural fibre, in tones of natural white, black and ochre pigments, height 73 cm
Papua New Guinea Sepik River house/gable mask, in the form of elongated head, set with cowrie shell eyes, flanked by ears, with elongated beak, with oval shaped back, in natural tones of black and white, height 40 cm
Papua New Guinea Sepik River chest ornament, of mask form, set with cowrie shells, boars tusk and natural fibre, height 26 cm (not including robe)
Papua New Guinea old carved wood suspension hook, the male mask to the top with pale pigmented highlights. Latmul culture, Suapmeri village, middle Sepik River area. Representing manhood and succession of the hunt, height 42 cm.
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