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Antique Maori hard wood stick staff Tiki design Oceanic Polynesian
Located in London, GB
Antique Maori hard wood stick staff Tiki design Oceanic Polynesian
A Finely carved antique Maori hard wood stick
A Maori hard wood staff or walking ...
Category
Early 20th Century Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Australian Aboriginal Art Barbara Charles Napaltjarri Hunting Dreaming Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original acrylic on canvas painting titled "Hunting Dreaming" by indigenous Australian Aboriginal artist B...
Category
1980s Tribal Vintage Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
Australian Aboriginal Art Leanna Wanjidari Reid Signed Black Marlin Triptych
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, beautifully composed, gorgeously colored, quite engaging very large triptych screenprint titled "Black Marlin" by indigenous Australian...
Category
20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Shield, Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Shield, Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
This large, post contact, shield is traditionally decorated in bold colors with a central circle. This ...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Enamel, Wire
Fiji Ula Club Polynesian war club Tribal Oceanic Antiques
Located in London, GB
Fiji Ula Club Polynesian war club Tribal Oceanic
A good antique Fiji Ula throwing club
With naturally occurring root fissures on the ball head
Good condition with minor age cra...
Category
19th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Tonga Pakipaki War Club, Polynesia, 18th Century
Located in Delft, NL
A Tonga Pakipaki war club, Polynesia, 18th century
An exceptional ironwood war club originating from Tonga, Polynesia. 18th century and hand carved with complex geometric patterns running the length of the shaft.
4 human and 1 botanical glyphs and a extra carving, see details in picture 2
The Tongan war club...
Category
18th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Australian Aboriginal Painting Rain Dreaming Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
By Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A contemporary painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (1943-). Entitled "Rain Dreaming", the artwork was acrylic on canvas and painted in 1999
Fully documented: originally purchased in 1999 from Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, cat. no. KA 708/99; The in the collection of The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica; It was exhibited in: "G'Day LA" Australia Week, in partnership with the Australian Consulate Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, 15-25 January 2004. It is housed in a black thin wood frame.
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was born in Pintupi land at Muyinnga, about 100 kilometres west of the Kintore Range, just across the Western Australian border. He is the son of Uta Uta Tjangala’s older brother, Minpuru Tjangala (c.1899–1976).
Artist's Biography (Courtesy of Art Gallery NSW)
After his initiation into Pintupi law at the site of Yumari, Tjampitjinpa and his younger brother Smithy Zimran Tjampitjinpa walked into the Aboriginal community of Yuendumu. They later joined their parents and other siblings – who had come in to Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) in 1956 from the Dover Hills/Yumari area – at the new settlement of Papunya. Tjampitjinpa worked as a labourer, assisting with the fencing of the aerodromes at Papunya and Ikuntji. He was one of the youngest of the group of men who began painting at the start of the Western Desert art movement in 1971, and was a founder of Paunya Tula Artists.
During the 1970s, Tjampitjinpa was preoccupied with returning to his traditional lands and became a strong advocate for the outstation movement, travelling between meetings in Papunya, Yuendumu, Wirrimanu (Balgo) and Mount Doreen Station. His goal was finally achieved with the establishment of the Walungurru (Kintore) settlement in 1981. Tjampitjinpa moved there with his young family in 1983, establishing an outstation at Ininti (Redbank) and serving as chairman of the Kintore Outstation Council. During this period, he emerged as one of Papunya Tula Artists’ major painters, pioneering the bold, scaled-up, linear style that came to dominate many of the Walungurru painters’ work during the 1990s. His distinctive aesthetic preoccupa-tion is exemplified in the untitled works of 1994 and 2001. Now one of the last founding members of Papunya Tula Artists, Tjampitjinpa’s career spans more than 40 years. He has had six solo exhibitions since 1989 in Australia, most recently at Utopia Art, Sydney.
Throughout the 1980s Tjampitjinpa worked devotedly on a land claim for Ininti, holding meetings in Darwin, Warmun (Turkey Creek...
Category
1990s Modern Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik Woven Yam Mask Yellow Pigments on Custom Base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik River area tightly woven raffia yam mask with areas of heavy yellow and black pigments. In profile small bird beak form at bottom...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
20th Century Tribal Bamboo Comb, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid to late 20th century incised bamboo comb, Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
This large incised comb is typical of the bamboo combs of the Huon Gulf area. This parti...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Tribal Tapa Cloth, Fiji
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tapa cloth made from mulberry fiber with natural pigments, Fiji, mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Large Papua New Guinea Sepik River Mask Strong Face
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large dark brown carved wood mask with underlying traces of red pigment, from New Guinea Sepik River Area. Strong downward looking expression, carved fringe edges. Signs of wear an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Polynesian war-club or 'Gata waka'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Fiji, probably early 20th century
Polynesian culture is traditionally a culture of power and prestige, and there was a fine line between battle and ceremony. Warrior people par exce...
Category
Early 20th Century Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
Carved Wood Aboriginal Shield, Western Australia
Located in Atlanta, GA
A tall and narrow parrying shield from the Aboriginal people living in the Western Australia. The piece was carved out of a single block of hard wood t...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Rare Papua New Guinea Kukukuku War Club, Eastern Highlands - Morobe Province
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This rare antique Kukukuku (pronounced "cookah-cookah") war club originates from the Morobe Province, which is a very remote area located within the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Gu...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Rattan, Wood
18th Century Polynesian Hardwood Ula Tavatava or Throwing War Club from Fiji
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Polynesian hardwood Ula tavatava or throwing war club
Fiji, probably 18th century
All-over decorated in incised pattern, the bulbous top seems to have a stone grown into it.
H. 42 cm
Including museum-quality powder-coated stand.
Provenance:
Private collection, France
Polynesian culture is traditionally a culture of power and prestige, and there was a fine line between battle and ceremony. Warrior people par excellence, the Fijians had at their disposal a large panoply of weapons, each for a specific use.
The elegant Gata are called gun-sticks by Europeans due to the recognizable form. However, they are designed after a snake, gata in Fijian language. The Ula throwing clubs...
Category
18th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Australian Aboriginal Art Bobby Barrdjaray Nganjmirra Painting Rainbow Serpant
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original stone painting titled "Rainbow Serpent, Ngalyod" by prominent Australian Aboriginal artist Bobby Barrdjaray Nganjmirra (1915-1992). Th...
Category
1970s Tribal Vintage Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
Vanuatu War club pierces sternum Vanuatu/New Hebrides - Oceanic Art - Melanesia
Located in Leuven, BE
Rare Vanuatu War club pierces sternum Vanuatu/New Hebrides - Art Oceania - Melanesia - Pentecost Island Museum piece!!!
Vanuatu Pentecost Island
Period: 19th Century ca 1800
Length: ...
Category
19th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Early Papua New Guinea Carved Coconut Scoop or Spoon with Figure
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Early Papua New Guinea Carved Coconut Scoop or Spoon with Figure
Scoop is 3 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4", on custom wood and metal base total height 7 1/2 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Maori Hand Carved Tribal Sculpture of Hunter
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Hand carved Maori sculpture of a hunter carrying a crocodile and fish.
Category
1940s Tribal Vintage Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Australian Aboriginal Art Janet Forrester Ngala Painting Snake & Milky Way Dream
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and quite engaging original painting titled "Snake And Milky Way Dreaming" by indigenous Australian Aboriginal artist Janet ...
Category
20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Acrylic
A Finely Carved Polynesian Maori Feather ‘Treasure Box’ and Cover
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Polynesian Maori Feather ‘Treasure Box’ and Cover
With superb colour and patina
Wood, haliotis (abalone) shell
New Zealand
Early ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Papuan Gulf New Guinea Bioma Standing Red/White Figure Tod Barlin col
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Papua New Guinea standing figure from the Bioma peoples with raised designs, stylized classic face, and additional face in stomach. Mounted on custom metal and wood base. traces of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Ancient Fiji Islands Flat Serving Bowl or Platter 19th century Polynesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Ancient Fiji Islands Flat Serving Bowl or Platter 19th century, made of very dense hardwood with deep patina, and expected wear on bottom. Two small opposing holes for suspension.
B...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early Papua New Guinea Weathered Sepik Stylized Hook Figure Mask
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea abstract hook figure or mask with two opposing hooks, and central looped design, Sepik River area. Some chips missing to central loops. Small hole at top for s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Mid-20th Century Tami Islands Papua New Guinea Tribal Wooden Feast Bowl
Located in Point Richmond, CA
mid-20th century Tami Islands Papua new guinea wooden feast bowl
Of classic form, each end carved with raised and incised imagery depicting stylized sea cr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Kaolin, Wood
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik Woven Raffia Talipun Mask Red Pigments ex Hamson
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik tightly woven raffia mask from a talipun bride price currency piece. Old very encrusted surface.
Areas of red and other pigments. Wonderful heart shaped...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Solomon Islands Santa Cruz Hand Carved Conical Head "Duka" Figure, 1930s
Located in South Burlington, VT
Originally collected in the Solomon Islands in 1938, this one of a kind treasure from the south pacific comes from a private oceanic collection.
This is a Solomon Islands Santa Cruz hand carved figure called a Duka, circa 1930s.
It was carved in an extremely hard native wood and features a finely carved, unusual extended conical head, a handwoven loin cloth and turmeric encrustation. For your convenience, many of our photographs were taken in natural day light which accurately illuminate surface areas depicting original dark patina that you would expect from an important early carving such as this one. We will include a complimentary custom wood display base that you see photographed.
Dimensions: 21.25 inches high
Provenance: collected in l938 and originally acquired by a visiting French collecting tourist in the Solomon Islands then to dealer and Texas collector and to our private collection in year 2000 so could have been a specially crafted fine 1930s tourist sculpture piece for the visiting French tourist.
History:
Duka sculpture from Nendo Island, politically part of the Solomon Islands, is distinctive, and only a limited number of works have been documented. The conical extension at the back of the head represents a man's hairstyle. Called abe, its construction and shape was a symbol of wealth and high social status, and for older men, it also served the practical purpose of covering bald spots. All Nendo figure refer to deities or supernatural beings (Ellis: 2009, pp. 78-85)
Auction sale: Bonhams Auctions April 28, 2015 sale. Exceptional Lime Container...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wood
Shell Currency Yua Bride's Price, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yua Shell Currency, Bride’s Price
Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea
Hand carved from a clam shell
Measures: 7 x 7.5 in / 18 x 19 cm
Height on cus...
Category
20th Century Other Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Shell
18th Century Polynesian Ironwood Gata Waka or War Club from Fiji
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Polynesian ironwood Gata waka or war club
Fiji, probably 18th century or earlier
Measures: Height. 97 cm
Including museum-quality powder-coated stand.
Provenance:
Private collection, France
Polynesian culture is traditionally a culture of power and prestige, and there was a fine line between battle and ceremony. Warrior people par excellence, the Fijians had at their disposal a large panoply of weapons, each for a specific use.
The elegant Gata are called gun-sticks by Europeans due to the recognizable form. However, they are designed after a snake, gata in Fijian language. The Ula throwing clubs...
Category
18th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Asmat Tribe Handled Drum New Guinea
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Sculptural Dance Drum hand-carved by the Asmat Tribe Papua, New Guinea. The fine Hourglass form Drum with handle on one side and flange on the other with traditional incised Mask d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Mendi Carved-Wood War Shields from Papua New Guinea on Custom Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Papua New Guinea Mendi wooden war shields on custom stands from the mid-20th century. This pair of war shields originate from the Mendi region, within the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. These oceanic war shields were not only created for protecting oneself for tribal warfare, but also in ancestral and ritual worship. They are adorn in various motifs, coloring and symbolism, intended to protect the carrier from magic and bring fear to the opponent. The shields are displayed upright on a custom black iron Stand, with the tallest of the set standing at a height of over 4.5 ft tall. This pair of Papua New Guinea shields...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
Aboriginal Desert Shield Red Pigment Fine Incised Lines Australia on Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid-20th century Aboriginal Desert Shield of lightweight wood with finely incised carved vertical lines on front and back, encrusted red pigment, simple curved oval shape, b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik Woven Raffia Talipun Mask With Pigments Custom Base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea Sepik tightly woven raffia mask from a talipun bride price currency.
Areas of white, black and red pigments. Wonderful heart shaped face with open eyes and mouth.
This mask or face would have been tied to a large shell which was the currency used...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
A pair of monkey skull amulets
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Probably Papua New Guinea, or Borneo, Dayak, late 19th/early 20th century
H. approx. 12 cm (incl. stand, each)
Provenance:
Private collection, Flanders
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
Early Papua New Guinea Painted Maprik Wood Mask Curves Old Pigments
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Papua New Guinea painted Maprik carved hard wood mask. Mid-20th century, with wonderful curved expressive asymmetrical face. Long nose with pierced septum. Faded polychrome pig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
Bis Pole Sculpture by Asmat People
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ritual artifact from the tribe of the Asmat poeple, an ethnic group of New Guinea living in the Papua province of Indonesia and South-western regions of Papua New Guinea, bis or bisj pole is carved out of a wild Mangrove tree and can reach a stunning height Their carvings depict stacked human and animal figures standing and on top always phallic symbols, in the shape of a canoe prow. Bis poles...
Category
20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Yam Ancestor Figure TOTEM Pole Papua New Guinea with Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A yam ancestor TOTEM pole from the mid-Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea. Carved out of a solid wood by the Abelam people, who cultivated yams as their main crop, the pole featu...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Kanak "kagu" Wooden Bird Beak Puzzle, New Caledonia, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Rare Kanak war club of the "Kagu" type (Bird's beak) in hardwood, from New Caledonia, Melanesia, 19th century.
This is an exceptional Kanak art collector's item due to its imposing ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Oceanic Ramu River Sepik Papua Crocodile headrest Tribal Art Interior Design
Located in London, GB
A superbly executed carved and painted Crocodile Headrest from the Sepik region of Papua new Guinea
The crocodile image finely carved in linear form with serrated tail with the cane Legs, the crocodile is revered and is a important part of the mythology of the Sepik region and features heavily in Sepik art...
Category
Early 20th Century Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Aboriginal Australian Stone-Cut Wunda Shield
Located in London, GB
This 19th century finely incised, stone-cut Aboriginal Wunda shield from Australia (Western Desert) exhibits lineal decorations to the front and the rear.
- Ex Private Collection, ...
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Organic Material
A Solomon Islands red feather money coil or 'Tevau'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Santa Cruz, Nendö, late 19th/early 20th century
Retaining an original leaf in which these coils were wrapped.
L. 72 cm (stretched out)
Diam. 34 cm (roll)
One of the most remarkabl...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Feathers
A rare Papua 'Gope' Spirit board from the Schulze Westrum collection
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare Papua 'Gope' Spirit board from the Schulze Westrum collection
New Guinea, Papua Gulf, probably Urama people, late 19th–early 20th century
H. 114 x W. 27 cm
Provenance:
- Co...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Huli wigman's ceremonial headdress
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Papua New Guinea, Central Highlands, Huli people, 1st half 20th century
Crafted from the wearer’s own hair and adorned with colorful bird-of-paradise feathers, flowers, scarab beetl...
Category
20th Century Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Feathers
A rare Papua 'Gope' Spirit board from the Schulze Westrum collection
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare Papua 'Gope' Spirit board from the Schulze Westrum collection
New Guinea, Papua Gulf, probably Urama people, late 19th–early 20th century
Attached to the back are several 'b...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Aboriginal Carved Wood Woomera Australia Tribal Art Interior Design
Located in London, GB
Fine Large Aboriginal woomera carved in hard mulga wood with pleasing curved chip carved interior with gum handle and possum tooth barb
Beautiful p...
Category
Early 20th Century Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
A Rare Double Roll of Pacific Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz, Red Feather Currency
Located in London, GB
A Rare Double Roll of Pacific Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz, Red Feather Currency ‘Tevau’
Plant fibre, bark strips, red bird feathers, small shells, glass beads
Solomon Islands
...
Category
19th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Feathers
An engraved Sepik cassowary bone dagger
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Papua New Guinea, Sepik Region, Abelam people, early 20th century
Bone daggers in the Sepik region are traditionally crafted from the thigh bone of the ca...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Bone
Australian boomerang, 19th century
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A 19th century boomerang from Australia.
Good patina and presented on a stand.
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Papua New Guinea "Yam Festival" Masks
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Papua New Guinea yam festival masks from the mid 20th century. These vintage ceremonial masks, also referred to as a baba mask, originate from the Abelam people, along the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Iron
A delicate tortoiseshell 'armband' from the Lower Sepik River Province
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Sepik River Province, Papua New Guinea, probably late 19th century
Tortoiseshell bracelets are frequently more than just ornaments in Sepik River civilizations; they are representat...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Aboriginal Body Painting Terrence Gurruwiwi Elcho Island, Australia
Located in Atlanta, GA
Title: Gumatj Ceremonial chest paint
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 32" H x 28.5" W
Date created: November 2006
Artist: Terrence Gaypamany Gurruwiwi
Language: Glapu
Date of birth: 06/09/1984
The painting depicts the traditional body paint onto the chest during ceremonies of the local aboriginal communities. It is
signed by the artist on verso as shown and also retains a stamp from Elcho Island Art...
Category
Early 2000s Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Canvas
Papua New Guinea Iatmul People Initiation Mask, Middle Sepik River, Mid-20th C.
Located in San Francisco, CA
A mid-20th century large ceremonial initiation mask likely by the Iatmul people of the middle Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, located between the Blackwater River and Karawari River in East Sepik Province.
Impressively sized and well executed fantastical bird-like form with a 20-inch-long beak or nose and wide-open mouth, comprised of tightly hand-woven wicker basketry over a bent wood frame. Darkened surface is hand-painted with black, white, and salmon-colored natural earth pigment details and shapes.
A copper-colored, hand-knotted raffia fringe embellishes nearly the entire perimeter of the piece. A fluffy tuft of cassowary feathers decorates the tip of the beak or nose, while a few more cassowary feathers remain at the top of the head. Opening on underside is 9.5 inches in diameter.
Papua New Guinean masks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Wicker, Raffia, Paint, Feathers, Bentwood
Painted Wood Splash Boards on Stands from Papua New Guinea, 2 Available
Located in Atlanta, GA
Note: This listing is for 1 of the Papa New Guinea Splash Boards featured, so if you decide to purchase, let us know which one you'd like.
These decorative painted red and dark grey...
Category
20th Century Oceanic Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
