Asmat, New Guinea Trophy Head, Wood w/ Blackish Patina

Asmat, New Guinea Trophy Head, Wood w/ Blackish Patina. 15 inches tall. See attached photos as evidence of condition and details.

Asmat "Wuramon" Spirit Boat, Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood. A large Asmat spirit boat with 3 men carrying a trophy head. Mid 20th century. Size: 64'' x 8'' x 10'' (163 x 20 x 25 cm). Prove

Vintage tribal head from the Sepik New Guinea region. Features the form of a human head with polychrome decoration and cowrie shell eyes. Capped with hair fibers embedded in clay. Measures 8" x 5" x 5

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Iatmul people, ca. 20th century CE. A highly-detailed set of two carved wooden trophy heads, each with fine facial details and painted mask-like face in hu

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A large, hand-carved wooden skull - replete with large eye orbitals, a deep nasal cavity, and a gaping toothy grin. In the past, headhunting was a

wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, slightly hollowed, underside and rim decorated with engraved ornaments, raised round emblem in the centre, plaited band from plant fibre for suspension, slightly

iron wood, brown patina, deep hollowed eye sockets inlaid with red seeds pressed into clay-like mass, pierced septum with wooden stick, handwritten numbers "70" and "1933" on the bottom, min. dam., cr

AN INDONESIAN TRIBAL PAINTED AND CARVED WOOD CANOE FIGUREHEAD, ASMAT PEOPLES, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, with a flat topped head and short hairstyle above deep angular blackened eyes and a slightly opened mout

AN INDONESIAN TRIBAL PAINTED AND CARVED WOOD CANOE FIGUREHEAD, ASMAT PEOPLES, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, with a flat topped head and short hairstyle above deep angular blackened eyes and a slightly opened mout

Papua New Guinea naturalistically carved wood crocodile head encrusted with shells (some losses) 12"h x 31"w x 14"

wood, blackish brown patina, red pigment, head with long snout, projecting crest on the parting and smaller one on the forehead, flanked by stylized horns, carved with small ears, grooved ornamental d

Dimensions: H 80" x W 26" Condition: Crack to wood

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fabulous hand-carved wooden head of an ancestral figure. The elongated visage features inlaid white shell eyes, one w

**Originally Listed At $500** Indonesia, western Irian Jaya, Asmat people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A drum made from light wood, with a lizard skin drum head. The drum has an hourglass shape and an el

**Originally Listed At $600** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful wood food bowl hand-carved with twin, openwork handles and heads f

DESCRIPTION: Asmat ornamnet, Irian Jaya/Papua New Guinea, possibly a prow, made of light wood in slender openwork form. Decorated with classic elements, including three men, bird heads and incised pat

wood, feathers, rattan, plant fibre cord, blackish mass, anthropomorphic head on stylized body (legs recognizable in back view), plume of twenty-six trimmed frigate bird feathers, old collection numbe

Lot of 8 Papau New Guinea Objects. 3 Middle Sepik "Mai" masks. 1 Asmat carved handle, 1 Latmol flute stopper, 1 latmol flute bamboo (split), 1 wood paddle, 1 sm carved head. Poor condition all. Proven

A Sepik River Basin Carved and Painted Wood Suspension Hook, Papua New Guinea, 20th Century, Depicting five connected head with one on verso surmounted by a bird. H: 38 W: 15 D: 3 in. The Collection o

Dogon, Mali, carved wood elongated figure with head turned to the right, darkened patina, 18"h x 4.25"w PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

Bambara, Mali, wood mask, darkened patina with remnant red pigment, herringbone pattern on head, 9"h x 5.25"w x 1.75"d PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

Old Asmat New Guinea Wood Drum 48''x6.5''. Carved and polychrome painted with pierced figural handle. Missing snake skin at top. Slight edge chipping.

Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik River, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous stylized ancestor figure that fits snugly into a fiber and shell bilum bag. The guardian has an anthropomorphic

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, central Papua New Guinea, Wahgi Valley, Mount Hagen, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden bowl of a massive size with a rounded but stable