A Naga headhunter's woven head-taking basket, decorated with bird tails & monkey head
A Naga headhunter's woven head-taking basket, decorated with bird tails & monkey head
A Naga headhunter's woven head-taking basket, decorated with bird tails & monkey head.
Palau wooden staff, Micronesia
Palau wooden staff, Micronesia
A Palau wooden staff with abstract carving below the terminal.
An old and impressively decorated Lake Sentani ceremonial food bowl, the form exceptionally shallow.
An old and impressively decorated Lake Sentani ceremonial food bowl, the form exceptionally shallow.
An old and impressively decorated Lake Sentani ceremonial food bowl, the form exceptionally shallow.
Dani adze with stone blade, West Papua
Dani adze with stone blade, West Papua
A large, heavy old Dani adze with stone blade and wooden handle.
An old Naga headhunter ceremonial mithun horn drinking vessel
An old Naga headhunter ceremonial mithun horn drinking vessel
An old Naga headhunter ceremonial mithun horn drinking vessel.
Ancient stone spiritual communication bowl "Wahgi" area Western highlands.
Ancient stone spiritual communication bowl "Wahgi" area Western highlands.
Ancient stone spiritual communication bowl "Wahgi" area Western highlands.
New Guinea wooden adze with cane binding and iron blade
New Guinea wooden adze with cane binding and iron blade
New Guinea wooden adze with cane binding and iron blade.
A Konyak Naga rain shield
A Konyak Naga rain shield
A Naga headhunter rain shield, made of interwoven cain and fiber.
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield.
A rare West New Britain spirit board.
A rare West New Britain spirit board.
A rare West New Britain spirit board.
Asmat drum
Asmat drum
An Asmat drum with abstract incised and relief carving on the body; the handle with openwork carving in the form of a sequence of three birds and curvilinear forms possibly representing snakes.
A beautiful old Ramu River palmwood spear
A beautiful old Ramu River palmwood spear
A beautiful old Ramu River palmwood spear.
A fantastic Ramu River cermonial slit gong drum
A fantastic Ramu River cermonial slit gong drum
A fantastic Ramu River cermonial slit gong drum, displaying red and white pigment, and spirit faced terminal
An old Naga headhunter ceremonial spear.
An old Naga headhunter ceremonial spear.
An old Naga headhunter ceremonial spear.
An old and large Lower Sepik canoe prow, carved in the form of a crocodile
An old and large Lower Sepik canoe prow, carved in the form of a crocodile
An old and large Lower Sepik canoe prow, carved in the form of a crocodile.
A rare West New Britain spirit board.
A rare West New Britain spirit board.
A rare West New Britain spirit board.
An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.
An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.
An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.
A New Guinea Highlands spear with carved shaft
A New Guinea Highlands spear with carved shaft
A New Guinea Highlands spear with carved shaft.
Ifugao head hunter trophy skull, flanked by pig skulls
Ifugao head hunter trophy skull, flanked by pig skulls
Ifugao head hunter trophy skull, flanked by pig skulls.
A large old Asmat carved drum; remnant red and white pigment.
A large old Asmat carved drum; remnant red and white pigment.
A large old Asmat carved drum; remnant red and white pigment.
An old Asmat ceremonial spear
An old Asmat ceremonial spear
An old Asmat ceremonial spear.
A West New Britain dance paddle
A West New Britain dance paddle
A West New Britain dance paddle.
An old Solomon Islands spear.
An old Solomon Islands spear.
An old Solomon Islands spear.
Solomon Islands strand of red glass beads with three stingray mandibles
Solomon Islands strand of red glass beads with three stingray mandibles
Solomon Islands strand of red glass beads with three stingray mandibles.