An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.
An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.
An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.
A New Guinea spear with plain shaft
A New Guinea spear with plain shaft
A New Guinea spear with plain shaft.
An old Mendi war shield
An old Mendi war shield
An old Mendi war shield.
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield.
A Solomon Islands spear.
A Solomon Islands spear.
A Solomon Islands spear.
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.
An impressive Nukuma female cult figure, nogwi
An impressive Nukuma female cult figure, nogwi
An impressive Nukuma female cult figure, nogwi.
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 Upper Sepik canoe paddle
An old Upper Sepik canoe paddle
An old Upper Sepik canoe paddle.
A Central Asmat bisj pole.
A Central Asmat bisj pole.
A Central Asmat bisj pole.
An Abelam polychrome wooden yam-board
An Abelam polychrome wooden yam-board
An Abelam polychrome wooden yam-board.
An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.
An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.
An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.
Old New Hebrides palmwood spear.
Old New Hebrides palmwood spear.
Old New Hebrides palmwood spear.
A Western Highlands war shield.
A Western Highlands war shield.
A Western Highlands war shield.
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.
A New Hebrides spear with bone barbs and plain shaft.
A New Hebrides spear with bone barbs and plain shaft.
A New Hebrides spear with bone barbs and plain shaft.
An old Asmat ceremonial spear
An old Asmat ceremonial spear
An old Asmat ceremonial spear.
A fragment from a very old Solomons grave ornament, barava, fashioned from fossilized shell.
A fragment from a very old Solomons grave ornament, barava, fashioned from fossilized shell.
A fragment from a very old Solomons grave ornament, barava, fashioned from fossilized shell.
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.
An old New Hanover war club.
An old New Hanover war club.
An old New Hanover war club.
An old Blackwater River stone boundary marker with carved sprit face
An old Blackwater River stone boundary marker with carved sprit face
An old Blackwater River stone boundary marker with carved sprit face.
Papuan Gulf wooden Kakame figure
Papuan Gulf wooden Kakame figure
Papuan Gulf wooden Kakame figure.
Kwoma mindja figure, Washkuk Hills, Sepik River, New Guinea
Kwoma mindja figure, Washkuk Hills, Sepik River, New Guinea
A Kwoma painted wooden mindja cult figure, used in yam harvest ceremony.