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 Humboldt Bay canoe prow.
An old Humboldt Bay canoe prow.
An old Humboldt Bay canoe prow.
An impressive Nukuma female cult figure, nogwi
An impressive Nukuma female cult figure, nogwi
An impressive Nukuma female cult figure, nogwi.
A group of three Marind-Anim sacred spears.
A group of three Marind-Anim sacred spears.
A group of three Marind-Anim sacred spears.
An old Upper Sepik canoe paddle
An old Upper Sepik canoe paddle
An old Upper Sepik canoe paddle.
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.
Sepik figural wooden staff, Papua New Guinea
Sepik figural wooden staff, Papua New Guinea
A Sepik iron wood staff, the finial with two male figures and the shaft with finely carved abstract designs.
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield
A Southern Highlands shield. Decorated in red, white and black trade paint with diamond design. Rope handle on reverse
A beautiful old Ramu River palmwood spear
A beautiful old Ramu River palmwood spear
A beautiful old Ramu River palmwood spear.
Abelam Haus Tamburan decoration, Sepik River
Abelam Haus Tamburan decoration, Sepik River
An old Abelam decoration from a Haus Tamburan Painted palm spathes bound together on a bamboo frame.
Old New Hebrides palmwood spear.
Old New Hebrides palmwood spear.
Old New Hebrides palmwood spear.
An old Northcoast canoe paddle.
An old Northcoast canoe paddle.
An old Northcoast canoe paddle.
A rare and superb New Hebrides dance mask.
A rare and superb New Hebrides dance mask.
A rare and superb New Hebrides dance mask.
An old Mimika canoe paddle, the blade with carved abstract designs on one surface.
An old Mimika canoe paddle, the blade with carved abstract designs on one surface.
An old Mimika canoe paddle, the blade with carved abstract designs on one surface.
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.
Large Abelam spirit figure from a men's house
Large Abelam spirit figure from a men's house
A large and impressive Abelam male spirit figure from a men's house, with extensive polychrome pigments.
An old New Hanover war club.
An old New Hanover war club.
An old New Hanover war club.
West African wooden whistle with a lovely glossy patina
West African wooden whistle with a lovely glossy patina
West African wooden whistle with a lovely glossy patina
A musical percussion instrument, balafon
A musical percussion instrument, balafon
A musical percussion instrument, balafon.
West African wooden whistle with a lovely glossy patina
West African wooden whistle with a lovely glossy patina
West African wooden whistle with a lovely glossy patina
A superb Baga ceremonial drum
A superb Baga ceremonial drum
A superb Baga ceremonial drum used in a fertilty ceremony
Mangbetu drum
Mangbetu drum
Mangbetu drum; hourglass form, membrane intact and secured with wooden pegs.
A Djeitun clay bowl with linear motif in red-brown pigment on the upper rim.
A Djeitun clay bowl with linear motif in red-brown pigment on the upper rim.
A Djeitun clay bowl with linear motif in red-brown pigment on the upper rim, and traces of pigment decoration on the inside surface.
Indus valley painted pottery vessel with meandering linear designs in brown pigment.
Indus valley painted pottery vessel with meandering linear designs in brown pigment.
Indus valley painted pottery vessel with meandering linear designs in brown pigment; remnant red pigment evident