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An Eastern Sepik River Basin spear thrower Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Oceanic: Artifacts: Pre 1950   item# 953744 (stock# S212)  click for details michael cichon tribal arts 941.224.0440 $700.00  A fine, old example made from a section of rattan with a wooden, composite zoomorphic carving attached to the shaft. The mythological creature is vaguely saurian, somewhat avian in appearance. Surface is darkened and slightly encrusted overall. Original fiber bindings intact. 29"L. From Papua New Guinea. Early-mid 20th century. A Middle Sepik River figurative slit drum (garamut) Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Oceanic: Sculpture: Pre 1940   item# 949965 (stock# NG9932a)  click for details michael cichon tribal arts 941.224.0440 $3,500.00  The various peoples of the Sepik River Basin in Papua New Guinea use drums to accompany their ritual events. Large slit gongs, or slit drums, like this example made by the Iatmul peoples, were usually kept from public view. Their use was mainly for long-distance communication, like a telegraph, among people speaking the same language. These drums are among the most prized possessions of a village. Villagers believe masks and other wooden carvings can be replaced, but a good 'garamut' onl ...click for details An Abelam 'Kara Ut' ornament from Papua New Guinea Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Oceanic: Sculpture: Pre 1950   item# 933488 (stock# A8710L)  click for details michael cichon tribal arts 941.224.0440 $950.00  The Abelam people of Papua New Guinea live between the foothills of the Prince Alexander Mountains to the north and the Sepik River to the south. They are best known for their flamboyant, painted architectural carvings, but they also excel in more delicate, detailed objects, such as this fine, painted fiber, boar's tusk, and shell ornament. It represents a spirit and is anthropomorphic in form. The tusks at the top of the head are not viewed by the Abelam as horns. Rather, they are a remi ...click for details A Huon Gulf wooden ladle with ancestral face Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Oceanic: Sculpture: Pre 1930   item# 929701 (stock# S211)  click for details michael cichon tribal arts 941.224.0440 $1,000.00  Carved from a hard, dense, heavy wood, this old paddle-form ladle shows decades of use long after it had lost a few sections of the more delicate carving. The main, anthropomorphic face at the juncture of the handle and scoop section is that of an ancestor, put there to honor him /her. This helped establish the claims of a family in the community, impressing those who came to use the utensil as a functional object. A zoomorphic, possibly crocodilian, head, decorates the top end of the ladle, prob ...click for details A Sepik River Basin rattan initiation mask (Baba) Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Oceanic: Sculpture: Pre 1950   item# 916390 (stock# S9412L)  click for details michael cichon tribal arts 941.224.0440 $1,200.00  Known as a 'baba' mask, this large, woven fiber helmet was worn by members of a secret society prior to male initiation ceremonies taking place. Its role was to frighten the women and children away from the area. Baba masks were also supposed to allow the participating initiates to do their very best. These rattan creations are marvels of fiber weaving, blending basket-like forms and three-dimensional, openwork elements into surreal abstractions to fit over the head of the wearer. This ...click for details A fine Sepik River wooden trumpet with avi-form head Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Oceanic: Sculpture: Pre 1930   item# 895303 (stock# N3009L)  click for details michael cichon tribal arts 941.224.0440 $2,250.00  This trumpet was used for announcing to fellow villagers that a successful raid on an enemy village had taken place. From the second largest island in the world-New Guinea, comes this exquisitely decorated hardwood trumpet with a bird head effigy finial. In Papua New Guinea, the eastern half of the island, especially along the course of the Sepik River which runs from the central area of the island to the northeast, objects were traded regularly between the various peoples who inhabit its ba ...click for details A fine Sepik River figurative flute stop Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Oceanic: Sculpture: Pre 1950   item# 586074 (stock# S51)  click for details michael cichon tribal arts 941.224.0440 $1,750.00  The muscular, male, ancestral image with emphasized head and sober facial expression, made for use as a flute stop during ceremonial occasions. Part of the contents of a sacred 'spirit house' which housed numerous objects, this very fine carving was collected ca.1941 by a surveyor for the military doing tests for mosquito control prior to US occupation of the South Pacific. In perfect condition with fine, aged patina. 14"H x 3.25"W. From New Guinea. pages:  1