http://tribalcollective.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:51:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Manam Island, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea A beautiful Manam Island dance mask. Carved in narrow classic form; the beak like nose joining above the mouth with deeply carved abstract motif projecting to the sides like a classic European moustache. The mouth and eyes, carved through while the ears and nose are pierced for attachments. [...]]]> http://tribalcollective.com/vibrant-manam-island-dance-mask-watkapura-tc173/ Boiken Area, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea An ancient coastal Boiken turtle shell armband. This example so old that the carapace resembles petrified wood. The entire outer surface with deeply cut curvilinear motif; while the inside with a solid encrusted patina from generations of use. These are becoming very rare in the field these days, and [...]]]> http://tribalcollective.com/stunning-boiken-turtle-shell-armband-tc163/ Manam Island, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea A Manam Island “Tate” (pronounced tete) step ladder. These were once quite commonly used on Manam, and are unique to this region. Carved from the side of large old ocean going canoes, of which there are none these days, with the Islanders preferring to travel by dinghy. [...]]]> http://tribalcollective.com/ancient-manam-tate-step-ladder-tc174/ Manam Island, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea A fantastic stone and shell carved Manam Island kundu drum. The handle flanked by two individual masked faces, while the motif is deeply carved and bears stylised faces at each of the four ends, and amongst the motif several figures. There are six sections of raised pierced ridges [...]]]> http://tribalcollective.com/manam-island-stone-carved-kundu-drum-tc162/ Lower Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea A fine Lower Sepik Dance Mask. Carved from light hard wood in classic form the expressive face surmounted by a carved lizzard descending the forehead; while the ears and nose are pierced for attachments. Layers of vibrant trade and natural pigment decoration from generations of use. [...]]]> http://tribalcollective.com/superb-lower-sepik-dance-mask-tc172/ Manam Island, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea An ancient Manam garamut figure. Stone and shell carved form hard wood, the figure in classic pose with large coffee bean eyes. On the top of the conical head rests a second face and square pierced ears for attachments. Hard to tell if this is the male or [...]]]> http://tribalcollective.com/ancient-manam-island-garamut-figure-tc166/ North Coast, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea An old and well loved betel mortar. Carved form hard wood in large proportions, the bowl and base with incised abstract motif, while four classic masked faces act as pillars. All over smooth encrusted handling patina, while the inside of the bowl is fully betel stained. Circa 1960’s in [...]]]> http://tribalcollective.com/coastal-madang-figural-betel-mortar-tc169/ Woodlark Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea An large canoe prow ornament from Woodlark Island. Light wood with lovely openwork carving, with applied natural pigment decoration. Weathered patina from time at sea; in excellent conditon. Circa 1950’s; custom mounted. Height x Width: 58 x 28 cm or 22.75 x 11 inches. Price: Australian $750.00 make [...]]]> http://tribalcollective.com/large-woodlark-island-canoe-prow-ornament/ Collingwood Bay, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea An old Collingwood Bay Tuttle shell hair comb, beautifully decorated with bagi shell currency and banana seed attachments. The carapace carved finely with linear motif fringing the bagi discs which are attached using bush rope. Smooth edges and surface patina from extensive handling and use, with old loss [...]]]> http://tribalcollective.com/collingwood-bay-turtle-shell-hair-comb-with-bagi-tc171/ Manam Island, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea An elegant Manam Island figural coconut spoon. The handle beautifully decorated with five classic masks, all of individual design, the tip terminating in a stylised crocodile head. The coconut spoon is attached using bark fibre binding, and the whole piece exhibits an all over dark smooth patina from [...]]]> http://tribalcollective.com/manam-island-figural-coconut-ladle-tc165/