The Netherlands

my wife Paula van den Berg and I, Koos Tuber, both anthropologists, traveling a lot through Papua New Guinea and West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides). We love local tribal arts, we collected thousands and thousands of artifacts, all authentic, sometimes old, sometimes more recently but mainly used objects in local traditional cultures. We are happy to give more detailed information about the artifacts we sell here on Catawiki. Please feel free to contact us.

Auctions

Southeast Asian, Oceanic & American Art Auction

Banknotes Auction

Mid 20th century - Natural fibers, fur, cotton - Excellent condition

Spirit wall mask sacred men’s house - 95 cm - Papua New Guinea  (No Reserve Price)

Early 19th century - nephrit green jade stone - Good condition

Large celt, 29 cm - kapak - West-Papua (Nieuw Guinea)  (No Reserve Price)

Late 20th century - Wood - Good condition

Canoe front - 160 cm - sepik river - Papua New Guinea  (No Reserve Price)

Shell - Good condition

Shell ring for barter tribal money - Pal Yua - Abelam - Papua New Guinea  (No Reserve Price)

nephrit jade stone - Good condition

Celt - kapak - sentani - West-Papua (Nieuw Guinea)  (No Reserve Price)

Fertility board, 146 cm - Jali-mek mountains - West-Papua (Nieuw Guinea)  (No Reserve Price)

Late 20th century - Wood and iron - Good condition

Headhunters sword - Borneo, Kalimantan - Mandau - Dayak - Indonesia  (No Reserve Price)

Mid 20th century - jungle fiber - Fair condition

Marind Anim dance skirt 1940’s mission collection - Marind Anim - W  (No Reserve Price)

2 artifacts - Lesser Sunda islands - Indonesia  (No Reserve Price)

Late 20th century - Bone, Wood - Excellent condition

Two masks & Sepik bone dagger - Papua New Guinea  (No Reserve Price)

Late 20th century - Wood - Excellent condition

Hunter’s Idol spirit figure - Garra - hunstein area sepik - Papua New Guinea  (No Reserve Price)

coconut shell and wood - Excellent condition

Set of scorcerer’s tools field coll. 1960’s by Australian friend - sepik plains - Papua New Guinea  (No Reserve Price)

Late 20th century - Wood - Fair condition

Two figures Lower Sepik - West-Papua (Nieuw Guinea)  (No Reserve Price)

Late 20th century - tree bark - Good condition

3 treebark paintings - Aboriginal - Australia  (No Reserve Price)

Three 1950’s eoven objects coll by Dutcbh government doctor in Asmat - Marind Anim - West-Papua (Nieuw Guinea)  (No Reserve Price)

Late 20th century - jungle fiber - Excellent condition

Wall mask, 65 cm, on outside front of sacred men’s house - lower sepik - Papua New Guinea  (No Reserve Price)

Wood - Fair condition

Sentani paddle - 155 cm - dayung - lake Sentani - West-Papua (Nieuw Guinea)  (No Reserve Price)

Mid 20th century - teeth and tiny trade beads - Good condition

Earring from Chief’s family - Solomon Islands  (No Reserve Price)

Mid 20th century - Wood - Good condition

Phallocrypt Auwjoe people Papua - South Papua - West-Papua (Nieuw Guinea)  (No Reserve Price)

Late 20th century - bark tapa with casuaris feathers - Excellent condition

Head dress in style of Sentani Papua - Topi asli - West-Papua (Nieuw Guinea)  (No Reserve Price)

Various grades

Netherlands Indies, Netherlands New Guinea. - 6 banknotes - various dates  (No Reserve Price)

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