Share your Papua New Guinea pieces - Collecting Tiki

PP Prikli Pear Tiki Socialite New Braunfels, Texas Joined: Jan 04, 2017 Posts: 1035	PP Prikli Pear Posted posted on Thu, Oct 10, 2024 1:11 PM Up until now I didn't have much in the way of PNG art, but my wife scored at an estate sale in Canyon Lake this past weekend. She came away with three impressive pieces. These are tourist pieces (as confirmed by an appraiser), but I think they're great and serve my needs nicely. First up is a spirit mask originating from Mindabit (Mindimbit) Village at the junction of the Sepik and Karawari Rivers in Papua New Guinea. This is the only piece that came with any type of documentation and describes the mask as having "legendary bird on forehead." There are holes along the length of the bird that look like some kind of decoration (raffia?) was tied there in the past. It is my understanding these date from sometime after 1960. The house they came from was small and built in the 1970s. I'm guessing this mask (as well as the other pieces) is nearly 50 years old.

Up until now I didn't have much in the way of PNG art, but my wife scored at an estate sale in Canyon Lake this past weekend. She came away with three impressive pieces. These are tourist pieces (as confirmed by an appraiser), but I think they're great and serve my needs nicely.

First up is a spirit mask originating from Mindabit (Mindimbit) Village at the junction of the Sepik and Karawari Rivers in Papua New Guinea. This is the only piece that came with any type of documentation and describes the mask as having "legendary bird on forehead." There are holes along the length of the bird that look like some kind of decoration (raffia?) was tied there in the past. It is my understanding these date from sometime after 1960. The house they came from was small and built in the 1970s. I'm guessing this mask (as well as the other pieces) is nearly 50 years old.

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Post #814049 by Prikli Pear on Thu, Oct 10, 2024 1:11 PM