- OLD KONYAK NAGA HEADHUNTER BASKETOld
Konyak Naga Headhunter Basket - old, large, cane headhunter basket in excellent condition, classically and tightly woven in two tiers, adorned with three large monkey skulls...
[more like this] - ANTIQUE TIMOR BELT AND BETEL NUT CONTAINERBetel
set including beaded lime holder, spoon, etc.,wood, beads, old coins, bone, West Timor, 19th/early 20th c; and a rare ceremonial belt for headhunting, tapestry weave, twining;...
[more like this] - 3 TIMOR HEADHUNTER SKIRTS3 Headhunter
skirts, "pilu salaf", early 20th century, cotton, tapestry weave, Timor. Range in Size: 30" x 11" to 35" x 9".
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[more like this] - RARE PUA KOMBU SUNGKIT, 19TH C.19th
century ceremonial weaving, "Pua kombu sungkit", cotton, Iban people, Borneo. Such textiles played an important role in headhunting ceremonies. The heads of killed people...
[more like this] - RARE 19C PUA KOMBU SUNGKIT, HANDSPUN
COTTON19th century ceremonial weaving, "Pua kombu sungkit", handspun cotton with supplementary weaving, Iban people, Sarawak. Such textiles played an important role in headhunting...
[more like this] - RARE 19THC PUA KOMBU SUNGKIT, BORNEO19th
century ceremonial weaving, "Pua kombu sungkit", handspun cotton with supplementary weaving, Iban people, Borneo. Such textiles played an important role in headhunting ceremonies....
[more like this] - RARE 19TH C. PUA KUMBU SUNGKIT TEXTILE,
BORNEO19th century ceremonial weaving, "Pua kumbu sungkit", cotton, Iban people, Borneo. Such textiles played an important role in headhunting ceremonies. The heads of killed...
[more like this] - MASSIVE COSTA RICAN STONE TROPHY HEADPre-Columbian,
Central America, Costa Rica, Central Highlands, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A massive and meticulously carved trophy head from a dense volcanic rock, depicted...
[more like this] - RARE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOOD / SEED STORK
(DEMA RITUALS)**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Marind / Marind-Anim people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A rare example of a wood and seed covered...
[more like this] - NICOYA POLYCHROME TROPHY HEAD VESSEL**First
Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Atlantic Watershed, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Guanacaste region, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel in the form of a trophy head decorated...
[more like this] - NAGA HEAD HUNTER MONKEY SKULL, TUSK,
& SHELL NECKLACECentral Asia, northeastern India/Burma, Konyak Naga people, ca. early 20th century CE. A decorated monkey skull with boar tusks, teeth, and shells attached...
[more like this] - DOCUMENTS ON LEDOUX'S WORK AND POTENTIAL
PUBLICITYDocuments regarding Louis Pierre Ledoux's fieldwork in New Guinea and its potential publicity.
There is a letter from November 10th 1936 from Giles Healey, explaining...
[more like this] - KAKAR SPEARKakar spear, with rattan
and rope band, face of ancestor figure. Kakar spears are some of the most sacred and important features of Murik society, as they are thought to possess spiritual powers to...
[more like this] - NAGA HEADHUNTER'S HAT AND DAO 20th c.,
Nagaland, plant fibers, horns, fur and hair, dao with rattan winding on wooden handle and metal blade, 11"h x 13"w x 7.5"d (hat), 20"h (on stand), 31.25"l (dao)...
[more like this] - 3 vols. Modern First Editions - Horror
& Fantasy Fiction: Strieber, Whitley. The Hunger. New York: William Morrow, 1981. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. white cloth & bds.; light edge wear, occasionally smudged, d/j (occasionally...
[more like this] - Six Pacific Traveloguesto include: O'Brien
Frederick WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS (New York: The Century Co. 1920) octavo green boards; O'Brien Frederick MYSTIC ISLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS (New York: The Century Co....
[more like this] - A Pair of Chinese Imperial Yellow Glass
"Lotus" Bowls 19th c. quadrilobed bodies with wide everted rims raised on short oval feet each height 3 1/8 in. width 9 in. depths 6 7/8 in. and 7 in. Provenance: Ex...
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