- THE SAFFORD SLEEPING GOOSECharles A.
Safford (1877-1957)
Newburyport, MA, c. 1920
24 ½ in. long
“It leaps into the pantheon of the greatest American goose decoys ever made, sculpture and function in perfect...
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A carved wooden figure carved by the Moba people in Togo, West Africa. The wooden figure called tchitchi are prescribed by diviners to enhance the efficacy of personal, household,...
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BASEAn abstract iron sculpture resting on conforming carved wood base. Ht: 36" Wd: 13" Dpth: 11"...
[more like this] - 20TH C. INDONESIAN WOOD, IRON, COPPER
& SILVER KRISSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful example of a kris (keris), a personal ceremonial sword. The hand-carved wooden handle features...
[more like this] - GUERRERO MEZCALA GREENSTONE TYPE M-22
AXE GOD FIGUREPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A large and pretty example of a hand-carved greenstone axe god of the Type...
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W/ IRON SPIKE**First Time At Auction**
Native American, Midwestern / Northeastern United States, Great Lakes region, Ojibwa / Algonquin / Iroquois, ca. 19th century CE. A...
[more like this] - 20TH C. INDONESIAN STEEL KRIS W/ GOLD
SHEATHSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fine kris (also keris) used as ceremonial attire when attending court for any number of reasons. The hand-carved...
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SILVER SHEATHSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A personal ceremonial sword known as a kris (also keris) with a hand-carved dugong ivory handle...
[more like this] - CHAMBA PEOPLES, (6) SPIKE FIGURES Nigeria,
Benue Valley Region, columnar, abstracted carved wood figures with protruding iron spike, to be placed in ancestral shrines, mounted on black wood bases, 23"h (tallest), 15"h...
[more like this] - EDGAR LOUIS YAEGER, MICHIGAN / FRANCE
(1904 - 1997), UNTITLED ABSTRACT, 1937, OIL ON CANVAS, 20 1/2"H X 27 1/2"W (SIGHT), 25"H X 32"W (FRAME)Edgar Louis Yaeger, Michigan / France, (1904 - 1997) untitled abstract,...
[more like this] - PAIR ITALIAN MODERN GILT AND SILVERED
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[more like this] - CHINESE WUCAI YUHUCHUNPING DRAGON VASE
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[more like this] - Indonesian meteor iron kris with ivory
handle and figured wood scabbard Java 19th century; the straight blade 15 3/4 in. L.; ivory handle carved as an abstract crouching figure; the scabbard composed of contrasting...
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