AN ANTIQUE INDONESIAN CEREMONIAL COTTONSHIP PALAPAI , ... SHIP PALAPAI , SUMATRA, SOUTHERN LAMPONG REGION, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, the rectangular four panel textile hand woven in shades of brick red and blackish brown...
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4 VINTAGE TIBETAN NICKEL-BRASS, SILVERBEADED NECKLACES...Central Asia, Tibet / Nepal, ca. late 19th to mid 20th century CE; East Asia, China, Miao culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful collection...
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18TH C. JAPANESE EDO PAPER & INK LEDGERBOOKEast Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. 18th century CE. A paper and ink ledger book known as a daifuku-cho, with a braided hemp tassel intended for merchant use. The ledger...
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19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN BEAVER TOP HATW/ FREEMASONRYNative American, Western United States, Plains Tribes, likely Comanche or Lakota (Sioux), ca. mid to late 19th century CE. This is a fascinating piece of Native...
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EARLY 20TH C. AFRICAN GHANA ASAFO COTTONMILITIA FLAGWest Africa, Ghana, Asafo people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An interesting hand-sewn cotton textile flag with appliqued figures and hand embroidered details....
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JAPANESE MUROMACHI STEEL & LACQUEREDWOOD WAKIZASHIEast Asia, Japan, late Muromachi period, ca. third quarter of the 16th century CE. A beautiful wakizashi with a single-edged blade, a lacquered (urushi) wood...
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20TH C. INDIAN NAGA NECKLACES GLASSBEADS W/ PENDANTSSouth Asia, India, Naga peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine pair of glass bead necklaces with brass face pendants that were made by the Naga culture...
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2 EGYPTIAN LAPIS, FAIENCE, AGATE, &ELECTRUM NECKLACESEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A beautiful pair of necklaces comprised of over a hundred ancient beads of blue faience,...
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LARGE PRE-COLUMBIAN PACHACAMAC TEXTILEPANELPre-Columbian, Peru, Lurin Valley, Pachacamac, ca. 11th to 16th century CE. A finely woven textile comprised of camelid (alpaca or llama) fibers of red, yellow, umber,...
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19TH C. AFRICAN YORUBA BRASS TRADE BEADS/ RINGS STRAND...West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a fine collection of brass beads and rings strung on a cotton cord to store...
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COSTA RICAN GUANACASTE NICOYA BROWNWAREFOOTED OLLAPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A beautiful, hand-built bichrome pottery olla, its form with a dramatically corseted...
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CHANCAY PAINTED WOOD FIGURE TEXTILECLOTHINGPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1425 CE. An anthropomorphic wooden figure with painted details and a hand-woven textile headdress and cape...
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19TH C. INDIANPUNJABI COTTON / SILKPHULKARI, EX-MUSEUM...Central Asia, Eastern Pakistan and Northern India, Punjab Region, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful phulkari embroidered textile panel,...
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SUPERB 18TH C. FRENCH IRON & BRASS CUIRASSARMORWestern Europe, France, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. A forged-iron cuirass breast and back plate fastened together with brass and leather straps to create...
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EARLY 20TH C. PLAINS TRIBE CHEYENNEGHOST DANCE DRESSNative American, Western United Sates, Plains Tribes, Cheyenne people, ca. early 20th century CE. An incredibly important piece of religious attire, a cotton...
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OUTSTANDING HUARI / TIWANAKU MUMMY BUNDLEHEADPre-Columbian, Coastal Peru, Huari (Wari) or Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) culture, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. An incredible mummy head made of woven textiles and colorful feathers from...
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VIVID NAZCA PROLIFEROUS TEXTILE W/ SUPERNATURALBEINGSPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, Early Intermediate period, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. A proliferous slit tapestry textile woven from camelid wool wefts (alpaca or...
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RARE CHAVIN ANTHRACITE BOX - INLAIDDISCS, ORIG. CORDPre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. An incredibly rare carved anthracite box held together with cotton cords and inlaid with...
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SIGNED 1650S JAPANESE EDO WAKIZASHIBY BISHU OSAFUNEEast Asia, Japan, early Edo Period, ca. mid-17th century, signed "Bishu Osafune" on tang. A forged steel wakizashi blade of elegant shinogi-zukuri form bearing...
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17TH C. JAPANESE EDO STEEL KATANA W/GILT BRASS MENUKIEast Asia, Japan, early Edo Period, ca. early 17th century CE. A forged steel katana blade of nice length exhibiting a shinogi-zukuri shape and a shortened...
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EXCEPTIONAL MAYA POTTERY SEATED SCRIBE,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $18000**
Pre-Columbian, Mayan territories, Highlands, ca. 600 to 900 CE. In a word - breathtaking! Important, large and literally beyond...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN PERUVIAN TEXTILE SWATCHES,11 PCS**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 100 to 300 CE; North Coast Peru, Chimu & Chancay, 800 to 1400 CE; South Coast Peru,...
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19TH C. TURKOMEN SILK EMBROIDERED CHYRPYCAPES**Originally Listed At $1500**
Central Asia, Turkmenistan region, Turkmen culture, Tekke peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful pair of handmade...
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19TH C. YORUBA TEXTILE & COWRIE "SHRINEOF THE HEAD"**First Time At Auction**
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An interesting textile shell shrine container shaped like crown...
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19TH C. MOROCCAN BERBER GLAZED BOWL,EX-MUSEUMNorth Africa, Morocco, Tamegroute (Tamgrout), Berber culture, ca. 19th century CE. This is a beautiful wheel-thrown pottery bowl that is glazed the characteristic...
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HUARI POLYCHROME TEXTILE PANEL W/ TROPHYHEADSPre-Columbian, South Coast, Huari / Wari culture, ca. 6th to 10th century CE. A fascinating textile fragment that may have been part of a garment or funerary wrapping...
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19TH C. TIBETAN TWO-HEADED DAMARU DRUMCentralAsia, Tibet, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A two-headed drum, known as a damaru (damru), made from two human skull caps with stretched skin painted green (also probably...
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(15) ITALIAN NEAPOLITAN PRESEPIO CRECHEFIGURES,important extensive collection, late 18th century. Carved wood and terracotta, with glass eyes, dressed in silk. The Nativity, to include the Holy Family, possibly...
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TWO PANAMANIAN KUNA CULTURE COTTON TEXTILESTwoPanamanian Kuna Culture Polychrome Cotton Textiles, c. 1980, sight 12 in. x 16 in. and 14 in. x 17 1/2i n., framed....
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A GROUP OF CHANCAY TEXTILE OBJECTSAgroup of Chancay textile objects, Circa 1000-1300 CE; Chancay culture, Peru Each woven from camelid wool and cotton, comprising four dolls and a pouch (coca bag), 5 pieces...
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WUCAI 'THREE VISITS TO THE COTTAGE'VASE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????the tapered cylindrical body extended to a waisted neck and everted mouth rim, the body finely painted with the famous historical...
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Circle of Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazary Mendoza (Mexican, mid-1700's-1802; Active New Orleans ca. 1782-1802) "Portrait of Don Estevan (Stephen) Minor", oil on canvas, unsigned, 35" x 27". Presented in a period...
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CHINESE MIAO CULTURE BLACK COTTON JACKET.Bearing embroidered panels applied throughout the front back and sleeves of jacket Condition: No Specific Condition Recorded - Sold As Is...
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CHINESE MIAO CULTURE EMBROIDERED BLACKCOTTON ENSEMBLE. Comprised of a jacket tunic skirt and panel Condition: No Specific Condition Recorded - Sold As Is...
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CHINESE MIAO CULTURE EMBROIDERED ANDPRINTED COTTON ENSEMBLE. Comprising a pleated skirt jacket apron and scarf Condition: No Specific Condition Recorded - Sold As Is...
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Edward I.R. Jennings (American/SouthCarolina 1828-1929) "Indigo Culture in South Carolina" and "Cotton and the Cotton-Gin The South in 1800" c. 1924 two dioramas with painted and cut-out elements glass and painted...
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