3 CHINESE MINORITY HEAD CLOTHS3 ChineseMinority Head Cloths, two women's ceremonial headcloths, embroidered cotton, Dong people, Guizhou, China and one woman's wedding head covering, "nom pah", silk embroidery...
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4 WEDDING HEAD COVERINGS, YAO PEOPLE,CHINA4 women's wedding head coverings, "nom pah", silk embroidery on cotton ground, some with bells and others with glass beads, Yao people, Guizhou, China, early 20th c....
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3 LI PEOPLE TEXTILES, HAINAN, CHINA3Li People Textiles: a ceremonial head cloth woven with Chinese characters, silk embroidery on indigo-dyed cotton; and 2 women's ceremonial skirts, Li people, Baisha area,...
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GA 9TH CSA CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE - E. S.CASSADYConfederate Archive of 4th Private Elbert S. Cassady, Georgia Company G, 9th Regiment (Walker Co., GA - Lafayette Volunteers). 10 total letters (2 pre-war, 8 Civil...
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4 CLARY WEBB PEOPLES PORTRAITS OF AFRICANAMERICAN SITT...Four (4) Emma Clary Webb Peoples (Tennessee, 1878-1956) watercolor, charcoal, and pastel on paper portraits of African American subjects, including one (1)...
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ANCIENT MAYAN CARVED ZOOMORPHIC IGUANASERPENTFeatured in this lot are fragments of an Ancient Mayan Carved Zoomorphic Iguana Serpent Sculpture similar to the Mayan deity Kukulkan. K’uk’ulkan, also spelled...
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PARACAS TEXTILE FRAGMENT - WARRIOR W/TROPHY HEADS**Originally Listed At $900**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Paracas culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A petite textile fragment composed of tightly woven camelid...
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ANATOLIAN KUSURA-BEYCESULTAN MARBLEIDOL FRAGMENTAsia Minor, Anatolia, modern-day Turkey, Early Bronze Age II to III, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. This is a portion of a highly stylized marble idol in a form known...
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MAYA JAINA POTTERY STANDING DIGNITARYFIGURE W/ TLPre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Western Yucatan Peninsula, Jaina/Campeche, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A gorgeous and hand-built pottery...
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PUBLISHED ANATOLIAN BEYCESULTAN MARBLEIDOL, EX EDEAncient Near East, modern day Turkey, Anatolia, Beycesultan type, Early Bronze Age I-II, ca. 3200 to 2300 BCE. A captivating, hand-carved marble figural effigy...
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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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FRAMED ELI LEVIN PAINTING - "OLD BAG"1991Eli Levin (American, b. 1938). "Old Bag" watercolor and/or gouache, 1990. Pencil signed "Eli Levin 1990" at bottom center. A wonderful genre painting - a scene of everyday...
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19TH C. AFRICAN YORUBA WOOD IBEJI FIGUREWOOD BEADSWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden Ibeji figure of fine form that was part of a pair of twins. The...
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19TH C. AFRICAN ZULU WOODEN KNOBKERRIE/ CLUB**Originally Listed At $400**
Africa, South Africa, Zulu tribe, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden club known as a knobkerrie, or an iwisa...
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20TH C. ALASKAN INUIT WOOL FELT PANELW/ APPLIQUES**Originally Listed At $450**
North America, Northern United States / Canada, Inuit, Yupik or Aleut people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful wool felt and...
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ENORMOUS 20TH C. SHIPIBO POLYCHROMEPORTRAIT JARSouth American, Upper / Western Amazon Basin, Ucayali River, Peru, Shipibo people, ca. mid-20th century CE. Wow! A marvelous pottery portrait jar of a tremendous...
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RARE SAKA SCYTHIAN IRON HORSE CHANFRONHEAD ARMOR PLATE...Central Asia and Siberia, Scythian Empire, Saka people, ca. 8th to 2nd century BCE. An extremely rare example of iron horse armor with superb preservation!...
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EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR W/ QEBEHSENUEFLIDAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate to early Late Dynastic (Saite) Period, 21st to 26th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 525 BCE. A gorgeous and sizable canopic jar from ancient Egypt...
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19TH C. SUMATRA BATAK WOOD MEDICINALVESSEL W/ SINGASoutheast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Toba Batak peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous hand-carved priest's container known as naga marsarang,...
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SIGNED TONY ABEYTA MIXED MEDIA - "MORNINGSTAR PEOPLE"Tony Abeyta (Navajo, b. 1965). "Morning Star People" mixed media on paper, n.d. Signed on lower right. "Morning Star People" is a captivating mixed media composition...
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TAINO STONE ZEMI DOG DEITY / OPIYELGUOBIRANPre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An incredibly well-preserved stone zemi of a Taino dog deity...
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IMPORTANT TAINO GREENSTONE TRANSFORMATIONALNUDE FIGURE...Pre-Columbian, Caribbean / Florida, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. A marvelous greenstone zemi figure of a nude male experiencing the transformational...
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A.D.M. COOPER CHROMOLITHOGRAPH - "BURNINGARROW" (1904)...**First Time At Auction**
Astley David Middleton (A.D.M.) Cooper (American, 1856-1924). "The Burning Arrow" or "Flaming Arrow" chromolithograph, 1904. An...
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19TH C MAORI WOOD TOKOTOKO LEADER ORATORSTAFF W/ NACRE...**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with a mesmerizing "corkscrew"...
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19TH C. SOLOMON ISLANDS SHELL KAPKAP(HEAD / PECTORAL)**Originally Listed At $1000**
Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful example of a kapkap, a head or pectoral...
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CHAVIN STONE JAGUAR MORTAR FOR CEREMONIALHALLUCINOGENS...**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin / Cupisnique, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A fantastical stone metate or mortar stone, carved...
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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. VANCOUVER HAIDA ARGILLITE BOATW/ TOTEM ANIMALS...First Nations, Pacific Northwest Coast, Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Haida people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful and...
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ANCIENT ANATOLIAN STONE IDOL W/ GREEKSCRIPT**Originally Listed At $400**
Ancient Near East, Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey, Anatolia, Early Bronze Age, ca. 3000 to 2500 BCE. An intriguing stone figure of anthropomorphic...
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RIO MAGDALENA MOSKITO POTTERY URN W/LID, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Northern Colombia, Rio Magdalena, Moskito, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A This is an incredible funerary effigy vessel with a figural lid, and a conical...
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AFRICAN BAULE MATERNITY FIGURE & LUBASTOOL(lot of 2) Large African figural wood carvings, including: (1) maternity figure, Baule people, Ivory Coast, the seated female figure holding a nursing child, some splits,,...
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SHANGO, GOD OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING,LARGE STAFF TOPPER, OYO AND YORUBA PEOPLES, NIGERIA 27 X 7 IN. (68.58 X 17.78 CM.) (NOT INCLUDING STAND) LARGE STAFF TOPPER, OYO AND YORUBA PEOPLES, NIGERIA, Shango, a powerful...
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George III Era Sterling Silver Armbandsand British Officer's Gilt Copper Gorget, Presented to Ojibwa Chief John Aisance
lot of 3, includes:
William Bateman (London, 1774-1850) Sterling Silver Armbands
each hallmarked...
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1814 George III Silver Peace Medal
Warof 1812 period medal depicting a mantled bust of George III on one side; reverse with Royal Arms; 60.4 mm
PUBLISHED:
Sovereignty Gifts (Hoover and Brasser 2020: pg. 6, 16-17)
Although...
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Historic Guthrie Oklahoma/ChickamaugaPresentation Gavel to First Major D.B. Dyer With associated newspaper clipping and printed pamphlet relating to the opening of the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. The symbolic...
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Non-Ceremonial Upper Amazonian ShrunkenHead, or tsantsa, a genuine human head shrunken and preserved in the traditional manner, h. 4", with hair length 25", presented on a custom steel and wood stand, h. 25",...
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