AFRICAN LUBA WOOD, COPPER, BONE CEREMONIALPIPE African, Luba People of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hand-Carved Wood and Bone Ceremonial Pipe with copper metal mountings, the mouthpiece and bowl carved in the...
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TORAJA PEOPLES WATER BUFFALO SARCOPHAGUS(ERONG), INDON...Toraja Peoples Wooden Water Buffalo Sarcophagus (Erong), Celebes Islands, Indonesia. Carved wood, bone, horn, nails. Provenance: Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago;...
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JOS. DELANEY- ALEX HALEY DRAWINGS, LETTERSJosephDelaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) archive including 3 drawings and 2 letters from author Alex Haley (1921-1992). 1st & 2nd items: One type-written letter from Alex Haley...
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19TH C. ALASKAN YUPIK WHALE BONE CLUBNativeAmerican, Alaska, Yupik people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A skillfully carved whale bone hunting club with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic forms deeply incised along...
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20TH C. PNG AMANAB PECTORAL - TUSK,BOAR TEETH**Originally Listed At $750**
Oceania, Northern Papua New Guinea, near Irian Jaya, Amanab peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An intriguing example of a...
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19TH C. AFRICAN KUBA WOOD & BONE PALMWINE VESSEL**Originally Listed At $400**
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples (also Bakuba), ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful...
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HUARI LLAMA BONE DRUG SPOON W/ BIRD& CRUSTACEANSPre-Columbian, Central Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A stunning hand-carved spoon made from the leg bone of a camelid, likely a llama with zoomorphic...
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19TH C. TLINGIT / HAIDA BONE PENDANTEAGLE HEAD SHAMANNative American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. 19th century CE. A marine mammal bone amulet and pendant in...
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19TH C. TLINGIT BONE PENDANTS SKELETALSHAMAN, CREATURE...Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. 19th century CE. A fine pair of hand carved totemic pendants...
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19TH C. HAIDA / TLINGIT BONE ANIMALTOTEM AMULETS (3)Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. 19th century CE. A collection of 3 marine mammal bone amulets...
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19TH C. TLINGIT / HAIDA BONE AMULETS& INUIT COMB (3)Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit / Haida, & Inuit, ca. 19th century CE. A collection of 3 bone artifacts from Northwestern...
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19TH C. TLINGIT / HAIDA BONE EAGLE &FISH AMULETNative American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A wonderful example of a hand-carved...
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ROMAN 21K+ GOLD / BONE EARRINGS BULLHEADS (PR)Roman, Imperial period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A matched pair of incredible 88% gold earrings (equivalent to 21K+), each with a curved, twisted gold stem that...
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FOSSILIZED ALASKAN INUIT WALRUS BONEOOSIK / BACULUM**Originally Listed At $400**
Arctic shores, ca. 5000 years ago, modified sometime in the 19th or 20th century CE by Native Alaskan Inuit people. A large,...
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INUIT WHALEBONE & IVORY BIRDS PERCHINGON CLIFF CARVING...Native American / First Nations, Northwest Coast United States, Alaska or Canada, Inupiaq/Inuit people, ca. mid-20th century CE. Hand-carved walrus ivory...
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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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CASSOWARY BONE DAGGER WITH SHELL ANDFIBERCassowary bone dagger, not carved but decorated with shell and fiber and shell bell.
In his Diary, page 162 (lot 108 box F1), Ledoux explains: "Cassowary bone daggers...
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LEGA PEOPLES, BWAMI LUKUNGU BONE MASKDR Congo, flat elongated bone relief carved with shallow features and hair, 9.25"h x 5.25"w...
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GROUP (5) AFRICAN BONE & HORN TRIBALTRUMPETS Dinka Peoples, South Sudan, ceremonial instruments of polished bone and horn with metal wire wrapping (possibly silver), detached mouthpieces, 14"l - 17"l...
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(4) PERSIAN FIGURAL BONE PAINTINGS,KHATAM FRAMES(lot of 4) Persian figural paintings on bone, each centered in traditional Khatam frame, largest frame with loss of trim, largest frame: approx 13.5"h, 8"w; 5.5lbs...
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(5) PERSIAN FIGURAL BONE PAINTINGS,KHATAM FRAMES(lot of 5) Persian figural art, all centered in traditional Khatam frames, comprising (3) miniature paintings on bone, together with (2) silver and copper-tone...
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(3) PERSIAN FIGURAL BONE PAINTINGS,KHATAM FRAMES(lot of 3) Persian figural paintings on bone, each centered in traditional Khatam frame, showing outdoor multi figure scenes, approx 12.25"h, 10"w; 5.75lbs total...
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(2) ARABESQUE BONE & MOP INLAID TABLEBOXES(lot of 2) Arabesque inlaid table boxes, each having densely inlaid bone and mother-of- pearl throughout, in a star form pattern, one having red lined interior, some...
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(2) ARABESQUE BONE & PARQUETRY INLAIDTABLE BOXES(lot of 2) Arabesque parquetry inlaid table boxes, each having fitted lid with metal knop, inlays of bone and contrasting woods throughout, one of hexagonal form,...
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(2) ARABESQUE BONE & MOP INLAID TABLEBOXES(lot of 2) Arabesque inlaid table boxes, each densely inlaid with bone and mother-of- pearl throughout, in a repeated star-form pattern, both having red lined interior...
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(3) ARABESQUE BONE & MOP INLAID TABLEBOXES(lot of 3) Arabesque inlaid table boxes, each densely inlaid with bone, contrasting woods, and mother of pearl, including: (1) having canted corners and blue lined interior;...
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KATHRYN WOODMAN LEIGHTON, (1875-1952),PORTRAIT OF A NATIVE AMERICAN MAN, OIL ON CANVAS, 30" H X 25" WKathryn Woodman Leighton, (1875-1952) Portrait of a Native American man Oil on canvas Signed lower right:...
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EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES/POSITIVESFEATURING I FEATURING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF NORTH AMERICA, negatives measure 8" x 10", early 20th century, from the Eugene Terway collection. Images include: portrait of Pop-Kiu-Wima...
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(3) AFRICAN BONE CARVINGS FertilityFetishes, Lega people, Zaire/Congo, carved bone with copper wire windings, sharing similar features, one having a second face on the belly, 7" to 10 1/2" tall....
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LATMUL PEOPLE, (3) BONE DAGGERS 19th/20thc., Sepik region, Papua New Guinea, cassowary bone, each intricately carved with figures and geometric designs, the handle formed from the natural ball of the bone end, each...
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TWO 19TH CENTURY BONE ITEMS, TO INCLUDE:WHALEBONEKNITTING NEEDLES WITH TURNED FINIALS AT THE END, AFTER WHICH A DECORATIVE SERIES OF BALEEN AND WOOD IN DIFFERENT HUES ARE STACKED ALONG A 1 1/2" LENGTH. 15" LONG. ONE OF THE...
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INUIT SCRIMSHAW CARVING.A carved andincised Inuit bone tool or accessory depicting fishing and hunting scenes with people, boats, birds, and fish. 8 1/2" long, 3/4" wide. Good condition, no repairs. Please note...
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FOLK ART CARVING OF CHURCH BY CONRADGRASSHOFF (ILLINOIS 1848-1927). Ebony wood and carved bone. A tour de force piece carved entirely by hand started in 1872 and finished in 1914. With working doors glass...
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African Missionary's Artifacts and Photographspertainingto the Congo mission undertaken by Methodist minister J. T. Mangum of North Carolina personal assistant to Bishop Walter Russell Lambuth. The expedition sailed from Antwerp...
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Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles1st & 3rd Illinois Cavalry Civil War Archive 69 letters and documents; 1 diary; 2 presidential appointments; Veteran's hat; 2 shoulder straps; and coin purse with 19 coins....
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Asian carvings bone and other materialsincluding figures of frogs horses and people most with wooden stands some loss/damage....
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