5 JAMAICA BRITISH V.I. SILVER COIN PROOFSETS ,All minted at the Franklin mint, this five piece lot includes: 1-1977 First Day of Issue Presentation Set of the Solomon Islands 1-1978 Coinage of Jamaica ($10 45mm...
[more like this]
1978 THE SOLOMON ISLANDS $100 GOLD PROOFCOIN United States,19781978, UNC, approx. 28mm, 9.37 grams of 900/1000 fine gold. Condition Uncirculated, in original plastic sleeve with blue folder case with accompanying...
[more like this]
GREAT BRITAIN QUEEN ELIZABETH II SILVERPROOF CROWN COLLECTION Great Britain Queen Elizabeth II Silver Proof Crown Collection. Royal Mint Silver Crown collection including: 1972, 1977, 1980, 1981 in display case...
[more like this]
(LOT OF 2) WEST AFRICAN DECORATIVE CARVEDAND PAINT DECORATED WOOD KNEELING FIGURE (lot of 2) West African decorative carved and paint decorated wood kneeling figure, decorated with shells on rim and support, 54"h...
[more like this]
OCEANIC SHELL INLAID TEAK CANOE PROWORNAMENT Oceanic shell inlaid teak canoe prow ornament, probably Solomon Islands, 8.5"h...
[more like this]
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...
[more like this]
LETTERS TO LEDOUX REFERENCING WORLDIIVarious personal letters mentioning World War II, dating from 1936 - 1941.
Includes 1936 letter from D. Nelson mentioning music, going to Germany, and the Olympics; 1940...
[more like this]
LETTERS FROM DOUGLAS L. OLIVER TO LEDOUXPersonalletters from Douglas L. Oliver to Louis Pierre Ledoux dated Feb. 1938 and May 1937.
1938 letter, written on Harvard University stationary, sent to Louis Pierre Ledoux in...
[more like this]
SHIPPING ROUTE MAP JAVA, SINGAPORE,CHINA, PACIFICMaritime route map covering Java, Singapore, China, and Pacific Islands; and travel brochure for Java Singapore.
Route Map of the Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd. showing...
[more like this]
LEDOUX NOTES 1932 FIRTH FIELD AND CGSELIGMANNNotes typed by Louis Pierre Ledoux on 1932 R. Firth's field notes, and 1910 C.G. Seligmann's "The Mels of British N.G..."
Typed notes entitled "Field Method: notes...
[more like this]
ARTICLE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF MURIKETHNOGRAPHICArticle and English translation of Murik ethnographic article.
Journal article (original format) of Schmidt, P. Joseph. “Die Ethnographie Der Nor-Papua (Murik-Kaup-Karau)...
[more like this]
Massive Tafuli’ae (shell wealth) Malaita,Solomon Islands. Ten lengths of shell beads consisting of red-lipped oyster shell (Chana pacifica) disks, ridged white cockle shell (Anadara granosa) disks, black mussel shell...
[more like this]
Bernatzik. South Pacific. CONRU, Kevin.Bernatzik. South Pacific. Milan, 5 Continents Editions, 2002. South Pacific: the beauty of a paradise lost captured through 150 extraordinary photographs taken in the early...
[more like this]
OLD SANTA CRUZ ISLAND DANCE CLUB 19th/20thc., Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, painted carved wood, in the form of a stylized canoe decorated with black and red linear designs and carved animal masks, old collection...
[more like this]
SANTA CRUZ MINIATURE DUKA, EX. J.J.KLEJMAN Likely 19th c., Solomon Islands, rare carved standing figure embellished with strung beads, on hardwood block stand, see #4 on attached 1966 Klejman invoice scan,...
[more like this]
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND 'KAPKAP' SHELL PENDANTLikely 19th c., Solomon Islands, carved shell, fibre, the clamshell disc mounts with a stylized carved shell panel, accession number c.6681 and paper label, 4.75"dia...
[more like this]
(10) SOLOMON ISLANDS MELANESIAN FISHINGLURES Carved mother-of-pearl, turtle shell hook and twine, 3.5"l (largest)...
[more like this]
SOLOMON ISLANDS, INLAID HEAD CARVING20th c, (poss. earlier), shell inlaid head carving with fiber hair, with mount hole to underside, 9.5"h x 7"w x 9"d...
[more like this]
SOLOMON ISLANDS, SKULL CAVE 20th c.,Oceania, hand crafted carved wood and woven rattan triangular box or hut, with drop front, adorned with carved shells, 16"h x 15.75"w x 15.5"d (skull cave)...
[more like this]
GEOLOGICAL CAT'S PAW CORAL SPECIMEN1LT TABLE LAMPCat's paw coral specimen, Solomon Islands, now fashioned as a single-light table lamp, mounted on colorless acrylic base, accompanied by white fabric drum shade,...
[more like this]
CAT'S PAW CORAL CLUSTER SPECIMEN ONMARBLE BASECat's paw coral cluster, Solomon Islands, mounted on black marble base, specimen: approx 5"h, 10"w, 8"d, overall: approx 6"h, 10"w, 8"d, 6.5lbs...
[more like this]
GEOLOGICAL AGATE SPECIMEN ON GRANITEBASEAgate slice, Solomon Islands, mounted on black granite base, specimen: approx 11.5"h, 13"w, 1.5"d, overall: approx 12.5"h, 13"w, 5"d, 12.1lbs...
[more like this]
CAT'S PAW CORAL CLUSTER SPECIMEN ONMARBLE BASECat's paw coral cluster, Solomon Islands, mounted on black marble base, specimen: approx 6"h, 13"w, 7"d, overall: approx 7.5"h, 13"w, 7"d, 11.4lbs...
[more like this]
THREE POLYNESIAN/OCEANIC ITEMSThreePolynesian/oceanic items, to include a Hawaiian basketry woven fan, 19th c.; a Solomon Islands carved bowl with abalone shell inlays; and a Nicabar Island drum with manatee...
[more like this]
OCEANIC WICKER FIGHTING SHIELDOceanicwicker fighting shield, probably Solomon Islands, 8 1/4" w., 33 1/2" l. Provenance: From the family of Wilmar Sick, Baltimore, Maryland.
NO in-house shipping for this lot.
Condition:...
[more like this]
BODENEHR, GABRIEL. AMERICAE (Augsburg,early 18th century), likely Gabriel Bodenehr, Jr., copperplate engraving with hand color depicting the Western Hemisphere with California as an island and, oddly, the Solomon...
[more like this]
LETTER FROM ELEANOR OLIVER TO HER FATHERTypedcopy of a letter from Eleanor Oliver to her father describing her and Douglas L. Oliver's time in Bougainville, dated March 5 and March 21 (presumably of the year 1938).
Includes...
[more like this]
KANAK PEOPLE, SPATULA OR STAKE, EX J.J.KLEJMAN 19th/20th c., Solomon Islands/New Caledonia, the tapered spike topped with figure, carved wood, on custom black metal museum stand, 15"h...
[more like this]
SOLOMON ISLANDS, CEREMONIAL INLAID FIGURALBOWL 19th/20th c., openwork carved wood with geometric shell inlay, the bowl in the form of a canoe, the handles depicting seated figures with grass hair, 12"h x 13"l x 6"w...
[more like this]
OCEANIC MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID WOODSCULPTURES Group of (5) South Pacific carved items, including: (2) Solomon Islands nguzunguzu figural ornaments, these were traditionally placed at the head of a war canoe...
[more like this]
WWII CAPTURED JAPANESE FIELD TELEPHONE& EPHEMERA Japan,Circa 1943Museum collection label states "Japanese Field Telephone Captured on Solomon Island from a Japanese Officer, JULY 1943", additional tag states "PROPERTY...
[more like this]
Six Pacific Traveloguesto include: O'BrienFrederick 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]
U.S.S. Lake County Sterling Bowl Presentedto Ruth Quigley December 16 1944 A sterling silver bowl engraved USS LST-880 / Ruth W. Quigley / Evansville Ship Yard / December 16 1944 with the patriotic ribbons used in...
[more like this]
Autographs of World War II GeneralsEight 4-Stars Including One MOH Lot of 10 including: Wallace M. Greene Jr. USMC General TNS 1964; J. Lawton Collins TLS 1966; Harold K. Johnson TNS 1966; Harry Vaughan Major...
[more like this]
A collection of eight Royal WeddingStamp Albums 1981 all stamps mint and mounted in albums from Commonwealth Countries and Dependents in gutter pair and a collection of first day covers for the Royal Wedding...
[more like this]
Salvaged Japanese WW II-Era GimbaledBinnacle Compass, second quarter 20th century, Nippon Sokki Co., Kobe, Japan, mounted in a wooden box with handwritten ink inscription on the underside "I have given this...
[more like this]
